🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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To ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to reduce the level of young people not in work, education or training.
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My Lords, I welcome what my noble friend the Minister has just explained, but does she agree that nearly 1 million people not being in work, education or training—rising remorselessly under the last Government—is terrible for them and for taxpayers? The longer people are out of work, the more costly it is to prepare them for work. The media and right-wing clamour for short-term cuts in...
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To ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to reduce the level of young people not in work, education or training.
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My Lords, I welcome what my noble friend the Minister has just explained, but does she agree that nearly 1 million people not being in work, education or training—rising remorselessly under the last Government—is terrible for them and for taxpayers? The longer people are out of work, the more costly it is to prepare them for work. The media and right-wing clamour for short-term cuts in...
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Will the Minister say what discussions are taking place with the United Arab Emirates Government about their role in Sudan and South Sudan, which is quite malevolent?
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My Lords, the Minister mentioned a treaty, already in draft, drawn up by international jurists from right across the world. Can she confirm that the former Foreign Secretary’s support for the principle of an international anti-corruption court remains the policy of the Foreign Office? In receiving this draft treaty, will she also bear in mind that not only should that court be supported by...
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My Lords, I welcome the statement that my noble friend has just made, as well as the Statement from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the primary legislation that the Government are introducing. The previous legacy Act was never going to be sustainable. I never thought that the noble Lord, Lord Caine, who was very open to discussion on that Act, for which I thank him, was a 300%...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government how many arrests have been made following the proscription of Palestine Action; and how many, if any, of such arrests were made for (1) protesting peacefully, and (2) protesting violently.
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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 18 June (HL7933), what would be the anticipated net revenue gain from taxing the Winter Fuel Payment.
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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 18 June (HL7933), what would be the anticipated net revenue gain from maintaining the Winter Fuel Payment for all citizens of age except higher-rate taxpayers.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what is the expected net revenue gain from restricting the Winter Fuel Payment to pensioners in receipt of pension credit.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what would be the anticipated net revenue gain from maintaining the Winter Fuel Payment for all citizens except higher-rate taxpayers.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what would be the anticipated net revenue gain from taxing the Winter Fuel Payment.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Barnett consequential that would have been allocated to Wales if the new Oxford–Cambridge railway line had been classified as an England project, rather than an England and Wales project.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Barnett consequential as a result of funding allocated to the new Oxford–Cambridge railway line for (1) Scotland and (2) Northern Ireland.
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