Queen’s Speech

My Lords, I want to confine my remarks to the area of education, of which the Queen’s Speech says...

My Lords, I propose to speak about social care for disabled and older people, which of course imp...

My Lords, it is always a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell, in these debates....

My Lords, I regret the cursory reference in the gracious Speech to the social care needs of the o...

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell. As a former council leader, I...

My Lords, many noble Lords will know that I have a background in health, and I continue to be a g...

My Lords, first, I say to the right reverend Prelate how much we appreciated her speech today and...

My Lords, children and health have been mentioned in some very eloquent speeches already. I want ...

My Lords, I want to focus the attention of the House on an industry that brings £127 billion a ye...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey. I have of cou...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Patel. We enjoyed his deferential tribu...

My Lords, I am focusing on health and social care. My noble friend Lady Sherlock’s excellent spee...

My Lords, I have recently had cause to be very grateful to the NHS and its dedicated staff. Howev...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this debate and reminding your Lordships of the el...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar, who always speaks with great au...

My Lords, the Minister in opening quoted from the gracious Speech, stating that Ministers would,<...

My Lords, the great Freddie Trueman once played in a match against Oxford University. The young s...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord McNally, I too have found myself having to change what I had ...

My Lords, please let us try to keep to six minutes; otherwise, when we come to the wind-up speech...

My Lords, I welcome entirely the aspiration in the Queen’s Speech that,

“all young people h...

My Lords, I declare my membership of the GMC, trusteeship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist...

My Lords, children should not be able to see pornography. Sadly, there was no mention of this in ...

My Lords, I am very pleased to participate in this debate, which underlines the need for action t...

My Lords, I add my appreciation to that of others for the contribution of the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, the first question one should ask about any Queen’s Speech is: what is the overall obje...

My Lords, yesterday my noble friend Lady Bonham-Carter covered a range of aspects of arts and cre...

My Lords, in my brief speaking time, I will focus on three important issues: first, the Governmen...

My Lords, given that the Queen’s Speech was little more than a poorly disguised election gimmick,...

My Lords, the noble Lord has spoken for more than six minutes.

I am conscious of that and I am coming to a close. Does the Minister share our concerns and those...

My Lords, I want to use the opportunity of the humble Address to raise the issue of disability. I...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, who made a powerful and important speech...

My Lords, when I hear the noble Baroness speak like that, I want her contribution to end with the...

My Lords, before I make my remarks it would be appropriate—given what they will be—to remind the ...

My Lords, I shall speak on health issues in the Queen’s Speech and in principle on a pressing pro...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, and I applaud her ca...

My Lords, I shall speak on education, although this is stretching the Queen’s Speech way beyond i...

My Lords, the guiding principles of our health service are compassion, healing, prevention and eq...

My Lords, I want to touch on the health service staff and on universal credit. I am very grateful...

My Lords, I refer to my interests, as listed in the register.

It is welcome that the Govern...

My Lords, I am delighted to make the first contribution to this debate since the defeat of the Go...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rennard. I will concentrate largely but n...

My Lords, I too pay tribute to the gracious Speech. I declare an interest: I have family members ...

My Lords, I start by remarking on what very strange times we live in and the frankly rather surre...

My Lords, I declare my interests as outlined in the register. It is a pleasure to follow the spee...

Hear, hear!

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My Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the LGA and chair of the Greater Manchest...

My Lords, I will touch on three issues, all to do with higher education, and I declare an interes...

My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, and so many others more qualifi...

My Lords, I join my noble friend Lord McKenzie of Luton in welcoming some aspects of the Pension ...

My Lords, listening to the Queen’s Speech, what drew my attention was the reform of the immigrati...

My Lord, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, and I was very pleased to...

My Lords, unlike most of my colleagues here, I want to address the question of culture, which for...

My Lords, when thinking about what to say today about last week’s gracious manifesto, I found mys...

My Lords, I am pleased to be able to make a short contribution to this last day of the Queen’s Sp...

I draw the attention of the House to my interests, particularly that of being chair of the 5Right...

My Lords, I declare an interest as an apprenticeship ambassador and an ex-apprentice. Noble Lords...

My Lords, I refer to my interests as listed in the register.

In reflecting on the Queen’s S...

My Lords, it really is a pleasure to contribute to this debate. While I cannot claim to have list...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, following her dash from t...

My Lords, the Government may aspire to the uplands of the “greatest place on earth”, but social a...

My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. I am going to be talking about Bills and what ...

My Lords, a field of 60 speakers covering four government departments has produced wide-ranging a...

My Lords, I am honoured to close this final day of debate in support of the gracious Speech. As e...

Yes he is. He is over there.

Sorry, he is in a different place. I follow the noble Lord in paying tribute to the noble Lord, L...