"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my fellow No. 10 alumnus, the noble Lord, Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury. I am grateful to be able to speak in this debate and I pay tribute to those making their maiden speeches today.
"My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for reaffirming the Government’s commitment to ending new cases by 2030. This is an ambitious but essential goal for us to achieve. The action plan highlights the essential need to expand the amount of HIV testing, because we know that effective …..." Lord Doyle - View Speech
"My Lords, given recent scandals, it is perhaps not surprising that the public regard judge-led statutory public inquiries as the necessary standard. However, this is not always proportionate. Have the Government given consideration to how they can build confidence in other routes for the public, so that people can still …..." Lord Doyle - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in support of the Bill in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone, which would ensure that all our children can benefit from a creative education. The Bill puts a deliberately ambitious proposition before us: that creative education should be an …..." Lord Doyle - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. I want to mention in particular the contribution from the noble Baroness, Lady Davies of Devonport, who set out so powerfully the real-world consequences of this scandal: not just the infections but the stigma that went with them. I …..." Lord Doyle - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, for securing this debate and Freedom in the Arts for its report, which certainly is rich and detailed. I am sorry that time means that I cannot do justice to all the noble Lords who have spoken before me, …..." Lord Doyle - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, who made a typically thoughtful contribution to the debate. I fully associate myself with his remarks on the anniversary of 7/7, which was a time when I was working in government and certainly will never …..." Lord Doyle - View Speech
"I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, for making today’s debate possible. We have already heard some very interesting contributions. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, who has set out a compelling case around the challenges of the politics we face today. We …..." Lord Doyle - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to build on what the noble Lord, Lord Addington, said in one specific regard. He is obviously right in what he says about London 2012, but I want to reflect that there was an initiative that attempted to deal with this—which I know very well because …..." Lord Doyle - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 83. I appreciate that the noble Lord, Lord Markham, is not responsible for its content, but since he moved it, I feel obliged to put my objections to it, in the debate that we are having on this group, on record. I object …..." Lord Doyle - View Speech