Crime: Stalking

Debate between Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Baroness O'Cathain

Tuesday 12th March 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

I am sorry, 2013—as a result of the collation of the data for the first six months of implementation.

[Baroness O'Cathain]

My noble friend has been very informative about what has happened. After all, nothing was done—there is no point in the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, shaking his head—by the previous Government. Does my noble friend have any idea whether any advice is given to girls, particularly in the last stages of their schooling, about what could happen and what advantages there are in learning how to avoid stalking?

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

This is part of a fuller education strategy in sexual health and education involving both young men and girls, which I hope is being practised by schools across the country.

Water: National Grid

Debate between Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Baroness O'Cathain

Wednesday 28th March 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

I cannot possibly comment on the accuracy of the mathematics of the noble Lord, Lord Pearson. He has placed a figure before the House and, of course, is accountable for what he has suggested, but I cannot comment on it.

[Baroness O’Cathain]

Will the noble Lord tell us whether progress has been made on the things that we can change now rather than the things that will take 20, 30 or 40 years? For example, what progress has been made on stopping the leaks, and what proportion of water is actually lost through leakage every year?

Pensions

Debate between Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Baroness O'Cathain

Thursday 5th May 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

The noble Baroness is exactly right. Of course, that is what lies behind the Government’s proposals.

[Baroness O'Cathain]

My Lords, will my noble friend take very seriously indeed the problem that will arise with pensioners who currently have a state pension but will not be raised up to the £155 level when the new pension comes into effect? These are the very people who have been so badly treated by the earnings link being cut and who have a lower pension than those in many other European Union countries.

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

My noble friend makes a very good point. We would expect people who traditionally do not build up significant amounts of additional pension, such as women and low earners, to gain under a single-tier pension. Conversely, those who expect to build up much more significant amounts of additional pension, such as higher earners and those with longer working lives, will no longer be able to do so under a single tier. So there will be a redistribution within the pensions system which the single tier will be able to operate.