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Business of the House

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

439 c1661 

Session

2005-06

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Leader of the House of Commons

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House of Commons chamber

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Business of the House
Thursday, 24 November 2005
Proceeding contributions
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Lord Grayling | 439 c1661 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House give us the business for next week?

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1661 (Link to this contribution) The business for next week will be as follows: Monday 28 November—Second Reading of the Childcare B...

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Lord Young of Cookham | 439 c1667 (Link to this contribution) May we have an early debate in Government time on the Prime Minister’s refusal to allow Lord Birt to...

Julie Morgan | 439 c1673 (Link to this contribution) I add my support to a free vote on the smoking restrictions. May I urge my right hon. Friend to do a...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1671-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his confidence in my abilities to instruct the Prime M...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1669-70 (Link to this contribution) The first stage of the consultation is scheduled to be concluded by 23 December, but that will happe...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1665 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the issue. The international community clearly needs to ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1669 (Link to this contribution) I have dealt with this question on a number of previous occasions, and I am sure that I have tested ...

Celia Barlow | 439 c1666 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House make time for the Home Secretary to make a statement on the case of my ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1672-3 (Link to this contribution) I never cease to be amazed by the range of my responsibilities. I am delighted to discover that I mi...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1665 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. I am sure that he had an opportunity to raise that question in the past...

Peter Robinson | 439 c1665-6 (Link to this contribution) After yesterday, does the Leader of the House believe that he can persuade the Secretary of State fo...

Lord Grayling | 439 c1661-3 (Link to this contribution) I have told the Leader of the House how annoyed hon. Members are about the decision to postpone next...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1676-7 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept that at all. The Government have recently proposed a change in legislation to protec...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1672 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to raise the important issue of the chemical industry, which is a vital empl...

Paul Flynn | 439 c1670-1 (Link to this contribution) Is the Leader of the House aware that opinion in Wales is more united against police reorganisation ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1666-7 (Link to this contribution) I will not comment on a specific legal case, but I accept the more general point in relation to the ...

Pete Wishart | 439 c1673-4 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate about the availability of digital television, especially as we move towards ana...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1673 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to raise the matter and it is important to try to move towards a settlement....

Shailesh Vara | 439 c1670 (Link to this contribution) We have learned today that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office made a number of mistakes at the time...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1675 (Link to this contribution) And to Labour Members. Perhaps in contrast to the long period of Conservative Government, when many ...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 439 c1675 (Link to this contribution) The Turner commission on pensions is due to publish its report soon. May we have an assurance that t...

Fraser Kemp | 439 c1670 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House ensure that when the education Bill comes before the House there is amp...

Mark Pritchard | 439 c1676-7 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House find time for a debate on freedom of speech and, as we approach the Chr...

Greg Clark | 439 c1676 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House arrange a debate on the scope of the NHS, at a time when GPs are being ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1670 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that important issue. All those of us who are concerned ...

Mark Prisk | 439 c1673 (Link to this contribution) In his opening remarks, the Leader of the House told us that there would be no debate next Thursday ...

Jim Sheridan | 439 c1667 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend arrange for a statement to be made on the Government’s thinking on corpora...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1664 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has raised an important issue, which inevitably comes up each year. May I assure him,...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1675 (Link to this contribution) I am confident that if there are specific proposals for changes, there will be every opportunity to ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1677 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows full well that this Government have put enormous extra resources into polic...

Andrew MacKay | 439 c1675-6 (Link to this contribution) To return to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Cambridgeshire (Mr. Vara), a...

Chris Mullin | 439 c1669 (Link to this contribution) May I press my right hon. Friend on the suggestion that a free vote be held on the extent of the res...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1661-3 (Link to this contribution) I am always grateful to the shadow Leader of the House for the entertainment that he provides, no do...

David Heath | 439 c1663-4 (Link to this contribution) In the light of tragic events overnight, may I yet again ask the Leader of the House when we will ha...

Nicholas Winterton | 439 c1665 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House arrange for an Education Minister to make a statement about the decreas...

David Leslie Taylor | 439 c1674 (Link to this contribution) Does the Leader of the House agree that crime is a local problem that should, as far as possible, be...

Eric Forth | 439 c1671-2 (Link to this contribution) If the Leader of the House is going to persist in tying the EU rebate to the common agricultural pol...

Roger Gale | 439 c1669-70 (Link to this contribution) I should place on the record my interest as a warrant-holding special constable. The Leader of the H...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1674 (Link to this contribution) No.

