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Care Bill [HL]: Second Reading (21 May 2013)

Baroness Browning: My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Emerton, in these matters. She has not only a lot of knowledge, but a great deal of personal experience. I always listen carefully to what she says. I refer the House to the register and to my interests particularly in certain charities which I shall mention. I, too, share the welcome that has been widely given across the...

Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Inquiry — Statement (26 March 2013)

Baroness Browning: My noble friend will be aware that the Mental Capacity Act was not mentioned or used at Winterbourne View and that we have seen one too many reports from Mencap about the deaths on hospital wards of young people who have a learning disability or autism. In the next 12 months, this House will carry out post-legislative scrutiny of the Mental Capacity Act. Will my noble friend ensure that his...

Budget Statement — Motion to Take Note (21 March 2013)

Baroness Browning: My Lords, I sense that I am going to disappoint my noble friend Lord Dykes. I am not going to be gloomy, but I have to say to my noble friend on the Front Bench that my mood today is cautious for the following reasons. My noble friend was not in the House when I made my maiden speech in 2010. I am sure that other Members present recall it very well. That was a joke. At the time, with the help...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Habitual Residence Test (18 March 2013)

Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 27 February (WA 327), what assessment they have made of the operation of the habitual residence test.

Alcohol: Minimum Pricing — Statement (14 March 2013)

Baroness Browning: My Lords, having brought the licensing laws through this House in 2011, which at the time had support across the House because there was recognition that the abuse of alcohol that is outlined today is really a very serious problem, I ask my noble friend not to be deflected in any way from putting together a package of changes-it needs to be a package-that will address this problem. Having...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: International Classification of Diseases (27 February 2013)

Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the World Health Organization and others about the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: International Classification of Diseases (27 February 2013)

Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty's Government who in the Department of Health is the lead official in respect of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases; and which Minister has responsibility.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: International Classification of Diseases (27 February 2013)

Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the timetable of their representations to the World Health Organization and others about the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: Inheritance Tax (26 February 2013)

Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the tax revenue collected under the inheritance tax lifetime gifts rule (seven-year rule) for each of the years 2005 to date.

Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 — Motion to Approve (13 February 2013)

Baroness Browning: My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register and also declare an interest that I have close relatives who are in receipt of DLA. I want to use this opportunity to put on the record again my ongoing concerns, which are very much reflected in the amendment that the noble Lord has spoken to. I continue to have these concerns about the Government's change from DLA to PIP for three principal...

Horsemeat and Food Fraud — Statement (11 February 2013)

Baroness Browning: I very much welcome the Government's recent announcement that proper cookery lessons are to be reintroduced into our schools, and I hope that there will be more home-made lasagnes rather than those that are pre-bought. However, given the fact that a lot of people rely on convenience foods and trust in brands, and if it is established that there is a problem with equine medicines in the food...

Government: Economic Policies — Question (30 January 2013)

Baroness Browning: I think my noble friend will be aware that the fourth-quarter GDP figures in the USA have been missed by miles. Will he assure us that the UK Government will not emulate the Obama spending spree?

Airports: Heathrow — Question (23 January 2013)

Baroness Browning: My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Forsyth, and at his request, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.

Airports: Heathrow — Question (23 January 2013)

Baroness Browning: I am grateful to my noble friend, but we will all have witnessed on the television the misery of passengers and, of course, the damage done to the UK's reputation. Is it not time for Heathrow to learn the lessons quickly so that we do not have these annual reports following what was, after all, a rather modest snowfall?

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill: Committee (18 January 2013)

Baroness Browning: I courteously remind the noble Lord that when his party was in office it, too, had mavericks on its Back Benches with or without anybody's agreement, who messed up Friday morning Private Members' Bills. We should be careful of not reaping the whirlwind. If this House sets a precedent today that promises made in another place are not kept, that will affect not just this Bill but other rather...

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill: Committee (18 January 2013)

Baroness Browning: My Lords, when I became a Minister at the Home Office in 2011, metal theft was part of my portfolio of ministerial responsibilities. At the very first briefing I received on it, I was immediately seized of the fact that legislation and change needed to happen. Of course, having been a constituency MP, I was already aware of the difficulties and the serious crimes that were being committed, as...