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Gambling: Regulation (11 Jan 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords, in my compulsive gambling youth, bookmakers thought that socially responsible behaviour was to get me to bet as much as possible as often as possible. Has that changed?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Prisons: Vulnerable People (27 Nov 2006)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Statement by the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 20 July (HC Deb, col. 473) that vulnerable people and those for whom mental health treatment would be more appropriate should not be in prison, what is their estimate of the number of people in each category currently in prison.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Prisons: Vulnerable People ( 8 Nov 2006)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Secretaryof State for the Home Department on 20 July(HC Deb, col. 473) that vulnerable women and those for whom mental health treatment would be more appropriate should not be in prison, what plans they have to achieve that result.

NHS: Tattoo Removal (25 Oct 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, my noble friend indicated in his Answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Gardner, that statisticians had said that the Written Answer figures were incorrect. Did the statisticians indicate whether the figures were higher or lower?

Zimbabwe (19 Oct 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, with respect to my noble friend, I did not ask about talking to South Africa; I asked Her Majesty's Government to do everything possible to persuade South Africa to put maximum pressure on ZANU-PF.

Zimbabwe (19 Oct 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, that was not my question. The question was that Her Majesty's Government should do everything possible to persuade South Africa to put maximum pressure on ZANU-PF.

Zimbabwe (19 Oct 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I must congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Blaker, on his remarkable persistence in again bringing before your Lordships' House the tragedy that ZANU-PF has made of Zimbabwe. I look forward to the contributions of all noble Lords, and I hope that they will join the noble Lord, Lord Blaker, and say more about South Africa. My old friend, the noble Lord, Lord St John of Bletso, who 15...

Police and Justice Bill (18 Oct 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, suggested several important refinements, but in general I offer my thanks and congratulations to the Government on arriving at such a satisfactory conclusion, particularly with regard to the Chief Inspector of Prisons. I especially thank my noble friend Lady Scotland for the partshe has played in this happy result. I never like disagreeing with her,...

Police and Justice Bill (10 Oct 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, the position of the Chief Inspector of Prisons has been a great success and the structure embracing the Chief Inspector of Prisons has been a great success. I hope my noble friend the Minister will think again.

Police and Justice Bill ( 6 Jul 2006)

Lord Acton: Like my noble friends Lady Gibson of Market Rasen, Lord Dubs and Lord Borrie, who expressed his great concern at Second Reading but cannot be in his place this evening, and like noble Lords in all parts of the Committee who have made a series of devastating speeches, I fear that, without the amendments, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons would be in the gravest danger. For years I have...

Prisoners: Women ( 4 Jul 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, is my noble friend aware how delightful it is to hear about such meticulous trouble being taken with regard both to distance and to families? Will she confirm that none of the women with children under 16 is to be held more than100 miles from home?

Criminal Justice: Women (29 Jun 2006)

Lord Acton: Lord Rosencrantz.

Criminal Justice: Women (29 Jun 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I am delighted that my noble friend should refer to me again and not call me either Guildenstern or Rosencrantz; it is a marvellous sensation. Is it within the terms of reference of my noble friend Lady Corston to recommend a women's justice board?

Criminal Justice: Women (29 Jun 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, with the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, introducing this debate, the most I can aspire to be is a Rosencrantz or Guildenstern to his Hamlet. I am delighted that I shall repeat some things said by other noble Lords because I believe that they merit saying again and again. As the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, stressed, my noble friend Lord Rooker in his reply to the debate on women in...

Medical Research (11 May 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, thanks to medical research, I expect to see the new year. Perhaps I may explain. In March last year, I had an emergency operation for colon cancer. A subsequent scan revealed cancer spots on my liver. The doctor said that I must have chemotherapy. I asked, "If I don't have chemotherapy, how long have I got?". He said "10 to 20 months". So I had chemotherapy. Before the treatment...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Cancer: Bowel (11 May 2006)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 18 April (WA 167), when they estimate the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will complete its appraisal of Avastin.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Cancer: Bowel ( 8 May 2006)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the drugs (a) oxaliplatin; (b) 5 FU; and (c) Aloxi are used widely in the National Health Service for the treatment of bowel cancer.

Zimbabwe: African Commission Report ( 4 May 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, have the British Government been in touch with the South African Government about the report? Can the Minister say what in a nutshell is South Africa's current policy towards Zimbabwe?

Cancer: Bowel ( 3 May 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that NICE is due to assess the drug Avastin for the treatment in the National Health Service of bowel cancer? Can he do something to hurry the process up?

Prisons: HM Chief Inspector's Annual Report (19 Apr 2006)

Lord Acton: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that Shrewsbury and Standford Hill prisons have introduced the Shannon Trust's Toe by Toe method of having educated prisoners teaching illiterate prisoners to read? Is the Minister aware that the Chief Inspector of Prisons, in her annual report, strongly supported those efforts? Will the Government encourage the use of Toe by Toe throughout the prison system?

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