"My Lords, when will the Minister and her Government end this air of detachment in relation to Iran? Some of us have just come from a presentation of a most comprehensive report by the historian, the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, setting out the horrors of October 7. Hamas carried that …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"Does the Minister agree that the situation has gone too far for tinkering? We need a fresh start. As I said yesterday, we need a Select Committee in this House on education. But does she agree that it is time for something radical, such as a graduate tax or complete …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, I hope the Minister will not make the mistake—I ask him not to—of linking what is happening to Gaza and the events in the Middle East. What is happening is that antisemitism is being used as an excuse. It has always been there—I was talking about this 15 …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, is the Minister aware that over £5 billion of student debt is owed by European Union students who went back and did not repay? What steps will the Government take to prevent this debt growing if we rejoin Erasmus, which is, after all, one-way traffic?..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 419 in support of the noble Lord, Lord Goodman, and the other signatories. It calls for a counterextremism strategy to be published annually. I am also in support of the gist of all the amendments in this group, which are trying …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, may I ask the Minister what the definition of poverty is? If it is “below the average” then there is no hope of getting rid of poverty. Is it an absolute standard? Secondly, has she calculated the amount owed to the Child Maintenance Service by absent fathers? Why …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, the Sutton Trust, which has done wonderful work in this area, has shown that students who cannot afford to leave home do worse in their studies and throughout life. Will the Minister give student maintenance top priority and make it open to everybody, as it was in my …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister has expressed the commendable ambition of raising the healthiest generation of young children ever. So why have the Government done nothing to condemn and educate about, if not prohibit, cousin marriage, the babies from which suffer twice the number of birth defects as those from non-cousin …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, I checked my batteries and I am glad to say they were made in England. But we know that the Chinese dominate the world supply of batteries. Will she send a message to the Prime Minister while he is in China to ensure that, overall, our reliance on …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech