Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have achieved their target of 4,200 extra health visitors by 2015.
Baroness Nye: My Lords, would the Minister agree that midwives had a crucial role to play in identifying and helping women suffering from postnatal depression, so it is regrettable that the Prime Minister’s pledge at the last election that there would be 3,000 more midwives during this Parliament has not been met? The increased number of midwives in training is to be welcomed, but does he agree that...
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the Department for International Development's bilateral HIV programmes actively incorporate (1) screening for, and (2) diagnosis of, tuberculosis. To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the Department for International Development's bilateral HIV programmes seek to prevent tuberculosis among people living with HIV through (1) infection...
Baroness Nye: My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Earl for securing this important debate, congratulate the noble Baroness on her maiden speech and thank other speakers for their contribution. I, too, am a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Art, Craft and Design in Education, which is so well served by the noble Earl and our chair, Sharon Hodgson. The APPG was set up to champion high-quality and...
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Arts Council’s spending outside London.
Baroness Nye: I thank the noble Lord for his reply. London’s role as a cultural centre is, of course, crucial but there is an imbalance in grant in aid, which the Arts Council cannot rectify due to cuts. The disproportionate cuts to local authorities in the most disadvantaged areas affect their ability to support local arts bodies as they would like. What advice would the Minister give to those...
Baroness Nye: My Lords, will the Minister say whether the Government are planning to raise VAT again to fill the hole in the tax receipts?
Baroness Nye: My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lord Monks for instigating this most interesting debate. I remind the House that the previous Labour Government were committed to ensuring that by 2015 there would have been an apprenticeship for every suitably qualified 16 to 17 year-old. There were just 65,000 apprenticeships when Labour came into office but nearly a quarter of a million in 2010. I...
Baroness Nye: My Lords, the Welsh Rugby Union’s decision to appoint its first female board member in its 133-year history is obviously to be welcomed but shows that there is still a mountain to be climbed. Will the Minister give us an update on which sporting organisations in receipt of government funding have reached the 25% target of women on boards?
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total amount of international aid to Burma and what percentage is provided by them.
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the British Ambassador to Burma has raised the jailing of Zaw Pe with the government of Burma.
Baroness Nye: My Lords, I completely share the views so ably put by my noble friend Lady Sherlock and my other noble friends, so I will be brief. On the anniversary of the introduction of the bedroom tax legislation, the Government are trying to close by statutory instrument a loophole without any understanding of how local authorities can identify the people affected or the numbers involved. Instead of...
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether UNICEF in Burma is renting office space from former General Nyunt Tin; if so, at what annual cost; and whether they have had any discussions with UNICEF regarding the decision to rent those offices.
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will be sending officials from the Department for International Development to the tuberculosis and mining summit in South Africa on 25 March.
Baroness Nye: My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for arranging this debate and for extending the nature of the debate. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Palumbo, on his maiden speech. Following the remarks made by the noble Baroness, Lady Jenkin, perhaps I may say, for political balance, that our door also is always open to any women listening to this debate. The theme for International Women’s Day...
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guarantees have been received from the government of Burma that ethnic Rohingya will be allowed to register as Rohingya in the 2014 census in Burma.
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the government of Burma has responded to requests to change the 1982 citizenship law to allow the Rohingya to have citizenship in Burma.
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that Burma is complying with its agreement with the United Nations to stop recruiting child soldiers.
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government which United Kingdom companies have received advice and support from the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business.
Baroness Nye: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Northover on 12 December (HL Deb, col 970), how much they spent on direct bilateral aid for tuberculosis in each country, in the financial year 2012–13.
