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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 15 Apr 2026
Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

"My Lords, I will also ask a few questions. I declare my interests as the senior steward—namely, the chairman—of the Jockey Club and as the mother of an elite athlete.

I spent last weekend at two quite different sporting events, juggling my time between the Grand National and the Home …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 15 Apr 2026
Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

"My Lords, I will be very brief. The Explanatory Notes say that a full impact assessment was not completed because

“no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen”.

I think it entirely foreseeable that there could be significant cost and complexity, as well as an inability …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

"My Lords, I will also try to be brief. I completely support everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, has said. I would like to draw out two arguments that have been made to me today as to why her amendments should not be supported and explain why they are …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Mar 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

"My Lords, given the hour, I shall be brief. I support my noble friend Lady Stowell in the two amendments that she has so ably introduced, and I have been delighted to add my name to both of them.

I have worked all my life in consumer services: for 20-odd …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Superintelligent AI

"My Lords, in 1982, the then Government commissioned a philosopher, Dame Mary Warnock, to explore the moral and ethical frameworks around human embryology and fertilisation, long before many of the developments were really possible. I worry that the AI Security Institute is just trying to work out what it does, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Superintelligent AI

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Holocaust Memorial Day

"My Lords, it is a somewhat daunting privilege to follow another passionate and erudite speech from the noble Lord, Lord Austin. I too congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Coventry on an outstanding maiden speech—the huge impact that she will make in this House is clear. I thank …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Jan 2026
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I will also endeavour to be brief. Like many who have spoken already, I spent a very large amount of time on the Online Safety Act. I agree entirely with the comments of the noble Lords, Lord Knight and Lord Russell, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. This …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 08 Jan 2026
AI Systems: Risks

"My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Fairfax for bringing this debate and for his continued efforts on this topic. I shall focus my remarks on so-called advanced general artificial intelligence, AGI. I understand the resistance to legislation. I understand the fear that technology will get around barriers …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Computer-generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

"My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s strength in his answers. He says that if Ofcom does not act to hold X to account for Grok’s illegal activities, the Government will. Can he expand on how the Government will act, if they need to?..."
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