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HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThey are relatively brief, considering how long the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, has been speaking, and some of the claims he has made.17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, we are dealing with a Bill that is in highly controversial territory. If we have sloppy definitions in the Bill, it will encourage litigation. It would be a strange…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I have listened to this debate with some astonishment. I will not raise the issue of the ECHR; we will come to that when we get to my Amendment 48. However, to keep…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but I am still trying to puzzle out what happens, to take the example of Scotland, if there is a great deal of resentment about this…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillIf the noble Lord had not jumped up I would have got to my question; it needed some context. Does the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, accept that there are some long-standing problems,…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillRisking my life slightly, I wish to intervene. The noble Lord has made a lot of statements about the damage done either within the regimes run by the Gazan authorities—Hamas—or as…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillAbsolutely—I thoroughly agree with the noble Lord, and this comes to my question as to whether the Government have thought this through. I do not know what the penalties will be…17 Apr 2024HANSARDDementiaI am sorry to test the Minister’s vocal cords, but he mentioned that there was good practice guidance issued to ICSs. My experience as a Minister is that the department is…18 Jan 2024HANSARDDementiaMy Lords, I share the views of the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, on parity of esteem, but my contribution will concentrate on the problems caused by a failing NHS and a failing…18 Jan 2024HANSARDReligious Education in SchoolsMy Lords, I declare my interest as a member of Humanists UK and a former chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on humanism. I agree with much of what the noble and right…18 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: General Medical PractitionersI am coming to the conclusion. Are we not in a situation where NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have failed and we need some new thinking to sort out the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDNHS: General Medical PractitionersI suppose I should thank the Minister for that rather optimistic reply, but is he aware that the number of patients has increased by 20% since 2015 while the number of GPs has…20 Nov 2023HANSARDNHS: General Medical PractitionersTo ask His Majesty’s Government what was the net change in the number of NHS general medical practitioners (GPs) in England, after taking account of resignations and additional…20 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, as a number of people have said this afternoon, the UK has an economy that is flatlining, with high debt, high taxes and little fiscal headroom. I want to speak this…13 Nov 2023HANSARDUnregistered SchoolsMy Lords, I note that particular response, which is not at all unexpected. I assume that the Minister and her colleagues are familiar with the report of the Independent Inquiry…05 Jul 2023HANSARDUnregistered SchoolsTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to re-introduce legislation to close down unregistered schools and, if so, when; and what further safeguarding action could be…05 Jul 2023HANSARDCancer Referral TargetsMy Lords, is the Minister aware that in 2017 this House, under the distinguished leadership of the noble Lord, Lord Patel, produced a report which said that the sustainability of…05 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS GP Surgeries: Purchase by US CompaniesMy Lords, I am a little surprised by that particular Answer. I would have thought that, given the problems of shortages of GPs in the NHS, there might be a little more interest in…05 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS GP Surgeries: Purchase by US CompaniesTo ask His Majesty’s Government, in the three years up to 31 March, how many GP surgeries providing NHS services have been purchased by private companies of which one of the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDBranded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I support the regret Motion moved so ably by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. I agree with quite a lot of what the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has said, but I am…25 May 2023