Results 1-15 of 15 for hunting speaker:Baroness Barker

Health: Disease Control (Intergovernmental Organisations Committee Report): Motion to Take Note (24 Feb 2009)

Baroness Barker: ...will reinvest 20 per cent of any profits it makes in the least developed countries into hospitals, clinics and staff. It will invite scientists from other companies, NGOs or Governments to join the hunt for tropical disease treatments at its dedicated institute in Spain. Campaigners from charity organisations have understandably expressed regret that that does not include the HIV...

Health: Allergy (Science and Technology Committee Report) (8 May 2008)

Baroness Barker: My Lords, when the hunting legislation was going through your Lordships' House I was asked by another Peer whether I had ever hunted. When I said no, that Peer was rather disparaging. I redeemed myself only by saying that I had not done so because I am severely allergic to horses. The one and only time in my life I have been on a horse I looked about as good as the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey,...

NHS: Patient Care (28 Feb 2008)

Baroness Barker: ...be, you would kill the disease of duplication within the NHS. For those who have the miserable job of trying to track information flows throughout the NHS, it must be akin to the children's game of hunt the slipper; the amount of duplication of information is immense. Who collects the data, where they are held and what happens to them is something of a mystery. Until we can find answers to...

Health: Sports Medicine (4 Jun 2007)

Baroness Barker: .... It is estimated that there are approximately 30 full-time sports medicine physicians in the UK. In answer to a Question put to him by my noble friend on 22 February, the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said that he anticipated that there would be a further 40 specialist doctors in the near future, with a further 12 starting training each year. Those are not enormous numbers, but,...

Mental Health Bill [HL] (10 Jan 2007)

Baroness Barker: ..., and of my noble friend Lord Alderdice of what it is like to be a practitioner implementing such legislation and decision-making on a regular basis, sometimes in emergencies. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said that one of the core purposes of the Bill was to enhance services. In their response to the joint scrutiny committee, the Government told us in very forthright terms that we had...

Mental Health Bill [HL] (8 Jan 2007)

Baroness Barker: I declare an interest as an employee of Age Concern England. I also take the opportunity to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, back to his former position as Minister for Health. I can think of nobody better to be in that position, not least because we have the tantalising prospect of discussing patient involvement and patient forums in the near future. I know that those are subjects very...

Debate on the Address (21 Nov 2006)

Baroness Barker: ...8212;the Mental Health Bill—and reference is made to the possibility of legislation to replace patient forums with local authority-led local involvement networks. It pleases me to see that the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, is to reply to the debate because he and I spent many happy hours discussing the formation of patient forums. I should like to ask him whether such a Bill...

Address in Reply to Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech (25 May 2005)

Baroness Barker: ..., several hours ago sparked some thoughts that have run all the way through this afternoon's many and varied contributions. I thank them all very much for that. I also welcome the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, back to the Front Bench. In his previous incarnation as health Minister one of the achievements of which he and I were most proud was the Adoption and Children Act. The noble...

Pensions Bill (10 Jun 2004)

Baroness Barker: ...too an even more swiftly growing concern about the lack of knowledge people have about pensions. To that end, I want to follow on directly from many of the points just made by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, about the necessity for simplification and clarity. There is agreement across the House that situations like Allied Steel and Wire are unacceptable, that we have to do what we can...

Children Bill [HL] (27 May 2004)

Baroness Barker: ...a system of registration and inspection. We have believed for a long time that a registration scheme would be beneficial and effective. Many of the arguments deployed dutifully by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, back in 2002 against such a proposal were based on the Government's belief that registration of childminding would not work. In fact, registration of childminding has turned out to be...

Children Bill [HL] (24 May 2004)

Baroness Barker: ...have to pay that price for flexibility. I remain convinced that the balance is well and truly not right. Perhaps the noble Baroness might like to have that debate with the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. It is one with which he is very familiar. At this stage, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (6 Nov 2003)

Baroness Barker: ...happen to the NHS is a bonfire of targets, but we do not need this legislation to do that. In fact, it makes it worse. The Bill is the worst of management-speak and targets. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, was near the mark, but wrong. He described the Committee stage as long on detail and where there were many answers. That is true, but there were many key issues on which there were either no...

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (13 Oct 2003)

Baroness Barker: I vividly recall that, when the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, first came to this House to present the NHS Plan in the early part of 2002, he used in his speech Nye Bevan's phrase about bedpans, Tredegar and Whitehall beloved of health Ministers throughout the ages. I mention that now because the amendments relate to one of the famous things done by Nye Bevan. Perhaps the longest-running sore in the...

Lords Amendment (27 Mar 2003)

Baroness Barker: ...parts of the Bill. It is its underpinning and the determination of whether it works in the best interests of older people. I am extremely serious. I wish to pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. He approached the Bill, as he did many others, with a wonderful mixture of conviction, scepticism, charm, tolerance and occasional bewilderment at the antics of these Benches, for which I thank...

Nursing and Personal Care (2 Jul 2002)

Baroness Barker: ...have arisen owing to the distinction between nursing care and personal care for the purpose of funding arrangements. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): My Lords, National Health Service nurses have applied the registered nursing care contribution tool to assess the needs of nursing home residents. A full evaluation of the...