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Business of the House

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

462 c474 

Session

2006-07

Department

Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 462 c474 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to give us the forthcoming business?

Jack Straw | 462 c474 (Link to this contribution) I am the Leader of the House; it is absolutely true. I said last week that I was ready to go on and ...

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Patrick Mercer | 462 c485 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House cannot have failed to notice that another three soldiers have been murdered ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 462 c475-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for giving us the future business for what I am now confident will b...

Jack Straw | 462 c484 (Link to this contribution) There is, as the House knows, a debate scheduled on 19 July in respect of Zimbabwe. I will certainly...

Jack Straw | 462 c475-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for her further welcome to me— ... No, I think that it might be...

Jack Straw | 462 c485 (Link to this contribution) May I first pay tribute on behalf of the Government and the House to the soldiers who lost their liv...

Jeremy Corbyn | 462 c484 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House give us an indication of how soon we can have a substantial debate on f...

Jack Straw | 462 c490 (Link to this contribution) I am certainly happy to suggest that the matter be looked at. However, I say two things to the hon. ...

Martyn Jones | 462 c477 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend find time urgently to debate the abuse of the privilege of press passes? H...

Jack Straw | 462 c484-5 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows, consideration of a Lords message on the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporat...

Alistair Burt | 462 c486 (Link to this contribution) A few weeks ago it was revealed that the European Union had suspended payment under its European reg...

Lord Young of Cookham | 462 c480 (Link to this contribution) In your statement, Mr. Speaker, you indicated that there would be an opportunity at a later date to ...

Jack Straw | 462 c479 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s campaign to improve rail safety and protect her constituents, rail...

Jack Straw | 462 c481-2 (Link to this contribution) I have been on a journey all my political life—and I regard it as a slur to suggest that I was never...

Pete Wishart | 462 c484 (Link to this contribution) May we have an early statement about the future of the joint ministerial committees of the devolved ...

Jack Straw | 462 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the hon. Gentleman, in a similar spirit, on having asked a rather more comprehens...

Mark Pritchard | 462 c482-3 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, former Prime Minister Blair said that the Government had invested a huge amount of money ...

Jack Straw | 462 c486 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of my hon. Friend’s concerns and those of many other hon. Members about ticket touting. H...

Andrew Dismore | 462 c483 (Link to this contribution) Last week, the Law Lords ruled that the protections in the Human Rights Act 1998 did not apply to re...

Anne Moffat | 462 c485 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend consider looking at security provision for Members of Parliament in their ...

Tobias Ellwood | 462 c488-9 (Link to this contribution) Further to the question put by my hon. Friend the Member for Newark (Patrick Mercer) about the three...

Jack Straw | 462 c479-80 (Link to this contribution) I very much doubt that. The report has not yet been received by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minis...

David Howarth | 462 c489 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on the views of the new Prime Minister on the environment? It was notic...

Keith Vaz | 462 c480 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the operation of the Judicial Appointments Commission? When the chief execut...

Julian Lewis | 462 c488 (Link to this contribution) Returning to the topic raised by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Newark (Patrick Mercer)—t...

Viscount Hailsham | 462 c487 (Link to this contribution) May we have an early debate on the role of the House of Commons? That will enable the Prime Minister...

Rob Marris | 462 c486-7 (Link to this contribution) Hitherto, climate change debates in the House have centred on dealing with the causes—emissions—rath...

Richard Younger-Ross | 462 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) May I wish the Leader of the House every success? I thank him for the courtesy he has always shown w...

Jack Straw | 462 c481 (Link to this contribution) I certainly understand the real anxiety and even anger about this problem among my hon. Friend’s con...

David Heath | 462 c477-9 (Link to this contribution) As a former member of the Standards and Privileges Committee, I also pay tribute to Sir Philip Mawer...

Nicholas Winterton | 462 c481 (Link to this contribution) I very much share—[Hon. Members: ““En francais! Auf deutsch, bitte!””] I very much share the view ex...

Jack Straw | 462 c477 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important issue. I am aware that he succeeded in an action against Associat...

Lord Spicer | 462 c479-80 (Link to this contribution) Will Parliament decide on Members’ pay and allowances before the summer recess?

