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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Cost of Living: Public Well-being

"My Lords, will the Minister respond to my request for a public inquiry into the deaths caused by the Government’s policies? I referred to austerity, Covid deaths, deaths while people have been waiting for NHS appointments and poverty. I am aware that there are people here in the Gallery whose …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 May 2022
NHS Dental Services

"My Lords, in England, only a third of adults and half of children have access to an NHS dentist. There are reports of people extracting their own teeth because they cannot find a dentist. As a precursor to any reforms, can the Minister explain which government policies have created this …..."
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Written Question
Unispace Global
Tuesday 22nd February 2022

Asked by: Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to investigate Unispace Global Limited for potentially failing to report the income resulting from the personal protection equipment contracts recorded in the Government’s financial statements for the year to 31 December 2020 and filed at Companies House on 30 September 2021.

Answered by Lord Kamall - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Investigations called for are outside the remit of the Department. Matters concerning the accuracy of filed financial accounts are a matter for Companies House.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 27 Jan 2022
Social Care Sector: Private Equity

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of private equity on the social care sector...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 27 Jan 2022
Social Care Sector: Private Equity

"My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and draw attention to my interests in the register, which states that I am an unpaid adviser to Tax Justice Network...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 27 Jan 2022
Social Care Sector: Private Equity

"My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, which is really unsatisfactory because private equity is a disaster for the care home sector. To take one example, HC-One, which is the largest care home operator, is siphoning off 20% of its revenues to offshore affiliates through intra-group transactions, leaving …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Medical Schools: Training Places

"My Lords, successive Governments have poached doctors from comparatively poor countries to meet the shortages here. As the Minister knows, it costs a vast amount of money to educate and train a doctor, so developing countries have been deprived of their talents. Will the Minister explain that, or give an …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Health and Care Bill

"My Lords, the NHS was founded on the principle of not for profit and serving all people equally, with dignity and respect for patients and staff. This Bill violates those principles. It accelerates privatisation of the NHS. At my local hospital many services, such as physiotherapy, have already been privatised, …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 20 Oct 2021
Ageing: Science, Technology and Healthy Living (Science and Technology Committee Report)

"My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Winston. I wish him a speedy recovery. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and members of the Science and Technology Committee on producing this thorough report. I urge the Government to adopt all its recommendations.

Technology plays …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Oct 2021
Social Care in England

"My Lords, it appears that the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, is not here; I am next in the queue. I begin by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, for this debate.

I will talk about the elephant in the room, which so far has attracted very little discussion: the privatisation …..."
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