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Business of the House

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

455 c1553 

Session

2006-07

Department

Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Jack Straw | 455 c1553 (Link to this contribution) The business for next week will be as follows: Monday 29 January—Remaining stages of the Digital Sw...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 455 c1553 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to give us the business for the coming two weeks?

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Baroness Teather | 455 c1560 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House make time to debate the report of the Select Committee on Foreign Affai...

Jack Straw | 455 c1562 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend’s concern and there will be a number of opportunities—on Adjournment in ...

Jack Straw | 455 c1567-8 (Link to this contribution) That is a good idea. The hon. Gentleman has proposed quite a number of subjects for debate on the Ad...

Anne Moffat | 455 c1562 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on what can only be described as the plight of children in India, where modern-...

Jack Straw | 455 c1562 (Link to this contribution) I answered that question when I responded to the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath). The...

Andrew MacKay | 455 c1562 (Link to this contribution) As the Leader of the House jealously guards the House’s reputation and is anxious to ensure that it ...

Jack Straw | 455 c1560 (Link to this contribution) Arrangements can be made through the Liaison Committee for debating Select Committee reports. I shal...

Mark Field | 455 c1567-8 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman give some consideration to a cross-departmental debate, in Government ...

Jack Straw | 455 c1569 (Link to this contribution) That remains a proud commitment of the Government. Without commenting on the current considerations—...

Jack Straw | 455 c1568 (Link to this contribution) I do not mind having a debate on the issue. We had a pretty intensive debate during the passage of t...

Jack Straw | 455 c1563 (Link to this contribution) I am aware that those numbers are charged at a slightly higher rate, depending on which precise exch...

Speaker | 455 c1562 (Link to this contribution) Order. We take one day at a time in the House and what happened last night has nothing to do with ne...

Jack Straw | 455 c1566-7 (Link to this contribution) There will be a debate on this issue. We are awaiting the report from the inquiry into party funding...

Jack Straw | 455 c1560-1 (Link to this contribution) I know the contribution that the metro—a great achievement of the previous Labour Government—makes t...

Chris Bryant | 455 c1563-4 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate as soon as possible on parliamentary hypocrisy? Many Members—[Interruption.] -...

Ken Purchase | 455 c1556-7 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House find time, either next week or soon after, to consider the number of re...

Bob Spink | 455 c1566 (Link to this contribution) Given the announcement by the Department for Education and Skills that compulsory education is to be...

Jack Straw | 455 c1560 (Link to this contribution) I take note of my hon. Friend’s eloquence.

Jo Swinson | 455 c1563 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House may be aware of yesterday’s judgment of the Court of Session in Edinburgh, w...

Jack Straw | 455 c1561-2 (Link to this contribution) The idea of the amalgamation is to ensure that those efforts are stepped up and made more effective....

Jack Straw | 455 c1563-4 (Link to this contribution) I bow to your ruling, Mr. Speaker, on the absence of hypocrites in this place. My hon. Friend raises...

Graham Stuart | 455 c1567 (Link to this contribution) Beverley high school and Beverley grammar school, which are two well-run, successful, over-subscribe...

Pete Wishart | 455 c1565-6 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, may I wish you and the Leader of the House a good Burns day? In this crucial year for o...

David Leslie Taylor | 455 c1560 (Link to this contribution) I wish to widen the request of the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath) and ask my right h...

Jack Straw | 455 c1565 (Link to this contribution) I would be happy to have a debate on the crime figures. Sadly, it has long been the case that young ...

Jack Straw | 455 c1567 (Link to this contribution) I am not aware of the practice, but obviously people have accepted it. There is a problem with ensur...

John Bercow | 455 c1569 (Link to this contribution) Given that many of us support early, full and undiluted implementation of the sexual orientation reg...

Nicholas Winterton | 455 c1559-60 (Link to this contribution) Although I deplore inadequate and late replies to parliamentary questions—the Leader of the House ha...

Jack Straw | 455 c1565 (Link to this contribution) I know that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has this matter under...

Jack Straw | 455 c1561 (Link to this contribution) The answer to my hon. Friend’s first question—[Interruption.] Well, I am not going get involved in a...

Jack Straw | 455 c1568 (Link to this contribution) There will be an opportunity to raise that matter next Thursday in the defence in the world debate—[...

Philip Davies | 455 c1563 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House ask the Secretary of State for Health to make a statement about the use...

David Clelland | 455 c1560-1 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House know that the business plan for the refurbishment ...

