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Business statement on Thursday, 11 November 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Young of Cookham. The answering member was Hilary Benn.


Business of the House


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Parliamentary proceeding
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518 c423 
Session
2010-12
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Leader of the House of Commons
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House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Hilary Benn | 518 c423 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Leader of the House to give us the forthcoming business?
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c423 (Link to this contribution) The business for the week commencing 15 November will include: Monday 15 November—Second Reading of...
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Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c429 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to hear that some who travelled to Westminster abbey were unable to attend the service. O...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c435-6 (Link to this contribution) As I said a moment ago, my hon. Friend has just handed me a letter that makes the case for more time...
Philip Davies | 518 c433-4 (Link to this contribution) Warming to the theme of the question on food labelling from my right hon. Friend the Member for East...
Huw Irranca-Davies | 518 c437 (Link to this contribution) The House was expecting today a statement on rail electrification to south Wales. Can the Leader of ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c436-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will know that under the recommendations of the Wright—no relation—Committee, res...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c428 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, and of course I congratulate Harlow British Legion and Harlow counc...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c433 (Link to this contribution) Stoning to death is a barbarous form of punishment, which the Government and I am sure all Members d...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c431 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman will have seen the written ministerial statement, which said:"““While respe...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c429-30 (Link to this contribution) I must tell my hon. Friend that that may be the last time the Whips put him on such a Committee—but ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c436 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's point, and I have seen the early-day motion. I think that we would...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c436 (Link to this contribution) The Government will be bringing forward a Bill to permit the recall of Members of Parliament for ser...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c434-5 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister will make a statement on the G20 on Monday and of course wil...
Robert Halfon | 518 c428 (Link to this contribution) Has my right hon. Friend seen early-day motion 971, congratulating Harlow British Legion and Harlow ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c430 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for pursuing that issue. We have some of the toughest firearms l...
Kevin Barron | 518 c427 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House has added his name to two motions on the Order Paper laid by members of the ...
Lord Watts | 518 c429 (Link to this contribution) Given that this week's ““Dispatches”” programme highlighted the fact that workers were being paid £2...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c434 (Link to this contribution) No, what we are doing is exactly what the previous Government did. There are some 90 people employed...
Gregg McClymont | 518 c433 (Link to this contribution) Cumbernauld house is a magnificent piece of 18th century William Adam architecture situated in the h...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c432 (Link to this contribution) Such decisions are essentially taken by local chief constables, but it is open to the hon. Gentleman...
Julian Smith | 518 c430 (Link to this contribution) Businesses in the market town of Masham in my constituency are suffering from the removal by the Hig...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c437 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that there is any substance whatsoever in that allegation. My right hon. Friend the S...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c432 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He will have seen the coalition's programme for government document...
Jim Sheridan | 518 c429 (Link to this contribution) Can the Leader of the House arrange for the Deputy Prime Minister to come before the House to explai...
Lord Cryer | 518 c436 (Link to this contribution) Has the Leader of the House seen early-day motion 976? [That this House notes with concern the remo...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c435 (Link to this contribution) The Ministry of Justice will shortly publish a paper on sentencing policy, and that may be the right...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c431-2 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Lady's dilemma. She will know that the Procedure Committee has announced that ...
Nick Raynsford | 518 c431 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will be aware that yesterday in the High Court the Secretary of State for Co...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c429 (Link to this contribution) Of course the health and safety regulations should be observed, as should those on the national mini...
Ian Lucas | 518 c432 (Link to this contribution) Could we have an urgent debate about the future of police community support officers? Those widely r...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c426 (Link to this contribution) I entirely share the views that my hon. Friend has just expressed. She will know that after the busi...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c430-1 (Link to this contribution) The second half of the question is easy: it should be in Backbench Business Committee time. On the f...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c427 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to hear what has happened to the hon. Lady's constituent. I shall pass on her concerns to...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c433-4 (Link to this contribution) Any debate that we have about food labelling will be broad enough to encompass the specific issue th...
Hilary Benn | 518 c423-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for his statement. As we have just observed the 11th hour of the 11...
Adam Afriyie | 518 c430-1 (Link to this contribution) The comprehensive spending review has cut costs right across Government Departments, and it seems to...
Valerie Vaz | 518 c427 (Link to this contribution) My virtual constituent Richard Prescott, a lecturer in Italy, has made a claim against the universit...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c433 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has raised a really serious issue. The coalition Government int...
Greg Mulholland | 518 c429-30 (Link to this contribution) I commend Government Whips for allowing me to serve on the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments ...
Philip Hollobone | 518 c435 (Link to this contribution) The European Union Bill will be presented after business questions. Despite the fact that, for some ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c426 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his early-day motion. I have no hesitation whatever in su...
David Nuttall | 518 c432 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House consider instituting an annual debate on the military covenant, which, ...
