Results 1–20 of 130 for speaker:Lord Bhatia

Immigration Policy: EUC Report (23 Jul 2001)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I feel honoured to be making my maiden speech. Since my introduction into this House on 9th July, I have been overwhelmed by the kindness and support that I have received and by the welcome extended to me by the officers and staff of the House and by many of your Lordships. While struggling with the geography of the Palace of Westminster, I have discovered a world of wisdom, where...

International Terrorism ( 4 Oct 2001)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, the event of 11th September was one of the worst terrorist events in the recent history of the world. It was a tragedy which took about 6,000 innocent civilian lives. But, as the details have emerged, it is becoming clear that many families have been scarred, perhaps forever. It is estimated that some 10,000 children have lost a parent. This event is clearly terrorism at its worst...

Children (22 Oct 2001)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, for raising this issue before your Lordships' House today. I am grateful because the whole area of early childhood education until very recently has been the Cinderella in our education system. Hitherto, it has been relegated to the margins of our education system, without commitment to invest adequately in the training of...

Sub-Saharan Africa (30 Jan 2002)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I declare my interest in sub-Saharan Africa as I was born in the region and lived there until 1970. I therefore know the region and the problems that face many of its countries. The population of the sub-Saharan region is about 590 million, of whom many were formerly under British rule. We in Britain have close ties and moral responsibilities towards them. Therefore, sustainable...

Poverty and Terrorism (27 Feb 2002)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Dahrendorf, for initiating this debate. In a few words, such as "third world", "poverty" and "terrorism", he has captured the essence and headlines of much of today's malaise around the world. Poverty and terrorism are not necessarily confined to the third world. They exist in the West, too. At times, poverty breeds terrorism; at other times, terrorism...

Multi-ethnicity and Multi-culturalism (20 Mar 2002)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Parekh, for introducing this subject. I should also like to record my interest in the subject as chairman of the Ethnic Minority Foundation. It is one of the major national organisations working with and for ethnic minority communities in Britain. Much has been said over the years about ethnic and minority issues in Britain. Some of those...

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (24 Jun 2002)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, this is the fourth time in the past 10 years that immigration and asylum legislation has been reviewed. I welcome that because it gives us an opportunity to amend some of the shortfalls of previous legislation and to make the Bill more of an enabling one. I remind your Lordships that Britain is a signatory to various international conventions, most of which assert that the...

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill ( 8 Jul 2002)

Lord Bhatia: As an immigrant of 30 years ago, perhaps I may share with Members of the Committee some of my experiences of English language learning. I do not believe that we should impose conditions which are not at present imposed on the citizens of this country. Perhaps I may relate an example which I faced 30 years ago when I acquired a business in the City of London. Thirty or 40 people worked in the...

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (10 Jul 2002)

Lord Bhatia: moved Amendment No. 107A: Page 9, line 16, at end insert "and ( ) there is a place available in an appropriate maintained school for any dependant of school age"

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (10 Jul 2002)

Lord Bhatia: In moving Amendment No. 107A, I shall speak also to Clauses 31 and 32. I want to focus on the issue of education for children. Perhaps I may relate to the Committee the experience that I, as an immigrant, have had when dealing with children. The children who come with their families as immigrants are, in many cases, in a highly disturbed mental state. They have been asked to leave their homes...

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (10 Jul 2002)

Lord Bhatia: I do not wish to delay the debate any further. However, I should like to thank Members of the Committee for participating in the debate. It is good to take account of the variety of views expressed on all sides of the Committee. I hope that the Minister will take heed of all the views that have been put forward. Before I conclude the debate I wish to refer to two or three of the points that...

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (10 Jul 2002)

Lord Bhatia: moved Amendment No. 110A: Page 11, line 9, at end insert— "( ) is over 18 years of age"

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (10 Jul 2002)

Lord Bhatia: I want to raise another issue relating to children in the accommodation centres. Earlier, we debated Amendment No. 107, which dealt with the issue of providing education for children in accommodation centres. My amendment deals with the issue of whether children should be placed in accommodation centres with their families. It would also be useful to consider whether children should be placed...

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (10 Jul 2002)

Lord Bhatia: I am grateful to the Minister for his views on the amendment. All Members of both Houses of Parliament must think first about the needs of children and secondly about the asylum process. Children are vulnerable. In many cases they will be isolated. Often they will be bewildered and confused. The best solution would be not to place such children in accommodation centres. Perhaps an element of...

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill ( 9 Oct 2002)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I moved the amendment in Committee and continue to hope sincerely that the Government will respond to the powerful arguments they have heard over recent months, and are hearing again today, by reversing their proposals for segregated education. Nearly 60 years after the introduction of the Education Act 1944, it would be deeply regrettable if a Labour Government decided that...

Lords Amendment ( 6 Nov 2002)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I make a case for the teaching of English. I will share a couple of personal experiences about the teaching of English to teachers or to adults. About 40 years ago I was in a small village in Germany. I had come from East Africa for some training. My hosts were going to look after me for six months while I was training. They met me at the station and said: "We have a big problem...

Charities (20 Jan 2003)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Patten, for bringing this subject for debate today. I declare my interest as chairman of the Ethnic Minority Foundation and as a trustee of a number of other charities in the United Kingdom. I draw the attention of your Lordships to the fact that within the charities sector there are mainly two divisions. The first is that of voluntary...

Design in Public Services (29 Jan 2003)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, for initiating this debate and I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Foster, on an illuminating maiden speech. I am no expert on design, but as a layman who is constantly the end-user of products and of public services, I want to share my views on good and bad design. I should like to talk about our built environment. Whether housing or...

Voluntary and Community Sector ( 6 Feb 2003)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Plant of Highfield, for initiating this debate. I also declare my interest as the chairman of the Ethnic Minority Foundation and the Council for Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations. I welcome this review by the Strategy Unit which highlights the size and scale of this very important sector and makes a number of recommendations. One of the...

Equality Bill [HL] (28 Feb 2003)

Lord Bhatia: My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, on introducing this Equality Bill. It is a very thorough piece of work, and perhaps few could have produced such a well-researched and detailed piece of draft legislation. The noble Lord has for many years worked in the field of equality and human rights. He is a leading authority in this area. I, for one, am very supportive...


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