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Business of the House

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

520 c1047 

Session

2010-12

Department

Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Hilary Benn | 520 c1047 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1047 (Link to this contribution) The business for the week commencing 20 December will be: Monday 20 December—General debate on fire...

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Alan Reid | 520 c1053 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the Department for Work and Pensions contract for cashing benefit cheques? T...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1055-6 (Link to this contribution) I honestly think that the House has had adequate opportunities to debate tuition fees this month. Th...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1054-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady will have an opportunity to raise the issue with my right hon. Friend the Home Secreta...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1059 (Link to this contribution) The PAC report referred predominantly to the performance of the last Labour Government; I do not thi...

John Stevenson | 520 c1052 (Link to this contribution) The 2012 Olympics will be a significant sporting event and, on the back of that, there will undoubte...

Mark Pritchard | 520 c1056 (Link to this contribution) Ghana, one of the most stable democracies in Africa, is about to pump its first commercial oil, wort...

Pete Wishart | 520 c1054 (Link to this contribution) Last week, during the tuition fees debate, the Minister for Universities and Science, the right hon....

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1054 (Link to this contribution) As a former local government Minister, I know that there is no way of coming up with a draft settlem...

Natascha Engel | 520 c1050-1 (Link to this contribution) These being the last business questions before Christmas, may I again urge the Leader of the House t...

Grahame Morris | 520 c1060 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House make time for an early debate in Government time on the impact of the c...

Clive Efford | 520 c1056 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman would not wish to disfranchise students in the Oldham East a...

Chuka Umunna | 520 c1058 (Link to this contribution) To return to an issue I raised at a previous business questions, the Government have announced that ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1050 (Link to this contribution) Of course I understand the seriousness to which my hon. Friend refers and the anxiety in the village...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1055 (Link to this contribution) I commend the work that my hon. Friend has been doing on this issue for many years. The Government b...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1051 (Link to this contribution) I note my hon. Friend's interest in this matter. My hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobo...

Ian Liddell-Grainger | 520 c1050 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is aware—I have banged on about this enough times—of problems with flooding in ...

Lord Watts | 520 c1057 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government is on record as having said i...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1057 (Link to this contribution) I am all in favour of fewer lorries on our roads. I think that it would be best for the Secretary of...

David Nuttall | 520 c1059 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House arrange for an early debate on the performance of the Student Loans Com...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1047-50 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his response, his Christmas wishes and indeed his Christmas car...

John McDonnell | 520 c1051 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the written statement this morning about the detention of asylum seekers' children, but ma...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1059 (Link to this contribution) It was because we believed the SLC was not being operated efficiently that we replaced the chairman ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1057 (Link to this contribution) There will indeed be an urgent debate on the matter, because the settlement must be approved by the ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1053 (Link to this contribution) I reject the accusation that anything has been done in a cavalier manner. As I said in response to t...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1051-2 (Link to this contribution) The answer to the first question is no; that was an operational matter for the police, and I did not...

Denis MacShane | 520 c1059 (Link to this contribution) After the extraordinary revelations in The Times about the disastrous performance of Ministry of Def...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1055 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the right hon. Gentleman. Of course we need a legacy for young people after the Olympic...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1058 (Link to this contribution) It is important that we seek a consensus on what the impact of the changes will be. I cannot promise...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 520 c1062 (Link to this contribution) Now that the Prime Minister has said that he is taking personal charge of the school sports debacle,...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1061 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the initiative taken by the hon. Lady and those in her community, who recognise the tragic...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1051 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's welcome for the written ministerial statement. Any Government...

David Anderson | 520 c1062 (Link to this contribution) Last week, I was approached by my constituent, Sharon Martin, who informed me that she had that day ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1057-8 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend said, there was a well-attended debate on legal aid in Westminster Hall earlier th...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1062 (Link to this contribution) I heard the hon. Gentleman share his concerns at Energy and Climate Change questions, when he put a ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1063 (Link to this contribution) I think that this goes back to a question put to me earlier. The Government will be coming up with a...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1052 (Link to this contribution) This Government are very anxious, as were the previous Government, that the benefits of the Olympics...

Lee Scott | 520 c1055 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend allow Government time for a debate on the provision of health and educatio...

Valerie Vaz | 520 c1052-3 (Link to this contribution) Female genital mutilation affects more than 20,000 women and girls in this country, some of them as ...

Paul Flynn | 520 c1063 (Link to this contribution) Will it not be appropriate in the new year to debate fully the content of a debate that is taking pl...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1059-60 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend, and I see that there is a debate scheduled for Tuesday on support for b...

Anna Soubry | 520 c1051 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House be so good as to ensure that time is set aside so that we may debate th...

Mark Pawsey | 520 c1058 (Link to this contribution) Christmas is just around the corner, and many people will receive a gift of a personalised number pl...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1060 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern. There will be an opportunity to debate the police grant o...

