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Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Pensioner Poverty (11 Nov 2009)

Jennifer Willott: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on steps to address pensioner poverty in Wales.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Pensioner Poverty (11 Nov 2009)

Jennifer Willott: I found living on the basic state pension just for one week, last week, extremely difficult. According to AXA research, 64 per cent. of people expect to rely on the state pension entirely for their retirement, which will result in double the number of pensioners in Wales living in poverty by 2033. Will the Minister work with his colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions and the Welsh...

Bill Presented: Coroners and Justice Bill (9 Nov 2009) has video

Jennifer Willott: So far there has been only one case to which this relates—the one that the hon. Gentleman mentioned involving his constituent—and people have had to find their way through the system to be able to hold inquests in all the other cases. Does he share my concern that if there were an opt-out, we might find that under these proposals a larger number of cases were being held in secret?

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: List of Ministerial Responsibilities (28 Oct 2009) has video

Jennifer Willott: Ministerial lists have to be reprinted frequently because of the Government's obsession with changing the machinery of government. Since 2005, the Department for Trade and Industry has had four incarnations, the Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have been split up and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Police (Funding) (15 Jul 2009) has video

Jennifer Willott: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on allocations of funding to police forces in Wales.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Police (Funding) (15 Jul 2009) has video

Jennifer Willott: South Wales police is facing possibly the worst financial crisis in any force, due to systematic underfunding under the police funding formula and the lack of extra funding for capital city policing. It is already closing four police stations in central Cardiff and now the new head of the Association of Chief Police Officers has warned that police officer cuts are likely. Will the Minister...

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

Jennifer Willott: We were speaking about the treatment of people with hepatitis C and how it differs from that of those who have contracted HIV. I would be grateful if the Minister told us why people with hepatitis C are treated differently from those with HIV—both conditions are debilitating and life-threatening and have caused severe financial hardship for those affected. This tragedy has already...

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

Jennifer Willott: I am grateful to have secured this debate about the Archer inquiry into contaminated blood and blood products. I should like to put it on record that I am sincerely grateful to Lord Archer's team for its informed and reasoned assessment of the situation. Lord Archer himself did not apportion blame. His focus, and mine today, was the treatment of the victims of this appalling tragedy. Some...

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

Jennifer Willott: That is a very valid point, and I was about to mention it. Although Lord Winston described the tragedy as "the worst treatment disaster in the history of the national health service", the Government have always argued that a public inquiry would be unjustified and unnecessary. The Archer inquiry was the first public attempt to uncover the truth, but because it was not a statutory inquiry,...

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

Jennifer Willott: It is true that we need to move forward and consider providing decent compensation. However, given that more documents have been released since the publication of the report, there is probably a need to hold a further investigation.

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

Jennifer Willott: It is true that a number of different groups of patients have been affected. There are also people who have been infected with blood products as a result of blood transfusions. As they are a much smaller group, they often feel that they cannot make their voice heard. A wide range of people has been affected for a number of different reasons.

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

Jennifer Willott: rose—

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

Jennifer Willott: Many of the relatives of those who have died feel that there are questions that still need to be answered before they can move on with their lives. I welcome the release of thousands of documents by the Department of Health. Those documents were initially thought to be lost or destroyed. However, the Department has not played fair with the inquiry team. In response to my parliamentary...

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

Jennifer Willott: Absolutely.

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Democratic Renewal (1 Jul 2009) has video

Jennifer Willott: While I welcome the Government's new-found desire for democratic reform, the National Democratic Renewal Council—a closed Cabinet Sub-Committee made up solely of Labour Members and therefore neither national nor democratic—is possibly the worst way to do that. Will the new ministerial team reconsider that secrecy and, instead, set up a citizens convention to ensure the widest...

Bill Presented: Social Mobility and the Professions (11 Jun 2009) has video

Jennifer Willott: It is a daunting prospect to follow such a knowledgeable and interesting speech from the right hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) and to have to confess that I am one of the third of Members of this House educated in an independent school. I am feeling waves of class guilt this afternoon. I welcome the Minister to her new role. Clearly the debate is topical. All three main parties have...

Bill Presented: Social Mobility and the Professions (11 Jun 2009) has video

Jennifer Willott: There is an argument for that. Some of the statistics on graduate training show that that has led to certain divisions, and the increase in people going through university has led to the possibility for professions to insist on a degree. However, I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman if he is saying that it is not a good thing to encourage more people to acquire more qualifications through...

Bill Presented: Social Mobility and the Professions (11 Jun 2009) has video

Jennifer Willott: There is certainly a class divide in which children go to university and the universities to which they go, and I shall return to that issue shortly. I agree with the Minister about the importance of early-years education. There is a lot of evidence showing that if we do not sort out some problems at a very early stage, it is significantly harder and more expensive, although not impossible,...