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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 29 Jun 2016
HMRC: Call Waiting Times

"My Lords, does the Minister recall the Answer that I was given to an identical Question a year ago, on 9 July 2015, when the noble Lord, Lord O’Neill of Gatley, told the House that several promising steps were going to be taken, including the deployment of £45 million and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 May 2016
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, like others before me, including the noble Lords, Lord Fowler, Lord Foster and Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bonham-Carter, I shall largely address issues to do with broadcasting. As I worked my way through the White Paper on the future of the BBC, noting its attractive …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2016
Allied Health Professionals: Training

"My Lords, while I welcome the 4.8% increase for the allied health professions, I deplore the fact that this increase is accompanied by really quite savage cuts in some of the professions concerned: 6% in the case of speech therapy. Does the Minister accept that our ageing population presents us …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Nov 2015
Higher Education: Part-Time Students

"Is the Minister aware that, this very week, the vice-chancellor of the Open University has called for the restoration of module courses to qualify for loans for part-time students? He says that module courses are the best and most effective way of upskilling people, for the benefit not merely of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 23 Oct 2015
Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL]

"My Lords, of course I, too, must begin by joining those who have thanked my noble friend Lady Finlay for presenting Parliament with this authoritative and timely Bill. There can be no one in this House, no one in this country, so well qualified in the whole area of palliative …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Sep 2015
Higher Education: Part-time and Mature Students

"Is the Minister aware that the appalling drop in part-time studies affects seriously not only the major providers such as Birkbeck and the Open University but universities across the entire system, where part-time study has been held to be a little marginal and now risks being entirely junked, with the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Jul 2015
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]

"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, has done his cause, this House and this Bill a service. I would be very sympathetic to the idea of lowering the participation age in elections, which is an issue that has worried us all for many years ever since 16 became the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Jun 2015
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, we all know that government faces massive tasks in education. Demographic changes demand a great deal of school building as well as a big expansion in the number of teachers trained to fill existing and projected shortages. In April this year, Tessa Jowell estimated a shortfall by 2020 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2015
Millennium Development Goals: Women and Girls

"My Lords, mention has been made of Nigeria. What is the Government’s response to rumours that, as a result of Boko Haram activity in northern and eastern Nigeria, parents are reluctant to send their children to school there? This may be happening in other places where there is extremist activity, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2014
Modern Slavery Bill

"My Lords, I would like to just draw attention to a very small point in this amendment, which on the whole I fully support. The amendment before us today is an amendment of an amendment in which proposed new subsection (1) ends, “slavery or trafficking”. In the amended amendment that …..."
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