Results 1–20 of 133 for speaker:Lord Grade of Yarmouth

Israel and Gaza - Statement (26 Mar 2024)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: Can the Minister share with the House any information he has about the level remaining in Gaza of active, armed Hamas rocket launchers and armed terrorists, if I can use that word? It appears that Israel has not yet achieved its objective—leaving aside the rights and wrongs of how it is doing it. Is there still a considerable Hamas resistance remaining in Gaza?

Allied Health Professionals: Prescribing Responsibilities - Question ( 6 Feb 2024)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, I am sure that most people will welcome the extension of prescribing facilities to pharmacies. Does the Minister understand that the rate of closure of independent pharmacies in the UK—these vital community facilities —is absolutely accelerating? Will he undertake to look at the rate of closure and understand why these small, independent businesses, which are the pillars of...

BBC: Funding - Question (17 Jan 2024)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords—

BBC: Funding - Question (17 Jan 2024)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, I may have to change my name to Tina. I declare my interests as set out in the register. I have no opinions to offer on the future of the BBC or its funding. My concern is to stress to the Minister that one of the greatest economic success stories—one of the very few in this country in the last two decades—has been the creative industries, and at the heart of that are all our...

Polish Jewish Holocaust Victims: Stolen Property - Question (25 Oct 2023)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, after years and years of pressing Polish Administrations to move on this issue, as Poland is the only country that has not in Europe, out of those discussions the Government must have some idea of what objections the Poles have got to acceding to their obligations. I wonder whether the Minister could enlighten the House and tell us what the arguments are that Poland is putting...

Football Matches: Violence - Question (14 Jun 2023)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, I declare my interest as a lifelong supporter of the greatest team in south-east London, known to its supporters as “Charlton nil”. Can the Government encourage the football authorities to get the players to set an example on the field and not challenge authority in a way that only encourages hooliganism?

Gambling Act Review White Paper - Statement ( 3 May 2023)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, I welcome unequivocally the direction of travel of this White Paper. How could I do otherwise, when all the Government’s recommendations were among those of your Lordships’ Select Committee on gambling harms, which I had the privilege of serving as chairman? I heard what the Minister said about consultation. This reminds me of the great saying in the film industry, “Hurry up...

UK Concussion Guidelines for Grass-roots Sport - Commons Urgent Question ( 3 May 2023)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: Does my noble friend the Minister know whether the Government have any plans to outlaw boxing?

William Hill: Breaches of Player Protection - Private Notice Question (29 Mar 2023)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, I beg leave to ask a Question of which I have given private notice. I declare my interest as a former chairman of the ad hoc Lords Select Committee which published Gambling Harm in July 2020.

William Hill: Breaches of Player Protection - Private Notice Question (29 Mar 2023)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: I thank the Minister for that response. The Select Committee report on gambling harms made more than 60 recommendations to avoid the worst excesses at the toxic end of the gambling industry. Of those 60-odd recommendations, only five or six, from memory, required primary legislation. In that time, what have the Government done to implement some of the things that might have stopped William...

Community Pharmacies - Question (20 Mar 2023)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, what has to happen in the independent pharmaceutical sector for the Government to realise that there is a crisis? This has been running for years. Independent pharmacies are closing at an alarming rate, as we have heard from other Members of this House. The Government seem to be in total denial. What has to happen for the Government to recognise and confront this issue? How many...

Fan-led Review and Football White Paper - Commons Urgent Question (21 Feb 2023)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, will the Government take the opportunity of this discussion about the governance of football to address one of the great scandals of the professional game, which is the many millions of pounds that leak out of football to agents? Hundreds of millions of pounds throughout Europe find their way from supporters’ pockets into the hands of agents. When I was an agent in the talent...

NHS Winter Pressures - Statement (10 Jan 2023)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, my noble friend the Minister mentioned pharmacies in his response, which clearly demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of the crisis that is going on in the independent pharmacy sector. They are closing at an alarming rate, yet they are the front line of the NHS, with record numbers of people coming to see them for free medical advice because they cannot get in to see their...

Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2022 - Motion to Approve: Amendment to the Motion (28 Jun 2022)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, the health or otherwise of independent community pharmacies can be judged by the rate of closures, which has been increasing over the last few years for a number of reasons, not least the overall deal with the NHS. That deal requires, for example, an individually owned community pharmacy to be deemed to have received the same discount on the purchase of drugs that Boots and the...

Social Homes for Rent - Question (26 May 2022)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, one of the unexpected consequences of the Covid lockdown period is that people are discovering that they do not need as much office space as they used to. Everyone is downsizing and there is a glut of office accommodation on the market these days which, I suspect, will remain. Might the Government look at the planning required to convert office to residential? That might be a quick...

Previous Business – Lords: Grand Committee ()

Report from the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry committee ‘Gambling Harm – Time for Action’ – Lord Grade of Yarmouth. Debate; 4:15 pm

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: BBC World Service: Russian Language (17 Mar 2022)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make an immediate one-off grant in aid to the BBC World Service to enable it to increase its Russian services (1) online, and (2) over the air.

Health and Care Bill - Report (3rd Day) (Continued): Amendment 148 ( 7 Mar 2022)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for giving way. Do the Government understand the difference between mass brand advertising on free-to-air linear television and the direct addressability to individuals online, where they have all the data—the address, postcode, email address and phone number—of the kids they are advertising to? The Government seem not to understand...

Health and Care Bill - Report (3rd Day) (Continued): Amendment 148 ( 7 Mar 2022)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth: My Lords, I am tempted to express my concern that the computer of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, may have been hacked by the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, with the coincidence of the Grenade bar being at the heart of their contributions to this debate. That said, I offer a word of warning about the imposition of a hard deadline for the implementation of the advertising ban. However desirable a...


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