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201 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am going to be very disciplined in this Bill—some people may say that that is a bit unusual for me—and speak only to those things that are not part of the criminal…08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, it is my pleasure to move this amendment which relates to the training of all front-line workers. We took away the comments and ideas from the Minister in Committee and…08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has taken part and, given the hour, I will be very brief indeed. Therefore, I will not go through each speech. I thank the Minister for the…08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill08 Mar 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareMy Lords, much of the laudable ambition of this White Paper is in the integration of the two sectors, but the truth is that you cannot have integration of health and social care…23 Feb 2021HANSARDOnline Gambling: Stake LimitsMy Lords, I know that the Minister shares with me a concern about the apparently increasing number of women who are gambling, which has a huge impact on their lives and the lives…09 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Young, and Amendment 147. Both deal with being clear about what the Government have sought to do in…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, Amendment 53 seeks to amend the Bill to put a statutory duty on public services to ensure front-line staff in those services are making inquiries about domestic abuse.…27 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill27 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am really grateful to everyone who has contributed and been so positive about the importance of really good trained inquiry from whichever front-line worker a woman or…27 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, for her introduction to the amendment and reaffirm that there is no intention to set the unborn child ahead of the rights of the…25 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: “Everybody In” SchemeMy Lords, I am sure the Minister will agree that Housing Justice has done a fantastic job in providing winter night shelters, with the rolling church model being…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, as we now know that, in facing this virus, no one is safe unless everyone is safe, are the Government going to repeat and expand the successful Everybody In programme…07 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I welcome the opportunity for the House to consider this Bill, which we now know is even more important than we thought before. We know that it has long-lasting impact,…05 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillI am really sorry. Basically, if we can make sure that everyone is trained who sees a woman with domestic abuse in a service, we will do a lot to make sure that they are helped.05 Jan 2021HANSARDGambling and LotteriesMy Lords, I thank the Government for their response to the Select Committee and for announcing the review. It is particularly important that the review looks at the impact of…14 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodMy Lords, it is clear that, in any trade deal, there must be some compromise on sovereignty. The Government need to be clear with us where they are prepared to compromise. I hope…08 Dec 2020HANSARDLGBT Community: Domestic AbuseMy Lords, there is great variance of provision around the country. I am told that in places such as Brighton there is very good provision, ranging from specialist training of…24 Nov 2020HANSARDMigrant Women: Domestic AbuseMy Lords, the Joint Committee, of which I was a member, was shocked by the evidence from those women with no recourse to public funds about how perpetrators exploited their…23 Nov 2020HANSARDTowns FundMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his responses, but his last response gives rise to some concern. It certainly looks as if many of the decisions were partial and, given what was…19 Nov 2020