Peter Bottomley

Member of Parliament for Worthing West

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Written Answers - Work and Pensions: Health and Safety Executive: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecutions were brought in each of the last five years by the Health and Safety Executive in (a) magistrates courts and (b) Crown...

Written Answers - Prime Minister: Members: Correspondence
To ask the Prime Minister when he will respond to the letter of 3 February 2007 to him from Meeting for Sufferings, on the proposed replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system.

Written Answers - Defence: Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps the Government have taken since the 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to pursue good faith negotiations for nuclear disarmament.

Written Answers - Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Swans
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of whooper swans that settle in England each year; where they stay; whether any of the...

Written Answers - Prime Minister: British Gurkha Welfare Society: Petitions
To ask the Prime Minister if he will (a) meet the British Gurkha Welfare Society and (b) place in the Library his response to the Society's petition accepted at 10 Downing street on 14 December...

Commons debates - Oral Answers to Questions - Education and Skills: A-levels
Will the Secretary of State say when he expects a significant rise in the number of grade A A-levels in maths and physics, or their IB equivalents?

Westminster Hall debates - Freedom of Information (Fees Regulation)
Will the hon. Gentleman name them?

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Energy Saving (Daylight) Bill
As my hon. Friend probably knows, when I was considering the matter 20 years ago, I thought that in the populated middle belt of Scotland there would be great gains. In answer to a question from...

Westminster Hall debates - Heritage
Clearly, in their response to the report the Government did not have the chance to deal with everything, and we will not be able to do so this afternoon in this wide-ranging debate. Would my hon....

Westminster Hall debates - Legal Aid
The Minister has explained that the proposals made in the summer were not right, and that they have been adjusted—presumably because of representations. Representations are being made today...

Westminster Hall debates - Legal Aid
rose—

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Statistics and Registration Service Bill
The Economic Secretary has given one example, which he rightly says has not needed to be used. Would he consider making a written statement before the Bill goes into Committee giving some...

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Statistics and Registration Service Bill
The issue I raise is not to do with why the Government have changed their mind since six years ago. The Statistics Commission was not the same as the ONS. Its role was to support it, and to...

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Statistics and Registration Service Bill
I am unclear whether the Minister thinks that he has dealt completely and satisfactorily with the question of why the Government chose not to have a separate body supporting the executive...

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Statistics and Registration Service Bill
It would be helpful if the Economic Secretary could confirm that there is now agreement with the Clerk of the House as to how the reports will be laid. Those who have read the written evidence to...

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Statistics and Registration Service Bill
I hope that my hon. Friend is asking whether a Minister has made a policy change immediately after the pre-release. Obviously, if a Minister changed their policy two weeks after the statistics...

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Statistics and Registration Service Bill
This may be the hon. Lady's interpretation of the argument that we are actually having about Ministers' having information too far in advance. If I quote a headline to her— "Many Londoners...

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Statistics and Registration Service Bill
rose—

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Statistics and Registration Service Bill
Was the hon. Lady saying that there was more waste under Labour?

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: Statistics and Registration Service Bill
Will the hon. Lady give way?

Written Answers - Work and Pensions: Health and Safety Executive: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many defendants in prosecutions brought in each of the last five years by the Health and Safety Executive were (a) individuals, (b)...

Written Answers - Work and Pensions: Health and Safety Executive: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) average and (b) longest period was between the date of an incident relating to health and safety and the date on which a health...

Written Answers - Duchy of Lancaster: Departmental Coordination
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who her Department's national strategic partners are; how much funding has been allocated to each; and what the purpose is of each partnership.

Written Answers - Treasury: Working Tax Credit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in what circumstances a person living in the UK working as an au pair from (a) an EU and (b) a non-EU state may qualify for Working Tax Credit (WTC); for...

Commons debates - Orders of the Day: House of Lords Reform
Spivs?

Commons debates - Oral Answers to Questions - Leader of the House: House of Lords Reform
When the Leader of the House convenes his all-party group, would it not be wise, as well as considering the Lords, to consider cutting the number of people in the House of Commons by about a third...

Written Answers - Defence: Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the replacement of Trident on the nuclear weapons proliferation regime.

Written Answers - Defence: Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will delay a decision to replace Trident to allow time for a more thorough strategic analysis of the issues and for a wider public debate.

Commons debates - Statistics and Registration Service Bill (Programme) (No. 2): New Clause 4 - Legal obligation to obey the code of practice
I believe that the Minister will want to review the debate. If he loses the vote, I hope that he will accept it. If he does not, will he please go to the Statistics Commission and explicitly ask...

Commons debates - Statistics and Registration Service Bill (Programme) (No. 2): New Clause 4 - Legal obligation to obey the code of practice
Has the Minister consulted the Statistics Commission on how the Government could respond to this idea? If it said that the wording of the new clause merely needs to be tidied up, and that it is...

Commons debates - Oral Answers to Questions - Home Department: Modernising Medical Careers
Can the Secretary of State explain how going ahead with the first part of the stage 1 interviews and appointments can be fair if the other doctors who are now excluded but will be brought in later...

Written Answers - Northern Ireland: Swans
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what estimate he has made of the number of whooper swans that settle in Northern Ireland each year; where they stay; whether any of the...

Written Answers - Health: NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when there was last a national target for the level of administrative costs in the NHS; and what that level was.

Written Answers - Health: Hospitals: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has issued guidance to primary care trusts on how to estimate the carbon impact of changes in travel patterns arising from proposals for...

Commons debates - Amendment of the Law
If the hon. Gentleman can find any basis for that, will he send it to me?

Commons debates - Amendment of the Law
I know: that is why I said it. Denis Thatcher said that it might be called the Prince Albert Club, to greater advantage. By reducing the number of Members of this House by about a third, we would...

Commons debates - Amendment of the Law
Decisions could be made by lottery, according to merit or by popular vote. One day I shall welcome the Minister to my Denis Thatcher Society—for those of us who are married to women who are...

Commons debates - Amendment of the Law
If the Minister is going to volunteer to be one of them, I will certainly give way.

Commons debates - Amendment of the Law
It might, but I was not trying to go into detail. I just wanted to make the point— [ Interruption. ] I am not going to answer that. The point that I was trying to raise for discussion was...

Commons debates - Amendment of the Law
Let me get through the rest of my list, as that may save a number of interventions. Is it true that the UK's structural budget deficit is, at 2.6 per cent., the largest of all the major EU...

Commons debates - Amendment of the Law
Yes. Now let us look at taxes on business. The Chancellor has adopted the Conservative idea of reducing corporation tax, but I did not hear him say in his statement that taxes on businesses will...

Commons debates - Amendment of the Law
I do not want to give way too often, because we have listened to some very lengthy speeches, but I will give way once.

Commons debates - Amendment of the Law
I congratulate the hon. Member for Nottingham, South (Alan Simpson) on his speech. He certainly made a contribution to the serious debate on reducing the amount of carbon that we produce. His...

Written Answers - Health: NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when there was last a national target for the level of administrative costs in the NHS; and what that level was.

Written Answers - Health: Speech Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS institutions employ speech and language therapists; and what proportion of such institutions decided not to recruit newly qualified...

Written Answers - Home Department: Police: Misconduct
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) has been paid and (b) he estimates may have to be paid in the future by the (i) Metropolitan Police and (ii) Metropolitan...

Written Answers - Home Department: Police: Misconduct
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why an independent review of Operation Helios as recommended by the Morris Inquiry has not been instituted.

Written Answers - Home Department: Police: Misconduct
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration has been given to misconduct proceedings against officers involved in the interception of telephone conversations between...

Written Answers - Home Department: Police: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many black and Asian officers have applied to become a Commander or Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police in the last...

Commons debates - Oral Answers to Questions - Church Commissioners: Modernising Medical Careers
Remedy UK and Mums 4 Medics have done valiant work to try to bring together the concerns of doctors in training and their seniors. Will the Secretary of State, either now or very shortly, announce...

Commons debates - Oral Answers to Questions - Electoral Commission Committee: Political Engagement
Will my hon. Friend give encouragement, through the Speaker's Commission, to the Electoral Commission, to continue to encourage voters and potential voters to register to vote where they are,...

Written Answers - Constitutional Affairs: Unpaid Fines
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many liability orders for unpaid (a) council tax, (b) business rates, (c) parking charge notices and (d) child support...

