"My Lords, for the record, I inform the Committee that there was only one vote taken in the Select Committee. The vote was on whether the committee should receive written evidence; that vote was taken and the committee did not receive written evidence, which is a great shame because we …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, just in advance of withdrawing the amendments, I would like to put on record the magnitude of this issue. In the last recorded year, there were 141,925 people who had the deprivation of liberty safeguards—DoLS—standard authorisations granted, and only 3% of the applications that were fully assessed and …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, Amendments 16A and 114A, which were tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, address the fact that for the last 10 years there has been a substantial backlog of applications for deprivation of liberty safeguards assessments. This backlog grew after there was a Supreme Court ruling in 2014 …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"I declare an interest as chair of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. The figures have been updated; currently, one in four women experiences a mental health condition in the perinatal period, either during pregnancy or in the two years after birth...." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, the Times reported that UEFA was present at the Birmingham safety advisory group meeting and that UEFA advised that the Villa-Maccabi game should go ahead. Is my noble friend the Minister able to confirm this? If not, can he urgently write and clarify UEFA’s position, whether it attended …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, our children and young people are living through an experiment imposed on them by platforms that are profiting off their stress, their lack of sleep and their diminished self-worth. I welcome the Australian Government taking action to address the urgency and gravity of this issue. I listened closely …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to introducing a ban on social media for all children under the age of 16 similar to the one to be introduced in Australia on 10 December...." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baronesses, Lady Bertin, Lady Kidron, Lady Benjamin, Lady Kennedy, Lady Boycott and Lady Shawcross-Wolfson, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, and the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, all of whom who have made significant contributions. I do not wish to …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, I will very briefly raise my serious concerns about the three amendments that remove the specification for domestic abuse training. They are Amendments 290, 366 and 931. In the Commons, this was a significant area of concern for all MPs, specifically the risk to those suffering domestic abuse, …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech