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Business of the House

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Parliamentary proceeding

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501 c681 

Session

2009-10

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Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Young of Cookham | 501 c681 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to give us next week's business?

Baroness Harman | 501 c681 (Link to this contribution) The business for next week will be: Monday 30 November—Second Reading of the Financial Services Bil...

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Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 501 c692 (Link to this contribution) In the light of the recent increase in dissident republican attacks in Northern Ireland, the murder ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c692 (Link to this contribution) The whole House would want to share the hopes for the peace process, which is supported by the overw...

Baroness Harman | 501 c684-5 (Link to this contribution) I have not been able to announce anything specific about the opportunity for the House to raise poin...

Robert Syms | 501 c686 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement on a wider review of student visas? Only seven months after the rules were c...

Baroness Harman | 501 c681-4 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman asked about the written ministerial statement on the local government settl...

Baroness Harman | 501 c696 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman might have a sense of drift, but the Government do not. We are ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c686 (Link to this contribution) I will refer this matter to my hon. Friend the Minister for Borders and Immigration and ask him to w...

Lindsay Hoyle | 501 c691 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether the Leader of the House would not only support, quite rightly, the Government's obj...

Robert Smith | 501 c684-5 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House said that the House would have an opportunity to debate the President's stat...

Lord Young of Cookham | 501 c681-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Leader of the House for giving us the forthcoming business. Today there is a w...

Baroness Harman | 501 c691 (Link to this contribution) I will draw my hon. Friend's point to the attention of Business Ministers. I think that progress on ...

Viscount Hailsham | 501 c696 (Link to this contribution) May I reiterate the request by the shadow Leader of the House for a free-standing debate on Afghanis...

Baroness Harman | 501 c693 (Link to this contribution) I will ask my ministerial colleagues to liaise directly with the hon. Gentleman on his specific poin...

Baroness Harman | 501 c696-7 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that Members who are concerned about the Equality Bill, who want to play a part on Report ...

Geraldine Smith | 501 c686 (Link to this contribution) Five young people are alive today because of the tragic death of a wonderful little boy, George Higg...

Andrew MacKay | 501 c691-2 (Link to this contribution) In every single previous year, the appropriate Secretary of State has come to the Dispatch Box to gi...

Philip Hollobone | 501 c696 (Link to this contribution) Although we all recognise that individual police officers do their best in very difficult circumstan...

Mark Pritchard | 501 c686 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on climate change and civil liberties, and in particular, the right of ...

Baroness Featherstone | 501 c687 (Link to this contribution) In business questions on 16 July the Leader of the House said that the Solicitor-General would discu...

Lord Harper | 501 c696-7 (Link to this contribution) May I take the Leader of the House back to the Equality Bill, about which I wrote to her yesterday? ...

Barry Sheerman | 501 c690 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware of the corrosive campaign that is being run against the BB...

Baroness Harman | 501 c686 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend is foremost in defending the jobs of people who live in her constituency,...

Gwyn Prosser | 501 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) I heard what the Leader of the House said about the Equality Bill programme, but what will she do to...

Rob Wilson | 501 c698 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement from the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport regarding England's...

Christopher Chope | 501 c695 (Link to this contribution) Who is preventing the Leader of the House from doing the decent thing and announcing today a guarant...

Baroness Harman | 501 c688 (Link to this contribution) There will be a debate this afternoon on the Queen's Speech, to be led by the Chancellor of the Exch...

John Battle | 501 c688 (Link to this contribution) Before the introduction of the flagship National Minimum Wage Act 1998, the Government set up the Lo...

Mark Hunter | 501 c694 (Link to this contribution) Not content with ripping off their customers with extortionate charges, high street banks now want t...

Nicholas Winterton | 501 c693-4 (Link to this contribution) In supporting the responsible calls for a further day on the Equality Bill, may I make a request of ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c694 (Link to this contribution) Many people will have been very disappointed that the case against the banks in relation to charges ...

