Baroness Warsi Speaks Her Mind

Parliament

• Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill - Report (12 Mar 2019) March 12, 2019
  ...Strathclyde Baroness Stroud Baroness Sugg Lord Suri Lord Taylor of Holbeach (teller) Lord Trefgarne Viscount Trenchard Lord Trimble Lord True Lord Tugendhat Baroness Verma Lord Wakeham Baroness Warsi Lord Wasserman Lord Wei Duke of Wellington Baroness Wheatcroft Lord Whitby Baroness Wilcox Lord Willetts Baroness Williams of Trafford Baroness Wyld Lord You […]
• Jammu and Kashmir - Statement (27 Feb 2019) February 27, 2019
  Baroness Warsi: My Lords, I welcome the comments of the Foreign Secretary this morning asking for both sides to de-escalate. I would like to put two matters on record and ask my noble friend to comment on them. Are the Government familiar with the comments made by Prime Minister Imran Khan, with his clear and unequivocal condemnation of the attack in Pulwama […]
• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL] - Commons Amendments (26 Feb 2019) February 26, 2019
  ...Taylor of Holbeach (teller) Lord Trefgarne Viscount Trenchard Lord Trimble Lord True Lord Tugendhat Lord Tyrie Viscount Ullswater Baroness Vere of Norbiton Baroness Verma Lord Wakeham Baroness Warsi Lord Wasserman Viscount Waverley Lord Wei Baroness Wheatcroft Lord Whitby Baroness Wilcox Baroness Williams of Trafford Baroness Wyld Lord Young of Cookham Vi […]
• Zimbabwe: Asylum Seekers - Private Notice Question (13 Feb 2019) February 13, 2019
  Baroness Warsi: My Lords, I have both presented and defended on asylum cases as a lawyer and would be grateful if my noble friend could explain how the country brief in relation to individual countries—specifically in relation to Zimbabwe on this occasion—is put together. How accurate and up to date is that information, and which human rights organisations d […]
• Yorkshire: Devolution - Question (12 Feb 2019) February 12, 2019
  Baroness Warsi: My Lords, I echo the concerns of the noble Lord, Lord Wallace. There is a lot of cross-party agreement on the One Yorkshire deal at a local level; it is supported by the CBI, the Federation of Small Businesses and the TUC. However, is my noble friend concerned that a balkanisation approach in Yorkshire may result in certain parts of that regi […]
• Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - Motion to Take Note (Continued) (3rd Day) (14 Jan 2019) January 14, 2019
  ...Baroness Tyler of Enfield Lord Tyler Baroness Uddin Baroness Valentine Lord Vallance of Tummel Lord Vaux of Harrowden Lord Verjee Lord Wallace of Saltaire Baroness Walmsley Lord Warner Baroness Warsi Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Baroness Watkins of Tavistock Lord Watson of Invergowrie Lord Watts Baroness Wheatcroft Baroness Wheeler Baroness Whitaker Lo […]
• Islamophobia - Motion to Take Note (20 Dec 2018) December 20, 2018
  Lord Sheikh: ...like to thank my noble friend the Minister for his excellent reply, and for the summing up that he has just concluded. I will pick up on some of the points made by noble Lords. My noble friend Lady Warsi spoke passionately about the need for a definition. I am grateful for the background she gave us regarding the work of the APPG. The noble B […]
• Yemen - Statement (19 Dec 2018) December 19, 2018
  Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: ...aware, we announced an additional £170 million for the current financial year in response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, As I was preparing for this Statement I saw that my noble friend Lady Warsi had written an article that, I believe, appeared in the Independent today, reminding us all that this is just the current support […]
• Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018 - Motion to Approve (18 Dec 2018) December 18, 2018
  ...) Lord Taylor of Warwick Lord Thurlow Baroness Tonge Viscount Trenchard Lord Trimble Lord Tugendhat Lord Tyrie Viscount Ullswater Baroness Vere of Norbiton Baroness Verma Lord Wakeham Baroness Warsi Lord Wasserman Lord Whitby Baroness Wilcox Baroness Williams of Trafford Lord Young of Cookham Viscount Younger of Leckie
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill - Report (2nd Day) (17 Dec 2018) December 17, 2018
  Baroness Warsi: That is the point. When Prevent has been applied correctly and has been led by and with the community, it has made real progress. When you speak to practitioners on the ground—those who have ignored much of national policy; those who have ignored the rules on engagement and disengagement with British Muslim communities and have spoken to whom […]