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🗣️ Speeches and Debates

  • Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Report (5th Day): Amendment 247A (to Amendment 247) 3 Nov 2025

    My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have spoken in support of this amendment; I should have supported the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. I am still not convinced by the Minister’s response or that what she has said will make a material difference to health in this country. Until we take the social determinants of health seriously, we will not see the improvements that we...

  • Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Report (5th Day): Amendment 247 3 Nov 2025

    My Lords, in moving Amendment 247 I will speak to Amendment 248 in my name. I thank the noble Lords who have added their names to it, and I thank Hugh Ellis and Rosalie Callway of the TCPA for their support. In this House, I am sure we all understand that our health status is very largely determined—65% or more—by the so-called social determinants of health: that is housing, environment,...

  • Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (5th Day): Amendment 123 9 Sep 2025

    My Lords, this has been another good, if lengthy, debate, which I thought mixed very well the principles and the practical. A lot of very practical points came up, such as those about the financial impact of activity from the noble Baroness, Lady Grey- Thompson, and the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan; the very practical proposals from my noble friend Lord Carlile about the design principles; and...

  • Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (5th Day): Amendment 123 9 Sep 2025

    My Lords, it is a pleasure to introduce this group of related amendments, which are all concerned with how planning in general and housing in particular can play a positive role in promoting mental, physical and social health and well-being, building what I would describe as a healthy and health-creating society. The Minister will recognise some of the amendments in this group, which are very...

  • Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (5th Day): Amendment 121 9 Sep 2025

    My Lords, I will add three completely new points from a health perspective, and one that may I think have been covered. The first point is that we are going through a major transition in thinking about health and in the way to create health and prevent diseases. People may well be aware that the links between nature and health and activity have been known for years, going back to the...

  • Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (9th Day) (Continued): Amendment 333A 2 Sep 2025

    My Lords, I was going to speak to Amendment 365, which is about appeals against a local authority’s decision not to revoke an attendance order. However, in light of the discussion we had about appeals in an earlier session in July, I had intended to withdraw this amendment, so I will not speak to it.

  • Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (9th Day) (Continued): Amendment 309 2 Sep 2025

    My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 313 and 314 in my name. I originally thought I was going to speak for rather longer on this, but so much has already been covered, including the fact that I was looking here for some very positive statements from the Minister about home education generally. Such statements have been coming throughout this debate, which is extremely good. I am also totally...

  • Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (9th Day) (Continued): Amendment 306 2 Sep 2025

    My Lords, I support the proposal on GCSE results from the noble Baroness, Lady Barran. It is very important, for the reasons she suggests. I have seen some interesting results from home-educated children, which show them performing well in these areas. The results would be interesting to see and may improve the score, as it were, for the country as a whole. Secondly, I entirely support the...

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