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Business of the House

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

516 c489 

Session

2010-12

Department

Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Hilary Benn | 516 c489 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c489 (Link to this contribution) The business for the week commencing 18 October will be as follows: Monday 18 October—Proceedings o...

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David Nuttall | 516 c497 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House find time for a debate on the scope of our health ...

Tom Greatrex | 516 c500 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House inform us when we will get a statement on the future of the BBC World S...

Brian Binley | 516 c502-3 (Link to this contribution) The regulators are placing great demands on the banks to build up capital reserves while, as we lear...

Thomas Docherty | 516 c493-4 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House ask the Ministry of Defence when it plans to come to give a statement o...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c494 (Link to this contribution) In common with many other Members of the House, I too have constituents who have lost money through ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c495-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for once again raising this issue. I support the action that the May...

Valerie Vaz | 516 c504 (Link to this contribution) My constituent James Goodman is a hard-working electrician who has invested in property in Egypt onl...

Lord Spellar | 516 c499 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House confirm whether we can expect a statement by either the Foreign Secreta...

Christopher Pincher | 516 c498 (Link to this contribution) Thanks to a bizarre decision by the Planning Inspectorate, next year Tamworth faces the prospect of ...

Paul Flynn | 516 c496 (Link to this contribution) May we debate early-day motion 805 on the brutal, unfair and irrational proposal that would deny Wal...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c501 (Link to this contribution) I say very gently to the hon. Lady that the cuts imposed by the Government—to use her words—are nece...

Mark Pritchard | 516 c497-8 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on Burma? With the Burmese elections due on 7 November, does the Leader...

Julie Hilling | 516 c501 (Link to this contribution) In light of the huge threat to hundreds of voluntary and community groups in my constituency and acr...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c499 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has raised concerns that are felt in constituencies represented on both sides of the ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c504 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to hear what has happened to the hon. Lady's constituent. I suggest that she applies for ...

Rob Wilson | 516 c500 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement from the appropriate Minister on the dreadful—I mean dreadful—state of much ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c502-3 (Link to this contribution) Of course the banks, particularly those in which the Government have a substantial stake, should hel...

Robert Halfon | 516 c502 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House find time for a debate on houses in multiple occupancy owned by private...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c493-4 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry if there has been any discourtesy in not making information available to the House. I wil...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c494 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. The Government are committed to tackling tax avoi...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c500 (Link to this contribution) Like the hon. Gentleman, I pay tribute to the work of the BBC World Service. It may be that that iss...

Julian Smith | 516 c503 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate about the recent Commission for Rural Communities report that highlighted major...

Barry Sheerman | 516 c493 (517 9-10MC) (Link to this contribution) Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that it is estimated that there will be 1,000 job losses in every ...

Caroline Lucas | 516 c495 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House make time for a debate on the Floor of the House on the Government's si...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c499-500 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Lady's concern. There was a debate on housing benefit in Westminster Hall yest...

Michael Connarty | 516 c503 (Link to this contribution) It is quite clear that the comprehensive spending review will mean massive consequential cuts for th...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c498 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will have an opportunity to address those concerns when we reach the localism Bill. W...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c499 (Link to this contribution) I announced in my business statement that the Prime Minister will make a statement on the strategic ...

Greg Mulholland | 516 c496-7 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the purpose and adequacy of the Office of Fair Trading, which today issued a...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c500 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to remind the House that the coalition agreement includes a commitment to fu...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c492-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her question, and I understand the strength of feeling. I will dr...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 516 c499 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on plans by the banks to phase out the cheque? Cheque guarantee cards are due t...

Nicholas Dakin | 516 c497 (Link to this contribution) Earlier in the week, in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Ian Lucas), the Economic Se...

Hilary Benn | 516 c489-92 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for his statement. May I also welcome my hon. Friend the Member for ...

Greg Knight | 516 c492 (Link to this contribution) Why do we still have to go through the ridiculous ritual of putting our clocks back every autumn, th...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c493 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important issue about the safety of those in buildings. I shall draw his re...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c504 (Link to this contribution) The rate of payment will be announced in the spending review next week. We are committed to helping ...

Lord Beamish | 516 c500-1 (Link to this contribution) Can we have a debate in Government time on the appointment yesterday of the Prime Minister's new mil...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 516 c504 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. Despite what the Leader of the House said earlier, the rate at which emergenc...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c496-7 (Link to this contribution) I commend the work that the hon. Gentleman has done to safeguard pubs up and down the country in the...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c497 (Link to this contribution) As a former Scout, I would regret any curtailment of the activities that I used to indulge in. I sha...

