🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords and fellow Baronesses, I add my sincere congratulations and a very warm welcome to the five noble Baronesses who have all made such wonderful and inspiring maiden speeches today. I thank the Minister for holding this debate and the House for continuing to mark International Women’s Day every year. As we have heard, there is still so much to be done, both here in the UK and around...
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My Lords, my noble friend Lord Kempsell has rightly just spoken about the shambolic orchestration of this Budget and the damage it has done: the erosion of public trust, the damage to business confidence and how it has undermined Britain’s credibility abroad. That is particularly important, because there are two other major issues that I will focus on that have created more of a problem as...
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My Lords, it is telling that so many amendments have been tabled from across the Committee for discussion. Amendments 98, 101, 101A and 101C all aim to restrict the use of non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases. There has already been considerable debate in the other place on this as well, led by Louise Haigh MP. I hope and believe that the strength of feeling and the rationale...
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My Lords, I will speak to the amendment in my name, on which I am very grateful for the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer. We will shortly debate several proposed amendments to Clause 22 that would require employers to prevent harassment in the workplace. Amendment 82A is also designed to require employers properly to address instances of sexual harassment if they occur at work. As...
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My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, for their thoughtful remarks, and in particular for highlighting the need for investigation and action to protect the victims. I was slightly surprised at the grouping of this amendment, as it probably sits better among the other provisions and amendments designed to combat sexual harassment that we...
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My Lords, I am also pleased to support Amendment 76 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and add my voice to others in the Chamber asking the Government to review paid parental leave in this country. I confirm, as someone who is involved with a number of multinational businesses, that Britain certainly has fallen behind the modern practices of other countries. I appreciate that, as...
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My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, whose work I greatly admire. I add my hearty congratulations and warm welcome to the four who gave such brilliant maiden speeches earlier. I will make two contributions to the debate, one general and one specific. There is much that I, as a business leader, welcome in the Bill. My current roles are detailed in the...
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My Lords, I thank this House for its tradition of having an International Women’s Day debate. This year it feels especially important to keep the spotlight on the contributions so many women make if we are to continue to make progress towards gender equality around the world. I agree that it is vital that women and girls are given every opportunity to study sciences and technology if that...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government why the overall vaccine coverage in the women giving birth data included in the COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report has not been updated since June 2022; and when they will publish the data from July 2022 onwards.
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