Baroness Osamor: My Lords, it is a great pleasure and privilege to make my maiden speech in this very important debate, secured by my noble friend Lord Whitty. I wholeheartedly support the aims of his Motion: I believe that a safe and secure roof over one’s head is a basic human right. Since my introduction to this House, I have received a warm welcome from all sides, including from House officials and...
Baroness Osamor: My Lords, the recommendations in the inquiry begin by talking about: “Openness, accountability and the restoration of confidence”, and the need: “To increase trust and confidence in policing among minority ethnic communities”. What level of confidence is there in policing among the black and ethnic-minority communities?
Baroness Osamor: My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, and congratulate him on his maiden speech. This debate is timely given the recent promises by a Tory leadership candidate to cut taxes for the richest in our society and for large corporations. He clearly had not read the Deaton report and/or had not recognised, as the IFS and Professor Deaton have highlighted, that we are at a moment of...
Baroness Osamor: My Lords, it is a great privilege to participate in this important debate secured by the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, and I welcome her to her new post. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened the conference on 3 June. He argued: “Gender equality is under attack”, and expressed sympathy about, “how hard it is to be a feminist on the front lines”. He highlighted the negative role...
Baroness Osamor: My Lords, it is a great pleasure and privilege to participate in this important debate secured by my noble friend Lord Young of Norwood Green. Once upon a time in Haringey we had Tottenham Technical College, where our young people did apprenticeships as car mechanics, bricklayers, hairdressers, dressmakers, plumbers and carpenters. They were on day release and so on. The discipline and skills...
Baroness Osamor: My Lords, it is a privilege and honour to speak in this debate, secured by my noble friend Lord Jordan, which marks the centenary of the International Labour Organization. While I am here today as a Labour Party Peer, in truth I would not have been here had it not been for the trade union movement. Earlier this month, the Government published the UK voluntary national review of progress...
Baroness Osamor: My Lords, it is a great honour and privilege to participate in this very important debate secured by the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Ranger, on his moving maiden speech. In Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey, where I come from, March 2020 is Women’s History Month—it is not just International Women’s Day but a whole month. I have the...
Baroness Osamor: My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick. I also thank and welcome the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Sentamu, back to the House, and congratulate him on his maiden speech. I thank all the members of the Select Committee—I was one of them—the staff, those who gave evidence, and the chair, the noble Lord, Lord Krebs. Their excellent work, if...
Baroness Osamor: My Lords, it is a great honour and privilege to participate in this important debate secured by my noble friend Lord Boateng. Coronavirus has taught us that the future is never going to be business as usual and that the virus knows no boundaries either. People all over the global south—Africa in particular—are hungry for change, not charity. That includes harmful, unequal, discriminatory...