Baroness Watkins of Tavistock
The Baroness Watkins of Tavistock
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 2 November 2015
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Taxes
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, when the Treasury is considering how it is going to increase its revenue, will it give careful consideration to the fact that UK graduates r...
Welfare Reform
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare my interest as a current non-executive director of NHS England. Will the Minister explain whether it the Government intend to retu...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
Does the noble Lord not think it possible to do both—to limit the number of appointees through the prime ministerial structure and to reduce the size ...
NHS and Social Care: Joint Working
25/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for her previous very positive answers, but one of the biggest barriers to working together is different terms and cond...
Self-driving Vehicles: Disabled Passengers
18/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, can the Minister comment on what licences will be given to rural areas? We are very short of buses, both for people with disability and for ...
Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report
17/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, will the Minister say whether the review involving children will also consider young boys? As patron of a drug treatment centre and chair of...
Reservoirs: Protection from Contamination
02/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, we know from the Covid incident that we lacked experience of simulations of such incidents and were therefore not well prepared. When did we...
Social Care Reform
21/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, can the Minister explain how cross-party consensus will be constructed in relation to local mayors and local authorities? For example, the l...
Employment Rights Bill
20/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I support this amendment and declare my interest as the chair of a small housing association, Look Ahead, where we employ a lot of care work...
NHS Pensions
02/04/2025 • Lords
I thank the Minister for the assurance in the Statement that no individual member will in the long term suffer financial detriment. However, is she ab...
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