My Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. A few months ago, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I want to thank the NHS for the excellent treatment it has been giving me, but it made it clear to me, after my first biopsy, that early detection was vital in the context of my treatment. I would…
My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, for securing this important debate. Innovation and technology have brought solutions to everyday problems. Britain can be proud of the fact that it started the Industrial Revolution, but we are now in the fast-moving AI revolution. Eit…
My Lords, it is a privilege to have the opportunity to contribute to this important debate regarding improving cancer outcomes and diagnostic care and research. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Patel, on securing it.
I shall first concentrate on the importance of early diagnosis, which, as we ar…
My Lords, I attend this debate regularly but do not always—or even often—put my name down to speak. I feel that what I need to do in attending the debates is to listen hard to what is being said and to gather some kind of range or spectrum of ideas and issues—things to be happy about and things to c…
My Lords, the Government’s EU trade reset has failed to achieve its three main trade objectives, on which I will focus. There has been no agreement on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications and no end to the restrictions on UK touring artists, about which we have heard more today. Als…
My Lords, the passage of this Bill owes much of its existence to my grandfather in your Lordships’ House. The Voluntary Euthanasia (Legalisation) Bill 1936, introduced under the society’s aegis, was fathered and written by my grandfather. Berkeley Moynihan was the leading surgeon of his generation. …
The biopsy was not much fun. Stuck in those stirrups, my dignity dangling in the breeze, a charming lady nurse asked me if I was comfortable. We both agreed that that was a profoundly stupid question and laughed our way through the prodding and the poking.
Prostates raise many questions. I got thro…