Written Answers - Constitutional Affairs: Enforcement Law Reform Group
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will publish the minutes of the Enforcement Law Reform Group meeting held on 16 January 2007.

Written Answers - Constitutional Affairs: Bailiffs: Certification
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what fees are charged by bailiffs for debt enforcement; and by whom they are payable.

Written Answers - Constitutional Affairs: Bailiffs: Certification
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the procedure is for complaining about the activity of (a) an uncertificated and (b) a certificated bailiff.

Written Answers - Constitutional Affairs: Bailiffs: Certification
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what estimate she has made of the number of (a) certificated bailiffs, (b) uncertificated bailiffs and (c) bailiffs doing...

Written Answers - Constitutional Affairs: Bailiffs: Certification
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what guidance the Department has issued to local authorities in relation to their certification of bailiffs on debt enforcement...

Written Answers - Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefits and (c) disability allowance in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006; and...

Written Answers - Work and Pensions: Income Support
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people (a) below and (b) above national retirement age were claiming income support in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006.

Commons debates - Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister: Post Mortems (Nuclear Industry)
The Secretary of State rightly said that people need to know, where possible. I put it to him that he should consult the Health and Safety Executive and the royal colleges on the terms of...

Written Answers - Treasury: Sick Leave
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people of working age were off work for a period exceeding six months through sickness or disability in (a) 1997 and (b) 2006.

Written Answers - Constitutional Affairs: Bailiffs: Certification
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what guidance she has issued on the disclosure by local authorities of the terms of contracts with bailiffs for the enforcement...

Written Answers - Health: Care Homes: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Health to what extent residents of (a) state and (b) privately-run care homes who are (i) publicly and (ii) privately or self funded are covered by the...

Written Answers - Home Department: Prisoners: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent prisoners in (a) state and (b) privately-run prisons are protected by the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998.

Written Answers - Health: Speech Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) post graduates and (b) first degree graduates with recognised qualifications in speech and language therapy there were in 2006, broken down...

Written Answers - Constitutional Affairs: Care Homes: Human Rights
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will bring forward measures to extend the protections of the Human Rights Act 1998 to residents of care homes who are (a...

Commons debates - Point of Order: Opposition Day - [9th Allotted Day] - Modernising Medical Careers
Perhaps one should ask whether the Prime Minister would appoint the Front-Bench health team on the same kind of system. Will my hon. Friend join me in posing a question to the Secretary of State...

Commons debates - Point of Order: Opposition Day - [9th Allotted Day] - Modernising Medical Careers
I, like Ministers, care about what is happening, but perhaps Opposition Members have been more open about some of the problems. Locally, we have discovered that filling out 150 words is worth the...

Written Answers - Education and Skills: English Language: Au Pairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in what circumstances a person living in the UK and working as an au pair from (a) an EU and (b) a non-EU state may qualify for full fee...

Written Answers - Work and Pensions: Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the Child Support Agency uses local authority certificated bailiffs for the collection of arrears of child support payments.

Medical Equipment: VAT | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will extend the range of reduced rate reliefs for VAT on goods and services normally intended to relieve or treat disability for the exclusive...

Care Homes: Human Rights | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health to what extent residents of (a) state and (b) privately-run care homes who are (i) publicly and (ii) privately or self funded are covered by the...

Young Offenders (Provision of Speech Therapy) | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. During the exchanges on the modernising medical careers statement, the Secretary of State said that she was going to get in touch with the chairmen of ITN...

Medical Training Application Service | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates
Is the Secretary of State briefed on a daily basis on the material on the Mums4Medics and Remedy UK websites? Does she agree that the interest of the broadcast and print media has brought to...

Clause 7 - Limitation on challenge of issue of certificate | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
I support the Minister and the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr. Robertson). It is House of Commons procedures that have made the position rather more awkward than it ought to be. I think that "To...

Clause 7 - Limitation on challenge of issue of certificate | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
I want to speak to Lords amendments Nos. 6 and 7, although they are not the most important issues in the Bill. The amendments affect clause 50. Lords amendment No. 6 would limit the extent of the...

Clause 7 - Limitation on challenge of issue of certificate | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
The House has heard the Minister and I do not want to provoke him into answering much of what I am going to say, but I want to make two or three sensible and serious remarks. First, the likelihood...

Points of Order | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. The unfair, flawed and hurtful process by which doctors are selected for training remains in place. In a written statement, the Secretary of State for Health has...

Medical Training Application Service | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
How many of the 33,000 applicants have been judged "eligible"? Mr. Speaker, the House is grateful to you and to my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley) for ensuring that...

Modernising Medical Careers | Opposition Day - [9th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
Perhaps one should ask whether the Prime Minister would appoint the Front-Bench health team on the same kind of system. Will my hon. Friend join me in posing a question to the Secretary of State...

Modernising Medical Careers | Opposition Day - [9th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
I, like Ministers, care about what is happening, but perhaps Opposition Members have been more open about some of the problems. Locally, we have discovered that filling out 150 words is worth the...

Medicine: Internet | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the impact of the provision on internet sites of the shortlisting marking scheme and model answers on the Medical Training...

Medical Training Application Service | Nice | Commons debates
Most of the House will welcome the service that James Johnson has given over recent years, to the BMA and in other ways. My question to the Secretary of State has to do with MTAS. Does the...

Wildlife Protection | Oral Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland | Commons debates
I am grateful to the Minister for her answer, and also for a written answer from one of her colleagues on 20 March revealing that in the Seamus Heaney area of special protection, where a large...

Wildlife Protection | Oral Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland | Commons debates
What recent discussions he has had at a European level on the protection of winter quarters of whooper swans potentially affected by road proposals.

Krishna Maharaj | Prime Minister | Written Answers
To ask the Prime Minister what representations he (a) has made and (b) plans to make to (i) the Governor of Florida and (ii) the United States Administration on the situation of Mr. Krishna Maharaj.

Krishna Maharaj | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when a Minister from her Department last spoke with Paul Lomas of Freshfields and the hon. Member for Worthing, West concerning...

Krishna Maharaj | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information she has on the date of the next hearing on the application for clemency on behalf of Kirshna Maharaj; and if she...

Krishna Maharaj | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times officials from her Department have (a) met and (b) made representations on behalf of Krishna Maharaj.

Krishna Maharaj | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make representations to the Florida state hearings on Krishna Maharaj that he be granted a clemency hearing or a new...

Modernising Medical Careers | Business of the House | Commons debates
May I thank the Secretary of State and the Department for helping the judicial review to be heard without delay?It was held with unprecedented speed, and the Department played a part in that. May...

NHS: Finance | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when account was taken of forecast rates of inflation in determining the (a) prospective increase in the rates of pay for NHS nurses and (b) proposed...

Surgery: Assessments | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many surgeons in the London Deanery are involved in shortlisting of general surgery candidates for specialist training grades 1-3 within the medical...

Ruth Hartley | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether a unique identification number was accurately maintained for Dr. Ruth Hartley throughout each stage of the ST2007 recruitment process.

Medical Training: Recruitment | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the written statement of 15 May 2007, Official Report, columns 30-31WS, on medical training (recruitment), how many and what proportion of...

Doctors: Training | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment she has made of the clarity of advice on requirement of the Home Office Passport Stamp in the applicants' guide of January 2007 for...

Doctors: Training | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information has been made public by (a) her and (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) other representatives on (i) matching algorithms and (ii)...

Crown Prosecution Service: Powers | Solicitor-General | Written Answers
To ask the Solicitor-General what consideration the Government has given to the proposals made by the Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission in Birmingham on 10 May, with particular...

USA: Visits Abroad | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Members of the Government expect to make an official visit to (a) Florida and (b) the USA before the end of August.

Krishna Maharaj | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the next hearing will take place in relation to the possibility of clemency for Mr. Krishna Maharaj in Florida.

HM Revenue and Customs: East Kilbridge | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the local office of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is required to be able to give definitive advice to Arun (a) district council as grantor and (b)...

Hospital Services (Sussex) | Westminster Hall debates
On a point of order, Mr. Conway. Is it in order for the Minister to quote Sir George Alberti, who, at a meeting with Sussex MPs, said that he would fight for two major hospitals in West Sussex,...

