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Female Genital Mutilation — Question (22 April 2013)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, some months ago the Director of Public Prosecutions undertook to appoint a committee to produce a report on female genital mutilation, in all its aspects, in the United Kingdom and to publish it in the summer. May we know when that report is likely to appear because, as has been mentioned, there has never been a prosecution and the practice continues as it has been done for about 25...

Violence Against Women — Question for Short Debate (29 November 2012)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jenkin, for introducing this debate on a subject that, sadly, is always with us. It comes at an apposite time for a new development that is taking place in the campaign against a particularly horrible type of violence against women. I speak, of course, about female genital mutilation. Almost a decade has gone by since the passing of the Female...

Housing: Rented Sector — Motion to Take Note (12 July 2012)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response, which shows an intention to build more houses so that there are more homes by 2015 and to improve existing homes and bring them to a decent standard. I thank all noble Lords who took part in the debate, giving thoughtful and well researched speeches. My noble friends Lord Morris of Handsworth and Lord Sawyer showed justified anger at...

Housing: Rented Sector — Motion to Take Note (12 July 2012)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, in introducing this debate on private renting, I declare an interest as a vice-president of Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity. The renting of one's home, the place in which one spends most of one's time, is a big and in many ways dismal subject. The private rented sector in England has grown by almost 1.5 million households in the last decade. High demand has pushed...

Social Tourism — Question (23 April 2012)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will incorporate social tourism policies, such as the provision of holidays by the Family Holiday Association for people living on a low income, in future tourism strategies.

Social Tourism — Question (23 April 2012)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I thank the Minister for her Answer. Is she aware that there are more than 2 million families in the United Kingdom-about 7 million people-who never enjoy a holiday and who will probably never have one in their whole lives? Is she also aware that while social tourism has never had official recognition or been integrated into tourism policy in this country, in the European Union,...

Female Genital Mutilation — Question (16 February 2012)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, is the Minister aware of the unwillingness of young girls to go into court and give evidence? FGM is an abhorrent practice but is not regarded as such by many of the young girls themselves and by those who advise them. There are many who tell them that if they are not mutilated they will not become real women, they will not find a man to marry them, and they are bullied and...

Health: Stroke Care — Question for Short Debate (30 January 2012)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lady Wheeler on instituting this timely and needed debate. In recent years, as the Care Quality Commission's review points out, attitudes to stroke and treatment for stroke have improved enormously, with better access to specialist stroke units, greater use of thrombolysis and improved working across care and social services. People are able to...

Female Genital Mutilation — Question for Short Debate (30 June 2011)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase public awareness of female genital mutilation in the United Kingdom and to bring prosecutions under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.

Female Genital Mutilation — Question for Short Debate (30 June 2011)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest as a patron of the National Clinical Group against female genital mutilation and as a participant and narrator in the DVD made by that group. Female genital mutilation is an African practice, common to many of the countries of Africa since time immemorial-not Muslim or tied to any particular religious faith, but cultural and often tribal. It began to...

Clothing Industry: Ethical and Sustainable Fashion — Question for Short Debate (3 March 2011)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Young, on instituting this debate on a subject that is both unusual and highly topical, and for giving your Lordships' House the opportunity to examine matters that are so relevant in the present century. Like my noble friend Lord Sugar, I will perhaps refer to fashion itself as much as the working conditions and environmental issues....

Violence Against Women — Question (25 November 2010)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, female genital mutilation is a cruel and barbarous form of violence against women. What action are the Government taking to put an end to female genital mutilation in this country, and what can be done to bring about a prosecution under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003?

Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill [HL]: Second Reading (22 October 2010)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I will be brief. It is Friday morning and-however serious and important the question under discussion, and this one is very serious indeed-no one wants to be too long detained. The position of those of us who support the Bill has been made very clear by my noble friend Lord Morris of Manchester and, in his report, by my noble and learned friend Lord Archer of Sandwell. We have...

Women in Society — Motion to Take Note (21 July 2010)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, for occasioning this debate and for choosing this subject, not just on the role of women but on women's position in the modern world. My intention is to speak-not by any means for the first time-on the position of women trapped by a tradition that keeps them in a world closer to the medieval. Some women, perhaps the majority, have never...

Children: Strokes — Question (18 March 2010)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to combat childhood stroke.

Children: Strokes — Question (18 March 2010)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that Answer. Is she aware that the Government's National Stroke Strategy for improving adult stroke care makes no mention of childhood stroke care? Is she also aware that 400 children in the United Kingdom succumb to stroke each year and that stroke is one of the top causes of death in childhood in the UK? It is likely that most stroke-affected children...

International Women's Day — Debate (4 March 2010)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I, too, would like to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Miller of Hendon, on instituting this debate to honour International Women's Day, an occasion that is becoming a tradition and which is so much appreciated by all women Peers, and many men, in your Lordships' House. I make no apology for speaking once more on a subject I have often reverted to in the past. Usually, I have...

Social Tourism — Question (8 February 2010)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote social tourism.

Social Tourism — Question (8 February 2010)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his Answer. Is he aware that France, Spain and Italy have integrated social tourism into their social welfare policy, providing holidays for people on low income who do not have a holiday? Could not the United Kingdom do something similar?

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (4th Day) (29 October 2009)

Baroness Rendell of Babergh: My Lords, I rise to support these amendments. I believe I am the only professional writer—that is, one who lives solely by her writing—to have spoken during the course of the Bill, and therefore what I have to say may be of some help. At Second Reading, my noble friend Lord Borrie cited memoirs by Ian Brady, Mary Bell and Dennis Nilson—he mentioned him again this...