Alistair Carmichael | 501 c697-8 (Link to this contribution) May we have an early debate on the work of the UK Border Agency, which would doubtless allow many ho...

Nigel Evans | 501 c689 (Link to this contribution) May I add my support to the calls for a general debate on farming? In 2000 there were 1,144 dairy fa...

Baroness Harman | 501 c691 (Link to this contribution) As well as raising these issues with the Olympics Minister during Question Time, he can take the opp...

Baroness Harman | 501 c688 (Link to this contribution) There is no policy change on beef eating, so the hon. Gentleman should not be alarmed.

Baroness Harman | 501 c687 (Link to this contribution) Amendments and new clauses have been tabled, and I am sure that they will receive sufficient debate....

Baroness Harman | 501 c693-4 (Link to this contribution) The textile industry is indeed an important part of our manufacturing, which is a very important par...

Baroness Harman | 501 c691 (Link to this contribution) It is Department for Children, Schools and Families questions next week, so I suggest that the schoo...

Baroness Harman | 501 c689 (Link to this contribution) I—[Interruption.] I am sure I had that in my notes somewhere. Oh yes, here it is: the Digital Econom...

Peter Bone | 501 c698 (Link to this contribution) The ballot for private Members' Bills is taking place today, and several Members will be extremely h...

Baroness Harman | 501 c692-3 (Link to this contribution) There are Foreign and Commonwealth Office questions next week, at which issues to do with the Caribb...

Graham Allen | 501 c694-5 (Link to this contribution) In respect of the Wright Committee on the reform of the House of Commons and the "signals" that my r...

Baroness Harman | 501 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend, as Member of Parliament for Dover, is an outstanding champion for those ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c698 (Link to this contribution) I shall raise that point with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Ann Cryer | 501 c693 (Link to this contribution) May we have an early debate on changes to immigration regulations to prevent mainly young men from a...

Baroness Harman | 501 c691-2 (Link to this contribution) I understand that there has been cross-party discussion on this, and there is an answer. [Interrupti...

Baroness Harman | 501 c686 (Link to this contribution) It is a desperately sad and difficult decision for all families when a child dies, and it is an incr...

Baroness Harman | 501 c690 (Link to this contribution) It is Transport questions next week, so I suggest that the hon. Lady raises that matter with Transpo...

Evan Harris | 501 c698 (Link to this contribution) Under the right hon. and learned Lady's leadership of the House, fewer new clauses and amendments—in...

Stewart Hosie | 501 c696 (Link to this contribution) One of the strange reasons that the Government are now using to justify their decision not to transf...

Baroness Harman | 501 c694-5 (Link to this contribution) I have always supported positive reform of this House since I came into it in 1982, when it needed m...

Gordon Prentice | 501 c689 (Link to this contribution) We read that a News of the World reporter bullied by the then editor, Andy Coulson, won a staggering...

Baroness Harman | 501 c690 (Link to this contribution) I can give my hon. Friend the assurance that having set up the Committee we are very impressed with ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c698 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, the House must scrutinise all Bills and it must do so effectively. Also, the Government, ...

Anne Main | 501 c690 (Link to this contribution) Thanks to your good offices, Mr. Speaker, an urgent question about First Capital Connect was answere...

Baroness Harman | 501 c689 (Link to this contribution) The Department of Health keeps under review the amounts paid out by the national health service in m...

Mike Penning | 501 c693 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Leader of the House is ready for me to ask a question about Buncefield, as the fo...

Baroness Harman | 501 c687 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is very persistent, and he has shown that in raising this issue for the second ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c693 (Link to this contribution) That might well be worth raising at Foreign Office questions next week. I pay tribute to my hon. Fri...

Baroness Harman | 501 c698 (Link to this contribution) It is anticipated to be a shorter Session, so this is a question of proportionality.

Christopher Fraser | 501 c691 (Link to this contribution) I have called for a debate on 2012 Olympics on many occasions, and each time the Leader of the House...

