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HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, to which I have added my name. I am not going to repeat much of what he said, but I…12 Feb 2026HANSARDLife Sciences: BeaglesMy Lords, I support a reduction in the use of dogs in medical research. However, we have to understand that sometimes dogs are used because they have the same diseases as humans…09 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Cancer PlanMy Lords, I too support the national cancer plan, but I am not here to blow the Government’s trumpet. I will pick up on some of the points. This is an ambitious plan, and that is…09 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, when there is such a short Bill, there is a temptation to repeat what has already been said in great detail, because it has not been said by me. I will not succumb to…04 Feb 2026HANSARDBaby Milk Powder: CereulideMy Lords, what the Minister said is correct, but only partially. Arachidonic acid is the key component that may contain bacillus cereus, which is the product that produces the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillCan we just clarify what we are talking about? I am tempted to say that those putting forward these amendments are living in a world of fiction, but I am not so rude as to suggest…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillCan the noble Baroness help me by clarifying what her amendment would mean? Currently, a provider, or anybody who counsels a woman seeking abortion, will take in good faith what…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, can the noble Viscount please assist me? I understand all the legal reasoning that he has put forward. I am not a lawyer, so I cannot challenge any of it. But I ask for…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMay I just, for information, correct that? First-trimester ultrasound scans are carried out with a vaginal probe, so they are invasive.02 Feb 2026HANSARDSuperintelligent AIMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, for this debate, and I wish we had more time for it. It helps sometimes if someone takes a slightly different view, so…29 Jan 2026HANSARDUK Start-up CompaniesMy Lords—28 Jan 2026HANSARDMaternal MortalityMy Lords, a confidential inquiry into maternal deaths is a good indicator of the quality of maternity services. The fact that the rate has gone up from 9 per 100,000 in my time to…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRare Cancers BillI thank the sponsors of this Bill, Dr Scott Arthur and the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay, for bringing it to this House. Noble Lords must excuse me if I am a bit…16 Jan 2026HANSARDUK Research and Innovation: Ethnic MinoritiesMy Lords, as someone who cannot claim to have had his career held back, can I also say that the evidence is what is important here? It was evidence that scientists from ethnic…15 Dec 2025HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionMy Lords, as a doctor, I feel that a doctor withdrawing or withholding services from a patient is dishonourable and unethical—full stop. I find no reason that I can support for a…15 Dec 2025HANSARDEmergency AdrenalineMy Lords, based on the statistics the Minister just cited about the number of lives that would be saved if emergency adrenaline was easily available in the community, can she say…15 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren: Social MediaMy Lords, in the Lord Speaker’s lecture given by Dr Vivek Murthy, the former US Surgeon-General, he quoted the evidence of the mental health effect on children, particularly…10 Dec 2025HANSARDWales: Further DevolutionMy Lords, it is unusual for me to get up and support Wales, but in a recent debate about the manufacture of radio isotopes, I agreed that Wales had made a fantastic business case…25 Nov 2025HANSARDBrain Tumours: Causes and TreatmentMy Lords, I thank the Minister for promising us a cancer plan by the beginning of next year. I hope it will be forthcoming, because it will be good to look at how cancer care will…24 Nov 2025HANSARDMedical Nuclear RadioisotopesMy Lords, I am pleased to take part in this short debate. All the important issues were covered by the noble Baroness, Lady Bloomfield, in her brilliant, comprehensive speech—but…20 Nov 2025