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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Committee (5th Day) (16 Jul 2009)

Baroness Buscombe: I apologise to the House because I have not spoken before in any debates on this Bill. But I feel compelled to rise following the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, to say that I have a rather cynical sense of déjà vu. We have debated this issue time and again in this House. I remember back in 2004—perhaps it was 2005—debating the whole issue of education in our prisons and...

Economy: Enterprise, Taxation and Manufacturing (22 May 2008)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lord MacLaurin for introducing this important and timely debate on a crucial subject concerning the role of enterprise in the United Kingdom. I declare my interests as chief executive of the Advertising Association and as a non-executive director of Three Valleys Water plc, which is a water company. I will focus my contribution on three areas:...

Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (23 Apr 2008)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I begin by joining all noble Lords who have already spoken in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, on his new responsibilities. I should say, though, that in another part of your Lordships' House, we have just been discussing the speed with which Ministers seem to age on the Government Front Bench. I throw that one across just as a warning to the noble Lord.

Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (23 Apr 2008)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, we did agree on that as well. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Smith, that it is incredible how people lose those years when they leave the Front Bench. I declare an interest as chief executive of the Advertising Association, and as such the chief executive of an association which represents all parts of the advertising industry: the advertising agencies; media owners, broadcast...

Sport (15 Jan 2008)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, can the Minister tell us today when the Government intend to publish their obesity strategy report? Does he accept that the approach in terms of the Question asked is about exercise and diet?

Television Advertising (Food) Bill [HL] (8 Jun 2007)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, as a former board member of the FSA, is the noble Baroness aware that it has already decided to review its nutrient profiling model?

Television Advertising (Food) Bill [HL] (8 Jun 2007)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, as chairman of the National Consumer Council, will the noble Lord explain which evidence he draws from to say that the advertising industry would make more money if it were to advertise products other than the foods to which he referred?

Television Advertising (Food) Bill [HL] (8 Jun 2007)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest as chief executive of the Advertising Association. If a ban on the advertising of foods high in fat, sugar and salt solved the problem of obesity in Britain, how simple life would be. Unfortunately, life is not that simple and I am afraid that this Bill is a classic case of a quick-fix solution to a complex problem. Advertising is an easy target, but...

Economy: Creative Industries (6 Jun 2007)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I declare an interest in this welcome debate: I have been chief executive of the Advertising Association since January 2007. I want to passionately, positively and proactively assert the virtues of the advertising industry, a creative industry I know well from past and current experience. I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Smith of Finsbury, particularly in relation to...

Gambling: Regulation (11 Jan 2007)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, how do the Government propose to monitor online gambling?

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL] (1 Nov 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I shall comment on two amendments. It seems that Amendment No. 195 on foreign nationals goes some way to allowing for overseas workers to be included on the children and adult's barred list if they are deemed to be on a corresponding list. Will a record be kept of the dates on which monitored overseas workers arrived in the UK? Can the Minister inform the House whether or not this...

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL] (1 Nov 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, Amendments Nos. 19, 38 and 50 ensure that an individual under the age of 16 does not have to be checked. We are very pleased that this measure has been included. I remember mentioning to the Minister many months ago at an earlier stage of debate that we did not want the Bill to encroach unwittingly on the lives of innocent parties, and that we hoped the unintended consequences would...

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL] (1 Nov 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, regarding Amendment No. 62, we are pleased that the Minister has brought back an amendment in answer to our concerns at previous stages of the Bill. Like the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, I am glad to see that alternative medicine has been erased from Clause 14, and it is right that prison officers will have to undergo checks. However, I remain concerned that no checks will be made...

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [HL] (1 Nov 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I shall speak to a couple of amendments. Amendment No. 99 is a hugely significant amendment that was added to the Bill at the 11th hour in another place. Despite consistent questioning on funding proposals for the scheme both in this House and in another place, this substantial change was introduced only at the last minute, with almost no time to produce a compromise. Indeed, the...

Children: Speech and Language Professionals (31 Oct 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, what, if anything, are the Government doing to help the parents and carers of these children to complement the work of speech and language professionals?

Education and Inspections Bill (30 Oct 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, before the noble Baroness sits down, I urge her to appreciate that this is an enabling provision. If all the guidance that the Government produce works, the provision will not need to be brought into play. It is simply a back-stop, a safeguard, so that if, in a year's time, it is shown that what the Government have put in place has not worked, we can turn to the provision for which...

Education and Inspections Bill (30 Oct 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I find the Minister's response incredibly depressing. As I have said twice this evening, this enabling power would give the Government the opportunity to give teachers the right to anonymity should the guidance prove insufficient. It is merely a safeguard, but it would be there for teachers if only the Minister would accept it tonight. I find it incredible that it is deemed okay for...

Education and Inspections Bill (30 Oct 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I have pleasure in supporting the amendment and have added my name to those of the noble Lords, Lord Moser, Lord Armstrong and Lord Harrison. Music is for making together. I remember that many years ago I enjoyed singing in school in wonderful things called "Singing Together" sessions. I also enjoyed recorder and clarinet lessons. Many people have very good memories of the pleasure...

Education and Inspections Bill (30 Oct 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: moved Amendment No. 14: After Clause 91, insert the following new clause- "ANONYMITY OF STAFF FACING ALLEGATIONS (1) The Secretary of State may make regulations providing that where it is alleged that a relevant person in a school providing education for persons under 18 years of age has committed a criminal offence against or related to a child that person shall be afforded anonymity unless...

Education and Inspections Bill (30 Oct 2006)

Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I am pleased to have an opportunity to return once again to this debate. I was interested to hear the words of the Minister and the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, on this topic on Report and I reserved my right to take those new perspectives into account in order to return with a solution at Third Reading. Allegations of abuse are matters that deserve sensitive treatment. Children's...