Hospital Services (Sussex) | Westminster Hall debates
I echo what the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) said. I am glad that this is a non-party, all-party campaign and I am sure that the hon. Member for Crawley (Laura Moffatt) would join us in...

Doctors: Foreign Workers | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health who chose the 5 February 2007 date set for the Home Office stamp to be placed in the passports of Highly Skilled Migrant Programme doctors; why it was...

Pesticides: Licensing | Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many charges were heard in court during the prosecution of John Rawlings for storing illegal pesticides; what the results...

Hospitals: Locums | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which trusts are taking steps to appoint three month locum to hospital posts.

Doctors: Foreign Workers | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when Ministers (a) approved and (b) announced that doctors from overseas wishing to apply for specialty training must apply successfully for a highly...

Hospitals: West Sussex | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide to the West Sussex Primary Care Trust the representations he and his Department have received in the last 12 months relating to the...

Doctors: Vacancies | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital doctor vacancies there are, broken down by grade and specialty, in each (a) deanery and (b) trust.

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the future of Cerner's products and services within the NHS IT system; (2) in which NHS hospitals Cerner's Millennium...

Hospitals: West Sussex | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what knowledge (a) the central NHS and (b) his Department had of the hurdles for hospital services set out in the current consultation in West Sussex in...

Doctors: Training | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations his Department has received from doctors on problems with (a) Modernising Medical Careers and (b) the Medical Training...

Home Affairs | Financial Assistance to Industry | Commons debates
The Leader of the House has heard the views expressed in this Chamber, and is now able to reconsider her arguments. May I invite her to consider withdrawing the motion and not putting it forward...

Statistics Board | Financial Assistance to Industry | Commons debates
The president of St. John's, Oxford, should be able to combine that role with having responsibility for statistics, as Lord Rees of Ludlow is able to combine the roles of master of Trinity College...

Statistics Board | Financial Assistance to Industry | Commons debates
I approve of the nomination of Sir Michael Scholar. I disapprove of combining the commission and the statistics organisation, but that has been decided. I approved of the Government setting up the...

Junior Doctors: Vacancies | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of vacancies for junior doctors are expected to be filled by 1 August, broken down by (a) deanery and (b) specialty; and if...

Doctors: Training | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which consultancy is involved in the processing of applications and appointments for hospital doctors' training posts in the London Kent Survey and Sussex...

Summer Adjournment | Point of Order | Commons debates
I wish to raise three subjects, and I shall end with the one on which the Government could act before 1 August. The first subject goes back some way to the unfair treatment of pensioners from...

Krishna Maharaj | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on developments relating to the clemency application of Krishna Maharaj; and what further steps his...

National Probation Service | Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how the tiered modalities of the National Probation Service (punish, help, change and control) include the previous core activities to advise, assist and...

Hospitals: West Sussex | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which clinicians support the proposal that consultation on hospital services in West Sussex should be restricted to options excluding more than one with...

Doctors: Career Structure | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the conclusions of the Douglas reviews of MMC/MTAS.

Doctors: Career Structure | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the purpose was of the Douglas Review; when his Department first saw the (a) draft final report and (b) final report; when a Minister first saw the...

Worthing Hospital: Maternity Services | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health where Worthing hospital maternity service is positioned in the national rates of still births and neonatal mortality; and how many qualified consultants'...

Northwick Park Hospital: Maternal Mortality | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the conclusions of the Healthcare Commission were on the contributory factors to maternal deaths at Northwick Park following the merger with Central...

NHS: Working Hours | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the variety in the interpretations and determinations of the European Working Time Directives in relation to hospital staff...

Worthing Hospital | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when a Minister from his Department last visited Worthing Hospital.

NHS: Labour Party | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many of the 10 strategic health authority visits by Lord Darzi's review group the NHS has agreed a filming opportunity for the Labour Party.

Ambulance Services: Death | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the conditions for which extended travel times on blue light emergency ambulance journeys are (a) material and (b) immaterial to mortality.

Worthing Hospital | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when a Minister from his Department last visited Worthing Hospital.

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations | Defence | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many fatalities each unit that has served in Iraq has experienced; and how many of those (a) died in Iraq and (b) subsequently died of wounds elsewhere.

General Practitioners: Telephone Services | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by primary care trust the medical GP practices which use 0844 revenue-shaving telephone numbers; and what guidance he has issued on the use...

Points of Order | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. You will notice that on page 2828 of the Order of Business for today, there are a number of written ministerial statements. No. 14 concerns recruitment to...

Bottled Water | Oral Answers to Questions - House of Commons Commission | Commons debates
Would it not be a good idea, if we have to have bottles, to have them refilled from the tap in the House rather than their being carried from one part of the country to another?

Child Maintenance | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates
Will the Minister please ask Sir Leigh Lewis to pass on to his staff Members' thanks for the detailed work that they have put into the inquiries that we make on behalf of our constituents and our...

Worthing Hospital | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when a Minister from his Department last visited Worthing Hospital.

Smaller General Hospitals | Westminster Hall debates
May I briefly make a small correction to something that was said earlier; there are Labour Members here. The Minister and her Parliamentary Private Secretary the hon. Member for Crawley (Laura...

Smaller General Hospitals | Westminster Hall debates
Will the hon. Gentleman join me politely in asking the Minister and every SHA to produce a list of the conditions where they agree with what he has just said?

Smaller General Hospitals | Westminster Hall debates
Will my hon. Friend accept, and will the Minister listen to, what is said by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, which very clearly says that if there is to be a midwife-led...

Smaller General Hospitals | Westminster Hall debates
The Minister might like to invite the ambulance services to a party for all paramedics who have delivered babies before they could get the mothers to hospital, and then consider how many more...

Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services | Work and Pensions | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the (a) efficacy and (b) fairness of requiring applicants for income support, jobseekers allowance and...

Doctors: Career Structure | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the (a) Library, (b) Vote Office and (c) post to the hon. Member for Worthing West the full report, including annexes and appendices...

Modernising Medical Careers | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his response is to each of the questions in Sir John Tooke's interim report on medical careers.

NHS: Reorganisation | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what briefing Lord Darzi received on the proposals to downgrade Worthing and Chichester hospitals before his recent interview on GMTV.

Maternity Services: Sussex | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many babies were born while their mothers were in the process of travelling to (a) Brighton hospital and (b) Worthing hospital in the latest period...

Intergovernmental Conference (Lisbon) | Oral Answers to Questions - Defence | Commons debates
The Prime Minister has not answered the question whether there will be a free vote for his side on a referendum. We now know that the Liberals will opt out. Will he say whether, given the question...

Points of Order | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. That is very helpful to the House. Would it be possible for you to ask the Clerks, in consultation with the Editor of Hansard, to listen to the record and then...

Health and Social Care Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
I hope that the hon. Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) will forgive me if I do not follow up all the points that she has presented to the House. I start by paying tribute to...

Health and Social Care Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
May I use this question to prompt the Minister later, although that may require a bit of work? Does the right hon. Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Barron), the Chairman of the Health Committee,...

Health and Social Care Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
I am grateful for my hon. Friend's reference to the situation at Worthing and Southlands hospital. I think that the primary care trust will now have another serious look at the issue, and I am...

Health and Social Care Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
Clearly the Committee, on which I do not expect to serve, would be the place to go into this point in great detail, but has the Secretary of State consulted the judges, who have laid down that if...

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards | Bills Presented | Commons debates
I may reread the report, but as I understand it, it was one of the reports that hardened up the recommendation that the Commissioner had made. If I misunderstand it, I do not think I am the only...

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards | Bills Presented | Commons debates
I apologise to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and to the House for not being present for the first few minutes of the debate; it started five minutes before I thought that it would. That was a lowering...

Doctors | Oral Answers to Questions - Health | Commons debates
There will be opportunities—perhaps for the Select Committee—to discover who was responsible for how the modernising medical careers initiative and the medical training application...

Business of the House | Commons debates
On the communications allowance, will the Leader of the House consider insisting that every Member place in the Library and the Press Gallery a copy of all the material that they print for...

EU Reform: Treaties | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information has been available to him to enable him to assess popular support for a referendum on the proposed European Treaty.

Children's Plan | Oral Answers to Questions - Justice | Commons debates
May I say to the right hon. Gentleman that if he believes his approach to child health services is the first strategy, he ought to ask for a copy of the Court health report, which I believe was...

