Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to increase the supply of housing.
Baroness Browning: As well as Help to Buy, will my noble friend confirm that the Government will continue to promote the right to buy, which has been so successful in helping people in social housing to become homeowners? The shadow housing Minister, Jack Dromey, told last year's Labour Party conference: "I was one of those in the 1980s who led the charge against the right to buy. We were half way across the...
Baroness Browning: My Lords, I refer to my interests in autism charities as set out in the register. I was encouraged by the reply given by my noble friend to the noble Lord, Lord Touhig, but can she confirm that the legislative link between the higher rate of DLA and the blue badge has now been broken as far as autistic people are concerned? In renewing or revising the guidance to local authorities, can she...
Baroness Browning: My Lords, at this stage in the Bill, I shall be brief. I feel strongly about the probation reforms being proposed by my noble friend, but particularly those for offenders who have served less than 12 months. I say this having served in the Home Office and having spent some time looking at some of the rehabilitation programmes needed for problems such as drugs and alcohol. Many people...
Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they are targeting resources to implement the Francis and Keogh reports at acute healthcare providers and not mental health providers.
Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking while implementing the Francis and Keogh reports to achieve parity of esteem between mental and physical health.
Baroness Browning: My Lords, I refer noble Lords to my entry in the Register of Lords’ Interests as a leaseholder. I congratulate my noble friend on bringing this much-needed legislation forward. It is particularly needed for those people who are responsible for assisting elderly relatives to dispose of property, often because the relatives are going into residential care and the assets need to be sold to pay...
Baroness Browning: I declare an interest as a former resident of beautiful Dawlish; the railway line from Exeter to the outskirts of Dawlish went through the constituency that I was very honoured to represent. I am therefore very familiar with the problems and quite horrified to see the size of the waves—with which, again, I am very familiar. May I reinforce to my noble friend the request of the noble Lord,...
Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty’s Government to what extent the school education system promotes the need for consent in a relationship.
Baroness Browning: My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Dobbs in championing this Bill in your Lordships’ House. In the contributions today from noble Lords, who clearly hold diverse views not only on this Bill but on the wider subject of our membership of the European Union, the common theme has been the recognition that the people of this country are in the mood for a referendum on the subject. It is...
Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 5 December (WA 64), what methods they use to evaluate the take-up and use of hospital passports in England.
Baroness Browning: My Lords, the National Debtline has announced today that the most rapid growth in personal debt is in the area of rent arrears. In the context of the Question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, will my noble friend agree to examine on a regular basis the way in which personal debt is accounted for by rent arrears and to identify exactly why that is and what remedies might be brought in...
Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty’s Government why publication of the Chilcot Report has been delayed.
Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the National Autistic Society and others about including provisions on autism in the new mandate to Health Education England.
Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have regularly to review the Adult Autism Strategy, following the first review which is due to report in March 2014. To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of clinical commissioning groups in England have yet to appoint an autism commissioning lead.
Baroness Browning: My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Harris of Haringey, for giving the House the opportunity to discuss policing again today. This is the second debate that we have had in a week, which is to be welcomed. I very much regret that the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, is not in his place today, because my first point is something that specifically affects him. I will make a point...
Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of patients admitted to hospital wards in England have (1) a hospital passport on admission, and (2) a hospital passport prepared for them during their stay in hospital.
Baroness Browning: My Lords, does my noble friend accept that the excessive consumption of alcohol in the late night economy is often carried out by people who actually hold down quite responsible jobs in the daytime? I think that many people would be shocked at that. Will he continue to consider sobriety schemes? They would be a big disincentive to those people, who will have to explain to their employers why...
Baroness Browning: Will my noble friend continue to liaise with the Department of Health to ensure that we reduce the number of people admitted to A&E departments who are clearly the worse for drink—often as a deliberate ploy, having had what they regard as a good night out? If we could tackle it from that end, perhaps we could help to move the culture change on even further.
Baroness Browning: My Lords, this is something of a miscellaneous group of amendments. I wish to speak to Amendment 105Q standing in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Touhig. I also refer the Committee to my interests in the register as far as autism charities are concerned. This Bill must ensure that the duties set out in the statutory guidance under the Autism Act 2009 continue to apply to local...
