"My Lords, an experiment in Oxford some 50 or 60 years ago showed that a newborn baby cat, if blindfolded for more than about six to eight weeks, would remain permanently visually impaired thereafter. We know that the infant brain is developing faster in those first two years than at …..." Lord Winston - View Speech
"My Lords, I must declare a conflict of interest in this respect, because I am not quite certain—I have rather forgotten—but I think my 85th birthday is next weekend. I have to say that I am still employed; I am still producing experimental work, which is being published; I am …..." Lord Winston - View Speech
"Does the noble Lord agree that this House prides itself on being a Chamber that gives excellent views and expertise? In general, people of expertise tend not to stand for election. They tend to be chosen, for whatever reason. Is that not rather relevant to how this Chamber is supposed …..." Lord Winston - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Earl’s Question asks an even bigger question. Given the country’s requirement to encourage growth, surely we should invest in the arts much more than we do at the moment. Compared with our European partners and other nationalities, we are doing extremely badly in how we support …..." Lord Winston - View Speech
"My Lords, can the noble Lord tell me whether the Government feel that, given the lack of understanding of the risks of deep sea mining, there is a better case for promoting public engagement with this issue scientifically?..." Lord Winston - View Speech
"My Lords, given that there are a vast number of overseas investments in different areas of private medicine in London—for example, in vitro fertilisation, much surgery, and so on—can the Minister tell us whether there is any fundamental difference between this and Assura healthcare? Providing it is under the proper …..." Lord Winston - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interests: I am a supporter and member of an organisation called Omdim Beyachad—Standing Together—and, over the years, I have been responsible for the teaching and supervision of many PhD students from Gaza, Israel and the neighbouring Arab countries. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, …..." Lord Winston - View Speech
"I want to add just one thing about what the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, said. The dominance of the position of the House of Commons certainly resulted in the death of one Member of this House. Many years ago, when I came in, I fought for four years to get …..." Lord Winston - View Speech
"This was before we had any defibrillators. We were a long time trying to persuade Black Rod at that time to ensure that we did have this sort of support. Eventually, he called in the Serjeant at Arms and other Members of the House of Commons, who told me very …..." Lord Winston - View Speech
"My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend—to misuse the convention—Lord Patel, who, as usual, was an outstanding chairman, as he has so often been for the past inquiries with which I have been associated. I thank him very much indeed.