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Business of the House

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

440 c385 

Session

2005-06

Department

Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Grayling | 440 c385 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Deputy Leader of the House to the Dispatch Box and ask him to give us the business for...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c385 (Link to this contribution) As you are aware, Mr. Speaker, my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House is on an overseas minist...

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Nigel Griffiths | 440 c397 (Link to this contribution) Any decision taken on the future of nuclear power will, as I said earlier, be the subject of a White...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c392 (Link to this contribution) I hope that we are able to consider that Bill when parliamentary time allows that to happen. I regre...

Andrew Miller | 440 c397-8 (Link to this contribution) It was left to a member of the public to notify me of the disgraceful actions of FirstBus in my cons...

Julian Lewis | 440 c398 (Link to this contribution) Can the Deputy Leader of the House explain to us why the armed forces Bill, which has been long year...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c394 (Link to this contribution) In view of the clear strength of feeling among Opposition Members, I might ask why one of their impo...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 440 c390-1 (Link to this contribution) Can we have a debate on planning laws, and specifically on the PPG3 planning rules that designate pe...

Annette Brooke | 440 c400-1 (Link to this contribution) Last week, a disgraceful incident occurred in which policemen stopped a woman breastfeeding on a ben...

Baroness Keeley | 440 c398 (Link to this contribution) Tomorrow is carers’ rights day. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is now timely to have a debate on ...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c390 (Link to this contribution) I fear that neither a debate nor that policy is on the Government’s agenda. I stress the important r...

Barry Sheerman | 440 c393 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend press for an early debate on media coverage of Select Committee sittings? There ...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c395-6 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary, as part of the European Union presidency, wrote to the United States Secretar...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c399-400 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend can raise his concerns directly with the Competition Commission and I urge him to do ...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c391 (Link to this contribution) I recognise that many hon. Members are concerned about this issue. There seems to be a degree of les...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c385-7 (Link to this contribution) The police reforms on which the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) and other hon. Memb...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c401 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly ensure that there is an inquiry into why services in the hon. Gentleman’s health au...

Chris Bryant | 440 c399-400 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the future of the Rhondda Leader, a very fine local weekly newspaper in whic...

Ian Lucas | 440 c392 (Link to this contribution) The chief constable of the North Wales force has today criticised the unseemly rush in which the Gov...

Ian Gibson | 440 c390 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend may be aware that 28 cancer charities have bonded together to form a cancer campaigni...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c392 (Link to this contribution) The opportunity to have a debate on this issue will arise early in the new year. I am sure that one ...

Lord Grayling | 440 c385-7 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Leader of the House enjoys his trip. I can well understand his desire to leave the c...

Pete Wishart | 440 c395 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, a petition bearing more than 155,000 names was handed in at No. 10 Downing street as part...

Lord Foster of Bath | 440 c399 (Link to this contribution) Two days ago, the national security archive published analysis of recently released documents that s...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c393 (Link to this contribution) I undertake to ensure that the explanatory notes are made available as quickly as possible.

Philip Hollobone | 440 c400 (Link to this contribution) Will the Deputy Leader of the House arrange for the Home Secretary to make an urgent statement to th...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c389 (Link to this contribution) I think that I have made it clear that there is not likely to be a debate on the Floor of the House ...

Dan Norris | 440 c396 (Link to this contribution) May we have an early debate on the no-blame approach to bullying in our schools, as adopted by Liber...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c390-1 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that, on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House, I can promise an earl...

Colin Burgon | 440 c390 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will be aware that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave a huge boost this wee...

David Winnick | 440 c395-6 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement early next week on whether United Kingdom airports and other facilities have...

Peter Luff | 440 c401-2 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House represents a Scottish constituency, which perhaps explains the breath...

Peter Robinson | 440 c401 (Link to this contribution) Has the Deputy Leader of the House had the opportunity to look at early-day motion 1120, signed by M...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c399 (Link to this contribution) I read the accounts that the hon. Gentleman has shared with us and I found them as disturbing as he ...

Shahid Malik | 440 c388-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will be aware of early-day motion 434, which deals with the appalling pay and conditi...

Malcolm Moss | 440 c399 (Link to this contribution) Given that an increasing number of housing developments built on contaminated land are coming to lig...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c394-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to raise the continuing concern about the matter. While I cannot offer him a...

John Bercow | 440 c396-7 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate in Government time on the imprisonment of British citizens abroad? In S...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c390 (Link to this contribution) A consultation document was published on Wednesday. It reflected measures that were called for by th...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c400-1 (Link to this contribution) I share the hon. Lady’s views on this issue; indeed, I was in Gracemount, in my constituency, last F...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c396 (Link to this contribution) I share my hon. Friend’s views that there must be zero tolerance towards bullying, and that firm act...

David Heath | 440 c387-8 (Link to this contribution) May I point out to the Deputy Leader of the House that the Westminster Hall debate to which he refer...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c396-7 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Member knows, it is not policy to comment on individual cases that may still be subject ...

