I thank the noble Lord, Lord Harlech, for securing this important debate. He speaks with great authority, particularly about the Reserve Forces. I agree with everything he said about that subject and congratulate him on his service. I speak to employers and employers’ organisations who are keen to support our reserves. I take this opportunity to once again talk up the role of the voluntary...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, and I start by congratulating the Government on bringing forward this Armed Forces Bill in this particular form. My noble friend the Minister has set out how the Bill strengthens the nation’s enduring covenant with armed services personnel. I thank the men and women who serve, who defend our nation and who protect our...
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Hayter on bringing forward this Bill, and I agree with every single word of her introduction. Going back to first principles, I agree that lobbying is a useful part of democracy. Like many Members of this House, I have done my fair share of lobbying—possibly more than my fair share—meeting Ministers over many decades to talk about issues that...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current condition of UK food security.
I thank my noble friend for that reply, and I congratulate the Government on today’s publication of the farming road map, with its recognition that the UK’s food system is vulnerable. Food manufacturing is a vital contributor, among several others, to the UK’s food resilience. It is the biggest manufacturing sector by turnover and supports almost half a million jobs in our economy. Will...
Perhaps I could recommend to the noble Lord that he takes time to read the Low Pay Commission’s report, which sets out its reasoning in full, and the evidence base it is drawing on. I may have made that point clumsily. I certainly did not mean to disparage the Low Pay Commission. I was trying to convey its sense that it could not find evidence to attribute any negative effects on the labour...
The noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, will not be surprised to hear that I do not agree with his interpretation of the Government’s announcement yesterday of a major drive to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for young people and to radically transform apprenticeships. I suggest that it demonstrates that this Government are not reckless with the youth unemployment market and the economy. I would...
Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to improve the coverage, accuracy and reliability of the Labour Force Survey, and what progress they have made in those improvements.
Mwy o cwestiynau ysgrifenedig Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill
