Business statement on Thursday, 29 January 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Harman. The answering member was Alan Duncan.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 487 c445
Session: 2008-09
Department: Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Business of the House
Thursday, 29 January 2009
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Thursday, 29 January 2009
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Proceeding contributions: Alan Duncan | 487 c445 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the right hon. and learned Lady to give us the future business of the House?; Baroness Harman | 487 c445 (Link to this contribution) The business for next week will be as follows: Monday 2 February—Opposition Day [3rd allotted day]....; Baroness Harman | 487 c456 (Link to this contribution) I take the point that hon. Members are saying that even if the Government cannot take a position, th...; Baroness Harman | 487 c453-4 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that in the hon. Gentleman's region there is a recognition that there need to be more home...; Baroness Harman | 487 c452-3 (Link to this contribution) A lot of the work to modernise the House of Commons has come not only from the Modernisation Committ...; Baroness Harman | 487 c455 (Link to this contribution) I know that many Members of the Scottish Parliament were concerned about the lack of investment in a...; Joan Ryan | 487 c448 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend may well be aware that the train operating company First Capital Co...; Baroness Harman | 487 c451 (Link to this contribution) The report has been published this morning by the Standards and Privileges Committee, and it is enti...; Oliver Letwin | 487 c458 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House prevail on the Home Secretary for a debate on the management of the UK ...; Clive Efford | 487 c456 (Link to this contribution) May I add my appeal to that of my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush (Mr. ...; Fiona Mactaggart | 487 c451 (Link to this contribution) Has my right hon. and learned Friend had a chance to see the report issued at 11 o'clock today on th...; Baroness Harman | 487 c448-50 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman started by saying that I had simply asked for the Opposition to bring forward deb...; Michael Jack | 487 c458 (Link to this contribution) In better economic times, the Government set considerable store by praying in aid support by the Int...; Lindsay Hoyle | 487 c454 (Link to this contribution) During this worldwide economic downturn, none are suffering more than people who have savings. Can w...; Gordon Banks | 487 c452 (Link to this contribution) To follow on from some earlier questions, is my right hon. and learned Friend aware that in 2007 fir...; Paul Burstow | 487 c457 (Link to this contribution) The latest figures show that in the year to come council tenants in the London borough of Sutton wil...; Lord Cormack | 487 c454 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to provide an opportunity to debate freedom of speech and politica...; Baroness Harman | 487 c455-6 (Link to this contribution) I do not think we need any lessons from the official Opposition on capital spending. We have said th...; Baroness Harman | 487 c450 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a very serious point. If Members are acting as barristers and in court in addi...; Alan Duncan | 487 c445-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for giving us the future business. I thank her, too, for her observa...; Baroness Harman | 487 c452 (Link to this contribution) I will look for an opportunity to do that. As I have said, it takes time for people to understand th...; Keith Vaz | 487 c453 (Link to this contribution) May I first declare my interest by stating that I suffer from type 2 diabetes? The Leader of the Hou...; Alistair Burt | 487 c455-6 (Link to this contribution) I listened to the earlier exchanges about the decision of the ill-fated Learning and Skills Council ...; Philip Davies | 487 c453-4 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the unelected and unaccountable role of regional government in this country?...; Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 487 c460 (Link to this contribution) I add my voice to those on both sides of the House who are calling for a debate on Sri Lanka. While ...; David Heath | 487 c448-50 (Link to this contribution) Another week without a debate on the economy in Government time. It is no good the Leader of the Hou...; Baroness Harman | 487 c458 (Link to this contribution) In that case, the right hon. Gentleman can respond to my request to give timely and accurate informa...; Baroness Harman | 487 c458 (Link to this contribution) We all hope and expect Northern Ireland to have a successful future, and we also have to honour the ...; Baroness Harman | 487 c453 (Link to this contribution) I suggest to my right hon. Friend that he raises this matter in oral questions to Health Ministers o...; Angus Brendan MacNeil | 487 c455 (Link to this contribution) May I, too, push the Government for a debate on the economy in these times of recession and credit c...; Baroness Harman | 487 c458 (Link to this contribution) I think I have more immigration cases than any other Member, and I know that some cases—if they are ...; Lord Soames of Fletching | 487 c451 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House-person—[Laughter.]—grant a debate in Government time to allow Ministers...; Baroness Harman | 487 c445-8 (Link to this contribution) The shadow Leader of the House mentioned the investigation into the conduct of a number of Members o...; Baroness Harman | 487 c456 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has raised this matter previously. Since it was raised by him and other hon. Memb...; John Bercow | 487 c459-60 (Link to this contribution) May we please have a debate in Government time and on the Floor of the House about violence against ...; Mary Creagh | 487 c457 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will recall that she and I debated the need to change the law on cohabiting ...; Baroness Harman | 487 c454 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point, and that is why we introduced the Planning Act 2008, which ...; Baroness Harman | 487 c448 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to raise this matter. Even if First Capital Connect is a private company, it...; Baroness Harman | 487 c451 (Link to this contribution) There will be an opportunity for the hon. Gentleman to raise the issue in next Wednesday's debate on...; Baroness Harman | 487 c460 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman's sentiments and I will bring them to the attention of the Foreign S...; Dari Taylor | 487 c454 (Link to this contribution) Wind farms are becoming increasingly central to the delivery of renewable energy. However, there is ...; Baroness Harman | 487 c457 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman's party has already chosen two topics for the Opposition day next Monday, but he ...; Baroness Harman | 487 c454 (Link to this contribution) This is a matter of concern. Obviously, as the hon. Gentleman says, it is a question of the balance ...; Baroness Harman | 487 c459-60 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue. The British crime survey showed a fall in the num...; Bernard Jenkin | 487 c458-9 (Link to this contribution) On the matter of the demonstrations in Parliament square, I make the plea that we treat the individu...; Baroness Harman | 487 c455 (Link to this contribution) No one can be in any doubt about the intensely high level of concern in this House about the humanit...; Baroness Harman | 487 c457 (Link to this contribution) I suggest that my hon. Friend, who is a champion for jobs in her constituency, should look for an op...; Nicholas Winterton | 487 c456 (Link to this contribution) Is the Leader of the House aware that there is a Procedure Committee report, which was accepted by t...; Baroness Harman | 487 c452 (Link to this contribution) There will be an opportunity to consider these issues when the Banking Bill returns to the Commons. ...; Baroness Harman | 487 c458-9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. We cannot have a situation in which freedom of information requests are...; Baroness Harman | 487 c457 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. We have just seen research that shows that after marriage b...; Andy Slaughter | 487 c455 (Link to this contribution) Members of all parties met the director-general of the BBC earlier this week and expressed considera...; Andrew MacKay | 487 c458 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland make a statement next week on the proposal to compe...; Baroness Harman | 487 c454 (Link to this contribution) There is a great deal of concern about this, not least among savers. Many savers are retired, and th...; Dennis Skinner | 487 c450 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. and learned Friend recall that, not long after the deputy leadership election, wh...; Greg Knight | 487 c452-3 (Link to this contribution) Can the Leader of the House tell us when she expects to convene the next meeting of the Modernisatio...; Julia Goldsworthy | 487 c452 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House has spoken of the responsibility of MPs to ensure that their constituents ar...; Julie Morgan | 487 c457 (Link to this contribution) May I, too, echo the concerns about the BBC's decision on Gaza? Is my right hon. and learned Friend...
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