Baroness Harman | 501 c696 (Link to this contribution) The Government have undertaken an unprecedented devolution of power so that there can be what has be...

Julie Morgan | 501 c686 (Link to this contribution) May I draw my right hon. and learned Friend's attention to the threat to 200 very successful jobs in...

Richard Younger-Ross | 501 c695-6 (Link to this contribution) A few weeks ago, there was a tragic death in a social housing property in Torquay—I understand becau...

Baroness Harman | 501 c695 (Link to this contribution) I have said that the normal time for debating this sort of report is not two days after it has been ...

Ian Liddell-Grainger | 501 c688 (Link to this contribution) Notwithstanding climate change and beef eating, may we have a general debate on farming? Any change ...

Lee Scott | 501 c689 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House consider having a debate on the amount of money being paid out in medic...

David Chaytor | 501 c692 (Link to this contribution) The peak of UK oil production in the North sea was passed some years ago. In recent weeks, a growing...

Chris Mullin | 501 c690 (Link to this contribution) May I press my right hon. and learned Friend again on the Reform of the House of Commons Committee? ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c695 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with the sentiments that lie behind the hon. Gentleman's comments. That is why we h...

Paul Robert Holmes | 501 c695 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, the Select Committee on Children, Schools and Families visited a children's centre in a d...

Baroness Harman | 501 c688 (Link to this contribution) We all recognise that, as well as restoring public confidence by dealing with the abuse of expenses ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c697-8 (Link to this contribution) The UK Border Agency has a very big responsibility on behalf of people in this country and has great...

Baroness Harman | 501 c689 (Link to this contribution) I stress the importance of dairy farming and beef farming; I hope that my rather flippant answer ear...

Baroness Harman | 501 c686 (Link to this contribution) We want to eat healthily, tackle climate change and be nice to animals, and we have to work together...

Greg Mulholland | 501 c689-90 (Link to this contribution) Tetley's ales have been brewed in Leeds since 1822, but now the parent company, Carlsberg, is seekin...

Baroness Harman | 501 c692 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a number of very important points, and I will raise them with the relevant Mini...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 501 c689 (Link to this contribution) The impressive Boing Boing website tells us that the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 501 c687 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on education so that we can discuss the problems faced by Radcliffe school in M...

Ian McCartney | 501 c687 (Link to this contribution) May I apologise to you, Mr. Speaker, and to the House for my earlier yellow-card offence? Will my r...

Baroness Harman | 501 c689-90 (Link to this contribution) I will ask Business Ministers to liaise with the hon. Gentleman about whether anything could or shou...

Michael Jack | 501 c690-1 (Link to this contribution) In The Times this morning, an indication was given that the Government may be trebling the level of ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c695-6 (Link to this contribution) That is an issue that I have discussed with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Governm...

Baroness Harman | 501 c690 (Link to this contribution) There is a major point of substance in my hon. Friend's question. We want to defend strongly the BBC...

Baroness Harman | 501 c687 (Link to this contribution) I will raise that issue with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and F...

Martin Salter | 501 c688 (Link to this contribution) May we look forward to an early and positive response to all the recommendations in the comparativel...

Fiona Mactaggart | 501 c694 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will be aware that a number of changes to the membership of Select Committee...

Baroness Harman | 501 c689 (Link to this contribution) I agree and I will have to reflect on how that can be brought forward in the business of the House.

Baroness Harman | 501 c694 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend the Deputy Leader of the House reminds me, there is to be an Adjournment debate on...

Keith Vaz | 501 c691 (Link to this contribution) May I support the call by the hon. Member for North-East Milton Keynes (Mr. Lancaster) for a debate ...

Baroness Harman | 501 c696 (Link to this contribution) And indeed that might be an opportunity for us to discuss his belief that if there were elected repr...

Baroness Harman | 501 c690-1 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I am not in a position to answer what is obviously a serious point raised by the ri...

Denis MacShane | 501 c692-3 (Link to this contribution) In the light of today's Daily Mirror report, and that of The Independent last week, about the buying...

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