29/01/2026 | 20:08:46 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2. Before being placed in the House of Lords, I was honoured to be the MP for an East London constituency. Sadly, conversion practises happened on the fringes of some of the communities I represented. They were high rolling, high status activities for those who sought to persuade frightened parents that their child could be prayed out of being gay. It destroyed childhoods. It destroyed people and it destroyed families. It is anathema. Snake oil... 28/01/2026 | 13:23:24 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2. We must accept that for a whole bunch of reasons trust in politics is at an all-time low, people are losing faith in democracy and their institutions, both in Europe and further afield. Young people, born in the aftermath of the global economic crash, ensuing political and economic turmoil and a global pandemic bear the brunt of increasing inequalities in society, life chances dependent upon their background. Many feel increasingly isolated... 02/10/2025 | 20:55:57 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Biological sex exists at a cellular level, it’s present in every single tissue of the body, creating the physiological differences between men and women. Too often, research is conducted without considering important sex-based differences. The medical trials that inform clinical practice often fail to report results by sex, despite the significant differences in disease pathology, symptoms and drug metabolism. Because the research...