Youth Volunteering | Oral Answers to Questions - Duchy of Lancaster | Commons debates
In addition to the Government's volunteering initiatives, could the Minister encourage all his colleagues and all right hon. and hon. Members to recognise the role of the cadet units in the armed...

Post Office Closures (Adur and Worthing) | Petitions | Commons debates
The House can understand the point that the Minister is making; we may not think it the right one, but he has put it clearly. May I put this question to him? Suppose that, having heard the...

Post Office Closures (Adur and Worthing) | Petitions | Commons debates
As the crow flies.

Post Office Closures (Adur and Worthing) | Petitions | Commons debates
The point that is being made is that the sub-postmasters and mistresses got the impression—as was the case last time round—that if they did not accept the terms available now, those...

Post Office Closures (Adur and Worthing) | Petitions | Commons debates
Other people are concerned by the proposals, including Henry Smith, the West Sussex county council leader. He says: "Of these closures, three are rural post offices, the others are in urban...

Post Office Closures (Adur and Worthing) | Petitions | Commons debates
I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) for letting me join in his debate and I am delighted that the Minister has been listening attentively. If...

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospital trusts have installed Cerner's Millennium system; on what date it was installed; which hospital trusts are expected to install the system...

Members' Allowances | Bill Presented | Commons debates
If we took that Isle of Wight figure as the standard quota of voters, could we not reduce the number of Members perfectly reasonably?

Ice Prince | Transport | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures her Department has taken to monitor the route of the floating timber lost from the Ice Prince; what system there is for warning shipping,...

Entry Clearances: Health Professions | Home Department | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether overseas doctors and international medical graduates are eligible for highly skilled migrant status; and whether there is any...

Credit | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an estimate of the effect on the public finances of the current credit conditions in the economy; and if he will make a statement.

Entry Clearances: Doctors | Home Department | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many doctors were awarded highly skilled migrant status (a) in the 12 months before 5 February 2007 and (b) since that date.

Climate Change: Energy | Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he (a) last met and (b) next plans to meet the Chairman of the Environment and Energy Committee of the International...

Environmental Protection (Transfers at Sea) Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
Environmentalists in and around Worthing and District will understand the points that the hon. Gentleman is making. Although the greatest threat exists on the northern costs of Great Britain,...

Planning and Energy Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Am I right that there was a time when the occupant of the Chair would remind Members that if they call a vote they are normally expected to vote the way...

NHS: Standards | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the impact on trusts' 18 week targets and two week cancer treatment times of service and training post vacancies.

Anaesthetics: Training | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many anaesthetic training posts in categories (a) ST1, (b) ST2, (c) ST3 and (d) SPR will be vacant on the first Wednesday of February 2008 in (i)...

Standards and Privileges | Business of the House | Commons debates
I believe that the first part of the speech of the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) will meet with more cross-party agreement than the latter part. I want to make...

Doctors: Foreign Workers | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department is actively recruiting international medical graduates and European doctors in shortage specialties.

Doctors: EU Nationals | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on which European countries' doctors in the UK (a) have come from and (b) are likely to come from in the future,...

Doctors: EU Nationals | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what safeguards are in place to ensure that European doctors applying for hospital posts in the United Kingdom are able to communicate in English...

Doctors: EU Nationals | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many European doctors have sought work in the United Kingdom since the implementation of the EU Professional Qualifications Directive for Health...

Health Care | Oral Answers to Questions - Defence | Commons debates
The House will understand that the Government now understand the issues and we are grateful for that. The Minister mentioned continuing health care. Will he also consult the ex-service...

Taxation: Alcoholic Drinks | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make taxation of alcoholic products proportionate to the amount of alcohol in the product.

Engagements | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
To return to the European treaty, what polling or survey evidence did the Prime Minister have on what the result of a referendum would have been?

Taxation: Alcoholic Drinks | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make taxation of alcoholic products proportionate to the amount of alcohol in the product.

International Women's Day | Business of the House | Commons debates
I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Keighley (Mrs. Cryer), for her perceptiveness, persistence and courage and for the clever way in which she raises important issues. She is respected not only...

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which strategic health authorities have trusts with Cerner Millennium systems (a) installed and (b) proposed for installation; who in NHS headquarters...

Doctors: EU Nationals | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to consult the Royal Colleges on (a) the effects and (b) the implementation of the EU Professional Qualifications Directive for...

Doctors: EU Nationals | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether compliance with the EU Professional Qualifications Directive for Health Professionals requires a tiered system grouping applicants for positions...

Armed Forces: Inheritance Tax | Defence | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if, after consultation with HM Revenue and Customs, he will seek the help of ex-service associations in making known to the executors and heirs of armed...

Treaty of Lisbon: Referendums | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information the Government has obtained from surveys and opinion polls on the opinions of (a) hon. Members and (b) the...

English and Mathematics | Oral Answers to Questions - Children, Schools and Families | Commons debates
I am glad that the Secretary of State is arranging to build on the work on maths teaching of Professor Adrian Smith of Queen Mary college. Will the Secretary of State or one of his Ministers get...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation | Amendment of the Law | Commons debates
I am sure that the right hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) is right to say that we need to go beyond trying to make sure that when people start having children, when their incomes are low...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation | Amendment of the Law | Commons debates
I shall not speak for long. Labour Members have been talking about employment and employment rates. Much to most people's surprise, I spent six years as a junior Minister ending in 1990, when the...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation | Amendment of the Law | Commons debates
My hon. Friend is referring to the growth of public spending. I hope that he will remind the House that we must wait until the last two pages of the Red Book—pages 203 and 204—before...

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to provide further (a) training and (b) guidance for relevant healthcare professionals on the identification and management of alcohol...

Iraq Inquiry | Opposition Day - [8th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
What the House hopes to hear is why an argument that might have been premature 18 months ago has not matured now. We want to know, for example, whether the then Prime Minister put decisions in...

Pensioner Benefits | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates
There will be a welcome from Members on both sides of the House if that review is successful. Is the Minister satisfied with the situation of men over 60 in relatively low-paid full-time work who...

Territorial Army | Commons debates
If the Minister is coming to the end of his speech, may I say that the way in which he has approached the debate would make him a great recruiting sergeant for those who are in the Territorials...

Territorial Army | Commons debates
Is my hon. Friend delighted that Mr. Speaker himself is here for this debate, recognising the role of the Scottish TA? "Recognising the Opportunity", the useful report by the all-party reserve...

Zimbabwe | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
There will be a great welcome when Zimbabwe again becomes a full member of the Commonwealth. When the election results come, may I commend to the Foreign Secretary two quick words? The first is...

Engagements | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
When the Government changed the emphasis from the retail prices index to the consumer prices index, were they aware that their new choice of index would be substantially lower than the higher...

Finance Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
I had three messages today. One was from someone whose son had become ill and she wonders how she will pay for prescriptions, one was from a pensioner aged 63, and one was from a woman who says...

Finance Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for an ambiguous remark to be made that could encompass your response to the point of order properly made by my right hon. Friend the...

Crimes of Violence | Home Department | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of violence against the person have been recorded in each constituency in Sussex in each of the last five years.

Prisoners: Voting Rights | Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to issue his response to the consultation voting rights of convicted prisoners detained within the United Kingdom—The UK Government's...

V: Standards | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what objectives have been set for v involved teams which are working at the expense of the public purse; and what protocols govern such teams'...

V: Finance | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what funding from the public purse is being provided for the charity v in 2008-09; and how much was provided in 2007-08.

V: Educational Institutions | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which charities work in partnership with v in schools and colleges on activities funded by the public purse.

V | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the charity v does not replicate the work of other charities when carrying out work at the expense of...

Charities: Finance | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which charities receive funding from the public purse to increase the numbers of young volunteers.

Hospitals: Waiting Lists | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when Ministers in his Department first knew that the NHS quarterly statistics for inpatient and outpatient waiting times did not meet each of the six...

Elections (Increasing Turnout) | Oral Answers to Questions - Electoral Commission Committee | Commons debates
One of the ways in which participation is supposed to increase is by campaign spending by candidates. Will my hon. Friend please pass on to the Electoral Commission something that is a surprise...

NHS: Statistics | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information was made available, and when, to Ministers in his Department on the Department of Health's NHS quarterly inpatient and outpatient...

Hospitals: Waiting Lists | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when the National Statistician and the Statistics Authority will next review the NHS quarterly waiting time statistics.

