Lord Winston

Lord Winston

The Lord Winston

Labour
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Member since 18 December 1995

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Weight Loss Medication

20/07/2025Lords

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My Lords, the causes of obesity are many, not just one or two issues. Has my noble friend the Minister considered whether some sort of pilot programme...
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My Lords, I promise not to give as long a speech as my noble friend Lord Grocott. I am speaking on this Bill for the first time, deliberately, having ...
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Prisons: Mothers and Babies

06/07/2025Lords

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My Lords, an experiment in Oxford some 50 or 60 years ago showed that a newborn baby cat, if blindfolded for more than about six to eight weeks, would...
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Does the noble Lord agree that this House prides itself on being a Chamber that gives excellent views and expertise? In general, people of expertise t...
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My Lords, I must declare a conflict of interest in this respect, because I am not quite certain—I have rather forgotten—but I think my 85th birthday i...
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Arts Sector

29/06/2025Lords

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My Lords, the noble Earl’s Question asks an even bigger question. Given the country’s requirement to encourage growth, surely we should invest in the ...
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My Lords, can the noble Lord tell me whether the Government feel that, given the lack of understanding of the risks of deep sea mining, there is a bet...
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NHS: Private Equity

24/06/2025Lords

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My Lords, given that there are a vast number of overseas investments in different areas of private medicine in London—for example, in vitro fertilisat...
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My Lords, I declare my interests: I am a supporter and member of an organisation called Omdim Beyachad—Standing Together—and, over the years, I have b...
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This was before we had any defibrillators. We were a long time trying to persuade Black Rod at that time to ensure that we did have this sort of suppo...
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I want to add just one thing about what the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, said. The dominance of the position of the House of Commons certainly resulted i...
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