"My Lords, it is a privilege to have the opportunity to contribute to this important debate regarding improving cancer outcomes and diagnostic care and research. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Patel, on securing it.
I shall first concentrate on the importance of early diagnosis, which, as we are all …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction to these regulations. I will speak very briefly to one or two concerns. The wording in the proposed regulations appears somewhat unclear, with insufficient information to gauge the instrument’s policy objective and intended implementation. Importantly, no meaning is given for the …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend and to have the opportunity to speak to this statutory instrument. I support and welcome the update levies to fund operational costs of low carbon and nuclear energy schemes. However, it is the wider context that is my concern: …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to these regulations and also declare that I am a vice-president of the LGA and a past leader of a local authority. I welcome and note this statutory instrument creating an obligation on businesses that supply household packaging and managing the …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank your Lordships for allowing me to speak in the gap and congratulate the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Whitehead, on his excellent maiden speech. As he said, the Bill is about ambition.
This important piece of legislation will protect two-thirds of the world’s oceans with the …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for introducing this instrument proposing the ban on the supply and sale of wet wipes. There is no doubt that there is a significant and ongoing problem with wet wipes, and I agree that urgent action is needed to ban the sale and supply of wet …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to have the opportunity to take part in the Second Reading of this Bill. It is urgently required to reduce the increasing levels of youth vaping and to target the illicit vape market, which we are all aware has future consequences, particularly for very young …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech
"My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. Scunthorpe, as we have heard from many speakers today, is a proud steel town that I have known for many years. Its people are fighting with all the strength and resilience that they have to keep those coke ovens burning. …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech
"My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. The closure of Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces and other steelmaking sectors is devastating news for almost 3,000 workers and their families. British Steel must not allow the final two blast furnaces to close until the two arc furnaces are installed to …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech
"My Lords, patient flow through a hospital is a critical factor in avoiding delayed discharges, which is a major issue. We know that electronic bed management systems can play a major part in helping to reduce bed-blocking. What steps are His Majesty’s Government taking to ensure that more hospitals have …..." Baroness Redfern - View Speech