Nicholas Winterton | 440 c389 (Link to this contribution) The activities of the House are, sadly, increasingly irrelevant to the people of this country, and t...

Eric Martlew | 440 c392 (Link to this contribution) It is a while ago now since the excellent Animal Welfare Bill was published. There was then an indic...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c395 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the veterans and those currently serving in our armed services. The design of the c...

Keith Vaz | 440 c394-5 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate next week on regulation of the video games industry? Has my hon. Friend seen ea...

Richard Shepherd | 440 c393-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Deputy Leader of the House for giving us his view of how police reorganisation ...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c390 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my hon. Friend’s championing of that cause and I know that the cancer campaigning group pr...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 440 c393 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House rightly spoke of the importance of the publication of explanatory not...

Andrew MacKay | 440 c391-2 (Link to this contribution) What is the future of the hapless Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, which would effectively give an ...

Peter Bone | 440 c401 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Deputy Leader of the House agrees that, when a Minister speaks at the Dispatch Box, ...

Lord Garnier | 440 c390 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House will know that yesterday the Home Office slipped out a new policy on ...

David Leslie Taylor | 440 c387 (Link to this contribution) Could my hon. Friend reassure me that the foundations of Government policy continue to include socia...

David Howarth | 440 c402 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House is doubtless an avid reader of the Local Government Chronicle. If so,...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c399 (Link to this contribution) I can ensure that the concerns that my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House reflected in his re...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c387-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member raised the issue of the policy on nuclear power stations. As my right hon. Friend th...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c392 (Link to this contribution) Those views are not shared by the association that represents police constables in Wales and the Ass...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c394 (Link to this contribution) I shall ensure that the appropriate Minister is made aware of what my hon. Friend has said.

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c401 (Link to this contribution) I join the hon. Gentleman in praising the memory of George Best; indeed, I used to watch him play fo...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c393 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend, police forces and enforcement authorities take this matter extremely ser...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c393 (Link to this contribution) I will ensure that my right hon. Friend is aware of the hon. Gentleman’s concern about this matter, ...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 440 c393 (Link to this contribution) In announcing the new appointments to the Northern Ireland Parades Commission, the Secretary of Stat...

Desmond Turner | 440 c397 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister announced the long-awaited energy review at the CBI earlier this week, and I unde...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c402 (Link to this contribution) No, it does not. It means that there should be a debate, and one has been promised. That debate shou...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c398 (Link to this contribution) No, it is not. The armed forces Bill is an important piece of legislation that has to be properly ti...

Jim Sheridan | 440 c393 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will be aware of the significant increases in young women being forced into prostitut...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 440 c396 (Link to this contribution) Consultation, or lack of it, seems to be a recurring theme in today’s business questions. This morni...

Roger Gale | 440 c394 (Link to this contribution) You will recall, Mr. Speaker, that this time last Thursday, the Leader of the House sought to give u...

Kerry McCarthy | 440 c391 (Link to this contribution) On the subject of the House of Commons cleaners, I am slightly concerned by the Minister’s earlier r...

Anne Moffat | 440 c394 (Link to this contribution) I am sure my hon. Friend agrees that the Ministry of Defence’s honouring of veterans who served in t...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c393-4 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, there will be a debate. It will take place at the end of the first phase of the cons...

Jim McGovern | 440 c398 (Link to this contribution) Following the comments of the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) on the Black...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c397-8 (Link to this contribution) I hope that my hon. Friend will have the chance to put that to Transport Ministers next Tuesday, at ...

Michael Fallon | 440 c397 (Link to this contribution) Is the Deputy Leader of the House aware that my constituency continues to be plagued by unauthorised...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c400 (Link to this contribution) Those guidelines constitute arrangements made under criminal justice legislation. Previous offenders...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c393 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. Indeed, I raised the issue during an Adjournment debate in Westminster ...

Owen Paterson | 440 c392 (Link to this contribution) Virtually everything that the Deputy Leader said on policing is wrong. I was lucky enough to be call...

Viscount Hailsham | 440 c402 (Link to this contribution) May I revert to the amalgamation of police forces? The Deputy Leader of the House will know that the...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c396 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to hear that the hon. Member feels that. I shall make sure that the appropriate Minister ...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c402 (Link to this contribution) The White Paper coming before the House next year covers a distinct policy area and, once it is publ...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c398 (Link to this contribution) No, I cannot give my hon. Friend that undertaking. There has been a long process of discussion on th...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c398 (Link to this contribution) Carers do a fantastic job and we all owe them a debt. I can ensure that my right hon. Friend the Sec...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c397 (Link to this contribution) I shall find out what has happened to the review and ensure that the appropriate Minister writes to ...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c388-9 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my hon. Friend’s comments although, as my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House has in...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c401-2 (Link to this contribution) I have been not just forthright with Members, but accurate in my comments on consideration of that B...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c387 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point. What lies behind the issue is the need for more to be done...

Nigel Griffiths | 440 c391-2 (Link to this contribution) No, it is not—the Bill is part of the peace process, which has brought big dividends to us in this p...

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