Earl Howe

Earl Howe

The Rt Hon. the Earl Howe GBE

Conservative
House of LordsActive

Member since 30 October 1984

Recent Debate Contributions

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Tobacco and Vapes Bill

22/04/2025Lords

1 contribution
My Lords, the House will be grateful to the Minister for the characteristically clear way in which she has opened this debate. As she indicated, the B...
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Mental Health Bill [HL]

01/04/2025Lords

2 contributions
My Lords, having listened to the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, and her clear and concise explanation of this amendment both today and in Committee, I c...
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My Lords, I will not speak at length, but I express my support for the case put forward by the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, in her Amendment 50. Her co...
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Mental Health Bill [HL]

30/03/2025Lords

1 contribution
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in expressing my full support for Amendment 51 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Meston. A very compelling case w...
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Mental Health Bill [HL]

30/03/2025Lords

8 contributions
My Lords, I listened carefully to the Minister’s reply to the proposal that I made to give mental health patients an automatic opportunity to avail of...
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Mental Health Bill [HL]

24/02/2025Lords

8 contributions
My Lords, I should like first to speak to Amendment 160BC standing in my name. Although it may not look like it, this is a probing amendment. I have t...
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My Lords, once again, I express my appreciation to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I highlight in particular the speech of the no...
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Mental Health Bill [HL]

24/02/2025Lords

4 contributions
My Lords, I will keep this brief since I can do no more than back the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, in every word that she has said in support of these ...
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My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. While the Calocane tragedy provided the trigger for these amendments, there...
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My Lords, do the Government see a role for employers in promoting the mental health of their respective workforces?
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Mental Health Bill [HL]

27/01/2025Lords

1 contribution
My Lords, I believe we would all accept—and, personally, I am in no doubt—that my noble friend Lady Browning possesses a breadth and depth of experien...
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Mental Health Bill [HL]

27/01/2025Lords

5 contributions
My Lords, I very much appreciate the support from around the Committee for my Amendment 115. I support all the other amendments in this group, each of...
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My Lords, Amendment 115 takes us to one of the features of this Bill which has been universally welcomed: the creation of advance choice documents or ...
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Mental Health Bill [HL]

22/01/2025Lords

6 contributions
There are two answers to that. First, it is generally unthinkable for a Government to lay regulations without first having consulted the relevant
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I am grateful to the noble and learned Baroness. I hope it was implicit in what I said that I would look to this Bill to include an order-making power...
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