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That this House welcomes the Government's support for the UN guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions for alternative care for children, and looks forward to their agreement in the UN General Assembly on the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on 20 November 2009; regards the adoption of the UN guidelines as an essential enhancement to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly in light of the findings of a new report by the charity EveryChild, that claims there are at least 24 million children in the world who are growing up without parental care, representing about one per cent. of the world's child population, and that due to the global recession their number is rising rapidly; hopes that all governments who have ratified the UNCRC will develop an action plan for the full implementation of the UN guidelines; and calls on the Government to recognise the right of every child to grow up in a loving family environment and to mainstream child protection issues and children left without parental care in its interventions on global proverty reduction, including on social protection systems, HIV and AIDS, education, health and justice, and in responses to environmental degradation, conflict and natural disasters.
That this House welcomes the Government's support for the UN guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions for alternative care for children, and looks forward to their agreement in the UN General Assembly on the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on 20...
Primary sponsor
Annette Brooke
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Subjects
Childcare; Anniversaries; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Date
9 November 2009
Reference
2247
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
Asked by
Tobias Ellwood
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Hodge of Barking
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 October 2009
For answer on
3 November 2009
Answered on
9 November 2009
[holding answer 3 November 2009]: The Department is aware of the public interest in the 2012 centenary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. Some national and regional museums and heritage centres have plans to mark the centenary, including the National Maritime Museum. Southampton, where RMS Titanic embarked, and Belfast, where she was built, also plan to mark the centenary. In 2008 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £50,000 to Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) for a project based at the Titanic's Dock and Pump-House in Belfast and also awarded a grant of £174,500 to National Museums Northern Ireland (Ulster Folk and Transport Museum)—towards the development of' its collection "Titanic: Built in Belfast".
Subjects
Anniversaries; RMS Titanic
Date
9 November 2009
Reference
499 c24W; 297661
House
House of Commons
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they promoted 2 October as an international day of non-violence, as designated by the United Nations as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they promoted 2 October as an international day of non-violence, as designated by the United Nations as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
Asked by
Lord King of West Bromwich
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
2 November 2009
In order to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) closed all of its offices in India on 2 October 2009. The FCO did not actively promote 2 October as the international day of non-violence.
The UK played a key role in establishing 21 September as the UN global international day of peace and a day of global ceasefire and non-violence through co-sponsorship with Costa Rica. In support of this day, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and UK allied forces in Helmand, Afghanistan, did not engage in offensive military operations on 21 September 2009.
Subjects
Anniversaries; India; Peace; United Nations; Gandhi, Mahatma
Date
2 November 2009
Reference
714 c14WA; 5552
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has made to mark the 150th anniversary of the Cadet Force in 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has made to mark the 150th anniversary of the Cadet Force in 2010.
Asked by
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Beamish
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 October 2009
For answer on
27 October 2009
Answered on
2 November 2009
MOD is overseeing and supporting a range of national and regional activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the MOD Sponsored Cadet Forces. Led by the Head of Reserve Forces and Cadets, a project steering group is developing plans which aim to celebrate and promote the success and value of the Cadet movement in 2010 as well as, among other things, act as a catalyst for Adult Volunteer and Cadet recruiting, and obtain wider support for the movement.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Cadets
Date
2 November 2009
Reference
498 c645-6W; 296224
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what events in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) overseas territories took place on 24 October 2009 to celebrate United Nations Day.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what events in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) overseas territories took place on 24 October 2009 to celebrate United Nations Day.
Asked by
Dai Davies
(Independent (affiliation))
Answered by
Ivan Lewis
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 October 2009
For answer on
26 October 2009
Answered on
28 October 2009
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is not informed of all events commemorating UN day across the UK or in the Overseas Territories. However, to mark UN Day 2009, my noble Friend Baroness Kinnock, FCO Minister for the UN, will host a reception for members of the UN Association-UK's young professionals network at the FCO on 28 October 2009. The reception will give young professionals from across the vocational spectrum the opportunity to hear about the ways in which the UK supports the work of the UN. Baroness Kinnock has also paid tribute to the UN and its staff by posting a message on the FCO website.UN Association—UK have marked UN Day through a range of activities. These included fundraising events to support the UN's humanitarian work, UN flag-raising ceremonies, conferences and speaker events, as well as the launch of its annual lobby of Parliament which aims to promote dialogue between voters and MPs on UN issues. Other events across the country include, UN 'flag day' collections (London and the South East of England), Celebration of UN Day and the International Year of Astronomy (Northern Ireland), UN Day talk on Israel and Palestine (Warwick), UN Day service (Shropshire) and UN Day ceremony (Harpenden).
