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Business of the House

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

438 c969 

Session

2005-06

Department

Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c969 (Link to this contribution) The business for next week is as follows: Monday 7 November—Second Reading of the Council Tax (New ...

Lord Grayling | 438 c969 (Link to this contribution) Can the Leader of the House give us the business for next week?

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Richard Younger-Ross | 438 c976 (Link to this contribution) Earlier this week, Best Mate tragically died at Devon and Exeter racecourse. Will the Leader of the ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c976 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my distinguished predecessor, Robin Cook, would have had an answer to the hon. Gentle...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c978 (Link to this contribution) I assure the right hon. Gentleman that there is no comprehensive ban on the discussion of that Bil...

Peter Robinson | 438 c975 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House said earlier that legislation for the so-called on-the-runs was due to be ...

Lord McCabe | 438 c978 (Link to this contribution) Can we have an early debate on the responsibilities that local authorities should observe when dra...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c978 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made his point, but I would not wish to be drawn into what appears to be a pote...

Andrew Miller | 438 c971 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be aware that unemployment in the north-west of England has come down by 4...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c981 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) is supposed to be on my side. On the impo...

Lord Grayling | 438 c969-71 (Link to this contribution) Can the Leader of the House provide Members with an update on the Terrorism Bill? He will be aware t...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c980-1 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House always has an open mind. I could not make the same point to the right hon....

Pete Wishart | 438 c982-3 (Link to this contribution) When we have the debate on returning asylum seekers, can we have a good and proper look at the use o...

Dan Rogerson | 438 c981 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the subject of self-regulating professions? Several of my constituents have ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c981-2 (Link to this contribution) As I have said to the hon. Gentleman previously, mental health is an important issue. I accept that ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c973 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that suggestion from the hon. Gentleman.—[Interruption.] I am sure that promotio...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c981 (Link to this contribution) I would regard an Adjournment debate in Westminster Hall as an excellent vehicle. One of the charact...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c982 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that issue. My constituency is not that far away f...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c977 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has been assiduous in raising these issues and I congratulate him on that. Howeve...

David Gauke | 438 c979 (Link to this contribution) Given the rapid move towards the amalgamation of police forces as a consequence of the O’Connor repo...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend that the result of the referendum in the north-east showed that that par...

Chris Bryant | 438 c976 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate as soon as possible on Iran? Does the Leader of the House accept that it is not...

Anthony D Wright | 438 c981 (Link to this contribution) On Saturday, we will remember that it is the 400th anniversary of the gunpowder plot. Many of my con...

Sharon Hodgson | 438 c976-7 (Link to this contribution) Has the Leader of the House seen early-day motion 840? [That this House believes that British Telec...

Paul Flynn | 438 c983 (Link to this contribution) The vote on the smoking ban is really a vote on whether we have a partial or total ban—whether we vo...

Lord Young of Cookham | 438 c978 (Link to this contribution) What has happened to the Government’s Bill on smoking, which was published last month, but which, to...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c979-80 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important issue. There is little doubt that that debate has been started. M...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) I repeat what I have said about the ministerial code—it exists to govern the conduct of Ministers du...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c975-6 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that the right hon. Gentleman has taken that approach. As I made clear, successive Prime ...

Eric Forth | 438 c975-6 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on the ministerial code, which is allegedly written and policed by the ...

John Robertson | 438 c979-80 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be aware that earlier today, during Trade and Industry questions, there we...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c976-7 (Link to this contribution) One thing that I do know about BT is that it has a very effective public affairs department, so I am...

Tony Baldry | 438 c983 (Link to this contribution) Last year, as a one-off, the Government pumped £1 billion into local government finance because, und...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c983 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend has not done this directly to me in the past, but I anticipate that he...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c975 (Link to this contribution) I cannot promise my hon. Friend a debate next week, but he raises an important matter. There is a pr...

Andrew Mackinlay | 438 c980-1 (Link to this contribution) Can I take the Leader of the House back to his reply a few moments ago to the right hon. Member for ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c969-71 (Link to this contribution) Given the detailed debates that took place yesterday on the Terrorism Bill and which will again take...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c982-3 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman well knows, this is an important, sensitive and difficult issue right across t...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c979 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was about to say to my hon. Friend that, having had to prepare for Cabinet...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 438 c973 (Link to this contribution) Can the Leader of the House find time to debate early-day motion 385? [That this House recommends t...

Alistair Burt | 438 c980 (Link to this contribution) Some farmers in my constituency, despite 23 months of struggle and being placed on a priority priori...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c973 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that my hon. Friend takes such a pessimistic view of the middle east, and particularly so...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c974 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that important issue. It is important not only for the U...

Michael Moore | 438 c978-9 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will be aware of the continuing anger from all sides about the Office of F...

Mike Hall | 438 c975 (Link to this contribution) Cheshire county council, under a review that is euphemistically called ““Transforming Learning Commu...

Joan Walley | 438 c974 (Link to this contribution) After the earthquake in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, what scope is there for a debate during which we ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c979 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to raise the issue of that important report on the future structure of o...

David Heath | 438 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House must hope that next week will be slightly better than this week as far as th...

Geraldine Smith | 438 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that last year’s referendum on regional government in the north-east...

Siobhain McDonagh | 438 c979 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend allow a debate on the front-page story of today’s Wimbledon Post on mis-sp...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) I am always grateful for such spirited contributions from the hon. Gentleman. Perhaps I misunderstoo...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c971 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to raise that issue, but we have had a debate—it was called the general elec...

Nicholas Winterton | 438 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) On the sub judice rule raised by the shadow Leader of the House, the Government owe the House a de...

Denis MacShane | 438 c982 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House for a debate on housing in south Yorkshire, in the light of a writ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c975 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising an important issue that is sensitive for many people...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c983 (Link to this contribution) I recall the hon. Gentleman’s giving the then Opposition lectures on the need to balance budgets and...

Tim Loughton | 438 c981-2 (Link to this contribution) I have raised with the Leader of the House on several occasions the subject of the elusive draft Men...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c980 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman went from a perfectly sensible question about a practical problem...

John Bercow | 438 c977 (Link to this contribution) Given the growing scandal of unsafe removals of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe, Somalia and Sudan...

Brian Iddon | 438 c973 (Link to this contribution) The disengagement plan that the Israelis implemented in Gaza has caused more problems than it has so...

Paul Truswell | 438 c977-8 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Secretary of State for Transport has said today that he will ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c977-8 (Link to this contribution) I know that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has looked at a number of these cases very c...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c978-9 (Link to this contribution) It is important that we consider the importance of agriculture and the provision of food in our supe...

Geoffrey Hoon | 438 c976 (Link to this contribution) I emphasise again the importance that the Government attach to the disturbing situation in Iran. My ...

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