Results 1-20 of 486 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Baroness Morris of Bolton

Welfare Reform Bill: Commons Amendments (12 Nov 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: I am sure that the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, knows that my noble friend cannot stand up again at this stage in the Bill's proceedings.

Disabled People: Student Loans — Question (5 Nov 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: My Lords, what advice is being given to students who just have not been able to access courses, given that there will be an unprecedented number of students applying for courses in the new academic year?

Welfare Reform Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued) (22 Oct 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: My Lords, the noble Baroness will have to move the other amendments in their place in the Marshalled List.

Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (3rd Day) (6 Jul 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: There was a very high-profile case in Manchester a few years ago of someone stopping to ask the way to a perfectly legitimate address on the edge of what he was not to know was a known red light district in a city of which he had no knowledge. He just happened to ask a prostitute. What would happen in those circumstances if it was the very first time that that had happened?

Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (3rd Day) (6 Jul 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: Is it right that someone stopping to ask a very innocent question should go in front of our courts at all?

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill — Committee (4th Day) (Continued) (2 Jul 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. It is not always children who are making poor progress. For instance, my son had just won a scholarship when we were asked if we would have him tested. They thought that there was something the matter with his eyes. He was dyslexic, and he was 14 before we realised that whenever he read, the text moved around on the paper. I asked him why he was...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill — Committee (4th Day) (Continued) (2 Jul 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: The noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, painted a depressing picture of young people with special needs who are unable to communicate and engage with the people around them. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Addington. I was dyslexic and I hid, but other people who have a problem become disruptive and are then excluded. It should come as no surprise that they then get caught up in the criminal...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Committee (4th Day) (2 Jul 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: I, too, support the amendments. The LEAs will require all the help that they can get to secure these places. I say that not least because I read today in Children & Young People Now that staff will be transferred from the Learning and Skills Council, but that in some places there are no staff, only a massive number of vacancies—for example, in the London area. Will the Minister say...

Policing and Crime Bill — Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) (1 Jul 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: I support these amendments tabled by my noble friend and by the noble Baronesses, Lady Miller. Given that most women go into prostitution because of poverty, debt, domestic violence, homelessness and drugs, can the Minister say how those will be addressed in the rehabilitation courses?

Policing and Crime Bill — Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) (1 Jul 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: I support the thoughts behind the noble Baroness's amendment, and what my noble friend Lord Bridgeman said. The biggest barrier to women getting out of prostitution is their criminal record. They are stuck somewhere they do not want to be. Eighty per cent of income from street workers goes to pay their fines, so I do not see how this is in any way going to help women to get out of...

Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (2nd Day) (1 Jul 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: I was unable to speak on Second Reading, but I have been following the proceedings of the Bill very carefully. I very much support the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, and the comments of my noble friend Lady Hanham. These children come from broken families where there is violence. They are often homeless. They turn to drugs and shoplifting and enter prostitution. As the noble Baroness, Lady...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Committee (2nd Day) (24 Jun 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: I add my support for the spirit behind the amendment. As the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, said, we spent a long time during the passage of the Children and Young Persons Bill asking local authorities to be that pushy parent that children need in schools. If we are going to utilise the talents of all our young people, it is important that public authorities look to what young people may do in...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Second Reading (2 Jun 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: My Lords, the Bill comes at an important time. As businesses are struggling to cope with the difficulties that the recession brings, the most responsible and farsighted of them are looking beyond the current downturn to see how they can position themselves to take full advantage of the upturn and recovery when it occurs. Those who are able to maximise their workforce's skills will be in a...

Children: First-Time Mothers — Question (21 May 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: My Lords, given how important health visitors are to new mothers, why have the Government allowed their numbers to fall so dramatically?

Children and Families — Debate (14 May 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: My Lords, this debate today covers a huge range of issues, all of them important to the well-being of our society, and so I should like to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Massey of Darwen, and express my admiration of her for yet again securing a debate on these essential issues. I too came close to being dangerously incompetent in domestic science, although my husband probably thinks I still...

Health: Contaminated Blood Products — Debate (23 Apr 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: My Lords, I start by adding my thanks to those already given to the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Manchester, for calling for this debate and for his powerful speech. He has been tireless in raising this issue successively in the other place and in your Lordships' House, and for that he deserves our gratitude and appreciation. The infection and deaths of patients with HIV and hepatitis C through...

Women: Economic Crisis — Debate (12 Mar 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: My Lords, last year I had a terrible dilemma: should I speak in the International Women's Day debate or watch Bolton Wanderers play Sporting Lisbon? I chose the latter because I knew that I would have another opportunity to speak in this debate, but I had a feeling that the same would not be true of watching Bolton in Europe. Sadly, I was right. I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady...

Schools and Youth Organisations: Twinning — Question (5 Mar 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: My Lords, the British Council's excellent Connecting Classrooms programme promotes trust and breaks down barriers to understanding. Does the Minister agree that if these twinning arrangements are entered into, it must be done so wholeheartedly? I say that because I have just come back from visiting some Connecting Classrooms programmes in Kuwait. While enormous enthusiasm was shown by the...

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Committee (Third Day) (Continued) (4 Mar 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: I was unable to speak at Second Reading, but I thank the Government for recognising the importance of the amendment that we won last year during the passage of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008, and for bringing forward a duty in this Bill, "to safeguard and promote the welfare of children". We won by a resounding number, because it was the right thing to do. However, I share the...

Health: Stem Cell Therapy — Question for Short Debate (3 Mar 2009)

Baroness Morris of Bolton: My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for securing this short but important debate. My interest in adult stem cell research was born out of a terrible accident that happened to the newly married son-in-law of some of my dearest friends. On a moonless night in the Brecon Beacons, while on exercise with the Army, he fell over a cliff and was paralysed. Some months later,...