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Business of the House

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

472 c519 

Session

2007-08

Department

Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Helen Goodman | 472 c519 (Link to this contribution) The business for the week commencing 25 February will be: Monday 25 February—Debate on the treaty o...

Shailesh Vara | 472 c519 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Deputy Leader of the House for the forthcoming business?

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Hugh Robertson | 472 c531 (Link to this contribution) Kent has several ports of entry, and in recent years it has taken delivery of a number of unaccompan...

Helen Goodman | 472 c531 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman is aware, the general policy on these issues was discussed yesterday following...

John Bercow | 472 c533 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate in Government time on the Floor of the House on the serial abuse of human right...

Helen Goodman | 472 c533 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is a doughty campaigner for the people of Burma. His concerns were shared across ...

Bob Spink | 472 c533-4 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Office replied today to my written questions on the role and duties, and terms and condi...

Helen Goodman | 472 c529 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is an effective champion of the west midlands and of his constituency, and he has mad...

Helen Goodman | 472 c531 (Link to this contribution) I think that what the hon. Gentleman has been led to believe from reading the newspapers is inaccura...

Lord Young of Cookham | 472 c529 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House has just announced a further two weeks of unremitting European legisl...

Helen Goodman | 472 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) I do not think there is any truth in the suggestion that A-levels are being devalued, and I am sorry...

Nicholas Winterton | 472 c527 (Link to this contribution) Will the Deputy Leader of the House take very seriously the questions that have been put about progr...

Helen Goodman | 472 c524-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite right: it is important that the accountability of regional development autho...

Ian Liddell-Grainger | 472 c528 (Link to this contribution) Will the Deputy Leader of the House consider arranging an urgent debate on the Environment Agency, w...

Helen Goodman | 472 c534 (Link to this contribution) I understand that it is untrue to suggest that husbands with multiple wives have been given the go-a...

Helen Goodman | 472 c529 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a significant point, and I will ensure that her remarks are drawn to the Home ...

Denis Murphy | 472 c525 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend consider holding a debate on the regulation of the life insurance industry? When...

Jim Sheridan | 472 c526-7 (Link to this contribution) Can we have a statement from my hon. Friend on the process for the root and branch review of Members...

Helen Goodman | 472 c528 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue, and I will ask my colleagues in DEFRA to write to him ...

Helen Goodman | 472 c534 (Link to this contribution) The programme motion for the consideration of the Lisbon treaty, including the arrangements for the ...

Christopher Chope | 472 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) Hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren are currently choosing their A-level options, yet the Govern...

Helen Goodman | 472 c529 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that many Members are sympathetic to the right hon. Gentleman's concern, but, as he has he...

Helen Goodman | 472 c519-21 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman began by raising the consideration of the Bill to enact the Lisbon treaty. He kno...

Brian Iddon | 472 c528 (Link to this contribution) There are about six almost identical local authority private Bills before the House designed to deal...

Helen Goodman | 472 c532 (Link to this contribution) As the right hon. Gentleman is well aware, coroners' courts are, like all civil and criminal courts,...

Helen Goodman | 472 c527 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is right: biofuels are an important new development. DEFRA will consider the Environme...

Helen Goodman | 472 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) As I said earlier to another hon. Member, I do not believe that the consultations are a sham. Howeve...

Phyllis Starkey | 472 c529 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the powers of the police to deal with armed foreign nationals on United King...

Helen Goodman | 472 c527 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows very well, a whole day's debate was devoted to the programming of the bu...

Bernard Jenkin | 472 c526 (Link to this contribution) May I put it to the Deputy Leader of the House that when she says that we are spending 12 days consi...

Julian Lewis | 472 c534 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Government wisely distanced themselves from the suggestions about incorporating shari...

Helen Goodman | 472 c533 (Link to this contribution) The truth is that spending on schoolchildren has doubled in the past 10 years, and that has included...

Justine Greening | 472 c529 (Link to this contribution) May I add to the calls for a debate on the post office closure programme? We are seeing savage cuts ...

Helen Goodman | 472 c530 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a surprising revelation in her question on the winter fuel allowance. The Depar...

Richard Younger-Ross | 472 c531-2 (Link to this contribution) May I draw the Deputy Leader's attention to early-day motion 987 on tandoori and curry chefs? [That...

Mark Hunter | 472 c530 (Link to this contribution) As the Deputy Leader of the House might be aware, next week has been designated national eating diso...

Lord Harper | 472 c534 (Link to this contribution) I want to take the Deputy Leader of the House back to the business that she announced. She will know...

Helen Goodman | 472 c531 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. Obviously, the first consideration is the safety and w...

Michael Connarty | 472 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House will recall that before the recess we made some important decisions o...

Helen Goodman | 472 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is an excellent Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee, and he makes a good point. ...

