To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down by ethnic origin the number of people who had a DNA profile on the National DNA Database in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down by ethnic origin the number of people who had a DNA profile on the National DNA Database in each of the last 12 months.

Table showing estimated number of persons added to the national DNA database between November 2005 and October 2006, broken down by ethnic appearance.

Table showing estimated number of persons added to the national DNA database between November 2005 and October 2006, broken down by ethnic appearance.

Tables showing (a) the proportion of black and minority ethnic applicants who applied for homelessness assistance and (b) the proportion that were accepted, in 2005, broken down by region and London local authority, along with the proportion of white applicant households and those where ethnicity was not stated.

Tables showing (a) the proportion of black and minority ethnic applicants who applied for homelessness assistance and (b) the proportion that were accepted, in 2005, broken down by region and London local authority, along with the proportion of white applicant households and those where ethnicity was not stated.

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, for introducing the debate and also pay tribute to her amazing, extraordinary bravery in going to places where few people would dare to tread. We admire her great faith and courage. A recent report from the United Nations Office on...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, for introducing the debate and also pay tribute to her amazing, extraordinary bravery in going to places where few people would dare to tread. We admire her great faith and courage. A recent report from the United Nations Office on...

My Lords, this has been a disturbing but very moving debate. I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, for enabling us to discuss the horrors of contemporary slavery and our efforts to eradicate it at such a fitting time. I pay tribute to the noble Baroness for...

My Lords, this has been a disturbing but very moving debate. I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, for enabling us to discuss the horrors of contemporary slavery and our efforts to eradicate it at such a fitting time. I pay tribute to the noble Baroness for...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I join him in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, on initiating this debate on such an important topic. She has great experience and industry in this field and we learn a great deal from her speeches. I...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I join him in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, on initiating this debate on such an important topic. She has great experience and industry in this field and we learn a great deal from her speeches. I...

My Lords, I speak as an historian of the slave trade, but I should sayfirst what a pleasure it is to take part again in adebate initiated by my noble friend Lady Cox, whose persistence, insistence and determination have been an inspiration to many of us for a long time.It...

My Lords, I speak as an historian of the slave trade, but I should sayfirst what a pleasure it is to take part again in adebate initiated by my noble friend Lady Cox, whose persistence, insistence and determination have been an inspiration to many of us for a long time.It...

My Lords, as we have heard, nearly 200 years ago, Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce and a few other committed individuals persuaded the Government to pass a law against the appalling trans-Atlantic slave trade. If any one of us has the courage to stand beside those names today, it must...

My Lords, as we have heard, nearly 200 years ago, Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce and a few other committed individuals persuaded the Government to pass a law against the appalling trans-Atlantic slave trade. If any one of us has the courage to stand beside those names today, it must...

My Lords, my noble friend, the indomitable and indefatigable Lady Cox, has once again laid a Question of singular importance before your Lordships’ House for debate. Commemoration on 22 February 2007 of the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade is of course right, but we are also right,...

My Lords, my noble friend, the indomitable and indefatigable Lady Cox, has once again laid a Question of singular importance before your Lordships’ House for debate. Commemoration on 22 February 2007 of the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade is of course right, but we are also right,...

My Lords, we all appreciate the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, bringing up the question of slavery and all her examples. We have had quite a bit on this over the past 12 months and we will not let it go away. We are all committed to tackling it. Two weeks...

My Lords, we all appreciate the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, bringing up the question of slavery and all her examples. We have had quite a bit on this over the past 12 months and we will not let it go away. We are all committed to tackling it. Two weeks...

My Lords, I rise to support the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, and to assure her of the support of these Benches. Liverpool—whose 800th anniversary we celebrate next year in 2007, which is the same year as the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade—amassed much wealth through the trade...

My Lords, I rise to support the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, and to assure her of the support of these Benches. Liverpool—whose 800th anniversary we celebrate next year in 2007, which is the same year as the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade—amassed much wealth through the trade...

asked Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to efforts to eradicate contemporary slavery. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who will contribute to this debate. I am also grateful that it takes place today, for it isa fitting advent for next year’s...

asked Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to efforts to eradicate contemporary slavery. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who will contribute to this debate. I am also grateful that it takes place today, for it isa fitting advent for next year’s...

My Lords, as always, it is a great privilege to follow in the footsteps of the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, on a human rights question, particularly one of such tremendous importance as she has raised this evening, on the eve of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave...

My Lords, as always, it is a great privilege to follow in the footsteps of the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, on a human rights question, particularly one of such tremendous importance as she has raised this evening, on the eve of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave...

My Lords, I shall speak very briefly in the gap. I had not realised that I would be able to be here but I am very glad that I am if for no other reason than to pay my tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, for her consistent and...

My Lords, I shall speak very briefly in the gap. I had not realised that I would be able to be here but I am very glad that I am if for no other reason than to pay my tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, for her consistent and...

My Lords, I was unaware that I was going to be able to be here until the end of the debate, and therefore did not come here with a speech in my pocket—or indeed in my head, until I heard whatwas said by the opening speakers, whereupon I determined that...

My Lords, I was unaware that I was going to be able to be here until the end of the debate, and therefore did not come here with a speech in my pocket—or indeed in my head, until I heard whatwas said by the opening speakers, whereupon I determined that...

Lords question for short debate on what is their response to efforts to eradicate contemporary slavery.

Lords question for short debate on what is their response to efforts to eradicate contemporary slavery.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of (a) homeless applicants and (b) households accepted as homeless in (i) each English region and (ii) each London local authority were from black and minority ethnic communities in 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of (a) homeless applicants and (b) households accepted as homeless in (i) each English region and (ii) each London local authority were from black and minority ethnic communities in 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to focus on ethnic minorities under the School Sport Partnerships programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to focus on ethnic minorities under the School Sport Partnerships programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who the UK members are of the European Commission's High Level Advisory Group on Social Integration of Ethnic Minorities and their Full Participation in the Labour Market; what the mission statement is of the group; how much in expenses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who the UK members are of the European Commission's High Level Advisory Group on Social Integration of Ethnic Minorities and their Full Participation in the Labour Market; what the mission statement is of the group; how much in expenses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of households on housing waiting lists in (a) each English region and (b) each London local authority were from black and ethnic minority communities in 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of households on housing waiting lists in (a) each English region and (b) each London local authority were from black and ethnic minority communities in 2005.