Pay | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the average hourly earnings of (a) women and (b) men undertaking part-time (i) manual and (ii) non-manual work was in each of the last five...

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date the 10 pence income tax band was first announced or described by his Department as an interim or transitional measure; and if he will make a...

Income Tax: Tax Allowances | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date he approved the increase in personal allowance as announced on 13 May 2008.

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will visit Worthing hospital to discuss the CERNER IT system with clinicians; (2) whether the ministerial letter of 1 May 2008 to the hon....

Dalai Lama | Prime Minister | Written Answers
To ask the Prime Minister (1) when the Dalai Lama has met the holder of his Office in Downing Street during the past 30 years; (2) where he plans to meet the Dalai Lama during his forthcoming...

China: Earthquakes | Prime Minister | Written Answers
To ask the Prime Minister what message he sent to the Government of China following the earthquake in Chongqing.

Ministerial Statements | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when copies of his Oral Statement of 13 May 2008 (a) were planned to be and (b) were made available to (i) hon. Members (A) in the Vote Office and (B)...

Income Tax: Tax Allowances | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date he approved the increase in personal allowance as announced on 13 May 2008.

Krishna Maharaj | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the US authorities on the case of Krishna Maharaj; whether British Government...

Teachers: Mathematics | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what the minimum level qualification in mathematics is for a qualified teacher of mathematics in a (a) primary and (b)...

Mathematics: Education | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he expects to publish the final report of the review of the teaching of mathematics by Sir Peter Williams.

Terrorism | Home Department | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many production orders have been issued by each police force to media outlets under Schedule 5 of the Terrorism Act 2000; and what...

Official Cars: Standards | Transport | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) advertised and (b) actual fuel consumption in (i) imperial and (ii) metric measures are of each main model of car used by the Government...

Lisbon Treaty | Oral Answers to Questions - Defence | Commons debates
When the Foreign Secretary was young, this House passed devolution in Wales, which was rejected four to one by the Welsh people. At least when it was offered again 20 years later, they had...

Polyclinics | Opposition Day - [14th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
The Secretary of State is trying to share as much information with the House as possible. Is it not true that there are two other conditions? One is that no primary care trust can say, "No, we...

Polyclinics | Opposition Day - [14th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
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Polyclinics | Opposition Day - [14th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
Is not the point that over the past 10 years the Government have set up a system for commissioning, and are now going outside it, and that any PCT that declines to put a polyclinic somewhere in...

HMRC | Commons debates
May I say to the Chancellor that he should speak for himself rather than delegate? Will he tell us how many people have been chairmen or acting chairmen of HMRC during its existence? I put it to...

Engagements | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
The Prime Minister's script included references to ducking, so perhaps he would like to support the "Birdman" competition off Worthing pier in the first weekend in July. If the Prime Minister...

Members' Salaries (Expression of Opinion) (No. 2) | Bill Presented | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. The Government had better put in Tellers, or else they will lose the vote.

Members' Salaries | Bill Presented | Commons debates
If the House did not hear the last remark by my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth, West (Sir John Butterfill), he said that he accepted the amendment tabled by the right hon. Member for...

Topical Debate - Zimbabwe | Bill Presented | Commons debates
Will my hon. Friend give way?

Public Transport | Estimates Day - [3rd Allotted Day] - Estimates, 2008-09 - Department for Transport | Commons debates
I share the concern of my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton). Would it not have been better if the Government had said that, for the first couple of years,...

Engagements | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
May I associate Opposition Members with the remarks that have been made?On the national health service, the Labour party was the third party to agree with the Beveridge proposals. Now, the...

Departmental Special Advisers | Prime Minister | Written Answers
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list (a) his special envoys and (b) their (i) professions, (ii) responsibilities as envoys and (iii) dates of starting and ending their roles.

Carbon Reduction Commitment Scheme | Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what proportion of the organisations that were originally proposed to be included in the Carbon Reduction Commitment...

Western Sahara: Politics and Government | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will meet representatives of the Polisario Front to discuss the resolution of conflict over the Western Sahara.

Prisoners | Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his most recent estimate is of the effect of the size of the prison population on levels of crime.

Cabinet: Meetings | Prime Minister | Written Answers
To ask the Prime Minister on what occasions the Cabinet has met at times other than its regular meeting times since June 2007; which Cabinet Ministers did not attend the Cabinet meeting held in...

Worthing and Southlands Hospital Trust | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health in relation to the NHS IT system CERNER RO introduced to the Worthing and Southlands Hospital Trust, what benefits were expected as a result of the...

Prisons: Drugs | Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will estimate the level of use of illegal drugs by prisoners in each of the last 10 years.

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will estimate the extra costs incurred by the Worthing and Southlands Hospital Trust as a result of use of the CERNER NHS IT system in (a)...

Abortion | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many terminations of pregnancies of women in each (a) age group and (b) region have taken place in each of the last 10 years.

War Graves | Defence | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps would need to be taken to extend the Commonwealth War Graves Commission dates of commemoration from 31 December 1947.

Polyclinics | Opposition Day - [14th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
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Housing: Planning Permission | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what matters (a) may and (b) must be taken into account when a planning authority is determining an application to replace a...

Assisted Dying | Westminster Hall debates
The hon. Gentleman is helping the House and the country by talking about death in a way that is not embarrassed or afraid. Can he give the number of people in the Netherlands who have had death...

NHS: Information and Communications Technology | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospital trusts are using the NHS IT system Cerner; which version of the system each trust is using; when each trust installed the system initially;...

Economic Policy | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account has been taken by his Department of New Economics and post neo-classical endogenous growth theory in the formulation of economic policy since 1997.

Bank Services | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received on the situation of UK depositors in (a) the Isle of Man and (b) the Channel Island branches of Kaupthing Bank;...

NHS: Information and Communications Technology | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which (a) Ministers and (b) heads of NHS IT have been responsible for the Cerner systems; over what periods each such person was responsible for...

Prisoners: Voting Rights | Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Human Rights Act 1998 to provide for a universal franchise.

Prisoners: Voting Rights | Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what steps he plans to take to give effect in UK law to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Kirit v. the UK; (2)...

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2008, Official Report, column 1200W, on NHS: information and communications technology, (1) at what level of the...

V | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what funding his Department has provided for the charity V in the last five years; what estimate he has made of (a) the number of volunteers...

Local Government Finance Settlement | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
West Sussex and Worthing get the lowest increases—one day, I hope to be in the House to hear that that is no longer the case. May I ask the Minister why the word "plain" has been left out...

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what means under the NHS IT Cerner system's Power Chart (a) a doctor transfers a patient's case between consultants and (b) a modification or...

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the NHS IT Cerner system at Worthing and Southlands Hospital Trust reliably makes available at handover between nursing shifts and doctors' shifts...

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contribution the NHS IT Cerner system makes to hospital trusts' returns to the Department of Health.

Aortic Aneurysm: Medical Treatments | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health at which level of the NHS a decision on whether to screen men in the West Sussex Primary Care Trust area for abdominal aortic aneurysms will be made.

Aortic Aneurysm: Medical Treatments | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) endovascular repair and (b) open surgical repair for abdominal aortic aneurysms in terms of (i)...

Debate on the Address - [1st Day] | Outlawries Bill | Commons debates
On the night that the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) was elected, Labour lost a mining constituency in the midlands because almost every miner there hated the then Labour...

Debate on the Address - [1st Day] | Outlawries Bill | Commons debates
My intervention is designed to be helpful. We have heard from several people what they did not know. Would not it be good if someone at the centre of Government asked people what they did know,...

Debate on the Address - [1st Day] | Outlawries Bill | Commons debates
Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, we know that no charge has been laid. We have now had a second allegation from the Minister. If he has that information available in his hand...

Debate on the Address - [1st Day] | Outlawries Bill | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. In part of the last sentence, the Minister was saying why someone had joined the civil service. If that remark does not have any supporting evidence, it...

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contribution the NHS IT Cerner system makes to hospital trusts' returns to the Department of Health.

Government Information (Unauthorised Release) | Business of the House | Commons debates
On two of the occasions when I have talked to the commissioner or other senior police officers about operational matters, one shortly after the death of Stephen Lawrence and the other after the...

