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Business statement on Thursday, 23 June 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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530 c477 
Session
2010-12
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c477 (Link to this contribution) The business for next week will be: Monday 27 June—A debate on House of Lords reform. Tuesday 28 J...
Hilary Benn | 530 c477 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?
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Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c489 (Link to this contribution) As I am my hon. Friend's constituency neighbour and constituents of mine also work at Porton Down, I...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c485 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman was good enough to concede, this problem has been going on for some time. Ther...
Natascha Engel | 530 c480 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to go on about this, but the Leader of the House gives me absolutely no option. The Gover...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c491 (Link to this contribution) Persecution of any individual on the grounds of their religious faith is unacceptable. I am aware of...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c485-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for raising this matter. We are indeed aware of the reports and...
Owen Smith | 530 c489-90 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will be aware that his colleague the Secretary of State for Wales has failed...
Fiona Mactaggart | 530 c492 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement on the accountability of the Government on women and equalities? Today, an o...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c483 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman was in Transport questions a few moments ago when that subj...
David Winnick | 530 c481 (Link to this contribution) On parliamentary accountability, or the lack of it, why did the Secretary of State for Defence table...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c477-80 (Link to this contribution) We hear that the shadow Leader of the House's bid to lead his party goes from strength to strength. ...
Lord Beamish | 530 c493 (Link to this contribution) May we have a Government statement on the Government's plans to mark the 100th anniversary in 2014 o...
Tony Baldry | 530 c487 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on procedure? Politics is about choices. We have a slightly bizarre situation w...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c487 (Link to this contribution) That may be a question that you, Mr Speaker, feel better placed to answer than me. As my hon. Friend...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c484 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question, and I commend to the House the written ministerial...
Nick Smith | 530 c491 (Link to this contribution) In south Wales over the past three years the theft of metal from train lines has cost £3 million. La...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c482 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern at the gap between the base rate and the rate charged by c...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c480 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's work as chairman of the CPA in organising an important conference a...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c490 (Link to this contribution) In a nutshell, Front-Bench business is the Government's programme of legislation. There was a statem...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 530 c488 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate in Government time on what more the Government can do about the increase in fue...
Ann Clwyd | 530 c485-6 (Link to this contribution) Is the Leader of the House aware that Syrians living in London are being threatened and intimidated ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c486 (Link to this contribution) The Government have done all they can to keep the House in the picture on Libya—and, indeed, on Afgh...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c486-7 (Link to this contribution) I will raise those issues with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and...
Andrew Stephenson | 530 c491-2 (Link to this contribution) Further to the questions of my hon. Friends the Members for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Mr Evennett) a...
Rob Wilson | 530 c481 (Link to this contribution) Following the schools Minister's welcome announcement this morning that grammar schools such as thos...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c481 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that the Government have not made a statement, but he is holding in his hand...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c488 (Link to this contribution) I note the hon. Gentleman's concern. Energy prices have risen by about 50% over the past 12 months. ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c489 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is referring to the Localism Bill, which is now in another place, and to a number...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c485 (Link to this contribution) I share my hon. Friend's concern. He will know that we have put extra resources into cancer treatmen...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 530 c485 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Bristol West (Stephen Williams) and, this morning, the Deputy Prime Mi...
Alex Cunningham | 530 c492 (Link to this contribution) I have been delighted by the response to my ten-minute rule Bill to ban smoking in cars when childre...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c488 (Link to this contribution) As a consequence of the fuel duty stabiliser, the price of petrol at the pumps is 6p a litre less th...
Denis MacShane | 530 c484 (Link to this contribution) Ahead of the visit by the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, may we have a debate on human rights in China?...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c492 (Link to this contribution) We all enjoyed yesterday's debate in which my right hon. Friend the Chancellor trounced the shadow C...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c480 (Link to this contribution) Let me reassure the hon. Lady, whose work as Chair of the Backbench Business Committee I admire, tha...
Jim Sheridan | 530 c485 (Link to this contribution) I draw the attention of the Leader of the House to early-day motion 1956: [That this House recognis...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c484 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the release to which the right hon. Gentleman refers. I give him the assurance that my rig...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c491-2 (Link to this contribution) By a miracle, my hon. Friend the Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning is now...
Nick de Bois | 530 c484 (Link to this contribution) On a recent visit to an RAF station, it was highlighted to me that junior rank servicemen living in ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c482 (Link to this contribution) Of course I understand the concern that the hon. Lady expresses on behalf of her constituents, and I...
Philip Hollobone | 530 c486 (Link to this contribution) What has been the role of the Leader of the House in framing the new construct for the release of Go...
Lord Haselhurst | 530 c480 (Link to this contribution) Would my right hon. Friend consider it appropriate to hold a debate in Government time on the future...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c483 (Link to this contribution) Of course I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern, which I will convey to the appropriate Minister...
Barry Gardiner | 530 c486 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement on compliance with UN resolution 1973? We found out this week that the war i...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c481 (Link to this contribution) I understand where my right hon. Friend, who is Chair of the Defence Select Committee, is coming fro...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c483 (Link to this contribution) The short answer is no, but I will write to my hon. Friend outlining the procedures available to him...
John Glen | 530 c489 (Link to this contribution) On 12 October last year, I had the privilege of a visit from the public health Minister, my hon. Fri...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c487 (Link to this contribution) Of course I understand the concern felt in Derby about what has happened, but there has just been an...
