Results 41–60 of 1153 for speaker:Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

Ultra-processed Food - Question (18 Jul 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: The Minister is focusing on reducing fats, salt and sugar in meals. When are the Government going to reduce those elements in school meals for children?

Community Health Services: Waiting Lists - Question (12 Jul 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, is the Minister aware of the spare capacity of therapists in the private sector, some of them specialising in the mental health of children? As we have such long waiting lists for children and mental health, why is that not being used?

UK: Violence Against Women and Girls - Motion to Take Note (29 Jun 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Drake for tabling this debate; I wish her well and hope that she is soon back with us. I thank my noble friend Lady Warwick for introducing it. So much has been said that I will not be able to add much, other than on alcohol and domestic violence, as noble Lords might expect. All the statistics indicate that violence against women has been...

Corporate Profits: Inflation - Question (29 Jun 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: Does the Minister agree that many of those factors affect the rest of the world, including other countries in Europe, yet this country is performing poorly in relative terms compared with them? Our inflation is higher and our productivity is lower—why is that so? Is this not to do with some of the points pressed about Brexit by people on the Tory Back Benches opposite and the 4% loss to our...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Methadone (29 Jun 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost to the NHS of prescribing the heroine substitute drug methodone in (1) 2005, (2) 2010, (3) 2015, and (4) 2020.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Primary Education: Free School Meals (22 Jun 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will change the conditions on which Universal Infant Free School Meal grants are made to ensure that the grants are expended solely on improving the quality of school meals to meet their child obesity targets.

Medical Research Charities - Question (21 Jun 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: In response to the question from my noble friend, the Minister was reasonably confident that we would move forward, but subject to “fair and appropriate terms”. Would he care to define to the House a little more clearly what those are?

Trains: Wifi Provision for Passengers - Question (25 May 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: Can the noble Baroness let the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, and the House know just what saving would be made if wifi were withdrawn, and what alternatives might be available to keep it running?

NHS National Health Inequalities Improvement Programme - Question (25 May 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask His Majesty’s Government whether the NHS National Health Inequalities Improvement Programme plans to review and improve the nutrition of free school meals.

NHS National Health Inequalities Improvement Programme - Question (25 May 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. Who actually is responsible if one tries to change the formulation of school meals for children? In previous debates on obesity, he has stressed the importance of reducing calories. The Government have estimated the number of calories that need to go down to get child obesity down. As we are giving children so much sugar in school meals...

Police Uplift Programme - Statement ( 2 May 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I think there is general agreement that trust has declined since 2010. We need to restore that as best we can. Knowing the Minister, I was rather surprised by his throwaway line in response to some of the questions about trust. When he said that there will be “a few bad apples”, I found that rather complacent. The police inspectorate has said that, of the people being recruited...

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Committee (11th Day): Amendment 266 (24 Apr 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for moving the amendment and to others who have spoken. I too was a member of the original committee, although not the follow-up committee. It is amazing to look at how life has changed so quickly since the report in 2017 and the subsequent report. Since then we have had the pandemic and a whole new experience of living in a different world...

Schools: Financial Literacy - Question (20 Apr 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: The noble Baroness will be aware that children are particularly susceptible to advertising, especially online advertising. Could she say when the Government are going to do something about gambling advertising and the effects it has on children?

Children’s School Meals - Question (27 Mar 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review and revise the children’s school meal regulations to reduce the levels of processed sugar and to provide incentives to encourage the use of alternatives such as stevia.

Children’s School Meals - Question (27 Mar 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: I am grateful to the Minister for saying that the Government are keeping it under review. Is she aware that we have the unhealthiest children in Europe? If the regulations are working, why is that the case? If she accepts that fact, will she go back and speak to the her department and the Department of Health and see whether we can get some progress along the lines of what happens in the...

Social Care: Workforce Strategy - Question (22 Mar 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, on seeking to increase the size of the workforce, could the Minister give an indication of whether there will be more overseas workers? They have made such an important contribution in the past but have run down in numbers latterly, yet people want to see more coming from overseas.

Budget Statement - Motion to Take Note (Continued) (16 Mar 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, it seems a long time since the Minister started the debate. I congratulate her, because she took an hour-long speech from the Chancellor, went to the major points and delivered it within about 19 minutes. That was very useful indeed for my noble friend Lord Eatwell, who I congratulate on delivering his usual barnstorming and devastating attacks on the Government’s performance. He...

International Women’s Day - Motion to Take Note (Continued) (10 Mar 2023)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I am grateful for the privilege of being able to speak in this debate. I express my gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Bybrook, for the way she introduced the debate and, in particular, for her concluding remark that much remains still to be done, as we have heard from so many speakers. I also extend a warm welcome to the noble Baroness, Lady Lampard, and congratulations...


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