David Lammy | 520 c1055 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the Olympic legacy? It has become clear that one of the bids involves a comp...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 520 c1058-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Leader of the House's remark that the Prime Minister is likely on Monday after...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1060 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Lady's concern but, as she says, this is a matter on which the Government have...

Baroness Coffey | 520 c1060-1 (Link to this contribution) Merry Christmas to you and your family, Mr Speaker, and to other Members of the House. Will the Lea...

Jonathan Reynolds | 520 c1061 (Link to this contribution) Further to the comments of some of my hon. Friends, the news that Greater Manchester police is to lo...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1052-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady has raised a valid issue, and of course I will raise the matter with the appropriate S...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1062 (Link to this contribution) I have forgotten what the question was. On school partnerships, a further announcement will be made ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1056 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman was worried about the timing of the by-election, he could have registered his ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1052 (Link to this contribution) At this moment, the hon. Gentleman is a lot closer, physically, to the Chairman of the Backbench Bus...

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 520 c1060 (Link to this contribution) A written ministerial statement today announced the closure of 10 of Britain's 19 coastguard station...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1058-9 (Link to this contribution) I think the hon. Lady knows what I am about to say to her: in setting up its Backbench Business Comm...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1061-2 (Link to this contribution) Ministers are quite clear that they should report matters to the House before they report them to th...

Henry Smith | 520 c1053-4 (Link to this contribution) Following the recession, many over-50s in my constituency are, regrettably, finding it very difficul...

Robert Halfon | 520 c1059-60 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House find time for an urgent debate on costs to small businesses? Two of my ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1056 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's anxiety. She says that something may be ““the view of the Ministry of ...

Tom Greatrex | 520 c1056-7 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent statement from the Business Secretary on the disgraceful situation in Scotland...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1060-1 (Link to this contribution) There will be an opportunity to debate many of these matters when we produce our proposals for refor...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1061 (Link to this contribution) Of course I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern, but the former Home Secretary made it clear bef...

Elizabeth Truss | 520 c1056 (Link to this contribution) I am very concerned about the possible impact on service personnel at RAF Marham in my constituency....

Bill Esterson | 520 c1061-2 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House remind Ministers that they should tell hon. Members of decisions affect...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1055 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend risks opening a bidding war in the Chamber among other hon. Members who wish their co...

Fiona Mactaggart | 520 c1054-5 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House invite the Home Secretary to come to the House again to correct comment...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1053-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. He will know that we are introducing a new Work programme from ea...

Lord Spellar | 520 c1053 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate as soon as possible on the conventions of this House? Conflict is inevitable in...

Julie Hilling | 520 c1061 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House consider holding a debate on our industrial heritage? On 21 December 19...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 520 c1055-6 (Link to this contribution) May we have another early debate on the funding of universities? As the Leader of the House will kno...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 520 c1062 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will have heard the concerns expressed by Members on both sides of the House...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1053 (Link to this contribution) I commend my hon. Friend on raising this issue, and I have seen his early-day motion on the subject....

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1063 (Link to this contribution) ““As soon as possible”” will be before the House rises for the Christmas recess.

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1056-7 (Link to this contribution) If the matter is indeed not devolved but retained, I will of course draw it to the attention of the ...

Barry Gardiner | 520 c1063 (Link to this contribution) This week, we learned that 25% of all children are recorded as being obese when they go to primary s...

Andrew Stephenson | 520 c1054 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House allow us a debate on the local government finance settlement, which was...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1050-1 (Link to this contribution) On the first point, the hon. Lady is quite right to say that, because the Session is longer than it ...

David Tredinnick | 520 c1051-2 (Link to this contribution) Can my right hon. Friend tell me whether he had any say, as Leader of the House and on behalf of the...

Hilary Benn | 520 c1047-50 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for his statement. Following the decision of the deputy Chief Whip t...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1062 (Link to this contribution) I applaud what the hon. Gentleman said about our fighting forces. He will get a letter from an MOD M...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1056 (Link to this contribution) Like my hon. Friend, I welcome the commencement of oil production in Ghana. I hope very much that th...

Nicholas Dakin | 520 c1063 (Link to this contribution) Four weeks ago, I submitted four written questions on the background analysis done before the decisi...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1063 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has taken a consistent stand on this issue for many years and I applaud that, alt...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1054 (Link to this contribution) It is certainly the case that, if a Minister has inadvertently given inaccurate information to the H...

Thomas Docherty | 520 c1052 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House on behalf of all Members for his support throughout the year on a nu...

Robert Buckland | 520 c1057-8 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend ensure that time is found between now and the end of the consultation peri...

Pauline Latham | 520 c1057 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House may be aware that hauliers are to be penalised by the European Union, which ...

Lord Young of Cookham | 520 c1058 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend must move in very important circles given that he says that many people will receive ...

David TC Davies | 520 c1055 (Link to this contribution) Many of us look forward not only to the royal wedding, but to finding out what title will be bestowe...

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