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Business of the House

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

446 c1135 

Session

2005-06

Department

Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 446 c1135 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to give us the business for the coming week?

Jack Straw | 446 c1135 (Link to this contribution) Before announcing the business for the week ahead, I wish to express my sorrow at the sudden death o...

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Baroness May of Maidenhead | 446 c1135-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for giving us the business for the coming week and I echo the sentim...

Jack Straw | 446 c1135-8 (Link to this contribution) I shall deal in turn with the points raised by the right hon. Lady. We are doing a great deal to app...

Jack Straw | 446 c1144 (Link to this contribution) As a matter of fact, I was very enthusiastic about having such a debate. As I told the House last we...

Malcolm Rifkind | 446 c1144 (Link to this contribution) I agree with what has been said about Eric Forth. He was an awkward customer and if he was here toda...

Jack Straw | 446 c1138-9 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I will certainly use my good offices in that respect and talk immediately to my right hon. Frie...

Jack Straw | 446 c1147-8 (Link to this contribution) I know of the close friendship between the hon. Gentleman and Eric Forth. Both could often be found ...

Jack Straw | 446 c1145 (Link to this contribution) The illegal production of illicit drugs and the counterfeit production of drugs that are otherwise l...

Jim Devine | 446 c1145 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend set time aside to discuss counterfeit drugs? My constituency has the main ...

Jack Straw | 446 c1146 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his question. In fact, a quite high level of responsibility is imposed on...

Chris Mullin | 446 c1141 (Link to this contribution) Might we find time to debate the extent to which the tabloid virus is beginning to infect BBC televi...

Jack Straw | 446 c1141-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has put the position of the NHS in Leicester in context. There has been a significant...

Pete Wishart | 446 c1149 (Link to this contribution) I associate myself and my hon. Friends with the glowing tributes to Eric Forth. When showing new Mem...

Jack Straw | 446 c1144-5 (Link to this contribution) We have just had Environment questions, but I will do my best to ensure that there is a debate by th...

Jack Straw | 446 c1139-40 (Link to this contribution) On nuclear power, I cannot promise when there will be a debate on the issue, but the energy review w...

Rob Marris | 446 c1144-5 (Link to this contribution) One of the biggest challenges facing the United Kingdom and the world is climate change. Under the U...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 446 c1147 (Link to this contribution) May I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his handsome and generous tribute to my right hon. Friend, ...

Jack Straw | 446 c1141 (Link to this contribution) Editorial decisions of the BBC are for the BBC and, to make a serious point, cannot be for the House...

Jack Straw | 446 c1141 (Link to this contribution) Allow me to say that we all share in the hon. Gentleman’s tribute. As Eric’s neighbour, he has good ...

Owen Paterson | 446 c1143 (Link to this contribution) May I also associate myself with the previous comments about Eric Forth? He was a most independent-m...

Jack Straw | 446 c1150 (Link to this contribution) I welcome all debates on the national health service—on what we have done nationally and on what hap...

Philip Hollobone | 446 c1148-9 (Link to this contribution) On BBC2’s ““Newsnight”” last night, the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality said t...

Jack Straw | 446 c1143 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman mentions, I was indeed present for the Opposition day debate on the health ser...

Anne Moffat | 446 c1138-9 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my right hon. Friend knows that the Government have done an awful lot to recognise th...

Jack Straw | 446 c1147 (Link to this contribution) First, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his tribute in respect of Eric Forth. The reason why the tribu...

Nicholas Winterton | 446 c1147-8 (Link to this contribution) Eric Forth was a close personal friend and I am deeply distressed by his early passing. Hon. Members...

Jack Straw | 446 c1148-9 (Link to this contribution) There are plenty of occasions to debate that issue, but if the Opposition feel really exercised abou...

Jack Straw | 446 c1149 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has a particular view; he would like to see Scotland separated from the rest of t...

Christopher Fraser | 446 c1149-50 (Link to this contribution) May I also associate myself with the tributes that have been paid to Eric Forth. He was a politician...

Sally Keeble | 446 c1142-3 (Link to this contribution) May I also associate myself with the tributes to the late Mr. Forth? May I ask my right hon. Friend ...

Jack Straw | 446 c1143-4 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that I am a member of Standard Life—I am sure that I would know if I was—but I have b...

Jack Straw | 446 c1145 (Link to this contribution) No. That would be a bad career move for the Prime Minister, and suggesting it would be a much worse ...

David Heath | 446 c1139-40 (Link to this contribution) From these Benches, may we join the tributes to Eric Forth? Business questions was his natural stage...

Lord Horam | 446 c1141 (Link to this contribution) As Eric Forth’s neighbouring MP in Bromley, may I just say a few words in addition to the very fine ...

Jack Straw | 446 c1142-3 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and I understand the distress that has been caused to that young person’s family, but also to m...

Jack Straw | 446 c1145-6 (Link to this contribution) The legislative base for any increase in nuclear generating capacity will of course be clear, but th...

Jack Straw | 446 c1149-50 (Link to this contribution) The petitions proposal is not an original proposal from me; it has been around for a while. I unders...

Peter Bone | 446 c1145 (Link to this contribution) All Prime Ministers who have been in office for many years become worn out, start to make mistakes, ...

David Drew | 446 c1143-4 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether my right hon. Friend has been following with interest the demutualisation of S...

Jack Straw | 446 c1142 (Link to this contribution) I will indeed use my good offices in that respect to see what can be done to ensure that there is a ...

Peter Robinson | 446 c1142 (Link to this contribution) I associate myself with the many tributes to the late Eric Forth. He had a great love of and respect...

Keith Vaz | 446 c1141-2 (Link to this contribution) May I associate myself fully with all the eloquent tributes that have been paid to the late Eric For...

Lord Benyon | 446 c1150 (Link to this contribution) As a new Member, I would like to associate myself with the tributes to Eric Forth. He was unfailingl...

David Howarth | 446 c1145-6 (Link to this contribution) May I bring the Leader of the House back to the subject of nuclear power, which was raised by my hon...

Jim Sheridan | 446 c1146 (Link to this contribution) As a fellow Scot, I associate myself with all the comments on the late Eric Forth. If there is life ...

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