Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Nov 2026 Health: HIV
"Has there not been an increase in incidence among Black African heterosexual men? The Minister gave the figures for the welcome decrease in HIV, but there have been increases. That speaks to the requirement for better education. It is 40 years since my noble friend Lord Fowler introduced the “Don’t …..." Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone - View Speech
"My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, whom I have known and admired over many years. I imagine he has been giving tutorials to Dame Antonia Romeo, given her excellent speech this week about how she is going to reform the public sector, so I hope he …..." Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone - View Speech
"I am pleased to support the Bill and am especially pleased that it has the support of the Church of England, although I wait to hear from the right reverend Prelate—perhaps I will be corrected. Rightly, it has attracted support from across the political spectrum.
"My Lords, I shall do my best. I also warmly congratulate the committee. Many of the speeches already made have set out the situation, demography and all the rest of it. The United Nations has described population ageing as
"My Lords, I too warmly applaud this report. What is so encouraging is that it does not have all the answers. I think it has whetted in a great number of people a curiosity, an appetite to study further, to have more data. That, to me, is a very encouraging …..." Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone - View Speech
"My Lords, I also most warmly congratulate my noble friend on a brilliant speech in which she said all that needed to be said. Many of us will repeat the same message, but that is what you do in church—as the right reverend Prelate will understand—and you learn the message …..." Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone - View Speech
"My Lords, I pay tribute to the many people who have spoken in the debate, with their direct and personal knowledge and commitment to this intractable issue: a subject that so often people do not want to know about. Above all, I pay tribute to the noble Lord for his …..." Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone - View Speech
"My Lords, I too warmly congratulate the noble Baroness on her report: thoughtful, practical, and admirably free from dogma. I think we are all going to ask her to review the report a couple of years’ time, because it is clear that we need more evidence.
"My Lords, it is a great honour to speak in this debate. It will sound increasingly like an echo chamber in the themes that are raised but, to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, with all that she has done in this sector, is remarkable.