Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2026 Health Bill
"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Harding of Winscombe and Lady Cass, for their support for this amendment. In moving Amendment 28, I want to make a very simple argument. The Bill gives Ministers direct responsibility for training and educating …..." Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has taken part in this debate. In the interests of time, I will keep my remarks as short as possible. I am grateful to the Minister for answering so many questions and setting out so comprehensively what the Government are already doing …..." Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson - View Speech
"I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her eloquent and moving statement and her commitment to taking action on this. The noble Baroness said that the workforce planning recommendations from the Ockenden review and potentially also from the Amos review will be picked up in the maternity taskforce action …..." Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, for bringing these important questions to the House. Women’s health, fertility, and experience of motherhood are matters that are rarely given the attention they deserve, and I am hugely grateful for the opportunity to learn from the expertise of …..." Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson - View Speech
"My Lords, I am delighted to follow the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Babudu, and I apologise in advance for reiterating some of his excellent points.
"I would like to add my thanks to the Government and the Minister personally for the commitment and work done to renew the women’s health strategy. Other noble Lords have mentioned maternity services. Could the Minister tell us a bit more about the timetable for the conclusion of the review …..." Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson - View Speech
"My Lords, I will not detain the House at this hour. I thank the Minister for the progress the Government have made on this since we spoke about it in Committee—it really is a step forward. However, like other noble Lords, I urge the Minister to just go a little …..." Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Amos, herself said:
“I do not understand why change has been so slow”.
Can the Minister set out with a little more clarity the timeline for the national taskforce to meet and produce its own set of recommendations and, crucially, when families can …..." Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson - View Speech
"My Lords, more than 40 years ago, Parliament ensured that pornographic material that was deemed too degrading, too explicit or too dangerous could not be distributed. Parliament never changed its mind, but technology overtook the law, which is why we now have the absurd situation where content is illegal when …..." Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson - View Speech