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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Jul 2023
Land Use in England Committee Report

"My Lords, this is a valedictory speech. I rise to deliver it with a mixture of huge gratitude and considerable sadness. The gratitude is what I feel towards so many in your Lordships’ House, both Members and staff, whose kindness, friendship and wisdom have made my 10 years here a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Jul 2023
Respiratory Syncytial Virus

"My Lords, I, too, welcome the Minister’s detailed knowledge of this subject. Testing it even further, if I may, can I ask him whether His Majesty’s Government have made any assessment of the usefulness of glycolipid research in countering not only RSV but other viral illnesses, including influenza and Covid-19?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 30 Mar 2023
Junior Doctors’ Strikes

"My Lords, we know that a major cause of the strikes that we have recently seen in the health service relates to staff who are overstretched. That is the result of chronic shortages, which suggests a lack of adequate workforce planning. We have just heard that there are currently over …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 30 Mar 2023
Social Care

"My Lords, I have had the great privilege of sitting on both the Adult Social Care Committee and the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care. I also pay tribute to the outstanding work of their respective chairs, the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, and Dr Anna Dixon.

When the two reports were …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Jan 2023
International Holocaust Memorial Day

"My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. Like so many others, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, for this Motion. It provides an opportunity not only to hear such moving contributions but to express from these Benches our deep appreciation …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jan 2023
National Parks

"My Lords, some of our national parks believe that they could better address climate and nature emergencies if they were added to the list of authorities which have a general power of competence under the Localism Act 2011. Can the Minister tell us whether His Majesty’s Government have any plans …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2023
Childcare

"My Lords, following the recommendation in a recent report published by the Work and Pensions Committee on universal credit and childcare costs, can the Minister tell us what assessment His Majesty’s Government have made of childcare funding schemes in Scotland and in some Scandinavian countries? Have they investigated whether their …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2023
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"My Lords, in the brief time available, I will address health inequalities between the north of England, where I live, and the south, and their implications for levelling up and regeneration. Health inequalities are defined as avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. In 2010, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Jan 2023
United Kingdom: Future Pandemics

"My Lords, can the Minister tell us whether His Majesty’s Government have yet put in place a revised system to purchase PPE during a pandemic?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 08 Dec 2022
Called-in Planning Decision: West Cumbria

"My Lords, I declare a slight interest in this topic, since Whitehaven is in my diocese, and like the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, I live in west Cumbria—in a particularly beautiful part of it, I have to say. This debate has now been running for more than two years, and …..."
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