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Vol. 791 Thursday No. 157 21 June 2018 PARLIAMENTARYDEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICIAL REPORT ORDEROFBUSINESS Introduction: Lord Tyrie ..................................................................................................2093 Questions MV “Empire Windrush” ..............................................................................................2093 Turkey: Pride March.....................................................................................................2096 Childhood Obesity: Yoga..............................................................................................2098 Cannabis-based Medicines............................................................................................2101 Business of the House Timing of Debates.........................................................................................................2104 Carers Action Plan 2018-2020: Supporting Carers Today Motion to Take Note.....................................................................................................2104 EU Settlement Scheme Statement......................................................................................................................2134 G7 Summit and Future Trade Relations Question for Short Debate.............................................................................................2147 Defence Fire and Rescue Project: Capita Statement......................................................................................................................2160 Armed Forces: Reserves Motion to Take Note.....................................................................................................2164 Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018 Motion to Approve ........................................................................................................2194 Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 Motion to Approve ........................................................................................................2199 Scotland Act 2016 and Wales Act 2017 (Onshore Petroleum) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2018 Motion to Approve........................................................................................................2204 Lords wishing to be supplied with these Daily Reports should give notice to this effect to the Printed Paper Office. 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This issue of the Official Report is also available on the Internet at https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2018-06-21 The first time a Member speaks to a new piece of parliamentary business, the following abbreviations are used to show their party affiliation: Abbreviation Party/Group CB Cross Bench Con Conservative DUP Democratic Unionist Party GP Green Party Ind Lab Independent Labour Ind LD Independent Liberal Democrat Ind SD Independent Social Democrat Ind UU Independent Ulster Unionist Lab Labour LD Liberal Democrat LD Ind Liberal Democrat Independent Non-afl Non-affiliated PC Plaid Cymru UKIP UK Independence Party UUP Ulster Unionist Party No party affiliation is given for Members serving the House in a formal capacity, the Lords spiritual, Members on leave of absence or Members who are otherwise disqualified from sitting in the House. © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2018, this publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 2093 Introduction: Lord Tyrie [21 JUNE 2018] MV “Empire Windrush” 2094 House of Lords those people to our great National Health Service, which is celebrating 70 years this year, just as Windrush Thursday 21 June 2018 landed here 70 years ago tomorrow. On education, I have been speaking with the Department for Education, 11 am which is keen to ensure that we recognise this as a part of all our histories. Arthur Torrington from Windrush Prayers—read by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln. 70, who gave a hallmark lecture in St Margaret’s Church yesterday, has been supplying materials to the Department for Education, so that is being taken Introduction: Lord Tyrie forward. 11.06 am Baroness Benjamin (LD): My Lords, on behalf of Windrush pioneers and the Windrush Foundation, of The right honourable Andrew Guy Tyrie, having been which I am a patron, I congratulate the Government created Baron Tyrie, of Chichester in West Sussex, was and the Minister on answering our pleas to create an introduced and took the oath, supported by Lord Luce annual Windrush Day as a legacy of the Windrush and Lord Turnbull, and signed an undertaking to abide generation. This will make Caribbean people, who for by the Code of Conduct. not just the last 70 years but centuries have worked hard to make Britain great and prosperous, despite suffering indignity, abuse and heartache, finally feel MV “Empire Windrush” appreciated. Will the Government consider commissioning Question a Windrush memorial, perhaps at Tilbury Docks, as a permanent reminder of this important part of our history, 11.12 am especially for the sake of our children? Asked by Baroness Berridge To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: My Lords, the noble they have to introduce an annual celebration of the Baroness is a magnificent example of the people of anniversary of the arrival of the MV Windrush on Caribbean descent in this country. Throughout this 22 June 1948. campaign, her smiling presence has been very welcome. She makes powerful points. Of course, our £500,000 budget will be significant in ensuring a lasting legacy. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry Obviously, her points will be heard and we always pay of Housing, Communities and Local Government and great attention to what the noble Baroness says. Wales Office (Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth) (Con): My Lords, the Windrush generation answered the call to help the mother country in rebuilding our nation after Lord Morris of Handsworth (Lab): My Lords, while the war. They and their descendants have contributed I appreciate the need for some recognition of the day, massively to national life; for example, they have inspired the fact of the matter is that the Windrushers I spoke and entertained as British entrepreneurs,nurses,musicians to in Speaker’s House earlier this week, one of whom and athletes. I have had the pleasure of working with was actually on the ship, want reparation and the key stakeholders,including my noble friend Lady Berridge opportunities they have lost to be taken into consideration. and the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, to celebrate this landmark moment. On Monday, I was pleased to Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: The noble Lord is, announce that we will continue to celebrate Windrush again, a marvellous example in our national life of Day every year on 22 June, starting tomorrow. We will what many of Caribbean descent have succeeded in work with the Windrush Day panel of key stakeholders doing in this country. I too had the great privilege of to provide a £500,000 grant every year to support meeting the Windrush survivor—very few people who these celebrations and ensure a lasting legacy. were on that boat are still alive, but he was very much alive and it was great to see him in Speaker’s House. Baroness Berridge (Con): My Lords, I am delighted The noble Lord will know that compensation is being that Her Majesty’s Government have announced 22 June made available for some of the issues that arose relating as Windrush Day every year and significant funding to Windrush, about which we have all been outraged. to match that. I am grateful to my noble friend the The Home Secretary has made it very clear that he is Minister for mentioning the contribution of nurses also looking at a hardship fund, in response to a point because, less than a fortnight after the arrival of the that the right honourable Member David Lammy MV Windrush, the National Health Service was founded. raised in the other place. I would be grateful if the Minister could outline what plans Her Majesty’s Government have to add Windrush, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con): Would as such a significant marker in our country’s history, the Minister agree that, since the Windrush generation to the national curriculum so that its contribution can has made such a unique contribution to British life—I be taught to the next generation. speak as someone who succeeded with the very first Windrush case approximately 10 years ago, which Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: As I said, my noble gave me some astonishment; when other cases followed friend has contributed massively in this area. She is I was amazed—and given their tremendous success, absolutely right about the continuing importance of particularly with the hostility they faced at the very 2095 MV “Empire Windrush” [LORDS] Turkey: Pride March 2096 [BARONESS NICHOLSON OF WINTERBOURNE] Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD): My Lords, would beginning, which I recall well, because they came from it not be good to have a total reform of the Home a different place, is it possible to use their skills and Office immigration procedure to make sure that the experience to broaden British
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