Results 1-20 of 332 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Lyn Brown

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...

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?

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

Lyn Brown: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

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

Lyn Brown: rose—

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

Lyn Brown: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for being so gracious. Under the new Conservative policy, will anybody who has served this country in the armed forces abroad have an automatic right of entry to this country?

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Mental Health Services (24 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of mental health care provision; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Mental Health Services (24 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: I thank the Minister for that answer. I have consulted locally with constituents about the NHS in our area, and in general the feedback has been very good. I visited an excellent, fabulous facility for young people with acute mental health needs that is attached to my local hospital, but constituents have raised with me the issue of community support for young people with mental health needs....

Public Accounts: Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) (12 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: rose—

Public Accounts: Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament) (12 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that his constituents, like mine, would totally agree with the position that he has just put before the House?

Women and Equality: Equality Duty (10 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: Whether the proposed new equality duty will apply to equality of opportunity in respect of religion and belief.

Women and Equality: Equality Duty (10 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: I thank my hon. and learned Friend for that answer. The issue has been raised with me by constituents who are a little concerned, so can she emphatically tell the House that it is not about promoting any particular religion, but about protecting those who suffer adverse discrimination because they practise their religion?

Cafcass: Topical Questions (9 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree that bullying in schools is insidious in all its many forms. Indeed, it has been reported that nearly half of all trans-gendered pupils attempt suicide before their 18th birthday. Will she tell me what the Government are doing to protect this very vulnerable group of young people?

Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency (5 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: What recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on improving the energy efficiency of houses by 2020; and if he will make a statement.

Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency (5 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: I thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. It is true, is it not, that many of the homes that are standing today will be standing in 2020? Many of those homes are not energy-efficient. What real progress is being made to ensure that our families are saving money and that we can have a positive impact on climate change?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Mar 2009) has video

Lyn Brown: Some 34,000 families in my constituency are languishing on the council's housing waiting list. They earn, on average, less than £24,000 per year, yet the Mayor of London has decided to decrease the numbers of homes for rent built in the capital by 10 per cent. Failing to deal with the snow was one thing, but blatantly ignoring the needs of my constituents and tens of thousands of other...