Shortage of Workers

Debate between Baroness Stedman-Scott and Lord Lilley

Wednesday 6th July 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Lilley (Con)]

That is why, when Tony Blair justified opening our boundaries to free labour from eastern Europe because there were 1 million vacancies, 3 million more people entered but there were still 1 million vacancies.

[Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)]

I wonder whether the noble Lord will allow me to read Hansard and respond to him in writing.

State Pension Age

Debate between Baroness Stedman-Scott and Lord Lilley

Tuesday 18th January 2022 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)]

The noble Baroness makes a number of important points. We want a fair pension system, and her points about life expectancy, particularly in some of the poorer areas of the country, are valid. On the review, I know that my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe will want input from Members of this House who are concerned and who have expertise, and I encourage the noble Baroness to make sure that those points are made to my noble friend when she carries out her review.

[Lord Lilley (Con)]

Has my noble friend considered the conclusion of the Office for National Statistics that:

“Over a 20-year period the estimated change in deaths associated with warm or cold temperature was a net decrease of 555,103 … A decrease in deaths from outcomes associated with cold temperature greatly outnumbers deaths associated with warm temperature”?


Is it not good news that climate change has prolonged or saved the lives of more than half a million of our fellow citizens—

[Lord Lilley (Con)]

—a laughable matter to the Liberal Benches over there—and how long does she expect this beneficial effect to continue?

[Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)]

My noble friend has again given us some interesting facts and data. I am afraid that the impact of climate change is way outside my brief, but I am sure everybody notes the points made.