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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2026
NHS: In-house Software Capabilities

"My Lords, my question also relates to the federated data platform. I am sure the noble Baroness is aware that more than 50,000 patients have written to their local trust boards asking not to have their data placed on it. The Greater Manchester ICB, serving 2.8 million patients, has said …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill

"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, for introducing this Bill. Her passion for this policy is evident and I am sure that she is very glad finally to bring it to us 615 days after the current Government took power. The Green Party called for the end …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2026
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026

"My Lords, I offer the Green Party’s support for this statutory instrument and oppose the regret and fatal amendments. I will add some extra points to this debate that have not yet been made. We must look at this in the context of global shipping, which, back in 2018, represented …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 11 Mar 2026
Secondary International Competitiveness and Growth Objective (FSR Committee Report)

"My Lords, in following the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, I thank him for giving me the opportunity to reflect on the life of Adam Smith. The noble Lord said that Adam Smith wrote that it was not benevolence that ensured that he got his dinner. I point the noble Lord …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 11 Mar 2026
Secondary International Competitiveness and Growth Objective (FSR Committee Report)

"As I was saying, only 6.6% of bank lending last year went towards productive industries in the real economy— I am basing this on Positive Money. The group used the Bank of England’s annual money and credit statistics to find that net lending to productive industries increased by just £9 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Mar 2026
Middle East: Defence

"My Lords, in reflecting on what the Minister and the Statement said, that Iran has lashed out with

“dangerous, indiscriminate and reckless strikes”,

which is clearly an accurate description, I join the Front Benches and others in offering thanks to the British service personnel who are seeking to protect threatened …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Energy Markets

"My Lords, an investigation today by the Guardian finds that a series of government announcements to

“mainline AI into the veins”

of the UK economy are riddled with “phantom investments” and what the Guardian describes as “shaky accounting”. In the light of this Statement on energy markets, is this not …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2026

"One of the vaccines on the list of those that are only available privately is against typhoid. There was a publication last week, I believe, looking at the spread of antimicrobial resistance to typhoid and the fact that antibiotics that we have been using against typhoid for decades are now …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Jones; his long and extensive memories of the issues here really highlighted the depth and length of the problem that is the background to this statutory instrument.

I thank the Minister for her introduction, which was very clear. …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2026

"My Lords, I thank the Minister for her clear and comprehensive introduction to this statutory instrument, and I express Green Party support for it. I echo the comments of the Minister in the House of Commons, who said that,

“after clean water, vaccination is the most effective public health intervention …..."

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