Business of the House | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Would it help the Deputy Leader of the House for you to ask MPs who want to speak in the main debate to stand so that he can see how many people want to speak?

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contribution the NHS IT Cerner system makes to hospital trusts' returns to the Department of Health.

Gaza | Olympics | Commons debates
The only thing that seems to be balanced is opinion in Israel, where 41 per cent. of people appear to support the action and 41 per cent. opposed it. Will the Government find a way to publish...

Security Situation | Northern Ireland | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the threat to security in Northern Ireland arising from the recent threat by the Real IRA to fight the long war.

Equitable Life | Westminster Hall debates
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one necessary task for the Prime Minister is to explain why the Chief Secretary did not give the House the information in the report or the Government's...

Ports (Rating System) | Oral Answers to Questions - Transport | Commons debates
I am glad that the Minister takes this seriously. In ports around the country, operators are threatened with closure and workers are having their jobs threatened by a retrospective £33...

Ports (Rating System) | Oral Answers to Questions - Transport | Commons debates
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government since December 2008 on the effects on the operation of ports of recent changes to the rating system...

Coroners' Courts | Oral Answers to Questions - Justice | Commons debates
Helpfully, the Secretary of State has responded on the needs of families of deceased people when there is an inquest. Will his Department continue, with the Department for Work and Pensions, to...

NHS: Ict | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contribution the NHS IT Cerner system makes to hospital trusts' returns to the Department of Health.

Engagements | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
Is it responsibility for the past or concerns for the future that the Prime Minister thinks is the dominant influence on his poll rating and the fear on the faces of those behind him?

Sri Lanka | Points of Order | Commons debates
Our task in the medium term is to try to help people come to terms with history. There is no way of writing up the Sri Lankan issue without pointing fingers one way or another. To the Sri Lankans...

Binyam Mohamed | Business of the House | Commons debates
Will the Foreign Secretary send a report of our exchanges to the United States and ask for a summary or redacted version of the documents, which would solve a particular problem? Does he regret...

Voluntary Work | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1126-27W, on v, how many (a) full-time, (b) part-time and (c)...

Western Sahara: Politics and Government | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the declaration of an exclusive economic zone by the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic...

International Relations | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received on the observance in the UK of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of...

Support for Women (Economic Downturn) | Points of Order | Commons debates
The Solicitor-General is probably thinking about the fact that not only did the Conservatives have the first female MP to take her seat, but the Labour party was the third party to have an Asian...

Business of the House | Commons debates
Can the Leader of the House ask the Justice Secretary or the Lord Chancellor's Department to make a written statement on the working of the Legal Services Commission contract payments protocol?...

St. Helena | International Development | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's total budget allocation to St. Helena was in each of the last 10 years.

Legal Aid: Payments | Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the Legal Services Commission will have paid the £10,000 outstanding at the end of January to a solicitor's practice in Worthing, as referred...

Legal Aid: Payments | Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the highest ratio is of money owed by the Legal Services Commission to a solicitor's practice providing approved legal aid under its contract...

European Working Time Directive | Opposition Day - [7th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
Will my hon. Friend join me in pointing out to the Secretary of State that his predecessor had helpful advice from many doctors, including from some in my constituency? They said then that the...

Women (Public Appointments) | Women and Equality | Commons debates
As well as doing what the law requires, will the Minister use her good offices to interview any Church of England bishop who says that he will not appoint a suffragan who is prepared to ordain women?

Sex Establishments | Culture Media and Sport | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will take steps to exclude lap dancing from the provisions of temporary event notices.

Schedule 19 - Minor and consequential amendments | Bill Presented | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. A number of Members of Parliament have been involved in inquests such as that for Stephen Lawrence, who was one of my constituents, or the inquest that might...

Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill | Prayers | Commons debates
I hope that the hon. Gentleman will be slightly more ambitious. The practice of politics should be making possible what is right. The measure he is proposing is right for the Churches, right for...

Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill | Prayers | Commons debates
My prediction is that we will need the next Conservative Government to carry this through, but we will listen to the Minister. Those of us who are Christians have a responsibility to bring the...

G20 Summit | Royal Assent | Commons debates
My constituency is one of those with a greater number of people out of work now than in February 1997, so getting jobs and trade going is important. It also has many pensioners. Will the...

Legal Aid: Finance | Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish the recent statement by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) on managing the remaining BACS payment runs for March; how legal aid...

Sri Lanka | Opposition Day - [10th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
The Minister and the hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) were right to say that what happens in the medium and long term is what will matter most. For now, may I ask the question...

Members' Allowances | Point of Order | Commons debates
rose—

Electoral Registers | Oral Answers to Questions - Justice | Commons debates
Leaving aside, for the moment, implementation of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights that prisoners should be registered and able to vote, what arrangements does the Department...

[Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair] - School Sixth Forms | Westminster Hall debates
I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning) for introducing this debate and I echo his thanks to Mr. Speaker for making it possible. Clearly, this subject...

[Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair] - School Sixth Forms | Westminster Hall debates
Further to that point of order, Mr. Hancock, I am not sure that there is even an official present who might be able to tell the Minister what to say, or even what we have said.

Jobseeker's Allowance | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates
How many constituencies now have a higher number of people out of work and claiming benefit than they did in February 1997?

Sri Lanka | Points of Order | Commons debates
May I say four sentences? First, I pay tribute to the gentleness and courtesy of the demonstrators in Parliament square; there have been times when I have tried to get through when they have been...

Cyclist Safety | Oral Answers to Questions - Transport | Commons debates
The Secretary of State will understand that an increase in cycling can lead to a lower risk for each cyclist but a greater number of casualties among cyclists—that is one of the...

Unemployment | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in which parliamentary constituencies the (a) number and (b) proportion of people out of work was greater in the latest month for which figures...

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] - Light Dues | Westminster Hall debates
I am glad that neither the hon. Lady nor my hon. Friend suggested that yachtsmen should have to start contributing to light dues. One of the great things about this country is that they can use...

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] - Light Dues | Westminster Hall debates
Just because I am a great believer in plain English, does rationalisation mean amalgamation? If it does, many people will think that the first thing that the new organisation would have to do is...

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] - Light Dues | Westminster Hall debates
My hon. Friend is making some valuable points, some of which the Department for Transport could make to the Irish Government. On that last point, there is a general economic pressure, of which...

Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons | Bill Presented - Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill | Commons debates
The Minister confirms that since another sub-paragraph was included, paragraph (1)(d) has become (1)(e), and I think that is what she is referring to. Does she agree that it would have been...

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill | Prayers | Commons debates
Again, the Minister may or may not know the answer to this question off the cuff, and I do not mind getting a letter later. Will that power apply retrospectively if a company already has the word...

Swine Flu Update | Prayers | Commons debates
Will the Secretary of State consider preparing for the issue of a written statement on Monday? It could answer some of the detailed questions to which I am not sure the House has heard the...

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill | Prayers | Commons debates
If the Bill reaches the other place, perhaps it might be possible to unpack in public what the words "the Treasury" mean. Otherwise, perhaps the Minister could write to me. I accept his point,...

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill | Prayers | Commons debates
I thought that the Postal Services Bill had been delayed, but we will do what we can to help the Government. The right hon. Gentleman made a serious point in observing that the Bill has been...

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill | Prayers | Commons debates
The House will have enjoyed becoming familiar with the hon. Lady's speech just as much as I suspect she did—with the bits that were in order, that is. I had not realised that we had to find...

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill | Prayers | Commons debates
On modernisation, perhaps the right hon. Gentleman will consider, given that "industrial" has gone out of vogue, whether that also applies to "Labour", and whether the party should be branded...

Health Bill [ Lords] | Bill Presented | Commons debates
In addition to that, will the Secretary of State try, whenever he can, to make the point to those who smoke that they should try never to be the first person to light up in any group and that...

Members' Allowances | Commons debates
rose—

Sri Lanka | Commons debates
May I say four sentences? First, I pay tribute to the gentleness and courtesy of the demonstrators in Parliament square; there have been times when I have tried to get through when they have been...

Sale of Government Assets | Oral Answers to Questions - Children, Schools and Families | Commons debates
Columns 586 to 588 in Hansard on 9 July 1987 contain the acceptance by the Labour spokesman that the Dartford bridge—effectively the first privately funded, operated, designed and built...

eCall | Transport | Written Answers
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what his policy is on the implementation of eCall in-car communication technology in (a) the UK and (b) the EU; what estimate his...

