"My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, in this debate. She is a renowned globetrotter when it comes to humanitarian missions in Africa and other lower and middle-income countries. It was also a privilege to succeed her as president of my old school, …..." Lord Ribeiro - View Speech
"My Lords, following on from the question about the role of general practice, and mindful of the fact that we recently combined the Department of Health with social care, is it perhaps not time to redefine the role of general practice to ensure continuity of care between the two sectors …..." Lord Ribeiro - View Speech
"My Lords, I hear my name mentioned and I think I ought to say something very briefly. Your Lordships are influenced only by evidence. The evidence following the legislation in 2006 in Scotland and 2007 in England has already shown measurable effects in improving healthcare, particularly among non-smoking bar workers, …..." Lord Ribeiro - View Speech
"My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar, for missing the beginning of his speech, and I thank him for bringing this debate to your Lordships’ House.
“The European working time directive is destroying surgical training”. This was a comment from a surgical trainee responding to the General …..." Lord Ribeiro - View Speech
"My Lords, I seek clarification because the noble Baroness, Lady Emerton, has just referred to a whole series of different emergencies. The noble Baroness, Lady Williams, referred earlier to Clause 43 and the question of emergencies. I am confused about what we mean by emergencies and, under the emergency powers, …..." Lord Ribeiro - View Speech
"My Lords, I should like to speak very strongly in support of Amendment 65 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Warner. Were the noble Lord, Lord Patel, here today, I am sure that he would also speak strongly in support of it because he raised the issue of …..." Lord Ribeiro - View Speech