Lord Stevens of Birmingham
The Lord Stevens of Birmingham
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 4 July 2021
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Strategic Defence Review 2025
17/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, in trying to summarise the debate so far, I suggest, roughly speaking, that the sentiment of the House is huge support—with the exception of...
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
22/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Cancer Research UK, and it will not be surprising to learn that CRUK and I strongly support the Bill.
F...
Mental Health Bill [HL]
01/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response to Amendment 59. I accept that there are some philosophical differences of view that she expr...
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Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill [HL]
14/03/2025 • Lords
I shall try to take less than three minutes, then, taking the lead from the Government Front Bench.
There have been so many missed opportunities to...
Mental Health Bill [HL]
24/02/2025 • Lords
I have been inspired by the previous two contributions. I will briefly pick up a point that the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, made about Amendment 134 o...
My Lords, building on many of the important points we have just heard, I will speak to Amendments 163 and 164 in my name. I thank the noble Baronesses...
Mental Health Bill [HL]
27/01/2025 • Lords
I strongly support the amendments in this group, particularly that in the names of the noble Earl, Lord Howe, and the noble Lord, Lord Kamall. I share...
My Lords, I also support Amendment 151 from the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. Whether such reporting should be specifically confined to community ment...
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Middle East
22/01/2025 • Lords
Given that the Minister has rightly said that there can be no role for Hamas, has he seen the well-sourced reports from independent news agencies—such...
Mental Health Bill [HL]
22/01/2025 • Lords
For those of us who are not anywhere near as legally expert as the noble Lord whose wise deliberations we have just heard, could he clarify the amendm...
Very briefly on the question that the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, raised, the notion of supply-induced demand is a well-known phenomenon across health s...
Mental Health Bill [HL]
14/01/2025 • Lords
I too am supportive of the spirit and intention behind Amendments 19 and 20, but I want to raise two textual questions relating to whether they would ...
I will make a slightly cheeky intervention, if I may, on the noble Baroness. I am not weighing into the debate that is taking place but simply make th...
UK Strategy Towards the Arctic (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)
09/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, given that this magisterial report includes recommendations on shipping and search and rescue services, I declare my interest as chair of th...
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