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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Sep 2020
Covid-19: Tracking

"My Lords, is not this new system available only on newer smartphones, which older people and poorer people are less likely to possess? They are the most vulnerable. Is there not a danger of this becoming yet another expensive and useless gimmick?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Sep 2020
Coronavirus Act 2020: Temporary Provisions

"My Lords, it is a real privilege and a pleasure to follow—I was about to say the Member of Parliament—my noble friend Lady Clark of Kilwinning and to congratulate her on an excellent maiden speech.

As she has already revealed, I have known my noble friend for over 40 years—I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Jul 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020

"My Lords, sadly, we have all experienced the Government’s inconsistent and confusing guidance throughout the whole pandemic. The continuous flip-flopping on whether, where and when we should wear masks has led to confusion and has hampered public confidence in returning to using public transport and going back to shops, restaurants …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 01 Jul 2020
Covid-19 Update

"The Minister graphically described Leicester as a rock pool while the tide of the pandemic goes out, but tides have a strange habit of coming back in again. The Government have decreed that all the pubs in England will open on a Saturday—4 July. As my noble friend Lady Thornton …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 04 Jun 2020
Covid-19: Obese and Overweight People

"My Lords, I declare a very personal interest in this issue: a recent Lancet article raised concerns that obesity is now shifting severe Covid disease to younger ages. Will the Government put in place public messaging not of shame but of sympathy and encouragement to younger adults?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Apr 2020
Covid-19: Removal of Restrictions

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to announce (1) the arrangements, and (2) a timetable, for the removal of restrictions in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Apr 2020
Covid-19: Removal of Restrictions

"I am grateful to the Minister, but why do he and other Ministers think that the British public are unable to deal with two messages simultaneously? Will the Government now set out a plan for lifting the lockdown in stages when it is safe to do so in each area, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Coronavirus

"My Lords, I welcome the decision of the Government, and the meetings of the joint commissions, that Parliament should continue to operate properly in our democratic society—not least, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, said, so that we can deal with the draft legislation for this emergency. But …..."
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Written Question
Babylon Health
Tuesday 5th November 2019

Asked by: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish separately a list of (1) all meetings between all health ministers and the private health care provider, Babylon, and (2) social and other events organised by Babylon attended by one or more health ministers.

Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

Since the current Government came into office in 2017, there has been only one external meeting between a Departmental Minister and Babylon, as of June 2019. This was in March 2018 when the Minister of State for Care (Caroline Dinenage MP) attended a meeting where Babylon and other organisations’ representatives were present. Lists of Departmental external meetings are publicly available online.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Apr 2019
Tobacco Harm Reduction

"My Lords, will the Minister look at the experience of Scotland 20 years ago? A factory was opened that produced these small tobacco pouches, but it was closed down within a year—I was one of the people responsible—because of the incidence of mouth cancer. We saw that, in the United …..."
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