"I thank the Minister for that very helpful reply and for our earlier meeting, but might I request a further meeting? These young ladies, who may not all have the strength of Madame Pelicot, will still be living in a highly corrupted community in terms of the activities that were …..." Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure compensation awards to victims of child grooming scandals are made in a timely way...." Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for that very helpful response. Given that there is no new legislation and no opportunity for the Minister to refuse or reject the EHRC code of practice, why, therefore, have the government invited the EHRC to make an absolute analysis of the outcome the code of …..." Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to accept the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s draft updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations...." Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall speak against the Bill and in support of my noble friend Lord Forsyth’s amendment, as amended by the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew. I speak as a former World Health Organization ambassador for Africa and the Middle East, and as chair of the AMAR International …..." Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, for giving us the opportunity to have this important debate. I declare an interest—it is a voluntary interest, so it is not noted by the House registrar. I chair the AMAR International Charitable Foundation. In the last few years, we have …..." Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister assure us that, with the current and growing disruption of supply chains due to tariffs, she and her colleagues will pay extra attention to the output of bad supply chains of modern slavery on our high streets—simple things such nail bars, as well as hairdressing …..." Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne - View Speech
"My Lords, while I do not require the Minister to respond in song—wonderful though that might be—would she remember when she is in Brussels this week to focus very hard on the need for musicians and their instruments to be able to travel much more freely? Music is one of …..." Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, as we all do, for bringing forward this most important Bill, which I am sure will go through to full Committee and be passed.
"My Lords, the Prime Minister has declared that 75% of five year-olds should have reached a good level of development. This is one of his key goals—I support that fully. I will refer exclusively to deaf children in these few minutes. Nearly 1 million people are born in the UK …..." Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne - View Speech