"My Lords, I congratulate the new Minister and wish her well in her—I hope—long career. As the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, pointed out, our committee has had some success with newly-appointed Ministers lasting a little longer than some colleagues.
"My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, in this important debate this evening. Summer is only just behind us, yet I have no doubt that minds of NHS leaders will already be turning to how to deal with winter pressures. The NHS has always …..." Lord Mott - View Speech
"My Lords, as someone who has spent the vast majority of their career helping to run election campaigns across the UK, I add my support to this common-sense technical legislation. It makes no sense that a voter in Scotland and Wales can apply online for a postal or proxy vote …..." Lord Mott - View Speech
"My Lords, around one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives. In the UK, it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and, sadly, it causes around 12,000 deaths a year. Even more tragically, this number includes many men who are …..." Lord Mott - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that GPs proactively discuss prostate cancer with men at the highest risk; and inform them of their right to a free prostate specific antigen test...." Lord Mott - View Speech
"My Lords, I add my support for Amendment 100 from my noble friend Lady Penn. I will be brief. The thing that struck me most about my noble friend Lord Harlech’s comments is that when I first returned to work after the birth of my first child, having taken two …..." Lord Mott - View Speech
"My Lords, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, for securing this important debate but, more importantly, for making me aware of the many challenges that thousands of schoolchildren suffer from every single day.
"My Lords, I welcome the Second Reading of this important Bill. It is right that we scrutinise it carefully, and I am pleased to be following my noble friend Lord Bethell. This is a landmark piece of legislation, introduced by the previous Conservative Government, with the ambition of delivering a …..." Lord Mott - View Speech
"My Lords, I refer the House to my support for the charity Ukrainian Action, which provides emergency support, humanitarian aid, recovery and reconstruction. It has recently launched a programme to help injured servicemen and women to rehabilitate.
However, reconstruction is not merely about rebuilding infrastructure; it is about restoring hope, …..." Lord Mott - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the £102 million that the Minister referred to for the upgrade to GP estates. May I ask how many of those will be in Cambridgeshire? Has any assessment been made of the pressure that the upgrade of those GP estates will take off the NHS? The …..." Lord Mott - View Speech