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Coroners and Justice Bill: Third Reading (5 Nov 2009)

Lord Tunnicliffe: My Lords, at Report stage I accepted in principle the case made powerfully by the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Hornsey, and others that there should be a bespoke criminal offence to tackle modern-day slavery and forced labour. Further points have been made to the Minister and me in correspondence, to which I intend to speak at some length. These government amendments, and in particular the...

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

Christopher Huhne: I agree with my hon. Friend, fundamentally so on his initial point that if we are to have such law it must be properly enforced. The real problem with ASBOs is that the Government's periodic attempts to use them have not been matched by the necessary back-up. If they were used as a last resort at the end of a whole series of measures that were able to bring gradual pressure to bear, we would...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Committee (6th Day) (Continued) (12 Oct 2009)

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: I very much hope that I will be able to offer the reassurance that noble Lords are looking for. I am very happy to talk about numbers and the disjuncture about which the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, is worried. Sometimes when you look at a Bill, it is the powers and the strong stuff that leap out at you, and the cuddly stuff that she is looking for is sometimes more difficult to enshrine in...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill — Committee (6th Day) (12 Oct 2009)

Lord Young of Norwood Green: My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who co-operated with us during the Recess in trying to ensure that we resolved as many issues as we possibly could. It was much appreciated. I agree that we must aim to ensure a learning experience for young people in custody that is as consistent as possible. We are building a system where education is given the priority it deserves, where, when young...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Committee (5th Day) (16 Jul 2009) See 2 other results from this debate

Lord de Mauley: Our Amendments 116A and 116B are also probing amendments. We suggest that a statutory minimum of purposeful activity should be required for those detained in youth custody. When this area was debated in another place the amendment put forward there proposed to insert a statutory minimum of 30 hours per week of education and skills training to be provided. That was rejected by the Minister...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Committee (7th Day) (13 Jul 2009)

Lord Henley: In moving the amendment, I shall also speak to Amendments 183ZB to 183ZD as well as Amendments 183AB and 183AC. It is with some trepidation that I rise to speak to these amendments, put down in my name and that of my late noble friend Lord Kingsland, who was to have spoken to them. He was also, as we have just been reminded, to have spoken on the Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill and...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Committee (6th Day)(Continued) (9 Jul 2009)

Lord Bach: The Committee is very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Hornsey, and her supporters for raising this issue in this way in Committee. It has been a very interesting debate and some very interesting points have been made, leaving the Government with much to think about. It would be asking a little too much of the Government to say today that we are persuaded, because the truth is...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill — Committee (4th Day) (Continued) (2 Jul 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: On behalf of my noble friend Lady Garden, who has added her name to these amendments, I would like to say a few words. From these Benches, we support the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, and the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, and we agree with and support what the noble Lord has said in his introduction. The earlier the diagnosis of any learning difficulties is made, the more...

Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009) has video

Tim Loughton: We have had a good and full debate for a Thursday afternoon, with some excellent contributions from both sides of the House on a range of different subjects. Different expertise was introduced into the debate, starting with the right hon. Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz) who spoke about child trafficking. My hon. Friend the Member for Leominster (Bill Wiggin) catalogued all the very...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) (29 Jun 2009)

Lord Young of Norwood Green: I apologise in advance for what will probably be quite a lengthy contribution, because I want to place on record a range of key principles that have been addressed by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and, to some extent, by other noble Lords. Although I echo the point of the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, about the belated nature of the amendments, we welcome them because they give us an opportunity...

Youth Crime — [Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] (10 Jun 2009) See 1 other result from this Westminster Hall debate

Alan Campbell: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Regent's Park and Kensington, North (Ms Buck) not only on securing the debate but on her thoughtful remarks. Today's debate has been thoughtful and interesting. It follows yesterday's debate, which was consensual, so, for the sake of politics, let me break the consensus briefly and respond...

Creative Industries — Debate (4 Jun 2009)

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury: My Lords, I join in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Bragg, for securing this debate. The number and variety of speeches today are an indication of how central the contribution of the creative industries is to the UK economy and also, I argue, to the well-being of the UK. As Sting pointed out at the Hay festival, while the country does not produce much any more, "we do make art and music". He is...

Policing and Crime Bill: Second Reading (3 Jun 2009) See 3 other results from this debate

Lord West of Spithead: My Lords, this debate has, as usual, been very constructive, and I thank all noble Lords who have taken part. I have to say as a relative newcomer to this House that I agree with a number of the speakers. I am surprised at how little time seems to be given to some legislation in the other place. It is a very important function of this place to provide some. I am glad that we can give these...

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Second Reading (2 Jun 2009) See 2 other results from this debate

Baroness Sharp of Guildford: My Lords, I start by declaring an interest as a member of the corporation of Guildford College and as an honorary fellow of the City and Guilds institute. My task otherwise is to begin the winding up of this long debate. The breadth of the issues covered makes this task somewhat difficult. At the core of the Bill are three developments. First are the new arrangements for 16-to-19 education,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Juvenile Justice System (19 May 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Stephen Farry: The Alliance Party welcomes the debate and has no difficulty in supporting the motion. The motion is competent; there are plenty of precedents for the House’s debating subjects that are not its immediate responsibility. Even beyond that, issues that relate to offending in Northern Ireland require a joined-up response from government agencies, both devolved and non-devolved. The...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Byron Review (19 May 2009)

Michelle McIlveen: I beg to move That this Assembly calls on the Minister of Education to outline how she is implementing the recommendations from the Byron Review in relation to the safeguarding and protection of children. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to this important motion. The Internet and protecting children are issues that cut across Departments and are pressing for us all. The development...

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Fire Safety (Schools) (19 May 2009)

Annette Brooke: The hon. Gentleman has correctly surmised that I will mention heathland. He may have seen in the local papers for my constituency that there have been some major heath fires over the past couple of weeks. It would be surprising if I did not mention that. Levels of fire protection and detection have traditionally been very low in schools. As hon. Members have said, the financial cost is not...

Children and Families — Debate (14 May 2009)

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: My Lords, I join all noble Lords in congratulating my noble friend Lady Massey on initiating this debate. She has encouraged us to think about our experience of domestic science. Sitting here, listening to the debate, I recall that, when I started at my comprehensive school in 1972, the girls were allowed to do domestic science but the boys were not. I was so outraged that I was not allowed...

Scottish Parliament: School Discipline (7 May 2009)

Margaret Smith: I welcome today's debate. I stand here as someone who had more than a passing acquaintance, in my youth, with Lochgelly's most famous product. I recall that every time I was belted in school, it was for talking too much—colleagues can make up their own minds on whether corporal punishment is successful and effective. Discipline is a crucial issue in our schools. Although most pupils...

Written Ministerial Statements — Justice: HMP Ashwell (20 Apr 2009)

David Hanson: A serious disturbance involving over 400 prisoners took place at HMP Ashwell, near Oakham in Rutland on Saturday 11 April. HMP Ashwell is a category C training prison. HMP Ashwell was originally an open prison fenced to upgrade it to category C in the 1980s. The older part of the prison held 425 prisoners in non-cellular; the rooms the prisoners were held in do not have bars or grille gates...