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Business statement on Thursday, 16 November 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Jack Straw. The answering member was Baroness May of Maidenhead.


Business of the House


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Parliamentary proceeding
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453 c129-30 
Session
2006-07
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
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House of Commons chamber
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Business of the House
Thursday, 16 November 2006
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House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 453 c129-30 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House give us the business for the coming weeks?
Jack Straw | 453 c129-30 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, you have already announced to the House the proposed pattern of debate during the remai...
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Viscount Hailsham | 453 c138-9 (Link to this contribution) May I suggest that next week we hold a debate entitled, ““This House has confidence in Her Majesty’s...
Jack Straw | 453 c138-9 (Link to this contribution) May I remind the right hon. and learned Gentleman that a debate on foreign affairs and defence will ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 453 c135-6 (Link to this contribution) What has happened to the Bill that the Labour party promised in its 2001 election manifesto to intro...
Bob Spink | 453 c140 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House understands the importance of post offices to our communities—in fact, I am ...
Jack Straw | 453 c138 (Link to this contribution) I fully understand the hon. Gentleman’s concerns because I have been worrying about the subject sinc...
Chris Mullin | 453 c138 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement that any request for a longer period of detention will be...
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 453 c141 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement from the Secretary of State for Health on the impact that NHS budget deficit...
Jack Straw | 453 c140 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that any post offices have been open at 10 pm, which is when I bought my eggs. [Inter...
John Barrett | 453 c139 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House find time in the coming year for a full debate on the replacement of Tr...
Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 453 c140 (Link to this contribution) I was a little disappointed with the response from the Leader of the House regarding the marine Bill...
Jack Straw | 453 c140-1 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid I cannot give the hon. Gentleman a specific answer about when we plan to bring the Bill ...
Jack Straw | 453 c137 (Link to this contribution) I agree about the need to reach consensus, but I say to my hon. Friend that although 28 days is now ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 453 c130-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for giving us the business for the next two weeks. The right hon. G...
Owen Paterson | 453 c140-1 (Link to this contribution) How long does the Leader of the House estimate the pre-legislative scrutiny process on the congestio...
Jack Straw | 453 c141 (Link to this contribution) The Conservative party cannot have it both ways, which it is trying to do, to mounting incredulity f...
Daniel Kawczynski | 453 c142 (Link to this contribution) Following the request of my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry) for a debate on rural i...
Tony Baldry | 453 c139-40 (Link to this contribution) I have already spoken in the Queen’s Speech debate.
Jack Straw | 453 c138 (Link to this contribution) I certainly recall the difficulties that the measure faced. It is never Parliament’s role to roll ov...
Jack Straw | 453 c135 (Link to this contribution) I will not get the Prime Minister here—[Hon. Members: ““Why not?””] Because the matter is the respon...
David Winnick | 453 c137 (Link to this contribution) It is a very good Queen’s Speech for our constituents, but in view of the continued terrorist threat...
Jack Straw | 453 c133 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his congratulations on my award on Tuesday of the Fenner Brockway m...
Jack Straw | 453 c139 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I have already made that commitment.
Jack Straw | 453 c136 (Link to this contribution) I listened to Clive Thompson’s comments on the radio on Monday and I thought that they were shameles...
Jack Straw | 453 c135 (Link to this contribution) There will be an opportunity for such a debate, and I hope that my hon. Friend will be able to catch...
Jack Straw | 453 c135-6 (Link to this contribution) Contrary to a nonsensical press notice from Conservative central office, which stated that half of t...
Jack Straw | 453 c133-4 (Link to this contribution) It is all very amusing to discover that legislation made between 1235 and 1947 fits into less shelf ...
Jack Straw | 453 c141-2 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows very well that the minor injuries department in Corby is remaining open. Th...
Lord Spellar | 453 c135 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware of the considerable public outrage at the proposals by First Direct ba...
Jack Straw | 453 c136-7 (Link to this contribution) On the first point, I can tell the hon. Gentleman that my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary is we...
Jack Straw | 453 c139 (Link to this contribution) There will be every opportunity to do so on Monday, when one of the two subjects proposed for debate...
Anne Snelgrove | 453 c135 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend consider granting a debate on local government capital financing? Although...
Keith Vaz | 453 c133 (Link to this contribution) First, I congratulate my right hon. Friend on winning the Fenner Brockway medal for 2006. It is well...
Roger Williams | 453 c138 (Link to this contribution) The enjoyment of breakfast this morning was ruined, for many people, by reports that eggs purchased ...
Nicholas Winterton | 453 c136-7 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House arrange for the appropriate Minister—perhaps the Home Secretary or the ...
Jack Straw | 453 c140 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his continuing interest. It was his Bill that first got the iss...
Jim Devine | 453 c136 (Link to this contribution) Can we have an early debate on the scandal of Farepak, which becomes more intriguing every day? On t...
Jack Straw | 453 c141 (Link to this contribution) If I may, I shall give the same answer as I gave to the hon. Member for Blaby (Mr. Robathan). I appr...
Peter Bone | 453 c141-2 (Link to this contribution) Last week in north Northamptonshire, a series of health cuts was announced including, in the Labour ...
Jack Straw | 453 c142 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman’s concern. I have farmers in my constituency—dairy farmers and sheep...
Jack Straw | 453 c139-40 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman’s constituency, sadly, is not the only one affected by those problems. The Oxford...
Jack Straw | 453 c130-2 (Link to this contribution) I had the hope during the short recess that the right hon. Lady would sack her speechwriter so that ...
Jack Straw | 453 c139 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman shakes his head, but he asked for opportunity to question the Secretary of State....
Lord Robathan | 453 c135 (Link to this contribution) A few weeks ago, the Prime Minister publicly said that our troops in Afghanistan would have whatever...
Tobias Ellwood | 453 c141 (Link to this contribution) May I echo the call for a debate on Afghanistan? I have just returned from the country, where I had ...
Tony Baldry | 453 c139 (Link to this contribution) May I draw the attention of the Leader of the House to early-day motion 29? [That this House notes ...
David Heath | 453 c133-4 (Link to this contribution) Another year, another Queen’s Speech. As usual, 140 pages of briefing material were provided to the ...
Jack Straw | 453 c135 (Link to this contribution) I understand my right hon. Friend’s concern. The last day of the Queen’s Speech debate, on Monday we...
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