Domestic Violence

Debate between Baroness Crawley and Lord Fowler

Tuesday 5th May 2020 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)]

I call the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Solihull.

[Baroness Crawley (Lab)]

Excuse me!

[The Lord Speaker]

I beg your pardon, Baroness Crawley.

[Baroness Crawley]

My Lords, I commend the Minister for the work she is undertaking during this difficult time. What government funding is now getting to the front line for abused children, following a recent safeguarding live survey of front-line services showing that 42% of these services felt they were not able to effectively support child victims of abuse during this time of lockdown?

India: Scam Call Centres

Debate between Baroness Crawley and Lord Fowler

Tuesday 21st April 2020 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Speaker]

The noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, has the next supplementary question. She is not here.

[Baroness Crawley (Lab)]

Thank you, Lord Speaker, and well done to everyone for getting us to this point. Given the rise in Covid-related fraud and scams in the UK, where we know unscrupulous criminals are exploiting fears about the virus in order to prey on older and vulnerable people, as the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, said, what are the Government doing to ensure that local government capacity, especially in trading standards departments, is fit for purpose, and what direct enforcement action has the Competition and Markets Authority taken in respect of companies breaking the law?