"Would the noble Lord accept, however, that it would be deeply unfair if somebody whose major wish was to end their terminal illness, and the pain and intolerable suffering that was coming with it, was to be denied that right because they were also concerned about numerous other things? Very …..." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech
"My Lords, the retail and hospitality industries are often where youngsters who find it difficult to get into the workplace get their first foothold. Understandably, there have to be increases in the overheads that these organisations are paying, but can the Minister look at ways in which these organisations might …..." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech
"My Lords, I add my thanks to those who have given theirs to the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for securing this debate. He has been a seasoned journalist, a campaigner on issues such as AIDS and has now taken up the cudgels on behalf of the really important issue of …..." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech
"My Lords, if the Government are not going to review their links with X, I ask that they tread carefully in their links with other companies connected to Elon Musk, particularly Anduril and Palantir, the two defence companies. It will be very interesting if the Government let us know how …..." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech
"My Lords, this is really good news and I welcome it on all counts, in particular the food and drink deal we are moving towards, because so many small businesses have simply stopped exporting to the EU. Can the Minister say how those small firms will now be encouraged to …..." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech
"My Lords, has not the time come for the BMA to reject the way the resident doctors committee is behaving? I do not believe that the NHS I know would be supportive of its actions...." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech
"Can the noble Baroness tell the Committee whether she actually listened to what the GP in our midst said about how practices work?..." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech
"My Lords, many of the victims at the centre of the inquiry were victims at least twice over: they were abused by the gangs but also by those who were supposed to be caring for them. The inquiry will be looking at systemic failures in the system and will go …..." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech
"How much stress does the Minister think should be put anyhow on forecasts of relatively small numbers that can turn out to be extremely wrong?..." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech
"My Lords, would the Minister agree that the real flaw in all this debate is putting such importance on such tiny movements in forecasts? The OBR itself admits that its forecasts tend to overestimate GDP growth and productivity. The reliance on these figures on such short-term movements is utterly crazy …..." Baroness Wheatcroft - View Speech