Posts by Lord Wei of Shoreditch
Regarding the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
This is the original, longer, version of a speech I was due to give in the House of Lords on 1 May 2025 but which had to be redacted due to time constraints. The speech given is described in Hansard My Lords, It is with a heavy heart that I rise to speak today. Heavy,…
Read MoreLong-duration Energy Storage (Science and Technology Committee Report)
My Lords, I extend my gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, for initiating this crucial debate. I too am very much looking forward to the maiden speech by the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Gustafsson, and welcome her to the House. I declare my interest as an advisor to Future Planet Capital, a venture…
Read MoreDecoding Pareto: How Agent-Based Technology Can Unveil New Perspectives and Solutions on Issues such as Inequality
In a world grappling with escalating multiple complex challenges, understanding their dynamics and seeking effective remedies in a more granular way is more crucial than ever if we ever want to see systemic change and improvement to peoples’ lives. Take an issue such inequality for example, which politicians, theorists, and activists have debated, at times…
Read MorePupil Mental Health, Well-being and Development
My Lords, I extend my gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for initiating this vital debate, and declare my interests as a parent of home-educated and state-educated children and as a board member of an organisation committed to providing private education. We are at a critical juncture, where the mental health challenges facing our…
Read MoreThe Fujitsu Scandal: A Lesson in Lazy Procurement, Unaccountable Power, and Inexpert Design for the Age of AI
In a modern world where technology increasingly intertwines with every aspect of business and governance, the Fujitsu scandal serves as a stark reminder of the pitfalls of a flawed procurement process especially in large organisations, a culture in of unaccountable power Whitehall and beyond, and the lack of adequate expertise in managing complex digital systems…
Read MoreScience and Technology Superpower
The report rightly highlights areas where the UK must improve to achieve its ambition of becoming a science and technology superpower, whether you define that in terms of the amount of innovation generated, the number of patents, ideas or even Nobel prizes, the value of ideas commercialised or simply our influence. The report highlights the…
Read More5 radical ideas to balance the UK budget
With our new PM in place the focus shifts from supercharging growth to finding short to medium term savings to balance the books. In truth as we have found dramatically already, the one measure is needed to enable the other: the interest cost of our debt has reduced because the markets have confidence that the…
Read MoreTribute to the late Queen Elizabeth
My Lords, what else is there to say after so many heartfelt, excellent and eloquent tributes both in this Chamber and beyond? Our late Queen upon her passing, as ever in life, brings out the best in us, inspiring us to be our better selves and to fulfil our duty, despite the turbulence around us.…
Read MoreTo build a more agile Britain, our leaders need to help us buy back better
The leadership contest we have just witnessed was like the political equivalent of Squid Game but without the bathos. The battle lines were relatively clear and on a 2 by 2 chess board with the degree to which you are fiscally conservative mapped out on the one hand (from being a high spend/high borrowing candidate…
Read MoreSetting the record straight on my work on East-West relations
The following statement is in response to allegations relating to my past work on UK-China relations. In short, it accuses me of having met with Chinese people and organisations, which being from a Chinese background, I am likely to do and have done, some of which may have had links with the United Front and…
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