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Opposition day on Monday, 4 July 2005, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Redwood. The answering member was Lord Hutton of Furness.

Government Regulation

Government regulation. Fourth opposition day debate (part 2). Motion negatived on division (198 to 313). Amendment agreed on division (304 to 203).

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
436 c89-140 
Session
2005-06
Department
Cabinet Office
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 436 c115 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind the House that Mr. Speaker has placed a 12-minute limit on Back-Bench speeches. Ther...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c105 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman clearly is not saying that, but he raises an important wider issue. It is true th...
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Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c105 (Link to this contribution) We have to balance all the competing pressures. The hon. Gentleman, for whom I have a lot of respect...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c107-8 (Link to this contribution) I do not doubt that the common fisheries policy, like the common agricultural policy, could benefit ...
Adam Afriyie | 436 c108 (Link to this contribution) Is the right hon. Gentleman thus saying that Britain has no power in the European Union to renegotia...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c105-7 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I must now get on. I am conscious that other people wish to s...
John Hayes | 436 c107 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way to me a second time. He did not really answ...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c108 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Member for Wokingham was talking about unilaterally pulling out of the common fisheri...
Anthony Steen | 436 c104-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his tolerance of interventions from both Conservative ...
Norman Lamb | 436 c109-10 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman reinforces the point that some regulation is necessary to safeguard employees. It...
Philip Davies | 436 c110 (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman knows that the 1995 Act asked businesses to make reasonable adjustments, thereb...
Norman Lamb | 436 c110 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to address the concern that small businesses can be heavily burdened by ...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c110 (Link to this contribution) I promise that this is my last contribution to our debate. The hon. Gentleman surprised all the Labo...
Rob Marris | 436 c110 (Link to this contribution) Surely, lambs like dog licences.
Norman Lamb | 436 c110-4 (Link to this contribution) I note the contribution by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris), but I confess...
Rob Marris | 436 c114 (Link to this contribution) Every Liberal Democrat local government ““Focus”” leaflet that I have seen—although I have by no mea...
Norman Lamb | 436 c114-5 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman endorses the point that I am making. It is surely much better ...
Rob Marris | 436 c109 (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman will know from his background what I am talking about. Did he find it extraordi...
Norman Lamb | 436 c109 (Link to this contribution) There is a contradiction at the heart of the Minister’s speech. He spent most of the time talking ab...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c100 (Link to this contribution) I certainly want to deal with Europe in a second, if the hon. Gentleman will bear with me, but we ar...
Rob Marris | 436 c101 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that much of what the right hon. Member for Wokingham (Mr. Redwood) ...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c100 (Link to this contribution) No. The hon. Gentleman has had his go. I want to come to the wider issue about sectors in a second,...
Charles Walker | 436 c100 (Link to this contribution) I think that it was in 2000 or 2001 that the EU had the Lisbon summit, at which those involved pledg...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c100 (Link to this contribution) We are certainly working to support farming. As for the hon. Gentleman’s point about regulation, to ...
John Hayes | 436 c100 (Link to this contribution) Even the Minister would not argue that farm businesses have prospered under this Government. Farm bu...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c101 (Link to this contribution) No, I certainly do not accept the latter part of the right hon. Gentleman’s question. I accept that ...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c101 (Link to this contribution) There was a lot of hot air from the right hon. Member for Wokingham. I have seen his list of proposa...
Lord Redwood | 436 c101 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is generous, but I should like to take him up on the four allegations that he made. Doe...
Lord Redwood | 436 c102 (Link to this contribution) The big decision to join the exchange rate mechanism—which was Labour economic policy, as well as th...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c102 (Link to this contribution) I accept that that is historical fact, but the right hon. Gentleman cannot escape his wider responsi...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c102-4 (Link to this contribution) No, I am going to make progress. The hon. Gentleman has had a good old go. Perhaps I will give way t...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c101-2 (Link to this contribution) That is the history. The right hon. Gentleman indicates that he was not one of the key architects. O...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c102 (Link to this contribution) Oh, the right hon. Gentleman is not even prepared to accept that anymore. We have a new constitution...
Lord Redwood | 436 c104 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for allowing me to answer his point. He says that I used t...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c104 (Link to this contribution) I am not disputing that or the contribution that such an approach can make. It makes the case in man...
Theresa Villiers | 436 c125-6 (Link to this contribution) What every Government, including our own, have to realise is that it is no longer as easy to dictate...
Brooks Newmark | 436 c123-4 (Link to this contribution) I would like to thank the hon. Member for Wakefield (Mary Creagh) for her contribution. I felt that,...
Lord Bellingham | 436 c118-20 (Link to this contribution) No, I will not; time is restricted. The Minister should take on board the fact that the overall pic...
