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Baroness Redfern

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Baroness Redfern

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  • Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill - Second Reading 16 Jun 2026

    My Lords, I thank noble Lords for allowing me to speak in the gap. I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and his opening statement. As negotiations to resolve are still being discussed, the Bill will not immediately nationalise until the public ownership test is met. But years of underinvestment in our steel industry has resulted in it being neglected, and uncertainty lingers for...

  • King’s Speech - Debate (4th Day) 19 May 2026

    My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Freeman—I think I am going to be the last Back-Bench speaker in the debate tonight—to congratulate the noble Lords on their excellent maiden speeches, and to have the privilege to speak to the humble Address in the gap. The introduction of the energy independence Bill aims to increase home-grown renewable energy to hopefully...

  • Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill - Second Reading 2 Dec 2025

    My Lords, I thank your Lordships for allowing me to speak in the gap and congratulate the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Whitehead, on his excellent maiden speech. As he said, the Bill is about ambition. This important piece of legislation will protect two-thirds of the world’s oceans with the jurisdiction of a single nation—the home of precious inhabitants and the ecosystems that provide...

  • Tobacco and Vapes Bill - Second Reading 23 Apr 2025

    My Lords, I am grateful to have the opportunity to take part in the Second Reading of this Bill. It is urgently required to reduce the increasing levels of youth vaping and to target the illicit vape market, which we are all aware has future consequences, particularly for very young users. This continues to have implications for vaping on school premises up and down the country; no area...

  • Steel Industry - Motion to Take Note 12 Apr 2025

    My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. Scunthorpe, as we have heard from many speakers today, is a proud steel town that I have known for many years. Its people are fighting with all the strength and resilience that they have to keep those coke ovens burning. Some 2,700 jobs hang in the balance. With every family in the area, there is some connection or they know someone working...

  • Scunthorpe Steelworks - Commons Urgent Question 31 Mar 2025

    My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. The closure of Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces and other steelmaking sectors is devastating news for almost 3,000 workers and their families. British Steel must not allow the final two blast furnaces to close until the two arc furnaces are installed to continue producing steel and ensure customers do not have to rely on international supplies....

  • NHS: Electronic Patient Record Systems - Question 12 Feb 2025

    My Lords, patient flow through a hospital is a critical factor in avoiding delayed discharges, which is a major issue. We know that electronic bed management systems can play a major part in helping to reduce bed-blocking. What steps are His Majesty’s Government taking to ensure that more hospitals have that technology and that timescales are set for achieving full rollout?

  • Sterling: Rise in Yields on 30-year Gilts - Question 14 Jan 2025

    My Lords, after this Government inherited the second-lowest debt in the G7, we now see business confidence ever diminishing—and the public, too, are rightly concerned. We are also witnessing gilt levels at a 30-year high. Does the Minister agree that the gilt markets are in turmoil and therefore technically not functioning in an ordinary way? Does he stand by his Chancellor, who said that...

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