Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - Nov 16
Friday, 17 November 2017 07:17
Extract from Lords debate on Older Persons: Human Rights and
Care Lord Jordan (Lab):...I remember meeting Dr Manmohan Singh when
he was the Finance Minister—later to become Prime
Minister—of India and trying to convince him that a
social clause was needed in world trade agreements. He said that he
was convinced personally but that India and other
developing nations did not believe that a social clause served
their economic interests. He was a truly honourable...Request free trial
Extract from Lords debate
on Older Persons: Human Rights and Care
(Lab):...I remember
meeting Dr Manmohan Singh when he was the Finance Minister—later to
become Prime Minister—of India and trying to convince him that a
social clause was needed in world trade agreements. He said that he
was convinced personally but that India and other developing nations did not
believe that a social clause served their economic interests. He
was a truly honourable man, but the economic interests
of India came first. I tell the story because
I believe that it is at the heart of what we are debating. We have
to show our Government and every other Government that finding
solutions to the problems of older people will be one of the most
economically rewarding tasks they will ever embark on. I believe we
can and I believe we must...
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Extracts from Commons
debate on Defence Aerospace Industrial Strategy
Mr (Preston)
(Lab/Co-op):...On 10 October, I raised an urgent
question with the Speaker on the issue of more than 1,000 job
losses across Lancashire in the aerospace industry and this was
addressed on that occasion. The response was that the jobs could
not be maintained, with the principal reason given that there were
not enough orders coming through. The hon. Member for Fylde (Mark
Menzies) said rightly that we are doing quite well on orders from
the middle east countries, but the Typhoon is a world-beating
aircraft and it should be being sold around the world. Nobody was
more angry and upset than me when we did not get
the India contract. I am sure there are
other contracts where, with good co-operation between Government
and the industry, we could do Government-to-Government deals, in
order to keep this supply of Typhoons running...
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for
Defence (Harriett Baldwin):...Regarding the Hawk
pipeline, I can reassure the House that we continue to work on
export opportunities to Kuwait and India...
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Extract from Westminster
Hall debate on World Antibiotics Awareness Week
(York Outer)
(Con):...However, we must go further as a global leader
and recognise that this is an international challenge. Almost 80%
of antibiotics used in the USA are not taken by people but used
within the livestock sector, which I find astonishing.
In India, people consume an average of 11
antibiotic tablets per year. Only today, data has been released
showing that antibiotic resistance is growing in Europe. Progress
that Britain makes will be quite simply irrelevant in the absence
of a confident international stewardship programme...
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