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🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to extend the scope of eligibility for the Erasmus+ scheme, including to asylum seekers.
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Arriving here, I passed a plaque which read “Mozart lived here”, and, of course, he travelled to Britain and toured freely, as it was in those days. Everyone in the cultural sector knows that the arts know no boundaries of talent, inspiration or pleasure. It is important, in making rules and administration, that the position of the cultural industries as something that is international...
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My Lords, to follow on from the question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, the announcement by the Prime Minister in February of £75 million funding for internal drainage boards is to be welcomed. There are 112 independent IDBs in England. The consultation on the alternative valuation calculation statutory instrument is due to end this Friday. Is the allocation of the £75 million...
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My Lords, I thank my fellow Peer and noble friend Lord Bragg for introducing this debate. He is not in the Chamber at the moment; I think he is out in the Lobby being interviewed for television. He cannot spread the message too far and too fast. I support his proposition that the economy of this country and the well-being of its people benefit both in money and in spiritual well-being from...
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To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to convert empty homes into residential accommodation
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I thank the Minister for that, and I recognise and appreciate the changes being made by the Government. However, there is more to be done. The number of long-term empty properties in England has increased by 24% since 2016, and in 2022 it reached a quarter of a million such houses. Scotland and Wales have a national empty homes strategy. Can the Government launch an England strategy similar...
More of Baroness Bakewell's speeches and debates
✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the increase in xenophobia in the politics and social discourse of the UK.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what data they are using to inform regulatory decisions on adult gaming centres.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage healthy eating.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to the funding of the British Council, and to the scope and geographic coverage of its future activities.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to businesses regarding the entry of guide dogs to their premises, including with regard to their legal duties.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to grant full legal status to humanist marriages.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to ensure that children within the catchment area of a school with 100 per cent religious intake are not disadvantaged in the choice of schools available to them.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what protection is afforded to humanists seeking asylum in the UK on the grounds of religious persecution.
More of Baroness Bakewell's written questions