Lord Bellingham | 455 c1569 (Link to this contribution) Is the Leader of the House aware that the Government’s proposals in respect of legal aid, and partic...

Philip Hollobone | 455 c1570 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement next week from the Minister with responsibility for consumer affairs about t...

Greg Mulholland | 455 c1567 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman will be aware of the growing concern at the increasing number of schools th...

Jack Straw | 455 c1556-7 (Link to this contribution) As this not a late-night Channel 4 programme, I will not proceed with that metaphor. I have to make ...

Jack Straw | 455 c1569 (Link to this contribution) The purpose of Westminster Hall is to allow such debates to take place. Because of the pressure on t...

Lord Spellar | 455 c1559 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on aviation, especially given the intense interest ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 455 c1561 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House knows that one of the most important functions of the House of Commons is to...

Jack Straw | 455 c1561 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman has been a Member of Parliament long enough to know that some duties are su...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 455 c1553-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for giving us the future business. Last week, I raised with the Lea...

Jack Straw | 455 c1563 (Link to this contribution) I find it odd that of all the issues that a Liberal Democrat could raise, the hon. Lady asks about p...

Jim Devine | 455 c1562 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether we could set some time aside to debate procedures of the House. I do not know wheth...

Tony Lloyd | 455 c1564-5 (Link to this contribution) Has my right hon. Friend seen the National Audit Office’s criticisms of Ofwat, the water regulator, ...

Jack Straw | 455 c1559-60 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman, who is a former Chairman of the Procedure Committee and senior member of...

Justine Greening | 455 c1565 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on crime on young people? Last year, 30 per cent. of all muggings recorded in E...

Jack Straw | 455 c1570 (Link to this contribution) I will pass on the hon. Gentleman’s comments to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Heal...

David Heath | 455 c1557-9 (Link to this contribution) I am sure the Leader of the House is familiar with the practice in restaurants of putting little sym...

Peter Bone | 455 c1570 (Link to this contribution) In July 2006, a 92-year-old gentleman in my constituency was told that he had to have a hearing aid....

Roger Williams | 455 c1564 (Link to this contribution) The Magistrates Association has expressed concern about the continuing closure of magistrates courts...

John Grogan | 455 c1565 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement next week from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on whether he i...

Gordon Prentice | 455 c1566-7 (Link to this contribution) May I return to the issue that was raised at the outset by my friend the Member for Wolverhampton, N...

Jack Straw | 455 c1566 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of this morning’s decision by the European Court of Justice. I am also aware of the indef...

Jack Straw | 455 c1563 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly look for an opportunity to have such a debate. I am afraid that Wandsworth Conserva...

Jack Straw | 455 c1570 (Link to this contribution) First, as I am sure that the hon. Gentleman has said to his constituent, people should read the smal...

Jack Straw | 455 c1559 (Link to this contribution) That is a terrific idea, for which I commend my right hon. Friend. Since newspapers present themselv...

Jack Straw | 455 c1565-6 (Link to this contribution) I have always been ready to debate this matter, as has my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State f...

Jack Straw | 455 c1553-6 (Link to this contribution) Let me deal with the right hon. Lady’s questions in turn. First, I confirm that under the Standing O...

Martin Linton | 455 c1563 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate about the way in which some councils are using the threat of council tax cappin...

Jack Straw | 455 c1567 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will know that there is a debate next Wednesday, on 31 January, on the police gra...

Julie Morgan | 455 c1566 (Link to this contribution) Is the Leader of the House aware of this morning’s ruling in the European Court of Justice that, und...

Jack Straw | 455 c1564-5 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend’s concern, and I will certainly note his suggestion that we use one of t...

Jack Straw | 455 c1557-9 (Link to this contribution) I hear the second sedentary intervention from the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow), but it w...

Evan Harris | 455 c1568 (Link to this contribution) Is not it time for a debate on the role of religious organisations when carrying out public function...

Mike Penning | 455 c1568 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate in Government time on armed forces welfare packages for our servicemen and wome...

Jack Straw | 455 c1564 (Link to this contribution) On the specific constituency issue of concern to the hon. Gentleman, there are opportunities to deba...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 455 c1561-2 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on early-day motion 663 on the amalgamation of agencies to combat crime? [That...

Eric Illsley | 455 c1561 (Link to this contribution) First, may I declare an interest as chair of the all-party packaging manufacturing industry group? I...

Jack Straw | 455 c1566 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills has said that there is a strong...

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