Results 1–20 of 3300 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Baroness Taylor of Bolton

Network North - Question (14 Feb 2024)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: Will the Minister arrange for himself and his colleagues to have geography lessons?

Maternity Services - Motion to Take Note (25 Jan 2024)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I thank everybody who has taken part in this debate. I think we have all learned from each other, and it has been really interesting to see the different levels of experience and how they have come together, but I hope the Minister is acknowledging that, despite people coming at this from different levels of experience, the actual message is extremely clear: we have a crisis in...

Maternity Services - Motion to Take Note (25 Jan 2024)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I am pleased to have this debate today. I thank those who have put their names down to speak. It is really interesting to see the level of expertise on this subject here, which proves the value of this House in contributing to wider debates. One of the reasons that I wanted to discuss this issue was the pressure on maternity services that I have been hearing about in my local area....

Rwanda Treaty - Private Notice Question ( 8 Dec 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: Will the Minister acknowledge and confirm that Home Office officials insisted on a letter of direction on this matter because they did not consider that this would be value for money? Can the Minister also tell the House why the Government are not devoting resources of this size to tackling the criminal gangs that are so cruel in bringing people in in such a dangerous way?

National Health Service: 75th Anniversary - Motion to Take Note (30 Nov 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Hunt on securing this debate and on outlining not just current problems but potential ways forward, which is what we should be concentrating on. This is an important debate, because few issues are more significant for us as individuals and indeed as society. Our individual and collective health and well-being very much depend upon a robust NHS....

Water and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note (16 Oct 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, who in the committee gave us many examples of practical things that could be done. I am glad he has had the opportunity to raise them in the House today. To say that the investigation into the water companies was timely is a great understatement. There has been a great deal of public concern about the performance of the...

Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill - Third Reading: Motion (14 Jul 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I thank all those who have been involved in the progress of this Bill and in getting us to this stage. Most of all, I thank my honourable friend the Member for Bolton South East, Yasmin Qureshi. At Second Reading, one Member of this House described the Bill as being put forward by the “Bolton mafia”. We not only plead guilty but are very flattered by that description—we will...

Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill - Order of Commitment (13 Jun 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Unless, therefore, any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commitment be discharged. Motion agreed.

Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill - Second Reading (19 May 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, with the leave of the House, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I also thank 10 women colleagues on the Front Bench, who are showing such support for this piece of legislation. I just hope somebody is able to take a photograph of this rather unusual occurrence. It has been a very interesting debate, and probably longer than many Private Members’ Bill debates,...

Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill - Second Reading (19 May 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, this is a modest but quite significant Bill that will take us a step closer to introducing the important changes that are necessary, I believe, for people to have the right to request flexible working. I thank my honourable friend Yasmin Qureshi, who is the Member of Parliament for Bolton South East—the Bolton connection will not be missed by some people there. I am very glad that...

Voter Authority Certificates - Question ( 2 May 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, will the Minister take this opportunity to apologise for those Conservative leaflets that have been distributed in Norwich and other places, specifically telling people that they do not need ID to vote?

Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill - Second Reading (24 Mar 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Wyld, and all those who have promoted the Bill. Reading the briefing we had from Bliss made me want to say a few words on this particular measure. When the noble Baroness, Lady Wyld, mentioned the two people, Tom and Anna, who were helping with Bliss, it made me think that we should note and appreciate that so many parents who have been...

Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill - Second Reading (24 Mar 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, it is somewhat unusual to stand up from these Benches and agree with virtually every word that has come from the Benches opposite, but that is where I find myself today. I join Members on all sides of the House in congratulating my noble friend Lord Kennedy on sponsoring this Bill, and indeed my honourable friend Sir Mark Hendrick, with whom I served in the Commons, who introduced...

The Union (Constitution Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note (20 Jan 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in this relatively brief debate on these significant issues. I am sure we will return to them on many occasions in this House, whether we are discussing the future of local government, in the way the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, was suggesting, or some of the suggestions made by my noble friend Lady Bryan, with whom I disagree on virtually...

The Union (Constitution Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note (20 Jan 2023)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I am very pleased to introduce this debate on the report from the Constitution Committee, Respect and Co-operation: Building a Stronger Union for the 21st Century. I want to place on record at the start my thanks to all members of the committee and our staff and advisers, who worked very hard on this report and throughout my time as chair. This inquiry was very interesting and...

Voter Identification Regulations 2022 - Motion to Approve (13 Dec 2022)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, on that specific point, can the Minister explain why younger people are treated differently to older people in terms of which documents will be accepted? Is that not a form of age discrimination?

Voter Identification Regulations 2022 - Motion to Approve (13 Dec 2022)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: I am sorry to interrupt the Minister again but, if everything is as well prepared and clear as she suggests, why is the Conservative chair of the Local Government Association calling for a delay?

National Women’s Sports - Question for Short Debate (17 Nov 2022)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Addington, on securing this debate, and share his pleasure in the recent successes. But I want to emphasise that we should always bear in mind that national success of this kind is built on the grass-roots activities that underpin them and which are so important and so common throughout the country every weekend. That is very important. As the...

Long Covid - Motion to Take Note (17 Nov 2022)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I join those who have congratulated my noble friend on, and thanked her for, introducing this debate. I am sure that she is very pleased with the expertise we have had in the House today, which shows the kinds of contributions we can make to furthering issues of this kind. I am not an expert on health matters in any way, but it has been striking how significant the big picture of...

Football Governance - Question ( 3 Nov 2022)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The Minister has given some rather vague assurances today, which cause some concern as to whether the Government will row back on what has previously been said about the regulator in particular. Can he be firmer about the commitment the Government will make? These problems have been around for a long time. He has said that we “will” get a White Paper and that they “will” consider the...


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