Results 161–180 of 1152 for speaker:Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

Shortages: Protection for the Vulnerable - Question (20 Oct 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect the most vulnerable in the event of shortages of (1) energy, and (2) other necessities.

Shortages: Protection for the Vulnerable - Question (20 Oct 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I do not agree with the Minister that everything has been fine following the shocks that we have suffered from Covid and Brexit over the past few months, and neither would the underprivileged in our society. Are the Government doing some contingency planning, as we have really big threats coming, possibly with climate change, to protect the most underprivileged and deprived in...

Health: Type 2 Diabetes - Question (12 Oct 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the data analysis by Diabetes UK, published on 6 October, which suggests that one in three adults in the United Kingdom could be at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 2030.

Health: Type 2 Diabetes - Question (12 Oct 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply and welcome him to his new post. He has had a baptism of fire today and has come through reasonably well—so far. We wish him well and good health too. Does he agree that one of the major and most successful initiatives of recent years was Mrs May’s move in 2018 to introduce a sugar tax on fizzy drinks? Employers have been persuaded...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: NHS: Anniversaries (29 Sep 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask Her Majesty's Government why they did not mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS in 2018 with the creation of a National NHS Charity; and why they intend to mark the 75th anniversary in 2023 with the creation of such a charity.

Net-zero Carbon Emissions: Behaviour Change - Motion to Take Note (16 Sep 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I too am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, for her introduction and for giving us this debate. I think we need to spend more time on this question because effecting behavioural change, as many of us know, is very difficult indeed. The biggest change in my lifetime that affected most people was the Second World War, which brought great social changes but also took...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Social Prescribing (15 Sep 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the timetable for the rollout of social prescribing plans as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Second Reading (14 Sep 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I have been on many demonstrations in the past and I have caused a lot of trouble in my previous life. There is some of this Bill I dislike—that has been well examined so far today and will be further examined, and I will support that examination—but there are parts of the Bill that I like too. As I get older, I get more and more modest in my aims and I am particularly pleased...

Flu Vaccination and Blood Test Cancellations - Question (14 Sep 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: Will the Minister answer the question asked by my noble friend Lady Thornton about the BMA’s feeling sufficiently concerned that it suggested a meeting of COBRA? COBRA could have discussions with the Armed Forces and perhaps we could use some of their drivers. There are answers to some of these problems.

Standards in Public Life - Motion to Take Note ( 9 Sep 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, like others, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Blunkett for introducing this debate in such a magnificent way, based on his long experience in politics. It was a great blessing for us. I am grateful, too, to the Library for the briefing note that it provided, which reminded me to spend a little time looking at the seven principles. In that context, it is interesting that the new...

Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021 - Motion to Approve: Amendment to the Motion (22 Jul 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for in effect taking up much of my speech, so I will not repeat it, because I would be speaking broadly in favour of what the Government are endeavouring to do, but arguing, as I have done in my amendment, that they have not gone far enough. The Government’s Achilles heel is that they do not yet move on labelling on calories in sugar and in alcohol,...

NHS Update - Statement (22 Jul 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s offer to meet the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, to discuss her devastating report. We should be ashamed to see the way some of our people with learning disabilities and our autistic young people have been treated. I would like to know whether the Government’s action plan can give some realistic dates on when there is likely to be proper service and...

National Food Strategy Independent Review - Question (20 Jul 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take in response to the recommendations of the National Food Strategy independent review, published on 15 July.

National Food Strategy Independent Review - Question (20 Jul 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. There was considerable dismay in many quarters last week at the Prime Minister’s public perfunctory dismissal of the National Food Strategy’s recommendations on the need for sugar and salt taxes. Can the Minister ensure that all levels of government understand that the sugar tax on soft drinks that this Government—or, I should say,...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Rehabilitation (20 Jul 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 19 February (HL13296), whether work on producing a cross-addiction strategy has now resumed; and if so, when such a strategy will be published.

National Lottery - Question (14 Jul 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the objectives of the National Lottery.

National Lottery - Question (14 Jul 2021)

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply, but I hope that she may be prepared to reflect. The National Lottery has not been quite so successful in recent years; life has changed and we should have new objectives. The big change has been the problem with the nation’s health. We have the worst number in Europe of deaths from Covid. I believe that the Government should review the...


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