Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 08 Dec 2021
Covid-19: National Memorial
"My Lords, the question has been raised about trying to prevent mortality from a future epidemic. The present epidemic is largely due to—or at least made much worse by—the fact that 71% of British people over the age of 70 are obese, and obesity and Covid are a fatal combination. …..."Lord McColl of Dulwich - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 25 Jun 2021
Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Bird, for his inspiring opening speech. One of the most important requirements for future well-being in the secular world is good health. Without good health, the chances of well-being are remote, so I was very pleased to hear my noble friend …..."Lord McColl of Dulwich - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 12 Mar 2021
Budget Statement
"My Lords, I congratulate all the maiden speakers on their splendid speeches. At the start of the pandemic, the British economy was in very good shape, thanks to Conservative Governments, but the Marxist elements of the Labour Party tried to rubbish this—no doubt because a former Prime Minister reminded us …..."Lord McColl of Dulwich - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 08 Jan 2021
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
"My Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend Lord Wharton on his splendid maiden speech.
It is understandable that there have been serious doubts about the expensive Erasmus programme, which last year was reported as costing €3.3 billion and serving 940,000 participants—which means that each participant cost €3,600. The scheme …..."Lord McColl of Dulwich - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Oct 2020
EU: Visa-free Short-term Travel Mobility
"My Lords, what efforts are Her Majesty’s Government making to ensure that the visa-free short-term travel arrangements will not be used by traffickers to get their victims into the UK, because it looks as though there will be no effective checks at the borders?..."Lord McColl of Dulwich - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 4th July 2018
Asked by:
Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the findings of The Sancroft-Tussell Report: Eliminating Modern Slavery in Public Procurement, published on 22 March, whether they will terminate contracts with companies that have failed to comply with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; what other actions, if any, have been or will be taken against those Government suppliers failing to meet the requirements of section 54; whether contracts to supply Government departments include obligations to demonstrate compliance with section 54; and what steps, if any, they have taken to ensure that their suppliers are taking steps to reduce modern slavery in their supply chains.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide various grounds on which contracting authorities must or may exclude suppliers from a public procurement process. Mandatory exclusion grounds include convictions for forced labour and human trafficking offences. Discretionary grounds include violations of obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour laws.
It is the responsibility of individual contracting authorities to ensure suppliers meet their contractual obligations and this is achieved through effective contract management. Such contracts have a range of mechanisms to enable performance to be managed and issues to be addressed, which includes termination.
The Home Office have developed and piloted a modern slavery supplier assessment tool to assess risk of modern slavery in supply chains, which has been trialled in five departments and is currently being updated prior to further roll-out. The Cabinet Office is also working with the Home Office to develop guidance for departments in identifying and tackling modern slavery, particularly in high risk sectors.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 05 Feb 2018
Civil Service Impartiality
"Does my noble friend agree that disparaging remarks were made in a debate 10 days ago in this House by a Member of the Opposition Front Bench who impugned the integrity of the civil servants in our Library because she did not agree with the brief that they produced? I …..."Lord McColl of Dulwich - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 18 Jun 2015
Opinion Polling
"My Lords, I think it was generally accepted that the 2015 election was not the pollsters’ finest hour, although I have to admit that I, too, got it wrong: I predicted to my friends a Conservative majority of 20, so I was out by eight seats. The vast majority of …..."Lord McColl of Dulwich - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 18 Jun 2015
Opinion Polling
"It said it would defend its position, which is not quite the same...."Lord McColl of Dulwich - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Jun 2013
G8 Summit
"My Lords, I too would like to thank my noble friend Lord Trimble for introducing this debate. I would like again to draw attention to the devastating effect that undernutrition has on millions of children throughout the world, as my noble friend Lady Jenkin has just emphasised.
The World Health …..."Lord McColl of Dulwich - View Speech
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