Subjects
Anniversaries; United Nations
Date
28 October 2009
Reference
498 c382-3W; 295663
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department plans to mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible in 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department plans to mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible in 2011.
Asked by
David Simpson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
Answered by
Sion Simon
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 October 2009
For answer on
20 October 2009
Answered on
26 October 2009
The Department is not planning to mark this anniversary. However, the British Library plans to highlight the linguistic contribution of the King James Bible in its exhibition on the English language, scheduled for November 2010 to April 2011 in London. They plan to feature a first edition from 1611 as a star exhibit.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Bible
Date
26 October 2009
Reference
498 c17W; 294706
House
House of Commons
Last Saturday, I was joined by the Porthcawl Guides to celebrate 100 years of Guiding. A year's celebration is taking place throughout the world to celebrate that wonderful movement. Will the Prime Minister join me in sending congratulations to the Porthcawl Guides, to all Guides who have taken part in the movement over the past 100 years and to those men and women who have supported Guiding throughout that period?
Last Saturday, I was joined by the Porthcawl Guides to celebrate 100 years of Guiding. A year's celebration is taking place throughout the world to celebrate that wonderful movement. Will the Prime Minister join me in sending congratulations to the Porthcawl Guides, to all Guides who have taken part in the movement over the past 100 years and to those men and women who have supported Guiding throughout that period?
Asked by
Madeleine Moon
(Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
14 October 2009
I think that all parts of the House will want to congratulate the Guides on 100 years of service to our country, and congratulate those officers and leaders of the Guides who have done so much to encourage young people and young women, in particular, to make sure that they can make a very big contribution to the community. Our best wishes go to the Guides on their 100th anniversary.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Scouts and guides; Guide Association; Dannatt, Lord
Date
14 October 2009
Reference
497 c291
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, Alan Johnson, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: On 24 February the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, supported by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), held a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Stephen Lawrence...
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, Alan Johnson, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: On 24 February the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, supported by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), held a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Stephen Lawrence...
Member
Lord West of Spithead
(Labour)
Department
Home Office
Type
Written statements
Subjects
Anniversaries; Homicide; Police; Racial discrimination; Stephen Lawrence Death Inquiry; Conferences; Lawrence, Stephen
Date
21 July 2009
Reference
712 c191-2WS
House
House of Lords
On 24 February the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, supported by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), held a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report. The conference, with an opening speech by Doreen Lawrence, OBE, reviewed the progress that has...
On 24 February the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, supported by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), held a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report. The conference, with an opening speech by Doreen Lawrence, OBE, reviewed the progress that has...
Member
Alan Johnson
(Labour)
Department
Home Office
Type
Written statements
Subjects
Anniversaries; Homicide; Police; Racial discrimination; Stephen Lawrence Death Inquiry; Conferences; Lawrence, Stephen
Date
21 July 2009
Reference
496 c127WS
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department incurred on (a) the legal aid 60 years exhibition and (b) other commemorative events associated with the 60th anniversary of legal aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department incurred on (a) the legal aid 60 years exhibition and (b) other commemorative events associated with the 60th anniversary of legal aid.
Asked by
Dominic Grieve
(Conservative)
Answered by
Jack Straw
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 July 2009
For answer on
8 July 2009
Answered on
14 July 2009
The aim of the 60th anniversary of legal aid exhibition and related media work is to improve people's awareness and knowledge of legal aid services. The Ministry of Justice supported the launch of the 60th anniversary of legal aid exhibition at a cost of just under £900. The LSC has spent just under £40,000 on producing the material for the exhibition (in English and Welsh) and paying for the host venues across the country throughout 2009, including costs for transportation and hosting media events. To date (8 July 2009) the LSC has spent just under £4,000 on supporting other commemorative events associated with the 60th anniversary of legal aid.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Legal aid scheme
Date
14 July 2009
Reference
496 c254W; 285260
House
House of Commons
My Lords, I very much look forward to visiting Lancashire. In relation to Lords reform, my right honourable friend the Justice Secretary said yesterday in a newspaper that we are committing to bringing forward draft legislation and trying to get it through before the next election, but, if that is not possible, to having it fully in place shortly before the next election. I am sure that that is what all parties will be working towards.
