Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Oct 2025 Unpaid Carers
"My Lords, we all know that being an unpaid carer is a profoundly challenging role that can take a serious toll on people’s physical and emotional health as they care for someone else—often, a relative, as we heard from my noble friend, or a young person. They are selfless individuals …..." Lord Kamall - View Speech
"I apologise, I do not want to detain the House any longer than is necessary. Just to clarify, will all the evidence before the Select Committee be published?..." Lord Kamall - View Speech
"My Lords, while genome screening of newborns is welcome and could be an important part of the prevention agenda, it raises a number of ethical issues. I will focus on just one: at what stage do you tell someone who has a high probability of getting a medical condition, say …..." Lord Kamall - View Speech
"My Lords, I just continue the theme that the noble Lord, Lord Laming, referred to about not writing people off. Quite often, when we try to help people into work, we talk about work, but there are many entrepreneurs who may not be able to get into work because of …..." Lord Kamall - View Speech
"My Lords, as the Minister will know, the 2025 amendments to the regulations made several key changes, one of which was to keep online consultation talks open during surgery hours. While these Benches welcome the shift from analogue to digital, we understand that the National Pensioners Convention estimates that between …..." Lord Kamall - View Speech
"My Lords, when countries fail to reach a global agreement, often you find a coalition of the willing who will sign a plurilateral agreement and perhaps allow other countries to join later. Have the Government thought about signing a plurilateral treaty or agreement on the use of plastics, which other …..." Lord Kamall - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, for the comprehensive way in which he presented this Bill. In opening the debate for the Official Opposition, let me be clear that, as a Front Bench, we have no collective view on either the principle of …..." Lord Kamall - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister will be aware, because I have raised this issue with him personally, that when I was the Life Sciences Minister, I wanted to work with other parts of government which were involved in life sciences. When I asked my private office to do a survey of …..." Lord Kamall - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, for securing this debate today on RSV, particularly on vaccines for children. I pay tribute to her for continuously raising awareness of RSV. As she reminded me, when I was a Minister she raised it a number of times …..." Lord Kamall - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, for raising this important issue today. The Minister will be aware that the data on suicides shows some disparities: for example, men make up three-quarters of reported suicides and the north-east of England has a suicide rate nearly twice as high …..." Lord Kamall - View Speech