Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

5 parliamentary sessions on record in this archive

5 sessions
Lords Oral Questions 15 December 2025
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers, and more than 50,000 were diagnosed with it in 2023. My noble friend Lady Hodge gave further information. On the point about offering screening here, my strong suspicion is that it will not be practical and it is better for people to go to their commu…
Lords Oral Questions 9 December 2025
Armed Services: Sexual Violence
I can assure my noble friend of that. The Armed Forces go out of their way to encourage service personnel to report all examples of sexual harassment. They make it clear that sexual harassment or sexual intimidation below what we might consider to be the criminal threshold is unacceptable as well. T…
Lords Proceedings 25 November 2025
Separation Centres: Terrorist Offenders
My Lords, the Minister spoke about increasing violence in prisons. Is that as true of women’s prisons as it is of men’s prisons?
Lords Oral Questions 2 July 2025
NHS, Armed Forces and Civil Service Staff: Public Meetings
There is very little I can add to my noble friend, except to say that I believe her statement is absolutely true about where we currently stand.
Lords Oral Questions 20 May 2025
Criminal Cases Review Commission
I will have to write to my noble friend; I do not have those figures in my pack. As I said, the CCRC has a target of completing case reviews in about 85% of cases within 12 months, which it is meeting in 10 months out of 12. I cannot answer my noble friend’s question with an exact figure, but I will…

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