Results 1-20 of 2,409 for speaker:Baroness Tonge
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Gaza: Birth Defects (2 Nov 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will recommend that reporting mechanisms be set up in Gaza, following the offensive by Israel, to investigate congenital abnormalities in babies born over the five years from 2010.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Iraq: Birth Defects (2 Nov 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government what reports they have received regarding the incidence of congenital abnormalities in babies born since the offensive in Fallujah.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Iraq: Birth Defects (2 Nov 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government what investigations are being ordered into the reports of congenital abnormalities in babies born in Iraq, since the war, and Fallujah in particular.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Egypt: Rafah Crossing (19 Oct 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Egypt concerning the opening of the Rafah crossing.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Gaza (19 Oct 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government following the recent report of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Gaza conflict, whether they will discuss with other United Nations member states the possibility of requesting reparations from Israel for damage done to the infrastructure of Gaza during the conflict.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Gaza (19 Oct 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Israel to implement the recommendations of the recent report of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Gaza conflict.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Gaza (19 Oct 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government following the report of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Gaza conflict, what discussions they will hold with the Hamas administration in Gaza.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Gaza (19 Oct 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government following the report of the United Nations Environment Programme on the environmental consequences of the Gaza conflict, what action they will take to work with the international community to address the collapsing water table in Gaza.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Israel and Palestine: Detained Parliamentarians (19 Oct 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel concerning elected Palestinian parliamentarians held in Israeli prisons.
- Sudan — Question (20 Jul 2009)
Baroness Tonge: My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-chairman of the All-Party Group on Sudan. Following on from the comprehensive peace agreement, what has the international community been able to do to ensure transparency in the division of the oil revenues between the Government in Khartoum and the Government of southern Sudan so that the people of southern Sudan know exactly how much money their...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Iraq (20 Jul 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government what investigations have been carried out on members of the Iraq war inquiry to ensure their impartiality.
- Schools: Cricket — Question (16 Jul 2009)
Baroness Tonge: My Lords—
- Refugees — Question (13 Jul 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the number of refugees resulting from conflicts and climate change.
- Refugees — Question (13 Jul 2009)
Baroness Tonge: My Lords, will the Minister remind us how many Palestinians have become refugees since 1948 and how many still want a right of return to their homes? In view of the latest World Bank report on Israel's consumption and control of water in the Middle East, what can this Government do to ensure clean water supplies for the refugees and displaced people in the West Bank and, in particular, in...
- Autism Bill — Second Reading (10 Jul 2009)
Baroness Tonge: My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Freud, on his fascinating maiden speech and I welcome him to the House. His remarks about people with autistic spectrum disorder in the workplace were extremely useful and we look forward to hearing more about that. He made several interesting references to his family. I was wondering what Sigmund Freud said about autism, but I do not think that...
- Gaza: Operation "Cast Lead" — Question (7 Jul 2009)
Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to Amnesty International's recent report Operation "Cast Lead": 22 days of death and destruction, on the conflict in Gaza.
- Gaza: Operation "Cast Lead" — Question (7 Jul 2009)
Baroness Tonge: My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. I am sure that he would agree that Amnesty International's report was very balanced, acknowledging war crimes on both sides. However, the scale and intensity of Israel's attack on Gaza was unprecedented. Not many of the 1,400 Palestinians killed were killed as a result of collateral damage, the report said; they were killed by high-precision...
- International Development — Statement (6 Jul 2009)
Baroness Tonge: My Lords, what has happened to the annual report of the Department for International Development, which last year came out in May? We have not yet seen it this year. I remind the Minister that, despite the proposed change of name to UKAid, the Department for International Development is highly regarded and revered throughout the world—certainly in all the countries I have been to. It...
- Health: Tuberculosis — Question (30 Jun 2009)
Baroness Tonge: My Lords, when the find and treat programme was set up, it was a service for socially excluded groups. Does that include failed asylum seekers, who still do not qualify for NHS treatment? They may not have TB when they become failed asylum seekers but can contract it while awaiting deportation, especially if they have underlying conditions such as diabetes and AIDS, for which they cannot at...
- NHS: Incontinence Services — Question (30 Jun 2009)
Baroness Tonge: My Lords, that is all very fine, but at the last count only a fifth of trusts actually had someone in post who was in charge of incontinence services, which simply will not do. Will the Minister say whether there is a date by which we can expect someone responsible and trained in handling incontinence problems to be in post in all trusts? Will she also say whether incontinence products other...