Aviation | Transport | Written Answers
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment he has made of trends in the rate of (a) air proximity incidents and (b) risk-bearing incidents in UK airspace in each of...

Engagements | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
Carter-Ruck, experts in reputation management, are reported as saying that their original injunction gave them the power to prevent what was said in Parliament from being reported. No court...

NHS: Costs | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what dates (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister were first informed of the commissioning by his Department of the study by McKinsey and Company into NHS...

Equitable Life | Opposition Day - [19th allotted day] | Commons debates
Will the hon. Gentleman refresh the House's memory on the time scale the ombudsman had in mind and on how much of that time is gone? While I am intervening, may I put it on the record that...

English Libel Law (Parliamentary Proceedings) - [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] | Westminster Hall debates
I do not think that this is a libel case. Does my hon. Friend agree that it would be helpful if Trafigura spelled out what was the subsequent court action for which the injunction and...

English Libel Law (Parliamentary Proceedings) - [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] | Westminster Hall debates
My hon. Friend is making his point reasonably, but it is worth pointing out that the PEN and Index on Censorship briefing, which is available today, but which he may not have seen, gives a full...

English Libel Law (Parliamentary Proceedings) - [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] | Westminster Hall debates
By way of a declaration of fact, I should say that I have had four successful claims against newspapers for libel, but that was in cases where what was said was untrue, damaging and not...

Business without Debate - Parliamentary Election Rules | Opposition Day | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I did not want to interrupt the passage of this motion, which I think is an elegant solution to a problem, but I do want to draw attention to paragraph 10 of the...

Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | Opposition Day - [20th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
Further to that point of order, Mr. Speaker. Yes must be the House's response to what you have said. That might not be a point of order under this motion, but to make a point of order to the...

Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | Opposition Day - [20th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
I am not sure who is advising the Leader of the House or the House authorities, but can we have an assurance—if not now, in a written statement later—that what would be required of an...

Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | Opposition Day - [20th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
Could the Deputy Leader of the House confirm that we are talking about an independent body that will be supervised by the members of the Committee that we are discussing and that it would be open...

Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | Opposition Day - [20th Allotted Day] | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Is it in order to use the word "tainted" about someone who takes on a position of responsibility in a party in Parliament?

Clause 8 - Special Advisers code | Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) | Commons debates
That was 12 years ago. At the time, what was the proper way for people to raise that issue and say that the situation was either ineffective or improper, or both?

MPs' Expenses and Allowances | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates
In joining hon. Members in thanking Sir Christopher and his colleagues, may I ask the Leader of the House please to reconsider her answer to the question on a "take note" debate? There are...

Education and Health | Bills Presented | Commons debates
I am not trying to make a party point about the three organisations with acronyms, given that LINks did not follow CHCs, because something else came in between. However, the LINks decision has...

Education and Health | Bills Presented | Commons debates
It has been interesting to listen to today's speeches and some from yesterday also repay reading. I would particularly like to commend the speech of the hon. Member for Thurrock (Andrew...

Education and Health | Bills Presented | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Would it be possible to have the extra electrons that have been added to the Secretary of State taken away so that he can become less negative and more neutral?...

UNESCO: Prizes | International Development | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what role his Department played in the processes leading to UNESCO's decision to establish the UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo...

UNESCO: Prizes | International Development | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations he has received on UNESCO's decision to establish the UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for...

Asylum | Home Department | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the outcome was of the Prime Minister's question-and-answer session with members of the Mumsnet forum on 16 October 2009; to what...

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | Deferred divisions | Commons debates
The hon. Gentleman's last point contradicts virtually everything in "Erskine May". "Erskine May" is not a book of things that have never changed; everything that is in "Erskine May" is there...

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | Deferred divisions | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. The hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath) is suggesting that if an amendment selected by the Speaker is carried, it would invalidate another motion....

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | Deferred divisions | Commons debates
Further to that point of order, Mr. Speaker. The original suggestion to the House was that the original Question be not now put. Given that that was not accepted, we were able to go on with the...

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | Deferred divisions | Commons debates
Further to that point of order, Mr. Speaker.

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | Deferred divisions | Commons debates
Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Are we to understand that the hon. Gentleman has not moved an amendment, and that having made his own speech, he now proposes that the main...

London Metropolitan University: Finance | Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the KPMG Report to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) reviewing lessons...

Departmental Public Expenditure | Work and Pensions | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much money her Department (a) lost in each year since 2005 and (b) expects to lose in each of the next three years through administrative...

Election of the Deputy Speakers | Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) | Commons debates
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for East Yorkshire (Mr. Knight), the Chairman of the Procedure Committee, for explaining the difference between the two parts of this process....

Sittings of the House | Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) | Commons debates
I will not deviate from what I intended to say, which is not as extensive as it would be if I followed every remark that the hon. Gentleman felt he ought to have made in his speech and that he...

Sittings of the House | Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) | Commons debates
I certainly think it right that such Bills should be discussed, and I admire the way in which my hon. Friend manages to do that so effectively and, often, so extensively.

Sittings of the House | Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) | Commons debates
I am grateful to the Liberal Democrat spokesman for anticipating a possible result of the certain general election. The problem here is caused by the expiry of Parliament in May. The Government,...

Sittings of the House | Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) | Commons debates
Eighteen.

Sittings of the House | Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) | Commons debates
My hon. Friend has dealt with the Deputy Leader of the House's point in a very fair way. What we have not heard from those on the Government Front Bench, either in an intervention or in a speech,...

Sittings of the House | Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) | Commons debates
Just to make the situation clear to those who will read this debate, my hon. Friend is suggesting that three spare Fridays in January-before the first one that the Government have proposed-are...

Social Security Benefits: Publicity | Work and Pensions | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much money her Department (a) spent in each year since 2005 and (b) expects to spend in each of the next three years to raise public...

Clause 32 - Resignation from the House of Lords | Ambulance Response Times (Local Reporting) | Commons debates
The Minister is taking my argument down a direction that I had not intended; he is right to do so. People cannot stay here for more than five years as their term expires. Parliaments expire; I...

Clause 32 - Resignation from the House of Lords | Ambulance Response Times (Local Reporting) | Commons debates
I suppose that I ought to declare that my wife sits in the House of Lords, although my remarks are not directed at her. There might be a convention that the Prime Minister does not sit in the...

Clause 30 - Removal of members of house of lords etc | Ambulance Response Times (Local Reporting) | Commons debates
May I add a word, Sir Michael? It might be useful if the other place could consider adding the words "the disreputable" between "that" and "conduct" in clause 31(2)(b), which would allow...

Clause 30 - Removal of members of house of lords etc | Ambulance Response Times (Local Reporting) | Commons debates
I am not sure that it was totally clear what the hon. Gentleman was saying. Could he possibly say it again quite briefly for the Minister?

Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants Etc.) Bill | Commons debates
I do not want to intrude on the debate, but it might be a sensible innovation, or adaptation, if the Vote Office had a list of the documents that had been deposited in the Library. That would...

Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants Etc.) Bill | Commons debates
I can claim only 34 years, but I hope that that success will be shared between us.

Income Tax | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to be affected by the new 50 per cent. tax band.

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
I will not return to that point now. Will the Secretary of State kindly say what will be the arrangements for the staff of Members of Parliament, whether there will be guidance, and whether we...

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
Is that the kind of advocacy for which the right hon. Gentleman would not have been paid very much if he had done it before coming to Parliament?

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
I am. That is a reminder that this House should not be for those who are well off and those who are poor, both of whom can come to this place and not have too much of a worry. It also should not...

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
Non-taxable and non-pensionable. The idea of bringing in a receipt for every small bit of spending is one of the mistakes into which the House and those who have been invigilating its affairs...

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
I often agree with the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson), but I do not agree with him on a number of points today. For example, why should MPs not be responsible on these matters? For most...

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
It just means that in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, but not in Scotland, the compliance officer has to go to the county court and make an application, and that if that court agrees, it...

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
The hon. Gentleman puts a delicate point, but provision is made for pay to go back to the day or day after the election. If we sign on, say, two weeks after the election, that will be within the...

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
The hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Andrew Miller) did not read out paragraph (1)(3) of new schedule 9, which states: "The IPSA may, after consulting the Minister for the Civil...

