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Business statement on Thursday, 13 January 2011, 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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521 c431 
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 | 521 c431 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c431 (Link to this contribution) The business for the week commencing 17 January will be as follows: Monday 17 January—Second Readin...
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Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c443 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree. I do not know what influence the right hon. Gentleman has with Mr Crow, but the la...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c444 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows, we have introduced the Localism Bill. There may be an opportunity, as t...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c437-8 (Link to this contribution) I have to say that that is a game that more than one party can play. I hope the hon. Gentleman will ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c439-40 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that the right hon. Gentleman did not have an opportunity to put that question during BIS...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c436 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend was at this Dispatch Box on Tuesday, answering questions on behalf ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c438-9 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Lady's concern. The Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Fr...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c444-5 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concern. Any level of fraud in the EU budget is wholly unacceptable. W...
Dominic Raab | 521 c444-5 (Link to this contribution) This week, the outgoing Dutch member of the EU Court of Auditors criticised the watchdog for its ““c...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c443 (Link to this contribution) I shall see whether I can produce a sword from a stone. We are talking about negotiations and discus...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c437 (Link to this contribution) Some roads will be Highways Agency roads but others will be the responsibility of the county council...
Lord Brennan of Canton | 521 c441-2 (Link to this contribution) Why has the statement about the responsibilities that are being transferred from BIS not yet been ma...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c438 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concern on behalf of his constituents. There will be questions to the ...
Pat McFadden | 521 c439-40 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House schedule a debate on the future of the financial inclusion fund and the...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c439 (Link to this contribution) I would welcome such a debate. I do not know whether my hon. Friend has looked at The Times or The G...
Gareth Johnson | 521 c440 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend grant time to debate the proposed closures of the Limes and Manorbrooke ca...
Andrew Miller | 521 c442 (Link to this contribution) On exactly the same point, will the right hon. Gentleman look very carefully at the waste of money i...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c446 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows, we took the view that the last thing the country needed at this time was an...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c441 (Link to this contribution) They are important matters, and any responsibility for the choice of tie rests with my wife rather t...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c439 (Link to this contribution) I reject the assertion that any promises made by Ministers have been broken, but I shall draw the ri...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 521 c438 (Link to this contribution) Very large machinery of Government changes were announced before Christmas, but this morning the Bus...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c445 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend refers to a case, initiated by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, that is shortl...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c435 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. He will know that the Secretary of State made a statement just ...
Nadhim Zahawi | 521 c439 (Link to this contribution) Now that the country has been pulled back from the brink of bankruptcy, may we have a debate on the ...
Anne Main | 521 c437 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on the state of Britain's roads? After the parlous weather we have had ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c438 (Link to this contribution) I think the shadow Leader of the House asked not for a debate but for a written ministerial statemen...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c438 (Link to this contribution) I well understand the importance of that link for my hon. Friend's constituents and many others in t...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c436 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the work that my hon. Friend does in this respect. We have encouraged the Sri La...
Neil Carmichael | 521 c441 (Link to this contribution) Given the importance of exports to Britain's economic recovery, would the Leader of the House like t...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c441 (Link to this contribution) That is an excellent idea. The Government have no plan to do so, but it might be a suitable subject ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c444 (Link to this contribution) I read out a few moments ago the words on the piece of paper in front of me that indicates where the...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c439 (Link to this contribution) This specific issue was addressed in my right hon. Friend the Chancellor's statement on Tuesday. He ...
Lord Barwell | 521 c440-1 (Link to this contribution) In the light of Lord Adonis's comments supporting the principle that all schools should be able to b...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c435-6 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly be happy to raise with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions the specific in...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c437 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend does respect the House, but I will ensure that the hon. Gentleman's question is...
Jake Berry | 521 c445 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House agree to a debate on any changes to the rules surrounding medical or tw...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c443 (Link to this contribution) I applaud my hon. Friend's sentiments. He was probably in the House when the Chancellor made his sta...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c442 (Link to this contribution) I very much regret any discourtesy that was extended to the hon. Gentleman, and I am sure that it wa...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c442 (Link to this contribution) We should certainly seek to reduce the cost of politics. As my hon. Friend knows, we are reducing th...
Alun Cairns | 521 c444 (Link to this contribution) In view of the fact that the Government's key challenge and objective was to save Britain from the b...
Albert Owen | 521 c434 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate in Government time on the Government's proposals to close coastguard stations a...
Christopher Pincher | 521 c446 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend ask the Chancellor to make a statement about the number of representations...
Julian Smith | 521 c445-6 (Link to this contribution) The rising cost of home heating oil is causing significant worry to householders and small businesse...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c445-6 (Link to this contribution) Many Members with rural constituencies will have had representations, as I am sure my hon. Friend ha...
