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Written Answers — Work and Pensions: National Insurance: Greater London (17 Jun 2009)

Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many new national insurance numbers excluding those generated automatically at the age of 16 have been issued to residents of the London Borough of (a) Newham, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) Waltham Forest, (d) Hackney, (e) Barking and Dagenham and (f) Greenwich in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Young People: Mentally Ill (10 Jun 2009)

Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps the Government are taking to ensure that its inclusion agenda takes into account young people with chronic and severe mental health disorders.

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (9 Jun 2009)

Lyn Brown: I want to pick up on a point that you have just made. You told us that different bishops might behave in different ways. The consistency of the Church of England’s position and the way in which it behaves across the country seems to depend on the attitudes of different bishops to different circumstances. Is that right?

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (9 Jun 2009)

Lyn Brown: I would like to come back on that issue as I am interested in how much we need to understand about somebody’s life in the bedroom in order for them to be employed by the Church.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (8 Jun 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (8 Jun 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: I welcome my hon. Friend to his new position. He may be aware that I chair the all-party group on libraries, literacy and information management, which is undertaking a review of the strategic leadership of our public libraries sector. May I ask him to honour his predecessor's commitment and come before the group to give us a strategic view on the leadership of that important public service,...

Olympics: Apprenticeships (8 Jun 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: How many (a) apprenticeships and (b) other training opportunities she estimates will be available on the main Olympic site.

Olympics: Apprenticeships (8 Jun 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: I thank my right hon. Friend for that answer and for the Government's continuing commitment to providing apprenticeships and training on the Olympic site. However, given that the Olympics are a fairly time-limited project, and that Crossrail and the development along the lower Lea valley is coming up, will she assure me that the apprenticeships and training opportunities currently provided on...

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (2 Jun 2009)

Lyn Brown: Unfortunately, Dr. Evan Harris was not at our pre-meeting, so he was unaware of the question that I was going to pursue, but I would like to go back to where he left off in terms of schools and their captive audience. I would like to ask you about enforcement around this. Is one of the reasons why this has been exempted that young children who are being harassed on grounds of religion,...

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (2 Jun 2009)

Lyn Brown: May I follow that up? I want to mention an interesting article that I saw, which is one of the reasons I got interested in this area. It was in The Independent on Sunday last July, I think. It mentioned that nearly half those children who are transgendered had attempted to commit suicide before their 18th birthday. That suggests that perhaps there is something systemically wrong with the way...

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (2 Jun 2009)

Lyn Brown: Indeed.

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (2 Jun 2009)

Lyn Brown: That was the answer that I was hoping for. Thank you.

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (2 Jun 2009)

Lyn Brown: This morning, I pressed on the issue of the isolated bullied child in a school, and the possibility that the teacher and ancillary staff colluded in or even instigated the bullying, whether it be on grounds of religion, belief, sexual orientation or gender variance. I asked who, in that case, would or could take legal action on behalf of the child, and I was told that the Equality and Human...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Skills in the Recession (18 May 2009)

Lyn Brown: It is not going quickly over here.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Equality Bill (11 May 2009)

Lyn Brown: Will my right hon. and learned Friend assure me that the Bill will finally ban secrecy or gagging clauses, used by firms and companies around the country, that allow and encourage firms to discriminate against women when setting their pay rates?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Topical Questions (11 May 2009)

Lyn Brown: Ministers will be aware that Labour Members, particularly those in London, have been campaigning hard for changes in the housing benefit regime, particularly with regard to high-rent and low-wage areas and the phenomenon known colloquially as the "cliff-edge", which disincentivises work. What progress has been made on this issue?

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Unscrupulous Lenders (7 May 2009)

Lyn Brown: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps his Department is taking against unscrupulous lenders; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children in Care: Mentally Ill (7 May 2009)

Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what provision the Government has made for children in care with chronic and severe mental health disorders; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: Bahai Faith (5 May 2009)

Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations his Department has made to the Government of Iran on the treatment of members of the Baha'i faith in that country; and if he will make a statement.

Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]: Gurkha Settlement Rights (29 Apr 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?