"My Lords, last year, OCHA and organisations on the ground working with the humanitarian aid agency reached 17 million people in Sudan. This year, the aim is to reach 20 million people. They do a fantastic job, working in great danger. Will my noble friend join me in paying tribute …..." Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - View Speech
"My Lords, there can be no excuse for violence, but does my noble friend the Minister agree that there is an epidemic of loneliness in this country at the moment? Sometimes, individuals who spend a lot of time in their rooms alone are somehow encouraged to engage in violent acts. …..." Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - View Speech
"My Lords, I recognise that the Government wish to reduce migration and that this requires public support. However, like all others who have spoken this evening, I am very concerned about some of the changes to the Immigration Rules, including the reduction in time for refugee status from five years …..." Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - View Speech
"My Lords, does my noble friend the Leader of the House agree that we should be proud that our Prime Minister, acting in the national interest, resolutely refused to engage in this illegal war—in marked contrast to Mr Farage and Ms Badenoch?..." Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - View Speech
"If my noble and learned friend were to introduce into the Bill the provisions that the noble Lord wishes, would he then be in favour of such a Bill?..." Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 133 and 134. As we are aware, the UK’s health is fraying and unequal, with increasing numbers of people unable to work owing to poor health. Compared with other high-income countries, the UK now has one the lowest life expectancies and is …..." Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 310, which seeks to insert a duty to consider the needs of rural communities into the Bill. The duty would require
“strategic authorities and their mayors, when considering whether or how to exercise any of their functions, to have regard to the needs …..." Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - View Speech
"My Lords, what the noble Lord says and the article that he cites are very interesting. I am jolly glad that, for some people who have positive attitudes, they live a long time with their cancer. I know from personal circumstances, as do many other people around this Chamber, that …..." Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - View Speech
"The reason that the Senedd was voting in the dark was that this Bill had not reached its conclusion in the House of Lords. If it had done so, the Senedd would have been legislating in the daylight...." Baroness Royall of Blaisdon - View Speech