Gary Streeter | 521 c438 (Link to this contribution) Given that Air Southwest, which is now owned by Eastern Airways, has this week decided to close the ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c442 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. It is important that the review that IPSA has announced takes place...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c431-4 (Link to this contribution) May I begin by reciprocating the right hon. Gentleman's very good wishes for the new year, and join ...
David Nuttall | 521 c434 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement on the Government's plans, contained in the coalition agreement, to allow pe...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c444 (Link to this contribution) I would welcome such a debate. At the Budget, there will be an opportunity for several days' debate ...
Andrew Murrison | 521 c437 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement on civil unrest in Tunisia and Algeria? The Maghreb now counts as our near a...
Robert Halfon | 521 c442 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend make arrangements for an urgent statement on the use of Government press c...
Lord Spellar | 521 c436-7 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House arrange for a statement or debate on today's announcement about chargin...
Denis MacShane | 521 c443 (Link to this contribution) May we have a clarifying statement from the Prime Minister on the royal wedding bank holiday? Everyo...
Charlie Elphicke | 521 c443 (Link to this contribution) May I echo the call of the shadow Leader of the House for a debate on bank bonuses? My constituents ...
Kate Green | 521 c438-9 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the overall impact of Government policy on disabled people and their familie...
Nick de Bois | 521 c443-4 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend consider finding time to discuss the impact of two recent resignations fro...
Helen Goodman | 521 c436 (Link to this contribution) This morning, the Secretary of State for Justice announced the first prison closure programme since ...
Kelvin Hopkins | 521 c441 (Link to this contribution) I note that the Leader of the House and I have similar tastes in ties and shirts, and I hope that he...
Clive Efford | 521 c435 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement from the Secretary of State for Transport on readiness for future spells of ...
Hilary Benn | 521 c431-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for his statement, and may I wish all Members and you, Mr Speaker, a...
Steve Barclay | 521 c446 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on opening up Network Rail to full scrutiny by the National Audit Office? Due t...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c441-2 (Link to this contribution) Some details need to be finalised. The hon. Gentleman will know that all responsibility for competit...
Lee Scott | 521 c436 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend allow a debate about the continued plight of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c437 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concern. I cannot promise him an immediate debate but there will be an...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c445 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept the proposition that the debate should be held in Government time. The whole point o...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c434-5 (Link to this contribution) We made a commitment that the previous Government refused to make, namely to introduce a House busin...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c436-7 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the right hon. Gentleman recognises that the written ministerial statement that the Unde...
Lord Johnson of Marylebone | 521 c438 (Link to this contribution) Is it possible for the House to debate the lamentable value for money of commuter rail services prov...
Harriett Baldwin | 521 c439 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate in Government time on black holes? My constituents were extremely alarmed to he...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c446 (Link to this contribution) The governance of Network Rail is an extraordinary constitution, and of course it is right that it s...
Ben Bradshaw | 521 c439 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on schools funding, particularly the application of the much-trumpeted pupil pr...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c434 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for reminding the House that the coalition agreement contains that commitment...
Ian Lucas | 521 c444 (Link to this contribution) Could we have a debate on the eligibility of council employees to stand for public office? In an inc...
Steve Rotheram | 521 c443 (Link to this contribution) Following on from the previous question, I understand that the Government's ongoing talks with the f...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c434 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern, which I know is shared by others and which was raised at ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c440-1 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my hon. Friend's intervention, and we would be delighted to have such a debate, although i...
Stephen Timms | 521 c444 (Link to this contribution) It is extraordinary that the Government cannot tell us who is now responsible for what. Is it the ca...
Lord McCabe | 521 c437-8 (Link to this contribution) Does the Leader of the House agree that we ought to have a debate on the misuse of council tax payer...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c440 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concern about the proposed closure of those homes. The responsibility,...
Peter Bone | 521 c434-5 (Link to this contribution) This Government have put Parliament first much more than any previous Administration. Select Committ...
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 521 c442 (Link to this contribution) Now that the Prime Minister has indicated that a decision will be taken by 1 April to amend or repla...
Lord Cryer | 521 c445 (Link to this contribution) I realise that there is an Opposition day debate next week on the abolition of the education mainten...
Bob Russell | 521 c435-6 (Link to this contribution) The Government say that they wish to help disabled people back into work. May we have a debate to co...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c440 (Link to this contribution) These are important and controversial issues, and I welcome the work that the right hon. Gentleman's...
Keith Vaz | 521 c440 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement on the Government's final position on control orders? I understand that that...
Lord Young of Cookham | 521 c443-4 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concern about the configuration of the NHS in his constituency. I shou...
Thomas Docherty | 521 c437 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday morning, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued a press release not...
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