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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Care Workers: Foreign Worker Visas

"My Lords, as we have heard, concerns around low pay and insecure contracts are long-standing in the social care sector. The Minister made mention of the fair pay agreement; can she explain how this will ensure that a living wage, living hours and living pensions will be paid to staff …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Care Workers: Foreign Worker Visas

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Learning Disabilities Nursing

"My Lords, the NHS England 2025 best practice guide has a number of suggestions for growing the learning disability nursing workforce, including requiring CQC-registered providers to provide staff with training for learning disabilities and autism. Can the Minister say what the Government are doing to ensure that this is implemented …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Adult Social Care

"My Lords, given the well-documented regional and social economic disparities in access to adult social care, in what way are the Government, in focusing on the shortages in the workforce, focusing their efforts on tackling this inequality in access?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Apr 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 109, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Northbrook. Those of us on these Benches are clear that we support the inclusion of wider faith representatives in your Lordships’ House. Since before the Wakeham commission, we have favoured wider representation. Many of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog

"My Lords, it is humbling to speak in this debate in the company of those better qualified than me to make comment, but I rise to speak particularly about the impact on victims. From London, I also welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Longfield, to her place.

It continues to be …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Covid-19: Day of Reflection

"My Lords, I declare my interest as the former chair of the UK Commission on Bereavement and other interests as set out in the register. Though we are small in number, I am grateful for the opportunity to hold this debate. I am aware that reflection on the impact of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Covid-19: Day of Reflection

"To ask His Majesty’s Government, following the COVID-19 Day of Reflection, what steps they are taking to improve support offered to people bereaved as a result of COVID-19...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Mar 2025
Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Bill

"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lords, Lord Wallace and Lord Hope. We on these Benches welcome this Bill and, as we have already heard, so does the Church of Scotland.

The Columba declaration was signed in 2016 between the Church of England …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Mar 2025
Safe Housing and Hospital Discharge

"My Lords, the VCSE sector plays a critical role in discharge planning. The Minister may know of a project in Warrington, where a social prescribing link worker and the VCSE team are integrated into the discharge team, and are therefore able to support people on discharge. The pilot has been …..."
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