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HANSARDHealthy Life Expectancy: EnglandMy Lords, is the Minister aware that there are scientists who are propagating nonsense that nothing can be done about the obesity epidemic because it is all genetic? These people…18 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I want to raise briefly the issue of modern slavery and specifically the proposals in the immigration and asylum Bill that were announced in the gracious Speech last…18 May 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIs the noble Lord aware of a rather alarming story from Holland that is relevant to the separation of the two services that he mentioned? A gentleman witnessed the euthanasia of…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I wish to speak to my Amendment 941. As a medical professional, I know only too well that medical interventions can be driven by financial motives; organ harvesting for…27 Feb 2026HANSARDBritish Military Equipment: Chinese ComponentsMy Lords—25 Feb 2026HANSARDBritish Military Equipment: Chinese ComponentsMy Lords—25 Feb 2026HANSARDUnder-16s Energy Drinks BanMy Lords, is the Minister aware that combating the obesity epidemic has been seriously impaired by a number of pseudo- scientists who have put forward the idea that obesity is…10 Feb 2026HANSARDLife Sciences: BeaglesMy Lords, do the Government recognise the great contribution that pigs make to research and development? Pigs’ valves have been so useful in many aspects of researching human…09 Feb 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025My Lords, does the Minister agree that the Covid epidemic was made much worse by obesity? As two-thirds of British people are obese or overweight and half our children are obese,…15 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsMy Lords, does the Minister agree that, as there is no scientific evidence that we can change the climate, the right reverend Prelate’s bishop friends are relying for their…08 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, my Amendment 481 seeks to address the specific part that delivery services play in broader criminal activity. Delivery riders make regular deliveries to residential…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I welcome the inclusion of the cuckooing offence in this Bill. Unfortunately, across the country as a whole, vulnerable people are being exploited, threatened and…16 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have attended and spoken at most of the debates on euthanasia over the last 35 years, and one feature that has always struck me is that they have been full of…12 Sept 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on charities working in the social care and…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name in the Order Paper and declare my interest as vice-president of the Shaftesbury Society and my involvement in many…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsThe Government’s national insurance increase to 15%, plus lowering the threshold to £5,000, will cost charities an additional £1.4 billion annually. One in four employers are…09 Jun 2025HANSARDPrimary and Community CareMy Lords, does the Minister agree that, when we discuss in vitro testing, we should also talk about in vivo testing? That involves taking a history and doing a thorough physical…05 Jun 2025HANSARDHealth: Ultra-processed FoodMy Lords—03 Jun 2025HANSARDHealth: Ultra-processed FoodMy Lords, I congratulate the Government in general, and the Minister in particular, on taking such a sensible view about the great red herring that is ultra-processed food. There…03 Jun 2025HANSARDHealthy Life ExpectancyMy Lords, people are not living as long as they were because of the obesity epidemic, which is killing people at an earlier age from a variety of very unpleasant diseases. Does…20 May 2025