Sarah Owen: ...this Government decided to include Indian-controlled parts of Kashmir on their safe list? Last year’s Supreme Court decision, which recommended the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission, was welcomed by charities and NGOs in the human rights space, and rightly so. I am sure the Minister agrees that such an initiative could be powerful in bringing peace as well as...
Rishi Sunak: ...an absolute priority to protect the UK against foreign interference, and we will use all available levers to do that. On the particular matter my hon. Friend raises about those reports, I know the Charity Commission has opened an ongoing compliance case into trusts linked to the Kanoon Islamic centre, so it is right that that investigation happens properly. More broadly, universities have...
Helen Whately: ...end of life care in hospital, at home, in a care home, or from Hospiscare or Sidmouth Hospice at Home, to which my hon. Friend referred. In England, integrated care boards are responsible for the commissioning of end of life and palliative care services to meet the reasonable needs of their local populations. As part of the Health and Care Act 2022, palliative care services were...
Huw Irranca-Davies: ...to have to come up with something remarkable as these go through committees, and somebody is going to have to give solutions to the Minister, not to do with an independent review, an independent commission and so on—we know what the problems are; we absolutely know what the problems are—but, actually, to come up with some ideas and some solutions that say, 'Well, if we're going to fund...
Damian Hinds: ...documents are reviewed regularly to ensure they are up to date. The department requires a high level of accountability and transparency from academy trusts. Academy trusts’ status as companies, charities and public sector bodies means that they are subject to rigorous accountability systems. Trustees must comply with the trust’s charitable objects, with company and charity law, and...
John Glen: ...Office 830 1.8 940 2.0 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 34,010 2.1 47,160 2.5 Cabinet Office 13,090 1.4 20,750 1.9 National Savings and Investments 370 1.9 170 0.9 Charity Commission 1,300 2.7 s s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 6,850 2.0 7,670 2.0 Competition and Markets Authority 1,100 1.4 870 1.0 Department for...
David Johnston: ...Support Teams (MHST) and extending coverage of MHST to an estimated 44% of pupils and learners by the end of this financial year, and at least 50% by the end of March 2025. The department has also commissioned two new resources to help providers that have been published this year, a targeted pastoral support toolkit and a resource hub for mental health leads, which are intended to help...
Stuart Andrew: As probably one of the few Members of this House who have actually set up a charities lottery, I understand the importance of them. It is right to say that we did a significant review of them not so long ago. I know the hon. Member is probably referring to one particular lottery, and I have written to that lottery with suggestions, having consulted with the Gambling Commission, of ways it may...
Siobhian Brown: ...scrutiny of the bill. I also thank the committee clerks for all their hard work and the stakeholders who contributed views and their time as part of parliamentary scrutiny. This is a Scottish Law Commission bill, so I thank the commission for the considerable work that went into this law reform project. In particular, I thank Lord Drummond Young, who, even though he is no longer chair of...
the Bishop of Manchester: ...the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and others, I agree with the suggestion from the domestic abuse commissioner of a clause placing a duty to collaborate on PCCs, local authorities and ICBs in the commissioning of appropriate local services. Alongside this, we need to think more widely, as the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, indicated, about how we fund the community-based services that are...
Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...and watching banned movies. Keep our commitment to the UDHR and the genocide convention in mind as we consider that 2023 is also the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations commission of inquiry into human rights violations in North Korea. Led by the eminent Australian jurist his honour Mr Michael Kirby, it was, in the words of the United Nations, mandated “to...
Wendy Morton: ...crime offenders were male, and across England and Wales 91% of people admitted to hospital for assault by sharp objects were male. Low socioeconomic backgrounds are a factor too. A YouGov poll, commissioned by Barnardo’s, found one in five parents said that they will struggle to have time off work to spend with their children, meaning children are often left unsupervised. What concerns...
Baroness Merron: ... and restrictions for the patient. The third failure is in the use of restrictive practices, including solitary confinement. The fourth failure is a lack of clarity about responsibility for commissioning and funding the skilled support in case management that is needed, which goes back to the accountability called for in the report. I emphasise those four points to the Minister in order to...
Hannah Bardell: ...app, of “loos that will do”. My constituent Steven Sharp, to whom I pay tribute, is a brilliant young man from Fauldhouse. He is a Crohn’s sufferer, and he has raised thousands of pounds for charity over the years by, for instance, doing a bungee jump. He has often spoken to me about the joint pain, the fatigue and the unpredictability of the disease and its impact on his life. That...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: ...we have a strong enough communications strategy. The Government committed £18 million to this but, in essence, Covid got in the way. It seems to have been left to patients themselves and the charities that support them, such as Kidney Care UK, to raise awareness of the Act. The fourth issue is bureaucracy. While the Act covers some elements of deceased donation, it excludes less common...
Lord Addington: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the British High Commission in New Delhi has the resources to give practical guidance concerning national and state law to people and organisations, particularly UK charities, who wish to donate to charitable causes in India and who are not registered with India’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act; and what is the name of any such guidance.
Peter Bottomley: ...consultation has been extended from, I think, late-December to the middle of January? People will be grateful for that. There are five options. As Dean Buckner, a trustee of LKP, the campaigning charity, has said, those who own freehold interests have known since Scotland abolished leasehold that the gravy train was going to end. When the Government came forward with the proposal that...
Andrew Stephenson: ...and Care Research (NIHR) programmes including those for brain cancer research are open to research applications from individual researchers, academic institutions, local authorities, industry, charities, and social care organisations. Details of how to apply are available and updated on the NIHR website. This includes details of all responsive calls where researchers are invited to propose...
Lord Robathan: My Lords, I add my congratulations to the commission; it has produced an interesting and very detailed report. I will not say that I have read every word of the 238 pages, but I have read it and it is worth reading. I do not agree with every word, either. I am very sceptical about government interference, perhaps in a slightly different way from the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths. I am not...
Bob Neill: ...we did not just leave it to the views of expert witnesses or our own views as politicians; we made a more extensive effort at public engagement than any Select Committee before us. For example, we commissioned a public polling exercise. Some 2,057 adults in England and Wales were asked about their knowledge of, and views on, sentencing. We also used Involve, a well-established...