Results 1-20 of 1,293 for speaker:Lord Morris of Manchester
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: War Pensions (12 Nov 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many arrears payments have been made by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency to dependants of war pensions who were over the age of retirement, in receipt of the unemployability supplement and who died between 8 April 2006 and 6 April 2008; and To ask Her Majesty's Government how many war pensioners over the age of retirement or their dependants are...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Disabled People: Leonard Cheshire Report (12 Nov 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to Leonard Cheshire Disability's Review 2009; what response they are making to the charity; and what action they will be taking on its findings.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Royal British Legion (12 Nov 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the call in the Royal British Legion's general election manifesto for the provision of independent legal advice at inquests for bereaved families of Armed Forces personnel.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: NHS: Patient Care (9 Nov 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to Patients not Numbers, People not Statistics, published by the Patients Association; what response they have made or will be making; and whether they will take any action.
- Unemployment — Question (20 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: My Lords, while the additional support to help the unemployed—more especially, jobless young people—is most welcome, would my noble friend agree that, in the present economic climate, it is more important than ever to recognise the added vulnerability of disabled young people in seeking to enter and remain in work, and that progress made over recent years in prioritising their...
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Committee (9th Day) (Continued) (19 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, for her support for Amendment 278. I thank the Minister for her clear expression of support for and commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. On the basis of the guidance that she is intending to offer to trust boards in the preparation of their plans and on other policy issues, I shall not move my amendment.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Contaminated Blood Products (15 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government what further representations they have had from the MacFarlane Trust on the Department of the Health's response to the report of the Independent Public Inquiry, headed by Lord Archer of Sandwell, on contaminated blood products; and what reply is being sent to the trust's letter to the department of 9 September.
- Armed Forces: Pensions — Question (14 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost in the last five years of the Ministry of Defence contesting war pensions tribunal awards which were later confirmed on appeal.
- Armed Forces: Pensions — Question (14 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: My Lords, I declare an interest as honorary parliamentary adviser to the Royal British Legion.
- Armed Forces: Pensions — Question (14 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend, as ever, but is it not disquieting that, while haggling with Gulf War veterans and bereaved families over pensions still drags on, Parliament cannot yet be told even how much the MoD spent contesting the case of the late Terry Walker who, as my noble friend knows, had his war pension cut from 100 per cent to 40 per cent shortly before he died,...
- Gulf War 1990-91: Nerve Agent Pre-treatment Tablets — Question (13 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: My Lords, I too thank my noble friend. Is she aware that this decision is seen as one of landmark importance by the ex-service community? Recalling the admiration felt across the House yesterday for British troops killed and maimed in our service, what action is the MoD taking to identify other veterans and bereaved families who could benefit from the implications of the tribunal's decision?
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Charity Commission (12 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Baroness Crawley on 10 July (WA 178) and to HL5188, what monitoring they do of the Charity Commission's discharge of its duty to promote good governance in charities; and whether they will propose or support amending legislation to protect them where provable electoral fraud has been committed by a charity's officers.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Charity Commission (12 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Baroness Crawley on 10 July (WA 178) and to HL5188, what response they have made to the report sent to Baroness Crawley by Professor Leon Poller on 24 August; and what action they will be taking.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Charity Commission (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Crawley on 10 July (WA 177—8), whether the methods for resolving disputes set out by the chief executive of the Charity Commission would apply to cases in which there was an alleged abuse of voting procedures which can be shown to be deliberate. To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: War-related Illnesses (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultation there has been with ex-service organisations concerning letters sent by lawyers acting for the Ministry of Defence to service men and women seeking compensation for war-related illnesses and disabilities saying that assessments of their claims could be "undertaken covertly by surveillance"; and what is the breakdown of the costs to date of...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Pensions and Compensation (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of the Central Advisory Committee on Pensions and Compensation and the War Pensions Committees in informing the Ministry of Defence of the needs and views of those who have served in the armed forces; and whether they will be continuing to operate in their current role and with their present terms of reference.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Contaminated Blood Products (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 16 July (WA 252—3), what were the different denominations contained in the representations by the Macfarlane Trust that demonstrated the average level of disbursement to the infected beneficiary community was £8,600 at 31 March 2009.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Older People: Care (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations the Prime Minister has received from Mr Ken Mack of Wrexham about the response of the Department of Health to his and parliamentarians' representations about care for vulnerable elderly people; what reply has been sent; and whether any action will be taken.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Contaminated Blood Products (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 14) saying "the department has contacted the Whips' Office about a further debate on the Government's response to the Archer report", on what date or dates there was any previous debate on the Government's response to the report since the Written Statement by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WS...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: War Pensions (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Morris of Manchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people over the age of retirement are in receipt of the Unemployability Supplement from the War Pension Scheme; and how many such people were in receipt of it on 31 March 2006.