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Ranks 814th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 64%. 6 contributions since 2025-03-20.
“I do not think I have anything to add. There is a long history of the use of the term “donor” to characterise providers of overseas aid, but we are not debating that now, if the noble Lord will forgive me. I do not really recognise the characterisation he is putting forward.”
UK Development Partnership Assistance · 2026-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I join with others in congratulating the two new Peers on their maiden speeches. It is with great pleasure that I welcome my noble friend Lady Hyde of Bemerton to her place in your Lordships’ House and congratulate her on a really inspiring and wonderful maiden speech.”
UK Development Partnership Assistance · 2026-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The Chief Whip would have a heart attack, and I understand that he has plans for the weekend. It would also bring my late-blooming political career to an abrupt end.”
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill · 2026-01-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I hope it will also reassure your Lordships that the Mental Health Bill, which the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, referred to, is now in the other place. It includes a reform to end the use of remand for one’s own protection under the Bail Act where the court’s sole concern is the defendant’s mental health.”
Sentencing Bill · 2025-12-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…All these children are well known to local authority children’s services, and often to criminal justice and mental health services. Many have moved more than 10 times while in care. They have faced trauma, violence, crime, sexual exploitation, parental neglect, rejection, abandonment and criminal exploitation.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-05-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The normal regimes of education and work are often restricted, particularly when there are staff shortages. The consequences are starting to appear in boredom, disorder and violence.”
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog · 2025-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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