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Business statement on Thursday, 2 March 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Geoffrey Hoon. The answering member was Baroness May of Maidenhead.


Business of the House


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Parliamentary proceeding
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443 c399 
Session
2005-06
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Leader of the House of Commons
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House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c399 (Link to this contribution) The business for next week will be as follows. Monday 6 March—Second Reading of the Police and Just...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 443 c399 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House give us the business for the coming week?
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Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c410 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising a subject that continues to be a source of great sadness...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c406-7 (Link to this contribution) I could not have put it better myself, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I know that this matter is taken extremel...
Brian Iddon | 443 c405 (Link to this contribution) It is some time since the House was given an opportunity to debate progress on the Government’s 10-y...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c409 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made her point clearly. I shall not comment on an individual case with which I am...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c407-8 (Link to this contribution) I emphasise to my hon. Friend the importance that the Government attach to bus travel and bus servic...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c406 (Link to this contribution) And a fairly predictable one it was, as well. I seize on one part of the hon. Gentleman’s remarks—““...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 443 c407 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate in Government time on Government measures to help to create and sustain job and...
Clive Efford | 443 c405-6 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend announced that we are to debate the Education and Inspections Bill on 15 March....
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c415 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has adopted a sensible, careful and practical approach to that terrible tragedy, ...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c409 (Link to this contribution) The Government clearly set out their position on the House of Lords in our manifesto. I checked the ...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c411-2 (Link to this contribution) I have seen the early-day motion. Indeed, I have also seen correspondence dealing with the matter. I...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c405-6 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that my hon. Friend, who is usually an outgoing and optimistic Member of this House, take...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c404 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has raised an important issue. The Government strongly support the Commonwealth and I...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c408-9 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that a far-reaching change would be consulted upon. Obviously, it is important that the ap...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c399-401 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to welcome the right hon. Lady’s observations on a range of policy matters. This week...
Pete Wishart | 443 c411-2 (Link to this contribution) Has the Leader of the House had the opportunity to consider early-day motion 1489? [That this House...
Andrew Murrison | 443 c405 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House encourage his right hon. Friend the Health Secretary to attend the Hous...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c410-1 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe that the hon. Gentleman can simply say that there should be such a debate ““irrespe...
Lindsay Hoyle | 443 c411 (Link to this contribution) We all welcome the introduction of free pensioner travel, but will my right hon. Friend make time fo...
Viscount Hailsham | 443 c411 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will be aware that, in Scottish questions, a great deal of anxiety was expre...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c410 (Link to this contribution) I did not respond directly to the right hon. Member for Maidenhead because, as all hon. Members know...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c413 (Link to this contribution) It has always been a delight to debate these issues with the hon. Gentleman, because he is what I wo...
Christopher Fraser | 443 c412 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House make time for a debate on the plight of sugar beet farmers in constitue...
David Heath | 443 c401-2 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the Leader of the House had the opportunity yesterday to visit the ““Stop Clim...
Alistair Carmichael | 443 c408 (Link to this contribution) When can we expect a statement from the Secretary of State for Defence on the future size and shape ...
David Chaytor | 443 c409-10 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the future of the winter fuel allowance? It would give us an opportunity to ...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c415-6 (Link to this contribution) I have referred to the importance of the issue, and to the possibility of a debate in due course. [H...
Jim McGovern | 443 c413 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend bring the armed forces Minister to the House to explain why the stipulatio...
David Clelland | 443 c407-8 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will be aware that next month sees the introduction of the Government’s sche...
Tony Baldry | 443 c414-5 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on Ministers’ total lack of grip on their private offices? Bashkin Bushaki, who...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c415 (Link to this contribution) I have made clear the Government’s support for rural postal services, and I have made clear in the c...
Ann Cryer | 443 c410 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that 10 years have passed since the horrific massacre of a teacher and...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c412 (Link to this contribution) It is important that the implementation of this decision should be fair and effective, and that it s...
Peter Soulsby | 443 c414 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the news that the Road Safety Bill is to be given its Second Reading on Wednesday. The Lea...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c414-5 (Link to this contribution) It is obviously important for deportation arrangements to proceed according to law and according to ...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c407 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes his point with his customary clarity. I am sure that the issue will be cons...
