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Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 06 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None We know that there is a significant risk of unconscious bias against such patients. - Speech Link
2: None bias and therefore an increased risk of incorrect prognostication”. - Speech Link
3: Lord Shinkwin (Con - Life peer) bias to work, and healthcare staff are no exception. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (XB - Life peer) There is also, sadly, bias in the minds of doctors. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) Assessing capacity is also inherently subjective and vulnerable to bias. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Wei (Con - Life peer) covering elective home education and related SEND, lawful decision-making and the avoidance of unconscious - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) data—and I hope that many noble Lords opposite will support me here—would even reduce officers’ unconscious - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Policing across the UK should be without fear or favour and certainly should not allow political bias - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Jury Trials - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) concluded that unlike other stages of the criminal justice system, jury trials do not show statistical bias - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) Think of the victims who face unconscious bias daily, and who will not get justice if just one person - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) However, we have established historically that jury trials mean that we do not see unconscious bias. - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) , or even conscious, bias. - Speech Link
5: Aphra Brandreth (Con - Chester South and Eddisbury) If a judge becomes the sole arbiter of guilt, there is a risk that errors—conscious or unconscious—can - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Neurodiversity in the Workplace - Wed 17 Dec 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Cameron Thomas (LD - Tewkesbury) Women can suffer the consequences of unconscious bias. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Huntingdon Train Attack - Tue 04 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) Many of the models that I have seen still have an in-built ethnic bias, inherited from the fact that - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Black History Month - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Ben Coleman (Lab - Chelsea and Fulham) assumptions; we must actually listen to people and understand their lived experiences in order to tackle unconscious - Speech Link
2: Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) Does she agree that we need to look at how we use AI systems, so that we do not automate bias and discrimination - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Knife Crime - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lee Anderson (RUK - Ashfield) We cannot allow a fear of red tape, or baseless accusations of institutional racism or unconscious bias - Speech Link
2: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton) That attitude reflects a class bias that is still far too common—the idea that some estates or even some - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Equality Act 2010: Impact on British Society - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) that their staff include pronouns in their signatures, in police forces being trained to detect unconscious - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Report stage - Fri 20 Jun 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Kevin McKenna (Lab - Sittingbourne and Sheppey) I have seen patients find peace in their final days, but also patients who have been unconscious or unaware - Speech Link
2: Jen Craft (Lab - Thurrock) this Bill because we cannot legislate against discrimination and we cannot legislate out inherent bias - Speech Link