"My Lords, I begin by thanking our chair, the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, for her excellent introduction. I declare my interest as a member of the committee and my interests in various organisations, which are all regulated, as set out in the register.
"My Lords, I too support my noble friend Lady Shawcross-Wolfson on Amendment 28, to which I have added my name. My first experience of workforce planning in the NHS was when I applied to be chair of NHS Improvement in 2017. I can remember asking the then Permanent Secretary, who …..." Baroness Harding of Winscombe - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Mawson, and the noble Baroness, Lady Gerada, who between them have many decades more experience than I do of NHS and health and care reorganisation. I have only one major experience from the inside: the last time we …..." Baroness Harding of Winscombe - View Speech
"My Lords, when Meta withdrew news from its platforms in Canada in response to legislation requiring it to pay for it, the gap was filled with disinformation. If UK publishers are forced to choose between surrendering their journalism and leaving Meta’s platform, what assessment have the Government made of the …..." Baroness Harding of Winscombe - View Speech
"My Lords, the tech companies, particularly the social media companies, have argued for a decade that their technology is global and, therefore, that local regulation is not the way to do it. Yet Australia, and now, I believe, this House have realised that local regulation is the only way you …..." Baroness Harding of Winscombe - View Speech
"My Lords, I rise quite nervously as I am definitely not a rail expert, this group of amendments is not really about the railways and the room is full of people who are huge rail enthusiasts. There are quite a lot of amendments in this group and they all, I …..." Baroness Harding of Winscombe - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to this meaty debate. They included multiple ex-Secretaries of State and Members with private sector, regional and devolved experience. I think there was real unanimity of intent. I also thank the Minister. There was an awful lot in his response, which I …..." Baroness Harding of Winscombe - View Speech
"I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord. Before he moves on, I may have misunderstood, but I do not think he addressed whether GBR would be subject to the Subsidy Control Act...." Baroness Harding of Winscombe - View Speech