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Business statement on Thursday, 4 May 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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445 c1103 
Session
2005-06
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Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 445 c1103 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to give us the business for the coming weeks?
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1103 (Link to this contribution) The business for next week will be as follows: Monday 8 May—Consideration of Lords amendments to th...
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Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1113 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that it is right to take everyone who wants to ask a question and I shall do my best to an...
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 445 c1116 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State for Education and Skills come to the House next week to make a statement...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1108 (Link to this contribution) That has been discussed at great length, having arisen out of various reports following the use of p...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1116 (Link to this contribution) It is important that students who have worked hard—and even some of those who have not—have their ex...
Keith Vaz | 445 c1107-8 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, the Home Secretary promised a statement by the end of May concerning the proposals to cha...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1108 (Link to this contribution) I am well aware that each of these cases is a tragedy for those who have been involved, and particul...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1103-5 (Link to this contribution) I shall attempt to deal with the serious points raised by the right hon. Lady. It may not take me qu...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1110 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the suggestion that Conservative Front Benchers, in particular, would benefit from a degre...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1109-10 (Link to this contribution) I indicated earlier the importance of a debate on pensions, and I will certainly find out whether on...
David Leslie Taylor | 445 c1110-1 (Link to this contribution) A day or two ago, our Government entered their 10th year in government. The transformation of resour...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1109 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right in saying that I was not aware of that particular situation, but I anticipat...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1105-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend both for raising the issue and setting out the answer. I am aware th...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1111 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for repeating the speech that he gives regularly before the Mode...
David Heath | 445 c1106-7 (Link to this contribution) We will undoubtedly have more debates on various aspects of the Government’s mismanagement, but can ...
Jim McGovern | 445 c1111-2 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Leader of the House appreciates and recognises the value of the service that loca...
Michael Fabricant | 445 c1115-6 (Link to this contribution) Although the results of DNA tests have yet to be confirmed, Staffordshire police have said this morn...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 445 c1103-5 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions, on 31 January at column 245 of Hans...
Philip Davies | 445 c1116-7 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House might recall that I mentioned to him a while ago the case of Stephen Ayre, a...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1114 (Link to this contribution) This is a serious issue, and the hon. Gentleman has raised it assiduously and consistently. He has a...
John Hayes | 445 c1112 (Link to this contribution) Farmers in my constituency face disaster. Those who are tenants cannot pay their rent, many have cri...
Gordon Banks | 445 c1109 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend may not be aware of a situation in my constituency, where in Crieff, in South P...
Lord Tyrie | 445 c1113 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House may not know that a hospital in my constituency has announced 200 job losses...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1114-5 (Link to this contribution) I had not realised that quite so much time had elapsed since I last granted the hon. Gentleman’s req...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1111-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to praise the work of local radio stations. I am an assiduous listener to Ra...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1116-7 (Link to this contribution) I will not comment on the case in question, but it is important that we ensure that the probation se...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1115 (Link to this contribution) I am tempted to say that at least the hon. Gentleman got replies, which I regard as very important. ...
Stephen Hepburn | 445 c1108 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be aware of yesterday’s disgraceful decision by the Law Lords to deprive t...
Lord Spicer | 445 c1108 (Link to this contribution) When can we have a debate on the fraudulent use of postal votes?
Lord Young of Cookham | 445 c1110 (Link to this contribution) While the House welcomes the regular statements from the Home Secretary about the well publicised fa...
Bernard Jenkin | 445 c1112-3 (Link to this contribution) At column 961 of Hansard yesterday, the Prime Minister made the astonishing claim about foreign pris...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1115-6 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman, who puts his position very well. The behaviour of those responsible...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1112 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to raise ATMs, especially in rural areas. It is a problem in several small v...
John Bercow | 445 c1114-5 (Link to this contribution) May we please have the first debate on Africa in this Chamber since 30 June last year? Given that, i...
Nicholas Winterton | 445 c1111 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House knows that hon. Members from all parties would like the House to take more c...
Julian Brazier | 445 c1115 (Link to this contribution) In the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings, the Prime Minister set as his highest priority the deportation...
Andrew MacKay | 445 c1109 (Link to this contribution) As the Leader of the House has just announced that the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill will c...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1112-3 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman puts the case in that way and even sorrier that he appears to get...
Jim Devine | 445 c1105-6 (Link to this contribution) Could some time be set aside for a debate on sectarianism? Unfortunately, a small number of football...
Peter Bone | 445 c1117-8 (Link to this contribution) Last Friday at my surgery, a group of families from the Croyland ward, which is in the heart of the ...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1107-8 (Link to this contribution) I assure my hon. Friend that careful consideration is always given to such cases. Liberty involves b...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I have set out two days for the House further to debate that Bill. I am sorry that the right hon. Ge...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1110-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a serious and proper concern about large-scale computer systems. I assure him ...
Owen Paterson | 445 c1114 (Link to this contribution) Last week, in a record 27 days, the European Medicines Agency committee recommended the use of Herce...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1117-8 (Link to this contribution) The Government have set out and taken action in a number of areas to tackle those problems. We all r...
Philip Hollobone | 445 c1118 (Link to this contribution) When can we have a debate on rural crime? I recently had a meeting with farmers, estate owners and p...
Elfyn Llwyd | 445 c1108-9 (Link to this contribution) Today we mourn the passing of a colleague—the late Peter Law, the Member for Blaenau Gwent. New Labo...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1106-7 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman recognises that what is important about the Home Office is not its st...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1112 (Link to this contribution) I recognise the concern that the hon. Gentleman has properly raised about single farm payments. The ...
Lord Gove | 445 c1115 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate in Government time on accountability in the national health service, so that Mi...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1115 (Link to this contribution) Detailed aspects of the Government’s proposals will need further debate and discussion. Dual nationa...
Julie Morgan | 445 c1109-10 (Link to this contribution) May I, too, call for a debate on pensions, especially occupational pensions? Now that the Government...
John Robertson | 445 c1112 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will know that the five major banks in this country have reported more than £32...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1108-9 (Link to this contribution) Let me say how much I regret that the hon. Gentleman has chosen to raise this issue in that way. Wel...
Geoffrey Hoon | 445 c1118 (Link to this contribution) It is vital, in rural as well as urban areas, that the law is observed and enforced. I will not foll...
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