My Lords, I very much look forward to visiting Lancashire. In relation to Lords reform, my right honourable friend the Justice Secretary said yesterday in a newspaper that we are committing to bringing forward draft legislation and trying to get it through before the next election, but, if that is not possible, to having it fully in place shortly before the next election. I am sure that that is what all parties will be working towards.
Answered by
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord McNally
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, may I first take this opportunity to congratulate the noble Baroness on her appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster? The noble Baroness, Lady Farrington, will already have told her that it is the highest office that any reasonable politician can hope for. Did she notice yesterday the Pauline conversion announced in the Observer of Mr Jack Straw to a wholly elected Senate to replace this House, which brings him into line with the official policy of the Conservative Party, so eloquently expressed on these Benches by the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde? Does this not mean, given my party’s 100-year commitment to such reform, that we are very close to moving quickly after the next election to House of Lords reform and to celebrating the centenary by passing another parliamentary reform Act?
Legislation
Parliament Act 1911
Subjects
Anniversaries
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
711 c1346
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, would the noble Baroness be good enough to consider with great suspicion any suggestions on these matters made by the noble Lord, Lord McNally? Does she realise that, although she talks about consensus, there does not seem to be any? Instead, is not all the brouhaha going on at the other end of the Palace of Westminster a good cause to celebrate the existence of your Lordships’ House, with or without—preferably without—the 1911 Act?
My Lords, would the noble Baroness be good enough to consider with great suspicion any suggestions on these matters made by the noble Lord, Lord McNally? Does she realise that, although she talks about consensus, there does not seem to be any? Instead, is not all the brouhaha going on at the other end of the Palace of Westminster a good cause to celebrate the existence of your Lordships’ House, with or without—preferably without—the 1911 Act?
Asked by
Earl Ferrers
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 June 2009
My Lords, I do indeed celebrate the existence of this House; I celebrate day by day the excellent work that we all do in this House. I wish that more people would take note of that excellent work, which is done on all Benches in this House.
Legislation
Parliament Act 1911
Subjects
Anniversaries
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
711 c1347
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, does the noble Baroness agree that some of us—we may be constitutional anachronisms—believe that there should be at least a partially elected second Chamber?
My Lords, does the noble Baroness agree that some of us—we may be constitutional anachronisms—believe that there should be at least a partially elected second Chamber?
Asked by
Earl of Onslow
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 June 2009
My Lords, I do indeed recognise that and I would never think of the noble Earl as an anachronism.
Legislation
Parliament Act 1911
Subjects
Anniversaries
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
711 c1348
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, will my noble friend resist any temptation to Schadenfreude as she contemplates the fact that, barely more than 10 years after the Liberals forced through the Parliament Act 1911, they had become extinct as a party of government? Is not the lesson of the past 100 years that grand designs to impose constitutional reform usually prove to be the political graveyard of their proponents and that the Prime Minister is wise to insist that constitutional reform should be a bottom-up process, expressing—in due course—the considered wishes of the people?
My Lords, will my noble friend resist any temptation to Schadenfreude as she contemplates the fact that, barely more than 10 years after the Liberals forced through the Parliament Act 1911, they had become extinct as a party of government? Is not the lesson of the past 100 years that grand designs to impose constitutional reform usually prove to be the political graveyard of their proponents and that the Prime Minister is wise to insist that constitutional reform should be a bottom-up process, expressing—in due course—the considered wishes of the people?
Asked by
Lord Howarth of Newport
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 June 2009
My Lords, I have no shivers down my spine because I am confident that, yes, we are engaged in a bottom-up process, but I am also confident that any legislation that the Government bring forward will build on the consensus that we already have across all three parties.
Legislation
Parliament Act 1911
Subjects
Anniversaries
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
711 c1347
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, does the noble Baroness recollect that the preamble to the 1911 Act says that, ""whereas it is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a second chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis … such substitution cannot immediately be brought into operation"?"
Since it took Parliament some 80 years to overcome the first of those obstacles, albeit only in part, would it be right to look on the final solution as something that exists less on the plane of time than on that of eternity?
My Lords, does the noble Baroness recollect that the preamble to the 1911 Act says that, ""whereas it is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a second chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis … such substitution cannot immediately be brought into operation"?"
Since it took Parliament some 80 years to overcome the first of those obstacles, albeit only in part, would it be right to look on the final solution as something that exists less on the plane of time than on that of eternity?