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
Six?

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
This may be helpful to the Minister. New clause 73(2) and (3) deal with MPs' salaries. It is probably better if I do not read out both, but proposed new subsection (2) states: "The first...

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
No one would claim that these are easy things. It seems clear from what the Secretary of State has just said that nothing in today's proceedings on the Bill will alter the parliamentary...

New Clause 70 - Parliamentary standards: Compliance Officer | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Ways and Means) (No. 2) | Commons debates
The Justice Secretary has explained that the compliance officer will work with IPSA. Those of us who are not up-to-date with all this would understand from what he said that we will also have a...

[Mr. Edward O'Hara in the Chair] - Population and Immigration | Westminster Hall debates
I ask my hon. Friend to reflect, either now or later, on how that net immigration of 21,000 compares with the number of people returning or coming from overseas and registering with GPs. That...

Tax Allowances: Pensions | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) public and (b) private sector employees likely to be affected by the changes to tax relief on...

Copyright: Recordings | Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to bring forward legislation to clarify the lawfulness of copying for personal use a recording the...

Parliamentary Scrutiny of EU Business | Oral Answers to Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker.

Income Tax | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to be affected by the new 50 per cent. tax band.

Academies | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent representations he has received from the Charity Commission on the method of achieving charitable status for...

Income Tax | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to be affected by the new 50 per cent. tax band.

Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill | Commons debates
My hon. Friend has kindly quoted the Local Government Association's support, and earlier he referred to the campaigners, but will he inform the House of the main campaigners and pass on our...

Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill | Commons debates
Will the hon. Lady join me in applauding the television coverage which has shown that some of those vulture fund people take their names off their doors when they are asked what they are doing?...

Charities: Registration | Cabinet Office | Written Answers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what categories of charity are exempt from registration.

Insurance: Buildings | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to give the Financial Services Authority the power to consider cases of unreasonable buildings insurance premiums charged...

Charities: Registration | Cabinet Office | Written Answers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what categories of charity are exempt from registration.

Income Tax | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to be affected by the new 50 per cent. tax band.

Education: Charities | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether any additional changes to arrangements for registration of educational charities have been agreed with the Charity...

[Mr. George Howarth in the Chair] - British Indian Ocean Territory | Westminster Hall debates
I agree with every word that has been said. I put it to the hon. Gentleman that it is not only immoral; it is also impractical. It will not work in the end, so the sooner we find a resolution,...

Justice and Northern Ireland | Commons debates
Does my hon. Friend agree that although we will not know the report's conclusions until after the election, proceedings were, despite their length, held in an open way with the stenographer's...

Charities: Registration | Cabinet Office | Written Answers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what categories of charity are exempt from registration.

Amendment of the Law | Commons debates
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Secretary of State has six pages of quotes. Can we hear them all at once, rather than one after another? [ Laughter. ]

Chagos Islands | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates
indicated dissent.

Chagos Islands | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates
Will the Minister try again to explain what happened between 10 March and 1 April, the first day after Parliament rose for Easter? Will he also kindly explain the size of the proposed area, and...

Chagos Islands | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates
indicated dissent.

Clause 1 - Amendment of existing procedure in Sustainable Communities Act 2007 | Orders of the Day | Commons debates
Further to my earlier point of order, Mr. Speaker. Am I right in thinking that it is for the Serjeant to look into the issue that I raised earlier?

Points of Order | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. On the issue of Charlie Whelan's pass, is it in order for a lobbyist to have a pass for this place?

Points of Order | Commons debates
Further to the points of order, Mr. Speaker. The issue that I think was raised was one about lobbying. A political director of an outside organisation with a parliamentary pass is a lobbyist....

Clause 8 | Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill | Public Bill Committees
What does clause 8 mean?

Clause 3 | Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill | Public Bill Committees
I ask the promoters to consider—not necessarily today—two minor points. Subsections (4) and (6) start with the word “but”. I was brought up to believe that any sentence that...

Clause 2 | Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill | Public Bill Committees
I hope that the hon. Lady will consider the point that I made on subsection (10). As for the issues raised about debts and subsection (3), under subsection (4)(a), a short-term debt is included...

Clause 2 | Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill | Public Bill Committees
May I ask the Committee to pay attention to subsection (10)? Are the words on line 16—“treat the debt”—the best ones? Might it be considered at some stage whether they might...

Clause 1 | Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill | Public Bill Committees
May I suggest to the hon. Member for Northampton, North, who is promoting the Bill, that she might want to consider adding 2004 to the Bill at a later stage? The year appears once, by chance, in...

Clause 1 | Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill | Public Bill Committees
On a point of order, Mr. Chope. Is the word “nerd” an acceptable parliamentary expression?

Clause 1 | Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill | Public Bill Committees
I thought that my hon. Friend the Member for South-East Cambridgeshire was going to finish by saying the sooner the election came, the better for the consumer. Allow me to say it for...

Debate on the Address - [1st Day] | Deputy Speakers | Commons debates
I congratulate the hon. Member for Derby North (Chris Williamson) on his speech. Anyone who looks at Parliament and thinks that we do not get quality people has not spent time listening to...

NHS: Dismissal | Health | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reasons were for the dismissal of each consultant dismissed from each hospital trust since 2005; and from which NHS employer and on what dates...

Beer | Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the change in the number of jobs in the UK dependent on the pubs and beer industry in the last 30 months.

Excise Duties: Beer | Treasury | Written Answers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many changes there have been to the level of duty in sales of beer in the last 30 months; and what the total percentage change has been.

Economic Growth | Oral Answers to Questions - Treasury | Commons debates
We agree that investment, enterprise and modest tax rates will help the economy grow out of the inherited mess. In addition to the academic work of Arthur Laffer and Sir James Mirrlees, will my...

Economic Growth | Oral Answers to Questions - Treasury | Commons debates
What steps his Department is taking to increase economic growth.

Linda Carty | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consular contact his Department maintains with Linda Carty in Mountain View Unit, Gatesville, Texas; what assessment he has...

UNESCO: Prizes | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will request the members of the Regional Electoral Group, representing the UK's interests on the UNESCO Executive Board,...

Economic Growth | Oral Answers to Questions - Treasury | Commons debates
What steps his Department is taking to increase economic growth.

Chagos Islands | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates
indicated dissent.

Listed Places of Worship | Oral Answers to Questions - Church Commissioners | Commons debates
My hon. Friend is admirably suited to following the hon. Member for Middlesbrough (Sir Stuart Bell) in this post. Will he pass back to the Synod the fact that we look forward in this House to...

Listed Places of Worship | Oral Answers to Questions - Church Commissioners | Commons debates
When the responsibilities of the Second Church Estates Commissioner in respect of this House were last reviewed.

Economic Growth | Oral Answers to Questions - Treasury | Commons debates
What steps his Department is taking to increase economic growth.

Passports: Application | Home Department | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason the passport with serial number 704503426 was purported to have been impounded; for what reason it was clipped; from whom her...

Clause 1 - Amendment of existing procedure in Sustainable Communities Act 2007 | Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill | Commons debates
Further to my earlier point of order, Mr. Speaker. Am I right in thinking that it is for the Serjeant to look into the issue that I raised earlier?

Points of Order | Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. On the issue of Charlie Whelan's pass, is it in order for a lobbyist to have a pass for this place?

Equitable Life | Business of the House | Commons debates
I am a member of EMAG, but I will not take any compensation for my own benefit. May I put it to my hon. Friend that his statement will be welcomed? However, although no one thought that £4...

Road Traffic Offences: Fines | Transport | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to enable motorists charged under the Traffic Management Act 2004 to pay a charge and to appeal against it.

Women Bishops | Oral Answers to Questions - Church Commissioners | Commons debates
I hope my hon. Friend will ask the Synod to recognise that the House welcomed the decision it took to trust women bishops to do the right things, rather than trying to force them into being...

Voter Registration | Oral Answers to Questions - Deputy Prime Minister | Commons debates
Would it be possible to go to those who have great details, such as credit agencies and mobile phone operators, and within data protection law use their private information to help to ensure that...

Multiple Temporary Event Notices | Home Department | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward proposals to enable multiple temporary event notices to be submitted on a single application.

Economic Growth | Oral Answers to Questions - Treasury | Commons debates
What steps his Department is taking to increase economic growth.

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