Nigel Evans | 472 c530-1 (Link to this contribution) May I offer my support to calls for a debate on Commonwealth issues? It would give us an opportunity...

Geraldine Smith | 472 c524-5 (Link to this contribution) When are we going to get the regional Select Committees that we were promised so that we can begin t...

Robert Smith | 472 c522-4 (Link to this contribution) In answering the question about defence, the Deputy Leader of the House talked about the amount of m...

Shailesh Vara | 472 c519-21 (Link to this contribution) My thanks to the Deputy Leader of the House for that information. The Government promised that, in ...

Damian Green | 472 c531 (Link to this contribution) During last week's recess, we learned that the security of this building was badly compromised: an i...

Helen Goodman | 472 c533-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows from the business statement that EU institutional reform will be the subjec...

Martin Salter | 472 c521-2;472 c522 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House will be aware of the long-standing support of three Home Secretaries ...

Julie Morgan | 472 c527 (Link to this contribution) I am sure my hon. Friend is aware that fair trade fortnight begins next Monday. Is she also aware th...

Helen Goodman | 472 c534 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right—we promised to be flexible, and we have been. We look ahead every week t...

Helen Goodman | 472 c527 (Link to this contribution) Fair trade is indeed a very important movement in this country. I congratulate my hon. Friend and th...

Simon Burns | 472 c531 (Link to this contribution) Will the Deputy Leader arrange for the Secretary of State for Health to come to the House next week ...

Helen Goodman | 472 c530 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises a serious and important issue to do with young women's health, and I will ...

Angus Robertson | 472 c525 (Link to this contribution) This week, the United Kingdom Government recognised that independence in Europe represents optimal r...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 472 c533 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on teaching culture in schools? The subject is close to the Government's heart....

Baroness Hoey | 472 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, you will know that this week it was announced that 169 sub-post offices are to close in...

Helen Goodman | 472 c525 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made a powerful case and raised an important issue. I will take away his suggesti...

Rob Marris | 472 c529 (Link to this contribution) The Government frequently say that time for debate in the Chamber is limited. On Thursday 28 Februar...

Peter Bone | 472 c534 (Link to this contribution) I want to continue the discussion on the lack of available Committee time to consider the Lisbon tre...

Helen Goodman | 472 c526-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite right that this is an important issue and the public need to know that the r...

Helen Goodman | 472 c535 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is well aware that infant and maternal health has improved in the past 10 years b...

Helen Goodman | 472 c521-2;472 c522 (Link to this contribution) Of course I am well aware of this important issue, and of the effective campaigning that my hon. Fri...

Lord Spicer | 472 c524 (Link to this contribution) When does the Deputy Leader of the House expect to receive the Electoral Commission proposal for the...

Ann Cryer | 472 c530 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend and the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Sir Robert Smith) have tou...

David Lepper | 472 c524 (Link to this contribution) Further to the assurances that the Deputy Leader of the House has just given to my hon. Friend the M...

Helen Goodman | 472 c526 (Link to this contribution) The truth is that the approach that has been taken to consideration of the Bill and the treaty allow...

Mark Pritchard | 472 c525 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Government disgracefully rigged the business of the House yesterday—discussion of the...

James Clappison | 472 c532 (Link to this contribution) Given our current foreign policy and defence commitments, would it not show this House in a bad ligh...

Philip Hollobone | 472 c535 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State for Health make a statement on the national health service's approach to...

Helen Goodman | 472 c522-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman began by raising the issue of resources in Afghanistan and Iraq, but I am sure he...

Jo Swinson | 472 c527 (Link to this contribution) Over the past few months more and more research has been published calling into question the Governm...

Andrew MacKay | 472 c532 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Mr. Speaker. Does the Deputy Leader of the House share the concern felt by me and ma...

Helen Goodman | 472 c532 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman's point has been raised by several other Members. I have answered it, and I do no...

Helen Goodman | 472 c524 (Link to this contribution) I do not have the timetable here with me. I will write to the hon. Gentleman.

Helen Goodman | 472 c525 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe that there is any confusion at all on that matter. I hope that the hon. Gentleman w...

Helen Goodman | 472 c529 (Link to this contribution) As I have told other Members, I know that there is strong feeling about the matter across the House....

Helen Goodman | 472 c531-2 (Link to this contribution) It is, of course, important that Indian restaurants in this country retain their high standards. How...

Helen Goodman | 472 c528 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows, the Government consider all private Members' Bills that are presented to th...

Helen Goodman | 472 c530-1 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point about the serious situation in Zimbabwe. I know that Fo...

Helen Goodman | 472 c525 (Link to this contribution) The truth is that there was a debate yesterday about the defence aspects. Furthermore, next Monday t...

Helen Goodman | 472 c524 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making those points, which I shall relay to colleagues in the Mi...

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