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HANSARDMedical Schools: Training PlacesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government how many training places for new doctors there were in medical schools and other institutions in (1) 2000–01, and (2) 2021–22; and what plans they…13 Dec 2021HANSARDMedical Schools: Training PlacesMy Lords, the Answer is quite encouraging, but doctors and other medical staff are working flat out on our behalf, and we are told that there are not enough doctors. That is…13 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: GovernanceHow sweet of you to say so. My noble friend said this is a special place. I would describe this House as an unusual place—in fact, I usually describe it as rather weird to friends…08 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: GovernanceMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Strathclyde, for whom I did a sort of job some 15 years ago. I do not think I did much of any use, did I?08 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: GovernanceWell, by my noble friend Lord Howard, but yes, by everybody else. Lead administration is better than top-heavy administration. I have seen that throughout my life. You need a…08 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]You have never read it anyway.06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, for one glorious moment I thought that the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, was going to support the amendment that I moved—she disappointed me, but then what do you expect?…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Howard of Rising, who is unavoidably detained somewhere in the country—I am not quite sure where—I beg to move this amendment. I am…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, following Committee, in which I took part, this Bill has not really changed at all. As one who cares deeply about animal welfare and cruelty to animals, I would like to…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, if I might say, I agree entirely with my noble friend Lord Hamilton, because it is not a question of ending the work of the committee, but of saying, “Is the committee…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]Before my noble friend sits down, could she reassure the House that, for instance, Chris Packham and Mark Avery of Wild Justice would not be eligible to be on the committee?06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]Excuse me!06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend may not like it but I will support him—I hope he appreciates that—because he said something very sensible about Larsen traps. On a small Midlands farm I…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, in the absence of my noble friend Lord Mancroft, I have been asked to introduce this amendment. I think he is either on his sick bed or on a horse; I am not quite sure…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]06 Dec 2021HANSARDNewport Wafer FabOn Chinese takeovers, does my noble friend share the concerns of a great many of us regarding the way that the Chinese are extending their influence—buying their influence—and…06 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021That’s a bit much!01 Dec 2021HANSARDWater: SewageMy Lords, the amendment to the Environment Act that was brought forward by the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, shows that this House can really improve legislation. I think…01 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021My Lords, I would like to add to the words of my noble friends Lady Noakes and Lady Neville-Rolfe. I am afraid the Government have got themselves in a muddle over this. This is a…01 Dec 2021