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HANSARDPeople with Learning Disabilities: Acute IllnessMy Lords, enough is enough. Currently, with everything in place, people living with a learning disability still die on average 20 years earlier than their non-learning disabled…20 Jul 2026HANSARDPeople with Learning Disabilities: Acute IllnessTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations in the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death report Acute illness in…20 Jul 2026HANSARDPeople with Learning Disabilities: Acute IllnessMy Lords, every question that has been asked has shown that the system is failing: people are still dying. The key point is that the accountability mechanism is missing or is too…20 Jul 2026HANSARDUK MigrationMy Lords, there are roughly 7,000 vacancies for doctors in the NHS. According to the BMA’s records, nearly 2,000 registered refugees have a medical qualification, and some of them…09 Jul 2026HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Vaccine TechnologyMy Lords, if a foreign tech firm uses NHS patient data records to train its AI to discover a new vaccine, what mechanisms will the Government put in place to ensure that the NHS…09 Jul 2026HANSARDDraft Conversion Practices BillMy Lords, before I start, it is worth remembering that in the middle of all this conversion therapy are individuals who are dealing with trauma. It is beholden on all of us to…01 Jul 2026HANSARDPharmacy ClosuresMy Lords, community pharmacy has lost thousands of full-time pharmacists in recent years, and many have been recruited directly to other parts of the NHS that can afford to pay…01 Jul 2026HANSARDPuberty Blockers Trial: ConsentMy Lords—25 Jun 2026HANSARDPuberty Blockers Trial: ConsentMy Lords, the review from the noble Baroness, Lady Cass, warned that having no formal medical routes risks driving families towards unregulated online pharmacies and private…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealthcare Services: Acute, Primary and CommunityMy point was that flexibility is taken away when national directives come down, forcing ICBs to spend money on acute and emergency care.25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealthcare Services: Acute, Primary and CommunityMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Walmsley; I will pick up on her final theme. I thank my noble friend Lady Janke for initiating this important…25 Jun 2026HANSARDPlaces of Worship Renewal FundMy Lords, it is a genuine pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester. I enjoyed his contribution, although I have a nagging feeling that what I am about…25 Jun 2026HANSARDResistant HypertensionMy Lords, following on from my noble friend’s question and the Minister’s answer, there is no definition in the department of preventable spending. Will the new modern service…24 Jun 2026HANSARDPATHWAYS Study: Puberty SuppressionMy Lords, I listened very carefully to both sides of the argument, which is very emotional and charged because people hold strict views on the trans community or the risks to…24 Jun 2026HANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to mandate a statutory minimum ring-fenced allocation within Integrated Care Board budgets for community-based transformation.17 Jun 2026HANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsMy Lords, that is all well and good, but financial transparency is the bedrock of accountability. Yet in the answer to a recent FoI request, 80% of ICBs indicated that they could…17 Jun 2026HANSARDMisinformation: Social Market Foundation ReportMy Lords, once people get into the rabbit hole of disinformation or misinformation, the algorithms keep contributing to and multiplying the problem. Is it an option to look at the…11 Jun 2026HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Code of PracticeMy Lords, I thank the Minister for this Statement on a profoundly important yet sensitive matter. When we debate the updated code of practice, we must remember that at the heart…03 Jun 2026HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy Lords, victims of state problems such as the Post Office Horizon scandal and the infected blood scandal have been given fully funded, independent legal support. What makes this…02 Jun 2026HANSARDFor Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish MinistersMy Lords, given that the Government’s own impact assessment on the guidance notes the real-world problems that will still impact some women and trans individuals, by what measures…01 Jun 2026