"I will always be grateful to the Minister for his historic observations about GDP per capita. But what is the current GDP per capita, and how is its growth developing over time? Will the Minister please acknowledge that efforts on these Benches on the planning Bill are constructive, supportive and …..." Lord Bethell - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Stuart, who makes a very good point on public opinion. I am persuaded that one of the reasons why the Bill should pass is that the public broadly support it. But they support it only if it works. …..." Lord Bethell - View Speech
"My Lords, I give huge thanks to my noble friend Lord Mott for this important debate, and thanks also to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for pointing out that we need better diagnostics with better specificity and sensitivity. We all aspire to a new generation of diagnostics, but we have …..." Lord Bethell - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great privilege to speak after the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate. His points on data are extremely well made, and I thoroughly endorse them.
I will restrict my points to the subject of health, because Britain’s defence absolutely relies upon the health of its people. That …..." Lord Bethell - View Speech
"My Lords, I fear that what the noble Lord, Lord Knight, has suggested is indeed happening: private schools, grammar schools and schools in wealthy areas are doubling down on their success by pursuing smartphone bans. Schools in areas of deprivation, where family and community ties are the weakest, are being …..." Lord Bethell - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great privilege to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Morris. I think she spoke for many of us on the challenge of edtech: how our hopes that this would be a transformational technology have now changed emphatically, and how we now find ourselves in a …..." Lord Bethell - View Speech
"The Minister is quite right to point out that the Online Safety Act did not get much of a mention: maybe it is some kind of PTSD, because some of us did hard yards during that difficult passage. One of the most difficult things was the debate on age verification …..." Lord Bethell - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing the Bill to this House so thoughtfully and clearly. I also declare my interest as a consultant to Oviva, an obesity treatment company, and my wife’s role as a non-executive director at Tesco and Diageo.
"My Lords, it is a great honour to follow my noble friend Lady Jenkin who has been talking on these issues way before it became so fashionable and drew me into this debate in the first place. I would like to say thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, and …..." Lord Bethell - View Speech
"My Lords, public service in the old days used to be quite a different thing. My forebear, Admiral Robert Barlow, used to be the superintendent of the Chatham Shipyards. He ran the shipyards through his personal account and took quite a lot of the Government’s money to build large houses …..." Lord Bethell - View Speech