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HANSARDMedia BillIf the noble Lord had been in the House yesterday, he would have heard my account of a woman whose daughter was run over in a hit-and-run accident. The Mail sent a reporter down…23 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords—23 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillCan the Minister deal with the question I raised on how poor people can pursue a case if they do not have the legal means to get satisfaction through the courts?22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow that speech from someone who has had direct contact with the media over many years and has been abused by them himself, but there are many…22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillIs it not the case that 80% of our media is owned by five billionaires?22 May 2024HANSARDInflammatory Bowel DiseaseMy Lords, is the Minister monitoring what is happening in Europe and the US to see whether we can learn any new lessons from the research programmes that are being carried out…20 May 2024HANSARDElectricity: Cost-competitivenessMy Lords, is it not the case that the only way we will address this is by building new nuclear plants? The last Labour Government identified sites and were developing a planning…16 May 2024HANSARDMilitary Bases: AccommodationMy Lords, is it not the case that a lot of the problems go back to the Tories’ privatisation of the Armed Forces’ houses, which they privatised without making sure the houses were…15 May 2024HANSARDPrepayment MetersMy Lords, all the regulators seem to be failing the public. Is it because the Government do not want them to do the job properly, or are all our regulators incompetent?14 May 2024HANSARDPublic Bus CollisionsMy Lords, can the Minister say how many cyclists were prosecuted last year? My own background tells me that very few are.13 May 2024HANSARDModern Slavery National Referral Mechanism: Waiting TimesMy Lords, will not the new provisions that the Government introduce make it less likely that witnesses come forward? Will that not be welcomed by traffickers, who will see it as…13 May 2024HANSARDImmunisation: ChildrenMy Lords, is it not the case that we need to make the case for public health, and that our public health policy is determined by parents getting their children vaccinated? Do we…08 May 2024HANSARDInternational Health Regulations: AmendmentsMy Lords, the Government said that they would learn the lessons from the Covid problems. How have they tackled the issue of production of equipment that was needed for Covid but…07 May 2024HANSARDTees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value NoticeMy Lords, if I had acted in the same way when I was a local authority leader, I would have been surcharged. Is it not about time that the mayor had the same sort of qualification,…02 May 2024HANSARDWater Companies: Licence ConditionsWhy do the Government allow these water companies to retain profits when there is so much need for investment and given their poor performance and the way that they are polluting…01 May 2024HANSARDSewage Pollution: Lakes and RiversMy Lords, have not the regulator and Ministers allowed the water companies to rip off the general public for the last 13 years? Can the Minister guarantee that no water company…30 Apr 2024HANSARDLower Thames Crossing: Development ConsentMy Lords, does the Minister remember that, when the Conservative Government took power, they ended the concept of a national policy group that would look at major infrastructure…29 Apr 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseMy Lords, does the Minister think that we need to do far more on public awareness of vaccines and their benefits? All sorts of people out there are spreading malicious tales about…23 Apr 2024HANSARDMedical Student PlacesMy Lords, the Minister is not responsible for the crisis we are facing in the health service, but we have had 13 years of cuts in training for doctors. Does he not accept that it…22 Apr 2024HANSARDFur: Import and SaleMy Lords, what are the arguments for not banning fur products coming into the country? It does not seem to me that there is any important reason why we should not ban them. I…22 Apr 2024