Baroness Meacher
The Baroness Meacher
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 15 June 2006
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Humanist Weddings
29/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the Minister refers to this as a “complex question”. The fact is that Ministers may make this into a complex question by extending it beyond...
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
18/06/2025 • Lords
Very briefly, I support my noble friend Lord Hampton in saying that education is fundamental here. You do not resolve poverty unless a child is put th...
My Lords, I urge the Minister to increase the incomes of social workers, so that they are not tempted to become agency workers, who are of View full contribution →
E-scooters, E-bikes and Pedal Bikes: Legislation
16/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, will the Minister consider banning e-bikes and e-scooters on pavements and introduce a special lane on the road for these vehicles to rescue...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
16/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. Having been sent to a boarding school for some years from the age of 10, it seems to me that the...
Employment Rights Bill
04/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady. I am not a trade unionist, but I am very aware that there are sectors of the economy that are no...
E-scooters: Insurance
13/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, e-scooters are incredibly quiet and therefore dangerous on pavements. What action are the Government taking to prevent e-scooters being used...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
31/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, seemed to indicate that hereditary Peers may not exist here in the House of Lords in the future, and I th...
Mental Health Bill [HL]
30/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I rise to speak very briefly to the issue of people with autism and learning disabilities being detained in hospital. Clause 3(4) amends the...
Sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection
24/03/2025 • Lords
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Education (Assemblies) Bill [HL]
07/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will speak extremely briefly, but I endorse everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Burt, said. It seems to me that morality is incredibl...
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