Margaret Moran | 462 c481 (Link to this contribution) Rats! Will my right hon. Friend take action in respect of the water company in Luton which has been ...

Jack Straw | 462 c488-9 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman’s great concern—not least from his own experience. Many Members on b...

Jack Straw | 462 c489 (Link to this contribution) I completely reject what the hon. Gentleman says. He has not been listening to what my right hon. Fr...

Jack Straw | 462 c489 (Link to this contribution) May I just repeat the point that all of us, whichever side of the House we sit on, have to accept wh...

Martin Salter | 462 c481-2 (Link to this contribution) It is fair to say that my right hon. Friend has never been in the Leninist vanguard of the movement ...

Jack Straw | 462 c480 (Link to this contribution) I understand my right hon. Friend’s concern and will pass on his representations to whoever will be ...

Gwyn Prosser | 462 c484-5 (Link to this contribution) Many of us in the trade union and labour movement have campaigned long and hard for the introduction...

John Penrose | 462 c489-90 (Link to this contribution) I listened to the Leader of the House’s comments about school discipline with great concern. Does he...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 462 c482 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate, led by whoever is the leader of the proposed new department for business and e...

Jack Straw | 462 c482 (Link to this contribution) I happen to know the building, and I entirely share my hon. Friend’s surprise—to say the least—that ...

Jack Straw | 462 c485-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I do not make an announcement on that, as well as much else. W...

Jack Straw | 462 c489-90 (Link to this contribution) Discipline is a dangerous topic for the Conservative party to get into, although I am always happy t...

Jack Straw | 462 c481 (Link to this contribution) Je ne sais pas; peut-être. The specific matter that the hon. Gentleman raises is something that must...

David Jones | 462 c490 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House arrange for the next Home Secretary to make a statement on the operatio...

Jack Straw | 462 c477-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend says, ““Offer him a job””— And I’ll plead guilty—I was worried about my hon. Friend ...

Michael Fallon | 462 c483-4 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House reconsider his refusal last week to allow an early debate on the Scotti...

Jack Straw | 462 c480 (Link to this contribution) I am not going to speculate on who is or is not likely to be my successor— I am not going to specul...

Jack Straw | 462 c484 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly ensure that what the hon. Gentleman says is given full consideration within the Bri...

Mary Creagh | 462 c479 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on the railways, with particular reference to rail safety and continuit...

Jack Straw | 462 c482-3 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows, I happen to know a little about the fine county that he represents, and...

Andrew MacKay | 462 c489 (Link to this contribution) I very much share the concerns expressed by many that the chairman of the Labour party should not al...

Linda Gilroy | 462 c482 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend arrange for an urgent debate in Government time to discuss the need for ne...

John Robertson | 462 c486 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend assist me in obtaining a debate on the Floor of the House and perhaps talk...

Bob Russell | 462 c485-6 (Link to this contribution) After 25 years of failed housing policy, it has been reported that the new Prime Minister is to intr...

Jack Straw | 462 c487 (Link to this contribution) We will come back to the hon. Gentleman on the specific issue about legislation, but I simply do not...

Jack Straw | 462 c483-4 (Link to this contribution) Without sounding entirely self-serving, I must say that thought that I gave a more than adequate ans...

Andrew Pelling | 462 c487 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday there was a written statement on the altered memorandum of understanding on the funding of...

Jack Straw | 462 c488 (Link to this contribution) I believe that British broadcasters show great responsibility, but I shall of course pass on the hon...

Jack Straw | 462 c486 (Link to this contribution) I shall certainly take the matter up with the relevant Secretaries of State. The hon. Gentleman rais...

Jack Straw | 462 c487 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman will be able to make his own remarks, as I am sure there will b...

Jack Straw | 462 c482 (Link to this contribution) Of course I understand the anxiety felt by many people about the future of the car industry in the w...

Jack Straw | 462 c483 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows—and as I know from the very lengthy discussions in 1997 and 1998 about the c...

Jack Straw | 462 c486-7 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly look for such an opportunity. My hon. Friend raises an important issue.

Jack Straw | 462 c485 (Link to this contribution) Yes is the answer. First, my hon. Friend should receive extra support from the local police. I will ...

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