Baroness Watkins of Tavistock

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock

The Baroness Watkins of Tavistock

Crossbench
House of LordsActive

Member since 2 November 2015

Recent Debate Contributions

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Taxes

14/07/2025Lords

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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...
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Welfare Reform

01/07/2025Lords

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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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Social Care Reform

21/05/2025Lords

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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...
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Employment Rights Bill

20/05/2025Lords

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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...
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NHS Pensions

02/04/2025Lords

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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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