"My Lords, we spend about the same amount of money on supporting working- age adults as we do the elderly—about £11 billion per annum. We need to ensure that, within that expenditure, we enable people to have as good—indeed as gloriously ordinary—a life as possible. We obviously need to cover …..." Baroness Burt of Solihull - View Speech
"My Lords, I wish to speak to my own Amendment 457 and to Amendment 456 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Watson of Invergowrie, both of which deal with the issue of faith- based selection in school admissions.
"My Lords, I apologise on behalf of my noble friend Lord Storey, who has unfortunately had to leave to get the last possible train home.
I want to say just a few words, as the hour is so late, on Amendments 471 and 465, which seek to clarify in legislation …..." Baroness Burt of Solihull - View Speech
"Sorry—a lot of us are very keen to speak up on this matter.
The six recommendations in the report are a brilliant way to ensure that IPP prisoners can be looked after properly and released safely. One recommendation that particularly struck me was one that I had moved previously: recommendation …..." Baroness Burt of Solihull - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a tough old time for young people right now, not helped by the reduction in funding for youth services that we have seen over quite a few years. It is great to see the plethora of innovations coming through for them, but I worry that these …..." Baroness Burt of Solihull - View Speech
"My Lords, currently only 70 of the 500 children with Duchenne are accessing the trial of givinostat. We are hoping for a decision on 18 December from NICE, but my worry is about how long the rollout will take for sufferers and their parents. They want to know how long …..." Baroness Burt of Solihull - View Speech
"My Lords, as has been said, we are now suffering historically high levels of antisemitism since 7 October, despite the fact that British Jews have nothing to do with the actions of foreign organisations such as the IDF. As the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, said, one theme of the report …..." Baroness Burt of Solihull - View Speech
"My Lords, there is no question—to argue with the right reverend Prelate—that a commercial aspect is part of a humanist wedding; it is a very strong and serious undertaking that shows humanist couples love each other. I recommend that he might want to come along and reassure himself that humanist …..." Baroness Burt of Solihull - View Speech
"My Lords, I was very pleased to hear the Minister’s words on the progress and planning for this NHS 10-year plan. I was looking through, well, everything that I could find, really, and I could not find that any progress had been made, so I wonder whether the Minister could …..." Baroness Burt of Solihull - View Speech