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HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords—15 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Udny-Lister, for interrupting him at the beginning of his speech. My sight is not terribly good and I misread the Order Paper. I…15 Nov 2023HANSARDNear-earth SatellitesMy Lords, my noble friend raises a very important point, but is not it also true that one of the greatest problems facing astronomy is light pollution, as has been recorded…13 Nov 2023HANSARDDomestic Violence and Brain InjuryMy Lords, the Minister is to be congratulated on his call for more research. Would he care to comment on the use of organoids—clumps of generative stem cells—which act as an…23 Oct 2023HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]Before the noble Lord sits down, might I ask him, because I do not know, what income a seat-holder might make from a year’s lease of his seat to people who want to sit in it? As a…19 Oct 2023HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]Perhaps the noble Lord can tell the House what he feels about the following. At the moment, London is under massive pressure for performance space, and a number of theatres may be…19 Oct 2023HANSARDGeneral Medical Council: Internal GuidanceMy Lords, I intend no disrespect to anybody, but in view of the fact that the GMC has a really important role in regulating language, particularly for overseas graduates who come…17 Oct 2023HANSARDPaediatric Care: Wating TimesThe Minister quite rightly referred to the brain development of a child being very rapid and resulting from experience, and to various experiences having a profound effect on…16 Oct 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Channel CrossingsThe Minister used the phrase that their journey was “dangerous, illegal and unnecessary”. I wonder if he would be kind enough to consider retracting the word “unnecessary”,…07 Sept 2023HANSARDUK Government Resilience FrameworkMy Lords, rather than decry technology, would it not be better to do the opposite: encourage our schools to teach much more science and technology and respond more effectively to…04 Sept 2023HANSARDPrison: Support for Dependent ChildrenMy Lords, I am sure we all wish to congratulate the Minister on her sympathy for such children in this situation and the long-term effects that can occur. Does she not feel that…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUK: Violence Against Women and GirlsMy Lords, with respect to my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti, I am not a noble sister, but I hope I can add to this debate as a male. Let me tell the story of Marie—a completely…29 Jun 2023HANSARDE-scooters and E-bikes: Battery FiresMy Lords, can the Minister kindly tell the House what methods other than lithium are being researched and how much the Government are spending on researching alternatives to…27 Jun 2023HANSARDFarm Animal WelfareMy Lords, I take this opportunity to thank the noble Lord for his courteous correspondence after the conclusion of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act. Apropos of that…26 Jun 2023HANSARDMetastatic and Secondary Breast CancerMy Lords, I did not quite understand the Minister’s answer to the question about ladies with breast cancer, and their children. Surely, the answer is quite simple: those children…19 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillDoes the Minister think that the cost should also be measured in terms of the reputation of the United Kingdom, the country as it is and the way it feels about itself? It is not…14 Jun 2023HANSARDScience and Technology Superpower (Science and Technology Committee Report)I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, for her excellent chairmanship of this committee and the work we got through. I also thank the wonderful team behind her. I want to suggest…07 Jun 2023HANSARDCancer Referral TargetsMy Lords, have the Government made an assessment of the cost of false positive tests in this kind of screening and the cost to patients?05 Jun 2023HANSARDCancer Referral TargetsFor cancer.05 Jun 2023HANSARDPharmacies: Medicines at HomeMy noble friend on the Front Bench is absolutely right. As somebody who is currently taking hourly medication, I can tell the Minister that it is extremely difficult to keep that…17 May 2023