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Business statement on Thursday, 18 October 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Harman. The answering member was Baroness May of Maidenhead.


Business of the House


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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
464 c963-4 
Session
2006-07
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 464 c963-4 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to give us the forthcoming business?
Baroness Harman | 464 c963-4 (Link to this contribution) Before announcing the business I can tell the House that the Commons calendar, from November this ye...
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David TC Davies | 464 c978 (Link to this contribution) May we have an emergency debate on the fact that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affa...
Baroness Harman | 464 c978 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that there would be any point in holding such a debate, because DEFRA has no such pla...
Baroness Harman | 464 c975 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a really important point about the science of tackling infection control and i...
David Kidney | 464 c975 (Link to this contribution) Does the Leader of the House accept that the top concern for many people is health-care-acquired inf...
Baroness Harman | 464 c979 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with every point that the hon. Gentleman has made, so I will not repeat what he s...
Mark Pritchard | 464 c979 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on Turkey? Will the Leader of the House join me in calling on the Turki...
Baroness Harman | 464 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) Members will have an opportunity to raise those important issues on Monday 29 October, during questi...
Baroness Harman | 464 c964-6 (Link to this contribution) We have no plan to change the questions rota. A full statement was made to the House on the questio...
Peter Soulsby | 464 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will be aware that the BBC's recent announcement about the future of its new...
Baroness Harman | 464 c971 (Link to this contribution) I will bring my hon. Friend's comments to the attention of the relevant Minister. Although Canada's ...
Baroness Harman | 464 c972 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with my hon. Friend's comments about Croydon's family justice centre, which is doin...
Julie Morgan | 464 c970 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my right hon. Friend will want to congratulate His Holiness the Dalai Lama on receivi...
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 464 c978 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on funding for new schools? ““I before E””, or ““infrastructure before expansio...
Baroness Harman | 464 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) I will bring the hon. Gentleman's comments to the attention of the relevant Minister.
Simon Hughes | 464 c967-8 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House is to be thanked for her statements, not only about the business but about o...
Baroness Harman | 464 c970 (Link to this contribution) I will find out about that. As I cannot give the hon. Gentleman the information that he needs, I wil...
Baroness Harman | 464 c978 (Link to this contribution) My response to the shadow Leader of the House was that there are transparent processes for ensuring ...
Baroness Harman | 464 c967 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for raising that important issue, and I am aware of the work that he and othe...
Stephen Ladyman | 464 c974-5 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware that too many autistic children in Kent—and probably elsew...
Baroness Harman | 464 c979 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman raised the matter at Treasury questions, as the Chancellor ...
Mark Hendrick | 464 c969 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend consider finding time for a debate on the future of bus services in Presto...
Baroness Harman | 464 c977 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly look into the decision about which Minister should handle the debate. I hope that t...
Baroness Harman | 464 c976-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will know, because we have published the Government's draft legislative programme...
Lord Young of Cookham | 464 c972 (Link to this contribution) Does the Leader of the House accept that not all Members of Parliament are fat? In his first stateme...
Philip Davies | 464 c979 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister said that important announcements would be made to Parliament, so I was surprised...
Lord Benyon | 464 c977 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday I secured a 90-minute Westminster Hall debate on the important issue of the Government's e...
Baroness Harman | 464 c975 (Link to this contribution) Overall, I think that the hon. Lady would recognise that we have massively increased investment in d...
Tobias Ellwood | 464 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate in Government time on British tourism? It is Britain's fifth largest in...
Baroness Harman | 464 c967-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes some important points about the parliamentary year and about opportunities ...
Tony Baldry | 464 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) May I draw the Leader of the House's attention to early-day motion 2113? That this House is concern...
Baroness Harman | 464 c974 (Link to this contribution) I recognise hon. Members' concern about the lack of opportunity to debate the pre-Budget report in G...
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 464 c972 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House find time for a debate on domestic violence and intimate-partner murder...
Justine Greening | 464 c975 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate in the House about the targeting of the deprived area fund? Roehampton ward—thi...