Diana Johnson | 516 c495 (Link to this contribution) Hull has already seen the withdrawal of the university of Lincoln from its Hull campus. I am particu...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c500-1 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Prime Minister is entitled to military advice. I will give the Prime Minister not...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c495 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a serious point. I am sure that the House will want to debate, in due course, th...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c489-92 (Link to this contribution) First, let me join the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) in paying tribute to the fo...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c501 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr Skinner) was, of course, here. I am sorry that Opposition Members w...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c502 (Link to this contribution) I think that that issue was raised and dealt with by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c492 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that, and I note the suggestion of independence in respect...

Lord Watts | 516 c496 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the Air Force's view that if it faces cuts, it is quite likely that it will ...

Siobhain McDonagh | 516 c492-3 (Link to this contribution) At the Commonwealth games closing ceremony in a few hours' time, Prince Edward will be sitting along...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c495 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure whether that is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy an...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c503 (Link to this contribution) I have a rural constituency, like my hon. Friend, in which it is often more difficult to provide a r...

Alex Cunningham | 516 c494 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Leader of the House will be aware of the collapse of Crown Currency Exchange, which ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c496 (Link to this contribution) Of course I understand the local concern about the proposed closure of the passport office in Newpor...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c495 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a forceful point, and that sounds to me an ideal topic for a debate in Westmins...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c493 (517 9-10MC) (Link to this contribution) The Government will be spending some £90 million on universities and student support this year. The ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c498 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady raises a legitimate point about whether the loss of child benefit will have an impact ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c496 (Link to this contribution) I said in my business statement that the Prime Minister would make a statement on the strategic defe...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c493 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for drawing attention to the fact that the Youth Parliament will sit...

Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 516 c494 (Link to this contribution) The House will know of the wholly wrong-headed proposals made by the Sentencing Guidelines Council f...

Tony Baldry | 516 c501 (Link to this contribution) The cull of quangos is welcome in enhancing accountability, but the corollary is that that accountab...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c500 (Link to this contribution) There may be an opportunity to raise that particular subject at Justice questions, or it may be an a...

Jeremy Lefroy | 516 c494 (Link to this contribution) One of my constituents recently brought to my attention an extraordinary, but perfectly legal, tax a...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c494 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that the Sentencing Guidelines Council has made some proposals that would im...

Rehman Chishti | 516 c493 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House allow a debate on fire safety linked to building regulations and materi...

David Tredinnick | 516 c495-6 (Link to this contribution) When does my right hon. Friend expect Parliament square to be cleared of demonstrators? Is he aware ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c501 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful point, which relates to the announcement in the written ministerial ...

Jo Swinson | 516 c493 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House has given us the business until Thursday 28 October. The day after that, Fri...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c499 (Link to this contribution) Evidence has been given to the Public Accounts Committee by HMRC. The Government want to see the PAC...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 516 c502 (Link to this contribution) Further to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Blaenau Gwent (Nick Smith), may I ask the...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c497-8 (Link to this contribution) I wholly agree with my hon. Friend's point about the release, and I know that the British Government...

Gregg McClymont | 516 c502 (Link to this contribution) The Government efficiency tsar, Sir Philip Green, is famously efficient in organising his own tax af...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 516 c495 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware of the necessary upheaval caused by the important work going on in man...

Madeleine Moon | 516 c497 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate in Government time on the need to update copyright law, especially to protect s...

Nick Smith | 516 c498-9 (Link to this contribution) I refer the Leader of the House to early-day motion 742, which was tabled by my right hon. Friend th...

Peter Bone | 516 c501 (Link to this contribution) Last night, there was an absolutely splendid debate in the House: the Government Benches were packed...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c498-9 (Link to this contribution) I understand that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales has written to all Welsh Mem...

John Stevenson | 516 c500 (Link to this contribution) I was selected as a parliamentary candidate by virtue of an open primary. The coalition agreement in...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c502 (Link to this contribution) Local authorities have fairly extensive powers in relation to HMOs. My hon. Friend might want to est...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c497 (Link to this contribution) I share the hon. Lady's concern. I thought that there had been legislation relatively recently to ad...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c497 (Link to this contribution) My view is that Government Departments should settle their bills promptly.

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c503 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman must await the statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer next Wednesday. Perha...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c502 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State for Wales and the Minister with responsibility for political and constitution...

Priti Patel | 516 c499 (Link to this contribution) Earlier this week, we witnessed the spectacle of the unapologetic chief executive of Her Majesty's R...

Bridget Phillipson | 516 c499-500 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the implications of the Government's changes to housing benefit? Many Member...

Lord Redwood | 516 c496 (Link to this contribution) As the Government strategy rests on raising £176 billion a year more tax at the end of this Parliame...

Lord Young of Cookham | 516 c496 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will know that we have already introduced a number of measures to promote growt...

Yvonne Fovargue | 516 c498 (Link to this contribution) I would like to ask the Leader of the House for a debate on the real consequences for women of the p...

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