"My Lords, I am pleased to be participating in today’s debate on the Budget. I regret that the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, has continued to vilify—unfairly—my right honourable friend the Chancellor. Last Wednesday, the Chancellor delivered a Budget that eases the cost of living, reduces national debt, brings down NHS …..." Baroness Thornton - View Speech
"I commend my Government for the action they are taking on the Online Safety Act. It is a bit rich for the party opposite, who dragged their heels for several years, to talk about the implementation of this. I do not know how many noble Lords here would know how …..." Baroness Thornton - View Speech
"I would like to ask the noble Baroness whether the Select Committee asked anybody who is terminally ill what they thought “persuasion” or “coercion” might mean?..." Baroness Thornton - View Speech
"The noble Baroness is not answering my question. The truth is, of course, that the committee did not ask anybody who is terminally ill what their view was about any of this...." Baroness Thornton - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend for that Answer. For the edification of the House, dyscalculia is a specific difficulty in understanding numbers and number processes. It is 130 years since the term dyslexia was coined. In 1978, Baroness Mary Warnock was told by an education civil servant that she should …..." Baroness Thornton - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they recognise dyscalculia as a learning difficulty, and what plans they have to support children who have it...." Baroness Thornton - View Speech
"My Lords, I absolutely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. The noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and I have worked together for many years, on many health issues, but I do not think she addressed the issue of why she wants to change the wording.
"My Lords, I feel that I am a veteran of this issue, like many other Members of your Lordships’ House. Indeed, I was a Health Minister in 2009 and 2010, and I think that might have been the first time I had a huge row with civil servants because they …..." Baroness Thornton - View Speech