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1666 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly ensure that my right hon. Friend is made aware of my hon. Friend’s concerns on this...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1670 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I believe that he is being somewhat harsh on the Foreign Offi...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1670-1 (Link to this contribution) I am slightly surprised to hear my normally radical friend taking such a conservative—with a small c...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1677 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady knows full well that a significant increase in resources has been made available to th...

Martin Linton | 439 c1672-3 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend find time for a short debate on the beers offered for sale in Strangers Ba...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1663-4 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and for Defence ...

Christopher Fraser | 439 c1666 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House consider an urgent debate on the crisis in adult learning? The Federati...

David Howarth | 439 c1669 (Link to this contribution) May I return to the question of next Thursday’s business and offer the Leader of the House a suggest...

Ashok Kumar | 439 c1672 (Link to this contribution) In the light of what the hon. Member for Macclesfield (Sir Nicholas Winterton) said about support fo...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1667 (Link to this contribution) Certainly a great deal of attention has been given to this aspect of the law in recent years. It is ...

Viscount Hailsham | 439 c1671 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House reorganise the business programme so that we can discuss the amalgamati...

Marsha Singh | 439 c1665 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend find time to debate the south Asian earthquake disaster, which The Indepen...

Desmond Swayne | 439 c1674-5 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement from a Health Minister on the spread of MRSA? On Monday, when we discussed p...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1673-4 (Link to this contribution) As I understood it, the reason for changing the licence fee was precisely to allow digital services ...

Crispin Blunt | 439 c1677 (Link to this contribution) May I re-emphasise to the Leader of the House how bad it looks that we will not have a debate on pol...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1671 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman makes his point with his customary style, and I have noted his ...

Diana Johnson | 439 c1668 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my right hon. Friend is aware of early-day motion 801, which calls for the vote at 16...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1666 (Link to this contribution) I am well aware of the concern that has arisen throughout the country. I am sure, however, that the ...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 439 c1664 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the irresponsible and antisocial use of fireworks this year? Everybody enjoy...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1675-6 (Link to this contribution) I have said that the report is important, and that we must learn lessons from what was an overwhelmi...

Lord McLoughlin | 439 c1676 (Link to this contribution) Is the Leader of the House aware that the fourth Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in a year ...

Sion Simon | 439 c1666-7 (Link to this contribution) My constituents, whom I will not name but whose case is well known, who are victims of Professor Roy...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1672 (Link to this contribution) I have nothing to add to what I have said on several occasions about the need for a debate. The hon....

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1669 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an interesting constitutional question about the willingness of Opposition...

David Gauke | 439 c1674 (Link to this contribution) May I urge the Leader of the House to reconsider the cancellation of the debate on police amalgamati...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1674 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that it is important that all agencies that deal with crime locally are adeq...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1671 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising what is obviously an important issue for him as a consti...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1667 (Link to this contribution) I am surprised that the right hon. Gentleman raises the issue in that way. He is usually rather more...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1676 (Link to this contribution) In the dim and distant past, as a very young member of the Opposition Whips Office, I used to admire...

Lord Garnier | 439 c1667-8 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to take the removal of the debate on police restructuring a little...

Lord Harper | 439 c1672 (Link to this contribution) When I recently asked the Leader of the House about the debate on police restructuring, he said that...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1663 (Link to this contribution) I cannot promise my hon. Friend an early debate, but there are opportunities that he might seek to e...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1668 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important issue, and it is something that the Government continue to consid...

Barry Sheerman | 439 c1663 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on corporate governance, particularly the corporate structure of the Tc...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1676 (Link to this contribution) On the contrary, the Government have made tremendous progress in extending the availability of flu j...

Nadine Dorries | 439 c1677 (Link to this contribution) Bedford hospital, which cares for my constituents, has just closed two wards. It is £8.5 million in ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1673 (Link to this contribution) Given that I announced that there would be a debate, it is a little unfair of the hon. Gentleman to ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1667-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. He was clearly getting into a contentious area in the later par...

Tony Baldry | 439 c1675 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House was careful in the way in which he quoted from the national grid winter outl...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1674-5 (Link to this contribution) The Government have invested an extra £68 million in tackling MRSA and it is showing results. There ...

Geoffrey Hoon | 439 c1665-6 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland was here yesterday both answering q...

David Clelland | 439 c1671 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Highways Agency is blocking much-needed development of busine...

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