"My Lords, this amendment would add a new clause after Clause 23. It refers to Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 and seeks to improve it. Therefore, I hope that the Minister will find this a helpful amendment, as it seeks to do what he has been trying to …..." Lord Patel - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comments, particularly the last ones that he made about working with the charitable organisations that work with children with cancers and other health conditions. My concern was not that he was not personally sincere about making sure that all these children got …..." Lord Patel - View Speech
"My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness for initiating the debate and for other reasons which will become quite obvious in a minute. Much of the debate implies that we have treatments available for a lot of these diseases. That is far from the truth. We have some treatments …..." Lord Patel - View Speech
"My Lords, I am pleased to take part in this debate initiated by the noble Baroness, Lady Ford. She should be congratulated; I think that every patient with epilepsy would wish to congratulate her on her perseverance in ensuring that she holds the Government to account on services for patients …..." Lord Patel - View Speech
"What plans do the Government have to support the education of girls in this country for them better to understand the value of family planning?..." Lord Patel - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to speak about the data protection directive. It regulates the processing of any personal information, and has been transposed in the UK as the Data Protection Act. That legislation covers any activities that involve data processing. They are as diverse as marketing and internet transactions, routine …..." Lord Patel - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 338 and 340, to which I have added my name in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Emerton. For those of your Lordships not familiar with the amendments, they are to do with the regulation of healthcare support workers. As many noble Lords …..." Lord Patel - View Speech
"I wish to pick up on one point. Can the noble Baroness reassure us on what it is she will keep under constant review? I understood her to say that the Government will rely on employers to ensure that these support workers have some kind of training. There will be …..." Lord Patel - View Speech