Albert Owen | 518 c436 (Link to this contribution) Now that the Deputy Prime Minister should be regretting turning his back on making the pledge on tui...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 518 c428 (Link to this contribution) A debate on the Freedom of Information Act 2000 would allow me to return to the subject of the minis...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c432-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point, and fortunately there were no really serious injuries yesterday, ...
David Tredinnick | 518 c428-9 (Link to this contribution) Further to his answer to me on 14 October, will the Leader of the House update the House on his disc...
Lord McCabe | 518 c433 (Link to this contribution) Can we have a debate about the House's attitude to the barbaric policy of ritual stoning to death in...
Gerald Kaufman | 518 c426 (Link to this contribution) Has the right hon. Gentleman seen early-day motion 967 in my name and those of several other hon. Me...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c432 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's point; voluntary organisations face the same pressures as many oth...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c430 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I do not have at my fingertips the date of that response, but I will raise the issu...
Jim Fitzpatrick | 518 c430 (Link to this contribution) Can the Leader of the House advise us whether he has had any indication from his right hon. and hon....
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c435 (Link to this contribution) I understand that that matter was raised on a point of order yesterday, and I know that inquiries we...
Thomas Docherty | 518 c430 (Link to this contribution) On 21 October I raised with the Leader of the House the issue of children having shotgun licences. I...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c435 (Link to this contribution) This is an important constitutional Bill that I would anticipate being taken on the Floor of the Hou...
Tom Greatrex | 518 c434 (Link to this contribution) Can we have an urgent statement from the Government following their decision yesterday to overrule t...
Ian Lavery | 518 c435 (Link to this contribution) Another young life was tragically lost in my constituency last week owing to knife crime. Can the Le...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c429 (Link to this contribution) This House has just spent five days in Committee and two days on Report on the Parliamentary Voting ...
Peter Bottomley | 518 c432-3 (Link to this contribution) Just after 1 o'clock on Millbank yesterday, I saw how some student leaders and some students reacted...
Andrew George | 518 c433 (Link to this contribution) Mrs Dalia Nield, an experienced and respected surgeon, has apparently been threatened by Rodial Ltd ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c428 (Link to this contribution) Neither myself nor my hon. Friend the Deputy Leader of the House has had an opportunity to taste the...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c433 (Link to this contribution) If there is a role for any Minister to play in agreeing to that transfer, I shall draw it to the att...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c427 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for articulating concerns that are shared by hon. Members on bot...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c428-9 (Link to this contribution) I admire my hon. Friend for his persistence. He may know that there was an exchange in the House of ...
William Cash | 518 c435-6 (Link to this contribution) The European Union Bill, about which I wrote to the Leader of the House earlier today, is a Bill of ...
Iain Wright | 518 c436-7 (Link to this contribution) Fishing remains an important part of this country's economy, yet the operators of some under-10 metr...
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 518 c429 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on support for our veterans? At 11 am this morning I joined many fellow veteran...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c426-7 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my right hon. Friend. It should be made absolutely clear which food is genuine...
Bob Russell | 518 c427 (Link to this contribution) Last month the shadow Leader of the House asked for a debate on the Independent Parliamentary Standa...
Barry Sheerman | 518 c432 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will know that the whole concept of the big society is supposed to be based ...
Nadine Dorries | 518 c426 (Link to this contribution) This House needs an emergency debate. What we saw happen yesterday was deplorable. We saw National U...
Peter Bone | 518 c434 (Link to this contribution) Over the next five years our contributions to the European Union will increase by a staggering £17.5...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c423-5 (Link to this contribution) May I begin by endorsing what the right hon. Gentleman just said? You, Mr Speaker, and many Members ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c437 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to see this item on the Order Paper. When I was in opposition, I advocated breaking t...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c434 (Link to this contribution) Of course I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern. I shall raise with my right hon. Friend the Sec...
Greg Knight | 518 c426-7 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on food labelling? Is my right hon. Friend aware that imported meat packaged he...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c434 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will see that the next business is the presentation of the European Union Bill. When ...
Andrew Stephenson | 518 c434-5 (Link to this contribution) Following the news in the past 48 hours from China that the Prime Minister's trade mission has helpe...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c430 (Link to this contribution) I will raise that particular issue with the Secretary of State for Transport. I know from my own con...
Natascha Engel | 518 c437 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House be in his place at the beginning of Back-Bench business today in order ...
Lord Brennan of Canton | 518 c434 (Link to this contribution) We still need a debate about civil service recruitment. I have received a reply from the Cabinet Sec...
Lord Young of Cookham | 518 c427 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman and his Committee for producing those two reports. I envis...
Gerry Sutcliffe | 518 c435 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House have a word with the Home Secretary and tell her that it is unacceptabl...
Jo Swinson | 518 c431-2 (Link to this contribution) Tomorrow, the House will consider the excellent Sustainable Livestock Bill, but many MPs will be for...
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