"My Lords, I wish to press the Leader of the House on what she said about legislation concerning your Lordships’ House. I welcome what she has just said about full consultation and the legislation not being rushed through, but, yesterday, the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, referring to this …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"My Lords, has the Minister seen the article in last week’s Times:
“Death certificates take twice as long after reforms choke system”,
with only one in six being delivered within a fortnight, adding to the costs for the funeral director and to the distress of relatives? What action …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful for that reply, and I welcome the initiatives the Minister has just mentioned, such as the youth guarantee. However, do not those initiatives need to be accompanied by welfare reform, which can quite often pull young people in the opposite direction? A few weeks ago, …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"If it is the case that only minor amendments are needed to what is now before us, why can that not happen on Report?..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"My Lords, I support entirely what the noble Lords, Lord Bassam and Lord Teverson, and the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, have said.
I am slightly confused by a comparison between what the Department for Transport said in a press release on 8 January and what the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"I am grateful for that reply. While this is not the most urgent problem facing the NHS and its patients, 80% of people over 70 suffer from hearing loss. Many of them are now switching off their NHS hearing aids to conserve the batteries, and this has an impact on …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address the shortage of batteries for NHS hearing aids...." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. National Highways is clearly doing all it can to remedy the injustice done by the erroneous recording of speeding offences. Is the Minister satisfied that all those involved have now been contacted, with fines repaid and points restored? What about those …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech