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Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: ...assurances that it will? I have often quoted the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's observations on the UK's culture in relation to children. It said recently that there are a, "general climate of intolerance and negative public attitudes towards children", in the UK. Clause 31 appears to target children as potential offenders rather than as children with welfare needs. My...

Women: Economic Crisis — Debate (12 Mar 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Gould, for her debate today. I think that the role of women in the global economic climate is to be themselves—to strive to reach their full potential and staunchly resist any attempts to repress them or make them anything less than equal. I should like to illustrate the wide range of women's talents and interests by talking about Radio 4's...

Rainforests (22 May 2008)

Baroness Walmsley: My Lords, does the Minister accept that in our action against climate change, we should include not just reduction of emissions and protection of the rainforests, but protection and conservation of the plant biodiversity of the world, which is threatened as plants cannot adapt fast enough to climate change? I declare an interest as the chairman of Botanic Gardens Conservation International.

Schools: Geography (22 Jan 2008)

Baroness Walmsley: My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply but does he agree that a subject covering things such as climate change, the floods that have delayed my noble friend Lord Greaves, famines, conflict resolution and trade disputes—topics that hit the headlines every day—is far from boring? Can he therefore say why Ofsted found that children regard geography as boring, and what are the...

Schools: Building Schools for the Future (18 Dec 2006)

Baroness Walmsley: ...-efficient schools, local authorities are not just helping to save the planet but providing a potent tool for teaching children about the environment and the importance of energy conservation and climate change? When people live in an energy-efficient building, they learn a great deal more than they would if they just read about it.

Science and Treaties (S&T Report) (3 Feb 2005)

Baroness Walmsley: ...of life or death". That is exactly what it is, as this week's revelations have shown. Global warming is a topical issue at the moment because of the meeting of the world's greatest experts on climate change taking place in Exeter this week. Many noble Lords will have been as horrified as I was to hear some of their most recent findings. One said that we may soon reach the point of no...

Climate Change (9 Feb 2004)

Baroness Walmsley: ...quality of the scientists, all of whom were incredibly kind and patient with us and our many questions. We were able to find out a good deal about why the Antarctic is so important for the study of climate change, increase our understanding of the atmosphere and the world's weather systems and our understanding of biological adaptation, colonisation and survival in extreme situations....

Sustainable Development (12 Jul 2002)

Baroness Walmsley: ...identification of species with beneficial medicinal uses, in pest control and veterinary medicine, fish farming, horticulture and in identifying indicator species that help us to monitor environmental change. A great milestone in the history of global conservation was reached with the agreements made in 1992. The treaties agreed at Rio were in response to growing awareness of the damage...