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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I too support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. I declare my interest as my wife is a director of Diageo. There is no doubt that mandatory calorie labelling of alcohol is one of the most basic steps we need to take to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 149, 151 and 153 in my name and those of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Walmsley and Lady Boycott. The amendments refer specifically to a deadline for the implementation of the junk food advertising restrictions.

I completely applaud …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 04 Feb 2022
Health and Care Bill

"I will also speak briefly in support of the register for social care workers, and I very much echo the words of my noble friend Lord Young. During the pandemic, we faced a huge challenge in identifying who social workers were. That meant that we struggled to distribute PPE, to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 04 Feb 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I will speak to Schedule 17 generally and in support of Amendment 244 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. In doing so, I declare my wife’s interest as a board director of Tesco and Diageo.

I will focus my comments on the amendments supported by …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I support Amendment 266 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, and Amendment 293 in the name of my noble friend Lord Lansley for all the reasons that my noble friend just articulated. I will not repeat them as he put them so very well. However, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I, too, praise the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his analysis and for rightly identifying the important connection between trust and confidentiality, and the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his diagnosis. In particular, I double up on the praise for Laura Wade-Gery and her report, which provides a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 11 Jan 2022
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, I want to say a brief word in support of the amendment on innovation in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton.

Having just been the Minister for Innovation, I can tell noble Lords that they could fill their entire diary travelling the country and seeing fantastic …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 01 Dec 2021
Early Years Interventions

"My Lords, perinatal mental health issues cost the NHS and social services £8 billion a year, much of that because of the impacts on children, yet half of such cases go undiagnosed and even those who are diagnosed rarely get evidence-based treatment. We welcome the women’s health strategy, but what …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Mar 2020
Coronavirus Bill

"My Lords, I start by welcoming this amendment, which in its spirit and intention is utterly sensible, thoughtful and right. I would like to speak on it in a way that reassures the House that the intention of the amendment and the many speeches in the Chamber today are exactly …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Mar 2020
Coronavirus Bill

"My Lords, I completely recognise the good intentions of this amendment and the desire to protect women in an awkward situation at a difficult time. I also recognise the strong stakeholder views given to me by the royal college, Marie Stopes and others, but it is the Government’s priority to …..."
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