Information between 10th March 2024 - 8th July 2024
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Monday 29th April 2024 Lord Bird (Crossbench - Life peer) Short debate - Main Chamber Subject: Addressing the root causes of child poverty in the UK View calendar |
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Ministry for Poverty Prevention Bill [HL] 2023-24
Presented by Lord Bird (Crossbench - Life peer) Private Members' Bill - Lords A Bill to make provision for establishing a new government Ministry, the Ministry for Poverty Prevention; to make provision for the objectives and powers of that Ministry; to make provision that the Ministry can only be abolished or combined with another department by an Act of Parliament; to make provision for reporting requirements on the Ministry’s work; to make provision for a power to create binding poverty reduction targets; and for connected purposes.
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President of Iran: Death
19 speeches (1,745 words) Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Dobbs (Con - Life peer) I will follow up the wise words of the noble Lord, Lord Bird, and go into the history. - Link to Speech |
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Renters (Reform) Bill
66 speeches (36,628 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 15th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Mentions: 1: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) particularly interested in an excellent piece on right to buy in the latest House magazine by the noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech 2: Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Speaking of birds, it was the noble Lord, Lord Bird, who warned us some months ago that the last time - Link to Speech |
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Child Poverty
40 speeches (11,699 words) Monday 29th April 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bird, for securing this important debate.As we have heard, by - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) In the last poverty debate, led so successfully by the noble Lord, Lord Bird, the Minister reminded us - Link to Speech 3: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bird, for facilitating this much-needed debate. - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Bird, challenged us with the “why”. - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) He felt strongly about parenting and about families.The third person is the noble Lord, Lord Bird. - Link to Speech |
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Social Housing: Right-to-buy Sales
23 speeches (1,572 words) Thursday 18th April 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Mentions: 1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) My Lords, as one of the Housing Ministers in the 1979 Parliament, I say to the noble Lord, Lord Bird, - Link to Speech |
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Spring Budget 2024
62 speeches (33,280 words) Monday 18th March 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Kempsell (Con - Life peer) My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the powerful speech of the noble Lord, Lord Bird. - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) children is a brilliant idea, and I hope that the Government will take that up.I say to the noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) areas, and the consequences of those sometimes come through the system.I will write to the noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech |
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Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024
9 speeches (2,304 words) Monday 18th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I compliment the noble Lord, Lord Bird, on his intervention. - Link to Speech |
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Housing: Young People
35 speeches (18,671 words) Thursday 14th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Mentions: 1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) issues.We had a powerful debate in your Lordships’ House recently on poverty, led by the noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech |
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Ministry of Poverty Prevention Bill [HL]
1 speech (1 words) 1st reading Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: None The Bill was introduced by Lord Bird, read a first time and ordered to be printed. - Link to Speech |
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Mar. 13 2024
HL Bill 52 (as introduced) Ministry for Poverty Prevention Bill [HL] 2023-24 Bill Found: Lord Bird Ordered to be Printed, 13th March 2024 . |
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Thursday 25th April 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 02/04/2024 from Baroness Vere of Norbiton to Peers regarding questions raised during the Spring Budget debate. 8p. Document: B.Vere_to_Peers_Spring_Budget.pdf (PDF) Found: Lord Bird asked about providing sufficient socia l and affordable housing. |