Well-being of children and families: Lords debate
12 May 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Baroness Massey of Darwen (Labour) will open a debate about the Government’s policies on the well-being of children and families in a debate this Thursday, 14 May, in the House of Lords
Members scheduled to take part include:
- Baroness Afshar (Crossbench); founder member and Chair of the Muslim Women’s Network
- Baroness Amos (Labour); former spokesperson for Women’s Issues
- Baroness Billingham (Labour); former MEP
- Baroness Butler-Sloss (Crossbench); former President of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice
- Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat); spokesperson for Children, Schools and Families
- Bishop of Leicester; Chair of the trustees of the Children’s Society which launched the Good Childhood Inquiry in 2006
- Baroness Howarth of Breckland (Crossbench); Chair of the board of the Children and Families Advisory and Support Services
- Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench); former deputy Chair of the equal opportunities commission
- Earl Listowel (Crossbench); supporter of Centrepoint, a charity focused on giving vulnerable and homeless young people a future
- Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Labour); supporter of Childline
- Lord Northbourne (Crossbench); Chair of the All-Party Group on Families and Children
- Baroness Walmsley (Liberal Democrat); spokesperson for Children, Schools and Families
- Baroness Verma (Conservative); spokesperson for Children, Schools and Families
- Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (Labour); Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government spokesperson, Department for Children, Schools and Families
Further information
- Alphabetical list of Members of the Lords
- Parliamentary calendar
- List of speakers - Lords Government Whips Office
- Parliament Live - watch the debate live
- Lords Hansard - transcript available approximately three hours from the start of the debate