Lord Clark of Windermere - Contributions

Lord Clark of Windermere

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Lords, Life peer (2001 - present)

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NHS: Winter 2017-18

Lords Chamber on 18 April 201818/04/2018

I thank the Minister for his Answer. Of course, we are all very thankful indeed that we have got through the worst days of the winter, and we are grateful that new plans were put in place. However, I think we all know that we got through only due to the...

NHS: Winter 2017-18

Lords Chamber on 18 April 201818/04/2018

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of their plans for the NHS in dealing with the pressures during the winter of 2017-18.

Growth Deals: North of Tyne and Borderlands

Lords Chamber on 17 April 201817/04/2018

My Lords, can I come to the aid of the Minister? The difference between borderlands and the others is basically that borderlands encapsulate two nations: if you had a mayor, your mayor would have to cover an area from Stranraer right down to the Lancashi...

NHS: US Companies

Lords Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

My Lords, does the Minister concede that American companies are already playing a big part in the running of the NHS? Is he aware of the Written Answer given to me by the noble Lord, Lord O’Shaughnessy, last October, which, talking about one of the three...

NHS: Staff Pay

Lords Chamber on 21 March 201821/03/2018

My Lords, of course we welcome this, but I must say that the Minister was selling it a bit hard when he said that the Government have managed the National Health Service well when they have made cuts in training which have exacerbated the situation. M...

Nurses: Training

Lords Chamber on 7 March 201807/03/2018

I thank the noble Lord for his reply, but I do not think the Government really grasp the seriousness of the shortage of nurses. In the last two years, 33% fewer students came forward. We have a shortage of 40,000 nurses and it will take years to put that...

Nurses: Training

Lords Chamber on 7 March 201807/03/2018

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what specific proposals they have to increase the number of fully trained nurses working in the National Health Service and the associated care services.

Housing: Holiday Lets

Lords Chamber on 7 March 201807/03/2018

My Lords, although this question is related, to a certain extent, to London—but not entirely, as the Question says—is the Minister aware that in certain national parks, we are not talking about 10% short-term lets: in some villages we are talking about 5...

NHS: Charitable Donations

Lords Chamber on 22 February 201822/02/2018

My Lords, will the Minister make it quite clear—loud and clear—that virtually every hospital trust has its own charity and indeed that many individual wards have one?

NHS: Winter Crisis

Lords Chamber on 7 February 201807/02/2018

I thank the Minister for his reply. As he knows, NHS spending has risen by an average of 4% each year in real terms since its inception in 1948. Since this Government took over in 2010, that 4% increase has fallen to an average of between 1% and 1.5% in r...

NHS: Winter Crisis

Lords Chamber on 7 February 201807/02/2018

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of their planning for the winter crisis in the National Health Service.

Thirlmere Reservoir

Lords Chamber on 25 January 201825/01/2018

My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the world heritage site bid and as a resident of the Lake District National Park. Would the Minister accept and restate that, as he nominated the national park for world heritage site status, which is primarily...

NHS: Nurse Retention

Lords Chamber on 17 January 201817/01/2018

My Lords, the Minister has yet again repeated that there are 11,700 extra nurses on the ward, and compounded that by saying that there are more trained nurses in Britain than there were in 2010. Yet a Written Answer to me of just 10 days ago shows that w...

Rail Franchises: Govia Thameslink

Lords Chamber on 16 January 201816/01/2018

My Lords, in light of the Carillion fiasco that we are facing now, it seems to me that the Government changed their strategy in the last round of franchises, in that they encouraged a smaller number of companies, with subsidiary companies running the act...

NHS: Winter Funding

Lords Chamber on 11 January 201811/01/2018

My Lords, it is a question not only of money, but of planning and training staff. Did the Minister see yesterday that the head of chemotherapy at Churchill Hospital, Oxford, said that cancer treatment and chemotherapy were being delayed and curtailed bec...

NHS: Winter Funding

Lords Chamber on 11 January 201811/01/2018

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Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017

Lords Chamber on 10 January 201810/01/2018

My Lords, this debate has inevitably centred on Scotland and the British Transport Police, but civilian police forces such as the British Transport Police—I emphasise “civilian” police forces—were created for a particular reason. There are at least two o...

Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017

Lords Chamber on 10 January 201810/01/2018

In his contribution, the noble Lord mentioned terrorism, which is a critical issue. I speak from the other side of the border—Cumbria—where we of course have the experience of two other police constabularies: the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Minist...

Agency Nurses

Lords Chamber on 10 January 201810/01/2018

I thank the Minister for his Answer on this very complicated issue. However, does he recall his Answer to my Written Question of Monday in which he confirmed that the incoming Conservative-led Government in 2010 cut the number of nurses virtually every y...

Agency Nurses

Lords Chamber on 10 January 201810/01/2018

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Shaughnessy on 27 November 2017 (HL3070), what assessment they have made of the operation of the “break glass clause” in the supply of agency nurses to hospital trusts from off-f...

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