Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 11 Jun 2026 Antisemitism
"My Lords, have the Government taken the advice of global Jewish scholars, who have concluded that Holocaust education and memorialisation have no effect and can be positively damaging? This is supported in reviews by University College London. Youth education should instead be about Jewish life and history, and specifically about …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, the pointless recognition of Palestine, which ran counter to international law, has made no difference at all. I note that in the Statement it is taken for granted that east Jerusalem will be part of Palestine. I remind the Government that when Arabs were in control of east …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, it is admirable that the Minister wants to lift children out of poverty. Why then has she not enthusiastically accepted the recommendations of the Public Services Committee about reforming the Child Maintenance Service, which is currently letting hundreds of thousands of fathers get away with paying nothing, hiding …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a heartrending statistic that 4 million of the UK’s 14 million children live in separated families. That is a higher proportion than in many European countries. The drawbacks of that situation are well known. Children from one-parent families show lower average educational attainment, reduced social mobility …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a former chairwoman of the HFEA. When I was approached for the job, I explained that, at my school, we were not even taught what were then called the “facts of life”. It turned out that this did not matter, as the task …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, this debate has consisted of highs and lows. One high, of course, is that it is wonderful that the House of Lords has so many world experts on infertility ready to speak today and contribute their knowledge. That is what we are all about. The lows I am …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, is not the problem that the people who are fairly paying their tax feel that they unfairly have to support a vast number—maybe just as many—who are living on welfare and benefits, and that the people who work hard have to support those who do not? I sense …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, I am deeply distressed and depressed that I have to speak, as I do this evening, on education—though my account could just as well have been on one of the other days of debate on the gracious Speech. I chose education because that is where the current crisis …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, it is widely reported that maternity services are in crisis—in fact, an inquiry is ongoing. Could it be that women suffering from miscarriage get less priority when maternity services are overstretched and as busy as they could possibly be, as we have read? Would it not be better …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech