In the first of two debates Lord Bilimoria participated in regarding Health and Social Care he discusses the NHS and asks why it received no mention in the Autumn Statement. He also focuses on the impact of Medical personnel from the EU on the NHS. He stresses that this debate is also about immigration and lowering it will be harmful to the country. The impact of brexit will not just be on research funding but also on the ability to collaborate with others.
In this speech Lord Bilimoria discusses the Armed Forces and the effect of claims made against soldiers and the Armed Forces as well as the European Court of Human Rights and the influence it currently plays in this area. He concludes that we should support soldiers and we cannot let them down.
In this debate Lord Bilimoria discusses Parliament, Parliamentary supremacy and executive power and the nature of the unwritten UK constitution in light of the High Court decision around the triggering of Article 50. He stresses the value of Parliament and the expertise present in the House of Lords.
In this speech Lord Bilimoria discusses the importance of Higher Education to the UK economy and the vital role that foreign born students play. He states that the Government’s refusal to remove international students from the net migration figures is based on a mistaken belief that the British people want to reduce all immigration. This makes employment within the UK for foreign students after graduation more difficult in comparison to the United States or Canada. He concludes that the Government need to change their attitude towards international students as it is harmful and undermining. With a change of attitude the UK can remain an educational superpower.