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 530 c486-7 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House may be aware of the possibilities for an early debate—I hope so, anyway—to d...
Nigel Mills | 530 c490 (Link to this contribution) This morning, the Secretary of State for Transport announced that he was looking into the impact of ...
David Evennett | 530 c484 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend arrange for a debate on the apprenticeships programme, in the light of tod...
Pat Glass | 530 c482 (Link to this contribution) There is a Focus store in Consett in my constituency, as I am sure there are in many others. I have ...
Neil Parish | 530 c485 (Link to this contribution) May I urge the Leader of the House to support having a debate on the rare cancer of neuroblastoma? M...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c493 (Link to this contribution) I share the hon. Gentleman's concern that we should commemorate this anniversary properly. As a form...
Chris Bryant | 530 c493 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the solving of conundrums? Or perhaps the Leader of the House could solve on...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c484 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman risks setting up a bidding war between every Member who believes...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c492 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on having got a Second Reading for his Bill yesterday but I would ...
Steve Barclay | 530 c488 (Link to this contribution) Further to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Mr Evennett...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c488 (Link to this contribution) I would be very grateful to my hon. Friend if he would let me have a list of the public bodies he th...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c486 (Link to this contribution) On the specific issue that my hon. Friend mentions, we were following a precedent established by the...
Chris Williamson | 530 c487 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on how to secure the future of the British train manufacturing industry...
Dennis Skinner | 530 c483 (Link to this contribution) Is the Leader of the House aware that hundreds of Derbyshire constituents are up in arms at the pros...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c485 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, that is one of a number of options. I think the reference was to Lloyds and HBOS, as I think...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c482-3 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concern. It sounds as though that decision was reached under the exist...
Lord Brennan of Canton | 530 c484 (Link to this contribution) I am also in favour of the hereditary principle because, just like the right hon. Gentleman, I come ...
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 530 c481 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend share my disappointment that he was unable to announce today a debate on t...
Chris Heaton-Harris | 530 c483 (Link to this contribution) The Local Government Boundary Commission's review of Daventry district has united all political part...
Tom Blenkinsop | 530 c492 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the Floor of the House about why the Government have decided to stop publish...
Bob Blackman | 530 c489 (Link to this contribution) The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers—the RMT—is threatening, on a minority vot...
Peter Bone | 530 c482 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement next week from the Leader of the House on why the Government are rowing back...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c492 (Link to this contribution) I will make suitable inquiries and write to the hon. Gentleman about time to pay.
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c490 (Link to this contribution) I understand the concern that is felt on both sides of the House about the procurement process for r...
Hilary Benn | 530 c477-80 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Leader of the House for that reply. On tonight's vote on stopping the use of w...
Harriett Baldwin | 530 c490 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the causes of child poverty? Members on both sides of the House are concerne...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 530 c490 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is currently in Brussels attending the European Council meeting trying to prevent...
Lord McCabe | 530 c489 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for persuading his colleagues at the Department for Communities and ...
Lord Barwell | 530 c492 (Link to this contribution) Notwithstanding yesterday's Opposition day debate, may we have a specific debate on tax so that we c...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c490 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right: children growing up in households where a generation or more has not worked...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c487 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of problems in Sudan, following the referendum and the decision to split the country. The...
Hywel Williams | 530 c483 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent statement on the newly leaked plans to close seven of the eight HMRC offices i...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c491 (Link to this contribution) I will draw the hon. Gentleman's comments to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of ...
Neil Carmichael | 530 c491 (Link to this contribution) May I, too, highlight the importance of human rights and human dignity, by drawing to the attention ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c489 (Link to this contribution) I very much hope that the RMT will not go ahead with the industrial dispute, which will cause widesp...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concern. I cannot promise a debate on this important issue, but perhap...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c484 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concern. There will be an opportunity to question Defence Ministers on...
Stephen Twigg | 530 c487 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House find time for a debate on the situation in Sudan? In recent weeks, tens...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c481 (Link to this contribution) Again, my hon. Friend's request might have been heard by the Backbench Business Committee. The polic...
Kris Hopkins | 530 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) As this is a time when both central and local government are short of money, I ask that a Minister c...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c482 (Link to this contribution) I am under enormous pressure from both sides of the House to provide adequate time to debate Governm...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c492 (Link to this contribution) I say to the hon. Lady that we have adopted precisely the same arrangements for questions about wome...
Bridget Phillipson | 530 c491 (Link to this contribution) My constituent Joe Arthur was attacked, and subsequently died, while on holiday in Corfu in 2006. Fi...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c489-90 (Link to this contribution) I have the good fortune to sit next to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales at Wale...
Priti Patel | 530 c482-3 (Link to this contribution) Local communities in my constituency have been left devastated after the Planning Inspectorate impos...
Albert Owen | 530 c488 (Link to this contribution) May I again press the Leader of the House for a debate in Government time on energy prices? He kindl...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c493 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman's constituents would always be very welcome in North West Hampshire, but I unders...
Lord Young of Cookham | 530 c491 (Link to this contribution) I am very sorry to learn of the death of the hon. Lady's constituent. Of course I will contact a min...
Barry Sheerman | 530 c482 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will know that the base interest rate is 0.5%. Is he aware that my constitue...
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