Norman Lamb | 436 c118 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Lord Bellingham | 436 c117-8 (Link to this contribution) First, I should like to declare my interests, which are in the register. The hon. Member for Ochil ...
Gordon Banks | 436 c116-7 (Link to this contribution) I shall deal with the effect in various Departments shortly. Adapting the process whereby inspectio...
Gordon Banks | 436 c115-6 (Link to this contribution) I was interested to hear the right hon. Member for Wokingham (Mr. Redwood) give an analysis of local...
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 436 c116 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there is an imbalance in some Departments between authority and a...
Jim Murphy | 436 c132-3 (Link to this contribution) Of course it was, and it seemed to be longer than, in fact, was the case. There was a point at which...
David Gauke | 436 c126-8 (Link to this contribution) We have heard Labour Members boast about the 2 million new jobs that have been created since 1997, a...
Lord Willetts | 436 c128-31 (Link to this contribution) We have had a useful debate that was powerfully opened by my right hon. Friend the Member for Woking...
Ed Balls | 436 c98-9 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend remember speeches made by Conservative Members, when they were in governme...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c98 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, To leave out from ““House”” to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:"“...
Peter Bottomley | 436 c96 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend join me in asking Ministers to tell us whether they have made a survey of ...
Lord Redwood | 436 c96 (Link to this contribution) It is another fine example and I am grateful to my hon. Friend.
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c99 (Link to this contribution) I think that about two thirds of those jobs are in the private sector. As for the additional jobs in...
Brooks Newmark | 436 c99 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister enlighten us? We keep hearing about how many jobs have been created. I would be in...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c99 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure how the right hon. Gentleman can account for that obvious discrepancy. I want to retur...
David Leslie Taylor | 436 c99 (Link to this contribution) Did my right hon. Friend hear, as I thought that I did, the right hon. Member for Wokingham (Mr. Red...
Lord Redwood | 436 c91 (Link to this contribution) That was an excellent intervention, which shows the hon. Member for Normanton how he should aspire t...
Lord Redwood | 436 c91 (Link to this contribution) Before the right hon. Gentleman intervenes, he may like to remind the House that 1 million manufactu...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c91 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman talks about people having no jobs. Will he tell the House how many more new...
Stephen O'Brien | 436 c90-1 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend recall that, despite being asked, former Labour Front Benchers not only re...
Ed Balls | 436 c90 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the task of any Government is to strike the right balance b...
Lord Redwood | 436 c89-90 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House draws attention to the escalating cost of regulation and the increasi...
Lord Redwood | 436 c92 (Link to this contribution) I hope to come on and give some advice to the Government—
Andrew Miller | 436 c92 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is frightened to respond now.
Andrew Miller | 436 c92 (Link to this contribution) Before the right hon. Gentleman moves on from manufacturing jobs, may I tell him that I, unlike him,...
Lord Redwood | 436 c92 (Link to this contribution) I want to make a little progress, but I am a generous man.
Lord Redwood | 436 c92 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend and I hope that he will convey the Opposition’s sadness about those ...
Philip Davies | 436 c92 (Link to this contribution) Only last week, a manufacturing firm, Pennine Fibres, in Denholme—a village that is certainly not in...
Lord Redwood | 436 c96 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s support, especially on the vitamin supplements, because there is ...
Stephen O'Brien | 436 c96 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend recall that nine months ago the Department for Trade and Industry, the arc...
Julian Lewis | 436 c93 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can throw a little light on just a fraction of that burden. Is my right hon. Friend aware ...
Lord Redwood | 436 c92-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman wrongly claims from a sedentary position that I am frightened. I am not at all fr...
David Leslie Taylor | 436 c94 (Link to this contribution) I am tempted to suggest that we follow the American example and have a Warren commission to investig...
Lord Redwood | 436 c93-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. It is one of many examples that Members could provide, and so...
Anthony Steen | 436 c95 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Health and Safety Executive now has some 9,000 officials? The...
Lord Redwood | 436 c94-5 (Link to this contribution) I think that local authorities are pursuing the Government’s agenda, and they must send a new signal...
Adam Afriyie | 436 c95-6 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that we have a complete imbalance in regulation? On the one hand we ...
Lord Redwood | 436 c95 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for a powerful intervention. However, if I were to assert that there...
Speaker | 436 c89 (Link to this contribution) I inform the House that Mr. Speaker has selected the amendment in the name of the Prime Minister.
Mary Creagh | 436 c120-3 (Link to this contribution) Before I came to the House, I was fortunate enough to do a job that I loved. I was a lecturer at Cra...
Lord Redwood | 436 c90 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has had his chance, and I am merely explaining our position, which is that the Go...
Jim Murphy | 436 c131-2 (Link to this contribution) We have had a timely and interesting debate. Among other things, we heard about rabbit holes, the Wa...
Lord Redwood | 436 c91-2 (Link to this contribution) A very large number of jobs, especially in the public sector, have been created, but the right hon. ...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 436 c99 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. I understand that, only a few months ago, the right hon. Member for Wok...
Lord Redwood | 436 c96-8 (Link to this contribution) That is an extremely good question and I hope that the Minister will respond. Much of the regulatio...
Subjects
Costs Business Competition Bureaucracy Hospitals Inspections EU law Local government Schools Regulation Sunset clauses
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