Asked by
Lord Elystan-Morgan
(Crossbench)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 June 2009
My Lords, I think that the Benches to my left are much better equipped to talk about eternity than I am. However, this Government should be congratulated on bringing forward the first very important stage of reform in 88 years.
Legislation
Parliament Act 1911
Subjects
Anniversaries
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
711 c1347
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I have always believed that we would achieve a fully or mainly elected House by the centenary of the Parliament Act. The trouble in the past few years has been over the question: which Parliament Act, 1911 or 1949? Do the Government recognise, in response to the previous intervention, that nothing will happen if they insist on consensus before taking action?
My Lords, I have always believed that we would achieve a fully or mainly elected House by the centenary of the Parliament Act. The trouble in the past few years has been over the question: which Parliament Act, 1911 or 1949? Do the Government recognise, in response to the previous intervention, that nothing will happen if they insist on consensus before taking action?
Asked by
Lord Goodhart
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 June 2009
My Lords, it is very important that we have come as far as we have on the basis of consensus. Of course, the best way is to move forward expanding on the consensus that we already have.
Legislation
Parliament Act 1911
Subjects
Anniversaries
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
711 c1347
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I note the views of the noble Lords, Lord McNally and Lord Strathclyde, as well as those of my noble friend, but will she note the fact that the views of the three Front Benches bear no relation to those of the Back Benches?
My Lords, I note the views of the noble Lords, Lord McNally and Lord Strathclyde, as well as those of my noble friend, but will she note the fact that the views of the three Front Benches bear no relation to those of the Back Benches?
Asked by
Lord Barnett
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 June 2009
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for bringing that to my attention.
Legislation
Parliament Act 1911
Subjects
Anniversaries
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
711 c1348
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, if the Government reconsider their plans on whether to celebrate the passing of the Parliament Act, will they consider publicising one of its most important provisions, namely that this House still holds an absolute veto on extending the life of a Parliament? Can the noble Baroness confirm that this Government have absolutely no intention of asking the House to extend this Parliament?
My Lords, if the Government reconsider their plans on whether to celebrate the passing of the Parliament Act, will they consider publicising one of its most important provisions, namely that this House still holds an absolute veto on extending the life of a Parliament? Can the noble Baroness confirm that this Government have absolutely no intention of asking the House to extend this Parliament?
Asked by
Lord Strathclyde
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 June 2009
My Lords, tempting though that might be, I can confirm that the Government have no intention to do that.
Legislation
Parliament Act 1911
Subjects
Anniversaries
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
711 c1346
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, may I first take this opportunity to congratulate the noble Baroness on her appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster? The noble Baroness, Lady Farrington, will already have told her that it is the highest office that any reasonable politician can hope for. Did she notice yesterday the Pauline conversion announced in the Observer of Mr Jack Straw to a wholly elected Senate to replace this House, which brings him into line with the official policy of the Conservative Party, so eloquently expressed on these Benches by the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde? Does this not mean, given my party’s 100-year commitment to such reform, that we are very close to moving quickly after the next election to House of Lords reform and to celebrating the centenary by passing another parliamentary reform Act?
My Lords, may I first take this opportunity to congratulate the noble Baroness on her appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster? The noble Baroness, Lady Farrington, will already have told her that it is the highest office that any reasonable politician can hope for. Did she notice yesterday the Pauline conversion announced in the Observer of Mr Jack Straw to a wholly elected Senate to replace this House, which brings him into line with the official policy of the Conservative Party, so eloquently expressed on these Benches by the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde? Does this not mean, given my party’s 100-year commitment to such reform, that we are very close to moving quickly after the next election to House of Lords reform and to celebrating the centenary by passing another parliamentary reform Act?
Asked by
Lord McNally
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 June 2009
My Lords, I very much look forward to visiting Lancashire. In relation to Lords reform, my right honourable friend the Justice Secretary said yesterday in a newspaper that we are committing to bringing forward draft legislation and trying to get it through before the next election, but, if that is not possible, to having it fully in place shortly before the next election. I am sure that that is what all parties will be working towards.
Legislation
Parliament Act 1911
Subjects
Anniversaries; House of Lords; Reform
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
711 c1346
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements his Department has made to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements his Department has made to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War.
Asked by
Colin Challen
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Beamish
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 June 2009
For answer on
18 June 2009
Answered on
22 June 2009
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr. Gray) on 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 7W.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Korean War
Date
22 June 2009
Reference
494 c625W; 281168
House
House of Commons