Lord Harper | 464 c977-8 (Link to this contribution) I listened with great care to what the right hon. and learned Lady said to my right hon. Friend the ...
Baroness Harman | 464 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) I am sure the whole House agrees with what the hon. Gentleman has said about the importance of ensur...
Baroness Harman | 464 c971 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry; I got the first bit about us all being fat but missed the hon. Gentleman's final questio...
Jim Sheridan | 464 c976 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the long-term future of manufacturing industry in this country, especially r...
Ian Taylor | 464 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House have a word with the Secretary of State for Justice, and invite him to ...
Lord Spicer | 464 c969 (Link to this contribution) Why have the Government not published the Senior Salaries Review Body's report on Members' salaries,...
Baroness Harman | 464 c977-8 (Link to this contribution) I think that it is important that we get the policy right, and we will get the policy right on the b...
Baroness Harman | 464 c972 (Link to this contribution) The debate on the reports from the Modernisation Committee will give us an opportunity to discuss ho...
Daniel Kawczynski | 464 c978 (Link to this contribution) At the beginning of business questions, my right hon. Friend the shadow Leader of the House asked an...
Baroness Harman | 464 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) No doubt the hon. Gentleman could raise that point during next week's Culture, Media and Sport quest...
Andrew MacKay | 464 c974 (Link to this contribution) Is there not an overwhelming case this year for the Prime Minister to fulfil his promise to hold a d...
Julian Lewis | 464 c975-6 (Link to this contribution) Having managed to lose well over a stone since 1 August without so much as dipping a big toe into a ...
John Bercow | 464 c976-7 (Link to this contribution) I hugely welcome what has been said about the needs of autistic children, and the forthcoming debate...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 464 c964-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. and learned Lady for giving us the future business. In the current cycle of ...
Stephen Hepburn | 464 c967 (Link to this contribution) Two people die every week on Tyneside as a result of an asbestos-related injury contracted through t...
Baroness Harman | 464 c975-6 (Link to this contribution) The House has discussed on numerous occasions the law and practice surrounding the release of prison...
Baroness Harman | 464 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a very important question. As well as taking it up with Ministers in the Minis...
Richard Bacon | 464 c971 (Link to this contribution) Does the Leader of the House agree that there are far too many fat Members of Parliament? Speaking a...
Baroness Harman | 464 c970 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the work of my hon. Friend and her colleagues in the all-party group on Tibet. She ...
Baroness Harman | 464 c978 (Link to this contribution) I know that the Minister for Schools and Learners is meeting those involved in the Milton Keynes sit...
Michael Clapham | 464 c974 (Link to this contribution) I listened with interest to the Leader of the House's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow ...
Baroness Harman | 464 c974 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. We need to ensure that if justice is not done in a way that...
David Leslie Taylor | 464 c973 (Link to this contribution) The settled communities of Snibston, Sinope, Coalville, Castle Donington, Ibstock and Battram in Nor...
Baroness Harman | 464 c969 (Link to this contribution) The usual process is that the Government publish their response and then allow a debate shortly ther...
Alan Reid | 464 c970 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement on when the Government intend to implement their manifesto commitment to rev...
Colin Burgon | 464 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) May I raise another weighty matter? May we have a debate on how the Conservatives and Liberals on Le...
Baroness Harman | 464 c969 (Link to this contribution) I will draw to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport what my ho...
Baroness Harman | 464 c974-5 (Link to this contribution) I know that that is a matter of real concern throughout the country and on both sides of the House. ...
Baroness Harman | 464 c973 (Link to this contribution) I will do as my hon. Friend suggests. Another question that no doubt will be raised has to do with w...
Nick Palmer | 464 c971 (Link to this contribution) Mark Glover, the distinguished animal welfare campaigner who is chair of the organisation Respect fo...
Baroness Harman | 464 c976 (Link to this contribution) We are all very well aware of the importance of manufacturing. I recognise—my hon. Friend has brough...
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