Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2026 Health Bill
"My Lords, I commend all the amendments in this group. As the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, said when introducing it so powerfully, I attach my name to the noble Baroness’s Amendment 26, which would provide for a transformational fund for improvements in access to support service redesign by scaling proven …..." Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle - View Speech
"I am delighted to allow the noble Lord to say just that. I am sure there are many people in your Lordships’ Chamber who would agree with him. In fact, I will point Members to a book that I was at the launch of last week. It is called The …..." Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow and almost entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Deben, although I do not accept his label of the current Welsh system as odd. I am otherwise in 100% agreement. It is also a great pleasure to admire the speech of …..." Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle - View Speech
"My Lords, my question relates specifically to the refugees arriving through irregular routes, who now face a 30-year settlement time. Some of them will be women fleeing the Taliban. Some of them will be those whom I shared a room with last week as we commemorated the first anniversary of …..." Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle - View Speech
"My Lords, since there is time, I have another question referring to the other end of the scale. I was talking about refugees waiting 30 years. It is three years to settlement for the highest-rate taxpayers, who earn over £125,000 per year. I note that, before the Budget, Bloomberg reported …..." Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle - View Speech
"My Lords, I will be very brief. I have signed three amendments in this group—Amendments 52, 59 and 67—that all address the issue of the “missing millions”. This phrase has been used multiple times in this debate; it is a real scar on our polity and a reflection of inequality …..." Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and to speak to my Clause 2 stand part notice, which goes further than the noble Baroness’s amendment but is headed in the same direction.
"My Lords, a lot of the focus on the Rosebank decision has been on climate change, naturally, but this is a development at a depth of over one kilometre, the deepest ever proposed on the UK continental shelf. The remote location, depth and harsh Atlantic conditions make it a very …..." Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle - View Speech
"My Lords, I begin by joining the chorus of thanking the noble Lord, Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale, for bringing us this debate and introducing it so clearly. It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, who, as we have just heard, has maintained an acute focus …..." Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle - View Speech