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HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, like others, I welcome the introduction of this Bill, which will help restore confidence in homes built by the UK construction industry after the damaging revelations of…02 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I shall respond to the injunction from the Front Bench and speak for less than two minutes. I had not planned to intervene in this debate, but I was provoked by my noble…31 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my new room-mate, the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, and I agree with every word that she has just said. I also agree with the other speeches…31 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Revision of the Highway CodeMy Lords, as a former Secretary of State for Transport and a keen cyclist, I very much welcome the new Highway Code and congratulate my noble friend and her colleagues in the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Grants: FraudMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. Was not the object of the loan scheme to enable existing companies to continue trading through the pandemic? If, as we heard from my…25 Jan 2022HANSARDE-scootersMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on introducing this debate, which has been monopolised by seven Conservative Back-Benchers. It is a very timely debate because, as we have…20 Jan 2022HANSARDEnforcement of Lockdown RegulationsMy Lords, the ONS has recently published data that shows, after adjusting for age, that men and women of black ethnicity are four times as likely to die from Covid as people of…18 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I will add a very short footnote to the excellent speech of the noble Lord, Lord Best, and pay tribute to the way that he has spearheaded the campaign to repeal the…17 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, this is my first contribution to the debate on the Bill and, listening to earlier exchanges, it struck me how many were being made by those who had either run the NHS as…13 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy Lords, I commend the Minister for his tireless work over the past few months, which has led to this very welcome initiative. Will he clarify two points that arose from the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to introduce a professional register for care workers.10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterMy Lords, I am grateful for that reply. In his letter to us today on NHS resilience, the Secretary of State says: “Social care is vital for our success in managing Covid-19,…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety DefectsMy Lords, since we last discussed this matter, on 1 January, thousands of leaseholders will have received service charges from the freeholder demanding very substantial…05 Jan 2022HANSARDChildren and Young People in Care: AccommodationMy Lords, my noble friend will know that this year a record number of unaccompanied minors have arrived in this country seeking asylum, and many have been placed in hotels, with…16 Dec 2021HANSARDDisabled Students’ Allowance SchemeI welcome the improvements to which my noble friend has just referred but can she say something about the totality of resources available to disabled students so that all those…09 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill08 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank, first, the co-sponsor of the amendment, the noble Baroness, Lady Blake of Leeds, for continuing the duet that we launched in Committee. I am grateful also to…08 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I beg to move Amendment 14 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Blake of Leeds. This adds a new clause to the Bill after Clause 9—the clause dealing with the…08 Dec 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, has my noble friend read paragraph 9.1 of the Ministerial Code? It says: “When Parliament is in session, the most important announcements of Government policy should be…06 Dec 2021HANSARDCigarette Stick Health Warnings Bill [HL]My Lords, I hope that we will now move to calmer waters. I am sanguine about the prospects for this Bill reaching the statute book at this late stage of the Session. However, that…03 Dec 2021