"My Lords, I thank the Minister for taking a personal interest in this appalling, sad history, which has gone on for so long, and for recognising that there is a need to really speed things up. The slower it is, the worse the agony. Wrong has happened and recognising that …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I apologise to the Committee; I should have declared my interests. I am an observer on the Medical Schools Council, I chair the Bevan Commission in Wales and I hold the chair at Cardiff University...." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for having secured this important and timely debate, given that many doctors find in August that they are without jobs. Although those graduating in medicine in this country are guaranteed a pre-registration post, there are not enough posts for …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, given the commercial determinants of ill health that are now clear, what work are the Government doing with local authorities to make sure that shops such as greengrocers are available on high streets across the country, so that children can work through the lessons that they might learn …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, from these Benches, we too send best wishes to the noble Baroness, Lady Merron.
The stress on prevention in this plan is welcome, but it does not adequately address the commercial determinants of ill health. On every high street there is alcohol for sale which does not have …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"For mothers in those units, how is the monitoring undertaken to make sure that they are not being given drugs through illicit routes to maintain their drug addiction? Are they routinely tested for substances to try to help them come off drugs and maintain better bonding with the baby as …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for the comprehensive way in which she introduced this instrument, including how it corresponds with all the documentation that we have. I am glad to see that it applies to Wales; we have many small pharmacies with cross-border flow and many …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"I will pick up on this because it is a concern. In her summing-up speech, the Minister spoke about the business interests of the hub and the spoke. A concern is whether you could have a hub, which will be a large, possibly even multi- national, provider that could create …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Government undertake to ensure that in their workforce plan the training of undergraduate nurses in all courses, and for undergraduate medics and allied health professions, includes training on managing a situation where people have degrees of impaired mental capacity, and that judgmental views on disability are …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech