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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

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Question· Written questionHL HL1853answered

Blood Transfusion Services

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish a national blood resilience strategy covering health, defence and civil contingencies.

Question· Written questionHL HL1852answered

Blood: Donors

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) recognise blood and the wider blood supply chain as critical national infrastructure; and (2) invest in improving the resilience and redundancy of the UK's blood supply.

Question· Written questionHL HL1851answered

Blood Transfusion Services: Innovation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to invest in the deployment of innovative blood technologies where they may strengthen the resilience and preparedness of the UK's blood supply chains.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)Bill 3745withdrawn

Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill [HL]

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024

A Bill to regulate and limit the practice of bottom trawling in marine protected areas; and for connected purposes.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 817open

SELLAFIELD AND IRELAND

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2016

That this House notes the Economic and Social Research Institute's (ESRI) report, entitled The Potential Economic Impact of a Nuclear Incident - An Irish Case Study, published on 23 November 2016; further notes that the ESRI report was commissioned by the Irish Government's Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; recognises with concern the conclusions of the report, which found that a nuclear accident in Britain could cause up to 161 billion Euro in economic damage to Ireland; renews calls on the Government to urgently improve safety standards at the Sellafield nuclear site whilst accelerating the decommissioning of nuclear waste at the site; and further calls on the Government to suspend all new nuclear projects until such time as a sustainable solution for existing nuclear waste is established.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 797open

REGENERATION OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2016

That this House notes the Government's commitment to developing a new industrial strategy and building an economy that works for everyone; further notes that coastal communities experience among the highest levels of deprivation in Britain and Northern Ireland; believes that revitalising coastal communities demands a new approach to making sustainable use of the marine environment by developing industries, such as small-scale sustainable fishing, renewable energy, aquaculture and tourism, in ways that put local people in control; commends the creativity and energy shown by community initiatives across the coast in regenerating their local economies; further believes that these initiatives need the support of government; welcomes the New Economics Foundation's Blue New Deal Action Plan which has been developed in consultation with hundreds of coastal stakeholders from across the country; and calls on the government to implement a Blue New Deal, including a dedicated Coastal Transformation Fund, to invest in coastal infrastructure and support community enterprise.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 883open

EU ANNUAL NEGOTIATIONS ON FISHERIES

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015

That this House notes the outcome of the Annual EU Fisheries negotiations in Brussels which were completed on 16 December 2015 for fish species quota allocations; welcomes the increase in fish quota allocations for Area V11 (Irish Sea) nephrops and Area V11A (Irish Sea) haddock; regrets the reductions for cod and hake fish species in Area V11A (Irish Sea); and urges the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and her ministerial team to continue working with the devolved administrations, the fish producer organisations and the EU to obtain a better quota deal for the whitefish sector in the Irish Sea.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 877open

CHILD POVERTY MEASUREMENTS AND TARGETS

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015

That this House recalls that the Child Poverty Act 2010 was passed with cross-party support; recognises the critical role that the measures and targets in this Act had on monitoring child poverty; notes that the Government's proposal to replace the measurements enshrined in the Act to monitor life chances was opposed by approximately 99 per cent of respondents to the Measuring Child Poverty consultation published in November 2012; further notes that the life chances measurements will not include income indicators of child poverty; believes that these measures fail to measure and tackle child poverty in working households; and calls on the Government to reconsider the replacement of the original measurements and targets.