Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Debate between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Baroness Stowell of Beeston

Thursday 8th January 2026 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con)]

My Lords—

[Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)]

Before the noble Baroness intervenes, can I just say that if we are having questions to the noble and learned Lord, they should be on the Motion and not on the wider issue of the Bill.

[Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con)]

Before the noble and learned Lord makes his decision whether to press his Motion, I simply wanted to ask the Leader of the House whether, if this Motion is passed, she believes that a new form of procedure has then been created by this House. It will no longer really be a Private Member’s Bill. We will have a situation where, as a Back-Bencher, the noble and learned Lord will have demonstrated that it is possible to take control of the scheduling of business in this House. As there have been a lot of very positive contributions both from the noble and the learned Lord and from others in response to this Motion and a desire for this House to change the way in which it is dealing with this Bill, would it be better for him to withdraw the Motion rather than create a new situation?

Generative AI: Intellectual Property Rights

Debate between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Baroness Stowell of Beeston

Monday 11th November 2024 Lords Chamber

[Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)]

My Lords, shall we hear from the former Leader of the House next? Then we will hear from the Cross Benches.

[Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con)]

I am very grateful to the noble Lord. Copyright clearly affects a lot of different sectors, but given the value of real-time news to the AI platforms, particularly in the production of services and products that they offer to consumers, what steps are the Government taking to ensure that there is a mutually beneficial deal between the platforms and news organisations, so that we can safeguard the content that will be so important to the continuing advancement of this technology?

Planning: New Garden Cities

Debate between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Baroness Stowell of Beeston

Monday 2nd December 2013 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Stowell of Beeston]

My noble friend is certainly right that we need more new homes, and increase of supply is essential. We think it is really important to be in a position where those plans are brought to fruition. Rather than imposing new towns on any area, we are encouraging towns to come forward with their plans. I have been able to demonstrate today that the Government are supporting those which come forward, and the support that we are giving is making these plans become a reality.

[Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab)]

My Lords, I still do not think we have had an Answer to my noble friend’s Question. Are the Government going to publish a paper or not? It is as simple as that—yes or no?

[Baroness Stowell of Beeston]

As I have already said, we will be publishing a prospectus early in the new year for the next tranche of money. We have published a prospectus for the first tranche. What is most important is that action is taken, and that is under way.