Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Older Persons Commissioner for England
"My Lords, it is a rare occasion when you will find me agreeing with the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, but on this occasion I would ask the Government to think again. We will all remember the horrific cases during the pandemic, when blanket DNACPRs were put out across care homes. …..."Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 May 2022
Border Checks on Imported Goods: New IT Systems
"My Lords, as the Minister develops the border protocols for 2025, will he reconsider prioritisation for medicines and other life-saving products? If we have learned anything for the pandemic, it is that some of these supply chains really are quite fragile. This could do with another look...."Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 22 Jul 2021
National Insurance Numbers: Electoral Register
"My Lords, I welcome the proposal to remind young people to vote, but for those who somehow do not get an automatic national insurance number, Covid-19 restrictions have made it almost impossible to get one. Those waiting in the growing backlog, through no fault of their own, should not be …..."Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Oct 2020
EU: Visa-free Short-term Travel Mobility
"My Lords, conferences and short-term visits as part of international collaboration are engine rooms of scientific discovery. They are vital for exchanging ideas, forming relationships and building careers. I realise that Covid is temporarily suspending some of this activity, but our immigration system must be fit for the future and …..."Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 08 Jul 2020
EU: Customs Arrangements
"My Lords, if we have learned anything from recent shocks, it is the fragility and complexity of medicine supply chains that bring 37 million packs of medicines from the EU to the UK every month. The new border operating model is an opportunity to account for this complexity, and wherever …..."Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2020
Covid-19: Scientific Advice
"My Lords, the Science and Technology Committee, on which I sit, has received a very sensible suggestion in evidence to our Covid-19 inquiry. It proposes establishing a working protocol for SAGE to clarify the relationship between scientific advice and political decisions, and to improve transparency of processes. It is modelled …..."Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2016
Outcome of the EU Referendum
"I would like to add my voice to the tributes to the Prime Minister from across this House. He is a true statesman who has made Oxfordshire proud, and we will miss him. Will he take this opportunity to reassure the science and innovation sector that the Government will fight …..."Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 2nd December 2015
Asked by:
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of his Department's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
Following settlement of the Cabinet Office Spending Review last week, the allocation of funds to individual workstreams, including for research and development, is underway as part of the department’s business planning process to be completed in the coming months.
Written Question
Wednesday 2nd December 2015
Asked by:
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of 10 Downing Street's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.
Following settlement of the Cabinet Office Spending Review last week, the allocation of funds to individual workstreams, including for research and development, is underway as part of the department’s business planning process to be completed in the coming months.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jul 2014
Local Growth Deals
"Like our city deal, Oxfordshire’s growth deal is great news for local people: it will deliver more jobs and more housing; it will close the skills gap by delivering vital skills opportunities; and it will take us a big step closer to delivering flood protection. I do not want to …..."Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford - View Speech
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