Results 1-20 of 435 for speaker:Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
- Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber (10 July 2013)
Publishing response to the consultation on the introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol – Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe.
- Railways: East Coast Main Line — Question (4 June 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, given that some of our current independent franchisees are classed as private companies but are foreign and indirectly owned by foreign Governments, such as the German Government, why are we prepared to accept that they can compete by taking British lines and running franchises, yet not prepared to contemplate extending some competition between the public and private sector owned by...
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading (Continued) (3 June 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: I will continue in a similar vein. Regrettably, the noble Lord, Lord Dear, is not with us. I had a number of letters from him seeking to persuade me to his view, that I should vote for what I now see as his wrecking amendment to the Bill, even though the Bill had been adopted by a very sizeable majority in the elected Chamber and, unusually, on a cross-party basis and without the normal,...
- Queen’s Speech — Debate (2nd Day) (9 May 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I intend to speak on two home affairs issues, one of which, immigration, is in the Queen’s Speech. To my surprise, I will be speaking in a not dissimilar fashion to the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, because I want to say something about the efficiency and effectiveness of the government machine that we have in place relating to immigration. My second topic relates to something...
- Taxation: Income Tax — Question (6 March 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, is it not true that the 5 million people who may have benefited from the changes have in fact had to pay extra VAT since this Government came to power? They are all paying 2.5% extra in VAT. Could we not look for a reduction in the VAT rate, which in turn would then be a great stimulus to the economy?
- House of Lords: Membership — Motion to Agree (28 February 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, would the noble Lord be kind enough to give us the details of the average attendances from 1997?
- Health: Anorexia — Question for Short Debate (25 February 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I, too, am grateful to my noble friend Lord Giddens for promoting this very important debate. I commence by declaring an interest as a trustee of the charity Action on Addiction, which provides day and residential accommodation for people suffering primarily from drink and drug addiction, but additionally we have many people who are cross-addicted. We deal with people with eating...
- NHS: Healthcare UK — Question (14 February 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, given that EU funds for investment and research will be increased between 2014 and 2020, and given the reluctance of British companies to participate in drawing down on that research money, will the Minister ensure that in the health service field we get involved, we partner with others and we use it to our best advantage?
- NHS: Private Companies — Question (11 February 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, as the Government are contemplating introducing a new factor into contracts in which government work is let out to international companies to ensure that they are paying their tax properly, what will they do about the NHS? Have they any plans to apply that kind of system to letting contracts for NHS services?
- Health: Sugar Consumption — Question (6 February 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: Does the noble Earl know that drinking alcohol is a big factor in introducing sugar into the body? The drinks industry is totally exempt from any requirement to show the calorific effect of alcohol, or indeed its energy factors. Is the Minister happy that the partners in the responsibility deal within the drinks industry are taking no action on that issue, or is he prepared to say that the...
- NHS: Clinical Commissioning Groups — Question (16 January 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, as patients are to be at the heart of the new NHS from April, will it be the Commissioning Board or the Government who are responsible for advising patients throughout the country of their rights and responsibilities?
- Procedure of the House — Motion to Agree (9 January 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I will speak on the same theme. As a previous member of a Leader's Group, I want first to make a plea to the Chairman of Committees, who made an excellent presentation in the circumstances. I plead with him to reflect on his decision not to call an earlier meeting of the Procedure Committee and leave it as presently scheduled. We should have an earlier meeting, and he should reflect...
- Procedure of the House — Motion to Agree (9 January 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: I have seen the names of the people who participated in the Procedure Committee and I wonder whether my noble friend Lord Hunt's question can be answered. Was thought given to a survey among Members?
- Taxation: Tax Havens — Question (9 January 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, although the additional £900 million being allocated to HMRC for tax investigations is to be welcomed, will the Minister confirm that the department is also being required to effect very substantial savings which will in fact lead to several thousand staff leaving over the next three years and that this, in turn, could interfere with its means of operating? Is not the root of...
- Airports: Capacity — Question (8 January 2013)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, to come back to the original Question, there is a 14% underuse capacity in the five major London and south-east airports. What plans do the Government have to utilise that capacity, given the failing to direct daily flights to some of the major economies around the world and new developing economies? What can be done immediately and what will the Government do?
- Driving: Blood Alcohol Limit — Question (12 December 2012)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider introducing a 50 milligram blood alcohol limit for drivers aged under 21.
- Driving: Blood Alcohol Limit — Question (12 December 2012)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: As the Minister will be aware, I have shifted my position considerably in the spirit of Christmas. I have moved away from a demand for zero tolerance to what seems to be a reasonable compromise to move forward. I am sorry that in his first response he said that the Government will not move, but at least they are prepared to consider some movement for younger drivers. All the evidence...
- Immigration: Home Office Meetings — Question (3 December 2012)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: Do the legacy cases not cover other people as well as students? Is the fundamental problem not the one which the Minister spoke about last week: the inadequacy of our ability to search and locate these individuals to try to get them out of the country? Is it not true that the department is currently cutting the number of staff it engages by around 5,000, yet claims that it is going to be able...
- Violence Against Women — Question for Short Debate (29 November 2012)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jenkin of Kennington, for sponsoring this debate, and for her introductory speech, which set the tone for us. I declare an interest as a joint patron of the Everyman Project, which is a small London-based charity that provides training for men who are violent in family relationships but who want to stop it. Last Thursday I tried to get...