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Business statement on Thursday, 4 December 2008, 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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485 c119-20 
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2008-09
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Leader of the House of Commons
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House of Commons chamber
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Thursday, 4 December 2008
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Business of the House
Thursday, 4 December 2008
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Baroness May of Maidenhead | 485 c119-20 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to give us the forthcoming business?
Baroness Harman | 485 c119-20 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, you informed the House on Wednesday of the subjects for debate on the Queen's Speech. T...
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Lord Spicer | 485 c128 (Link to this contribution) Why have the Government overruled the Speaker's statement that he alone would choose the membership ...
Baroness Harman | 485 c126 (Link to this contribution) I will seek to ensure that the House has adequate time to debate important issues such as the econom...
Baroness Harman | 485 c128 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, I wrote to the Chair of the Liaison Committee about which Bills should be subject to pre-...
Baroness Harman | 485 c131 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, Mr. Speaker addressed the question of the return of the seized material, and Members can ...
Viscount Hailsham | 485 c130 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, you said to the House in your statement that to the Speaker's Committee shou...
Baroness Harman | 485 c128 (Link to this contribution) The motion says that the Speaker will choose the members of the Committee according to the compositi...
Baroness Harman | 485 c122 (Link to this contribution) As I said before, the motion will be amendable.
Baroness Harman | 485 c130 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman is himself a learned Queen's Counsel and when he reads the moti...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 485 c127-8 (Link to this contribution) Since the narrowly drawn terms of reference for the committee of senior Members that the Leader of t...
Simon Hughes | 485 c123-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for her statement. I also thank her for the fact that we know that w...
Fiona Mactaggart | 485 c127 (Link to this contribution) In reply to an Opposition Member, the Leader of the House said that we would have the opportunity to...
Barry Sheerman | 485 c124-5 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree, like myself and most Members of this House, about the i...
Richard Bacon | 485 c125 (Link to this contribution) Does the Leader of the House agree that our constituents should be concerned if they are subject to ...
Baroness Harman | 485 c131 (Link to this contribution) We will have a debate on the economy on 15 December, at the conclusion of the debate on the Queen's ...
Lord Reid of Cardowan | 485 c125-6 (Link to this contribution) First, the Leader of the House is correct to base the matter on principles other than those that pro...
Baroness Harman | 485 c129-30 (Link to this contribution) I have tabled a motion for debate by the House. It is amendable, and I would say to the right hon. G...
Peter Bone | 485 c132-3 (Link to this contribution) I listened very carefully to your statement, Mr. Speaker, and I was very encouraged by the fact that...
Nicholas Winterton | 485 c126 (Link to this contribution) Does not the Leader of the House accept that the financial crisis is totally separate from what occu...
Andrew MacKay | 485 c129-30 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, you obviously took great trouble to be very clear and precise about the natu...
Gordon Prentice | 485 c122 (Link to this contribution) Will the House be able to add names to the Speaker's Committee or leave names off? Will Members be a...
Baroness Harman | 485 c127 (Link to this contribution) We have many occasions to debate the economy and it is right that we should do so. As for the motion...
David Heathcoat-Amory | 485 c131 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday's statement revealed that the police had been in possession of the computer of my hon. Fri...
Julian Lewis | 485 c131 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that, like every other assiduous constituency MP, the Leader of the House has during the c...
Baroness Harman | 485 c125 (Link to this contribution) I think that no one, whether hon. Members or ordinary citizens of this country, should be subjected ...
Baroness Harman | 485 c127-8 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman, being a former barrister and a former Home Secretary, will kno...
Julian Brazier | 485 c131 (Link to this contribution) While sharing the fury felt by colleagues in all parts of the House about the House's own issue, may...
Baroness Harman | 485 c127 (Link to this contribution) I think that my colleagues in the Home Office are very well aware of the difficulties for people fro...
Baroness Harman | 485 c123-4 (Link to this contribution) I take it that the hon. Gentleman was saying that we should have cross-party support for the four pr...
Lord Young of Cookham | 485 c129 (Link to this contribution) On Monday, when the Leader of the House moves the motion in her name on the Speaker's Committee, wil...
David Drew | 485 c128 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for proving all the doubting Thomases wrong: we did bring f...
Philip Davies | 485 c132 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on sentencing? On Saturday 29 November, a judge sent somebody for prison for si...
David Heath | 485 c127 (Link to this contribution) I had hoped that after your helpful statement yesterday, Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the House would ...
Baroness Harman | 485 c132 (Link to this contribution) Both the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May), who asked that question, and I are members of ...
Baroness Harman | 485 c131-2 (Link to this contribution) The details of the statement on Equitable Life will come forth in due course and, as the Prime Minis...
Sandra Gidley | 485 c129 (Link to this contribution) Many of my constituents, particularly those who work for Ford, are worried about whether they will s...
Baroness Harman | 485 c120-2 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady raised the question of Zimbabwe. There is a state of emergency in that country b...
Baroness Harman | 485 c131 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will know that, as was said by Members yesterday, we are not above the law; subje...
Baroness Harman | 485 c128 (Link to this contribution) Those matters might well be debated and considered alongside the marine and coastal access Bill. Ma...
Baroness Harman | 485 c124-5 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the sentiments that lie behind my hon. Friend's points. We have to have a proper focus ...
William Cash | 485 c128-9 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House wrote to me yesterday asking for my views on these constitutional questions—...
Baroness Harman | 485 c125-6 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with my right hon. Friend. It is incumbent on us all not to do anything that would ...
Baroness Harman | 485 c130 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point about the question of the ownership of material, and also th...
Baroness Harman | 485 c126-7 (Link to this contribution) The rights and opportunities of, and support for, people with disabilities are very much part of the...
Crispin Blunt | 485 c131-2 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. and learned Lady confirm that the statement on Equitable Life will be an oral st...
Mary Creagh | 485 c128 (Link to this contribution) May I add my voice to that of my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew), as many of my Wakefie...
Andrew Mackinlay | 485 c130 (Link to this contribution) Can the Leader of the House help to clarify one point that has troubled me overnight. [Interruption....
Baroness Harman | 485 c132 (Link to this contribution) There will be a debate on justice and home affairs after the Home Secretary's statement today.
Baroness Harman | 485 c128-9 (Link to this contribution) I am not quite sure about the hon. Gentleman's final point. I know that the hon. Gentleman, as a for...
Greg Mulholland | 485 c130-1 (Link to this contribution) Last week, we had the devastating coroner's verdict from the inquest on my constituent, Dr. John Hub...
Lord Harper | 485 c132 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) asked the Leader of the House whether the ...
Baroness Harman | 485 c129 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, if any child care services are being provided in madrassas, they are subject to inspectio...
Ann Cryer | 485 c129 (Link to this contribution) Will it be possible in the near future to have a debate on the requirement for Criminal Records Bure...
Baroness Harman | 485 c129 (Link to this contribution) I have tabled a motion to facilitate debate of the issue that arose in the Speaker's statement—that ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 485 c120-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for giving us next week's business. I have some serious points to ra...
Baroness Harman | 485 c132-3 (Link to this contribution) I tabled a motion to allow for three hours' debate. This was discussed in points of order yesterday ...
Baroness Harman | 485 c129 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has said that we are mindful t...
Baroness Harman | 485 c130-1 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, we want to make sure that there is absolute patient safety in the national health service...
David Leslie Taylor | 485 c126-7 (Link to this contribution) Is it in order to drag the discussion back to items that are a high priority for millions of UK citi...
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