“…I am reading stories about women who have had mastectomies for breast cancer being challenged in gym changing rooms because of the way they look. I ask noble Lords to think about the wider consequences and the proportionality of what they propose.…”
Record by topic
- Mental health246th of 89016.0
- Learning disability & autism594th of 9054.0
- Cancer520th of 6412.0
- Public health & prevention585th of 7002.0
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What they’ve said
“My Lords, I am so grateful once more to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, but, I have to say, I am disappointed in the responses from both Front Benches on this occasion.”
Sentencing Bill · 2025-12-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. Parliamentary draftsmen have been appropriately euphemistic in the title of Clause 35, but they could have drafted it: “Naming and shaming of offenders in the community”.”
Sentencing Bill · 2025-12-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…protection, including when charged with a non-custodial offence, are being detained because they have an acute mental health crisis, are suffering from addiction or are homeless. Some of them are at risk from others; that could be reprisals in the community or it could be from criminal gangs, and so on.”
Sentencing Bill · 2025-12-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Mr Justice Sheldon last week, all we need to do is to ensure that appropriate mental health provision is made for any offender, particularly those who are isolated for long periods in the day.”
Separation Centres: Terrorist Offenders · 2025-11-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…omic austerity, in the form of cuts to living standards and the justice system in particular, as well as youth, mental health and addiction services. Today, we reap the bitter harvest in both the human and the financial costs of a justice and penal system that is on its knees, in which few members of the public have fa…”
Sentencing Bill · 2025-11-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
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Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily quoting them directly.
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