Martin Linton | 443 c408 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on special schools? There is a good school for thos...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c412-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important issue—one with which, I confess, I have not had to deal before. H...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 443 c399-401 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for giving us the business for the next two weeks. True to his word,...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c403-4 (Link to this contribution) I do not in any way minimise the difficulties and challenges faced by those responsible for providin...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c411 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I agree with the right hon. and learned Gentleman. This is probably not the occas...
Peter Bone | 443 c414 (Link to this contribution) Last autumn, I wrote to the Secretary of State for Health about the crisis in the NHS in my constitu...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c411 (Link to this contribution) That sounds like an ingenious rephrasing of a previous question that I failed to answer. I am not go...
Lord Young of Cookham | 443 c409 (Link to this contribution) May we have an early debate on the Government’s plans for reform of the House of Lords? At the weeke...
Andrew Miller | 443 c403 (Link to this contribution) No topic is more controversial locally than the disposal of waste. Although I do not expect my right...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c404-5 (Link to this contribution) I have already emphasised the Government’s commitment to postal services, particularly rural postal ...
Madeleine Moon | 443 c409 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend grant time for a debate on the postcode lottery and loss of patient choice...
Andrew Gwynne | 443 c412 (Link to this contribution) In November, I secured an Adjournment debate on the crazy decision by the Liberal Democrat-controlle...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c416 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that that was designed to make clear our commitment to providing ambulance services that a...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c414 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of that tragic case. My hon. Friend is right to raise it. The Road Safety Bill will enabl...
Julian Lewis | 443 c413 (Link to this contribution) When the Leader of the House concedes a debate on the threat to thousands of post offices—as I am su...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c408 (Link to this contribution) I recognise the concern that has been caused to my hon. Friend’s constituents. The Government’s posi...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c405 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to raise an issue that is important everywhere. The Government have used the...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c412 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made his case extremely effectively. I know from my own constituency the sensitiv...
James Brokenshire | 443 c415-6 (Link to this contribution) May I press the point about the future of post office services? I am disappointed by the right hon. ...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c414 (Link to this contribution) I apologise on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. I am sure that meetings with M...
Sian C James | 443 c412-3 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on the increased use of coin-operated, unstaffed ta...
David Leslie Taylor | 443 c404 (Link to this contribution) I note that next week’s provisional business covers Monday 13 March, which is Commonwealth day. Has ...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c405 (Link to this contribution) I happened to be in the Chamber yesterday evening, and I am sure that I saw my right hon. Friend the...
Graham Stuart | 443 c404-5 (Link to this contribution) My constituents are extremely concerned about the news, which the shadow Leader of the House has men...
Owen Paterson | 443 c406 (Link to this contribution) May I thank the Speaker and you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for helping me, following the point of order th...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c403 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue, which is important up and down the country. ...
Paul Flynn | 443 c406-7 (Link to this contribution) When can we have a debate on early-day motion 1316, which draws attention to the dangers of contamin...
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 443 c416 (Link to this contribution) May we have a further debate on the future of ambulance trusts in the United Kingdom? I am particula...
Brooks Newmark | 443 c415 (Link to this contribution) You will be well aware, Mr. Deputy Speaker, that for quite some time the East Anglian Daily Times ha...
Mike Penning | 443 c415 (Link to this contribution) On 11 December last year, the largest explosion and fire that Europe has seen since the second world...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c409-10 (Link to this contribution) I recently confirmed the date of the Budget. I take my hon. Friend’s carefully thought-through, well...
Nigel Evans | 443 c410-1 (Link to this contribution) Irrespective of the outcome of the inquiry by Gus O’Donnell, does the Leader of the House believe th...
Mark Pritchard | 443 c403-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House in anticipation of his finding time to debate the health funding cri...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c408 (Link to this contribution) I know from my experience in the Ministry of Defence the importance that it and the Government attac...
Andrew MacKay | 443 c410 (Link to this contribution) Earlier, the Leader of the House failed to answer the final question of my right hon. Friend the Mem...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c401-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising those matters. This is probably the last day on whic...
Lord Bellingham | 443 c408-9 (Link to this contribution) I do not know how much the Leader of the House knows about planning, but it appears that Her Majesty...
Geoffrey Hoon | 443 c413 (Link to this contribution) The one thing that I certainly learned from my previous responsibilities was that I should not get i...
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