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HANSARDSpecialist Domestic Abuse ServicesMy Lords, the briefing I have been given suggests that the situation is rather less positive. It states that services of particular national importance such as those for BME women…04 Mar 2019HANSARDLibraries: ClosuresMy Lords, the i recently quoted a librarian who spends much of her time helping with universal credit claims. She said: “People talk about cutting library services without really…19 Feb 2019HANSARDSchools: Climate Change StrikeMy Lords, could the Government be more creative in their thinking and interpret the strike as an encouraging example of young people’s active citizenship and civic engagement, the…13 Feb 2019HANSARDZimbabwe: Asylum SeekersMy Lords, given that the Minister accepts there are serious human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, what steps does her department take in individual cases to ensure that people will not…13 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2019I am sorry to interrupt, and I am sorry that I missed the beginning of the Minister’s statement. Before we move on to the more general question about spending, I do not think he…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, it took three attempts yesterday to get a response from the Minister on the absence from the draft Bill of any measure to address the point made in the original…31 Jan 2019HANSARDSocial HousingMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow and welcome my noble friend, whose inspiring maiden speech, rooted in her lived experience, showed how much she will bring to our…31 Jan 2019HANSARDSocial Metrics CommissionMy Lords, I congratulate the commission, so ably led by the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, on achieving such wide support for its innovative relative poverty measure. David Cameron…29 Jan 2019HANSARDSocial Metrics CommissionTo ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report A new measure of poverty for the UK , published by the Social Metrics Commission in September 2018.29 Jan 2019HANSARDPoverty: MetricsMy Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, for her key role in achieving a remarkable consensus on the vexed question of poverty measurement and for her…21 Jan 2019HANSARDImmigration: Removal CentresMy Lords, once again the Minister insists that there is no indefinite detention in law. The dictionary definition of “indefinite” is “without fixed or specified limit”. Can she…14 Jan 2019HANSARDMigrants: Channel CrossingsMy Lords, does not the “first safe country” principle rather let this island nation on the west of Europe off the hook from its responsibilities to asylum seekers globally? Given…08 Jan 2019HANSARDUniversal CreditMy Lords, perhaps I may go back to my noble friend’s question. We will be debating exactly the same regulations that were laid last year, with their sink-or-swim approach that has…08 Jan 2019