My Lords, I want to say a few words about the genuine cross-party co-operation in getting the Bill to this point. This has been this House and the other place at their best. I shall say a few thanks, first to Dr Scott Arthur MP, who introduced the Bill in the other place, supported forcefully—I thin…
My Lords, I spoke to this excellent little Bill at Second Reading and said that I wanted to table an amendment to put the Royal Marsden hospital front and centre in new subsection (3)(b) inserted by Clause 2(b), which states,
“ensure that a person (to be known as ‘the National Specialty Lead for Ra…
My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Unless, therefore, any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commitment be discharged.
My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Unless, therefore, any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commitment be discharged.
My Lords, it is a great honour to be opening the debate on the Rare Cancers Bill today. I thank Dr Scott Arthur, the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West, who, when he drew number six in the Private Members’ Bill ballot in autumn 2024, chose this crucially important subject for his Bill. I …
My Lords, it would be rare for any noble Lord in this House not toknow someone affected by cancer. In the UK, nearly 500 people die from cancer every day. Those figures are not abstract, they represent personal lives: families, friendships and futures cut short. I commend the noble Baroness, Lady El…
It is important to recognise that the measures that Ofcom has set out in the illegal content codes of practice and, last week, in the child safety codes of practice are a landmark change to protect users online. They mark the first time that platforms in the UK are legally required to tackle illegal…