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Thames Gateway

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

437 c1002-66 

Session

2005-06

Department

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Natascha Engel | 437 c1012-4 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to make my maiden speech in this debate...

Derek Wyatt | 437 c1052-5 (Link to this contribution) I was not aware of any of that. I was a sea scout in Old Leigh so I know the sailing waters pretty w...

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David Amess | 437 c1045-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman, who was educated in a Southend school, remembers better than I do. The local aut...

Howard Stoate | 437 c1018-23 (Link to this contribution) It is expected that by 2010 there will be an influx of 1 million people into the south-east, attract...

David Evennett | 437 c1024-6 (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased that we are having this debate today on a subject of considerable interest to my c...

David Evennett | 437 c1026-7 (Link to this contribution) I have changed my mind, but the Thames Gateway bridge is quite a different prospect from the east Lo...

Robert Syms | 437 c1011-2 (Link to this contribution) That sounds like an excellent subject for an Adjournment debate.—[Laughter.] The issue will undoubte...

Baroness Teather | 437 c1014-8 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North-East Derbyshire (Mrs. Engel), who, as I am sure the whole H...

Michael Fabricant | 437 c1030 (Link to this contribution) In my experience, I have found that there is quite a variation in ability between various regional d...

Andrew Mackinlay | 437 c1027-30 (Link to this contribution) I begin my adding my congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for North-East Derbyshire (Mrs. En...

Andrew Mackinlay | 437 c1030-2 (Link to this contribution) It is a timely intervention. In my notes, which I glance at from time to time, it says ““plethora of...

Speaker | 437 c1033 (Link to this contribution) Order. My geography was never perfect, but I think we are getting a little bit away from the Thames ...

Andrew Mackinlay | 437 c1033-4 (Link to this contribution) In any event, I am sure that the Minister heard the remarks of the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Mr. W...

David Evennett | 437 c1032 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman’s comments are opportune and interesting. Perhaps a bridge over the Blackwall tun...

Michael Fabricant | 437 c1032 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that although there may be additional costs in building on brownfield ...

Andrew Mackinlay | 437 c1032 (Link to this contribution) I wholly agree with that view. As I said earlier, I welcome the tone of the debate; I only wish that...

Baroness Teather | 437 c1034 (Link to this contribution) I wholly agree with the hon. Gentleman. It is a great disappointment that the role of local authorit...

James Brokenshire | 437 c1034 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that we have the opportunity to discuss the London Thames Gateway and the Thames Gatewa...

Yvette Cooper | 437 c1002 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right that proper infrastructure needs to be in place, so that has formed part...

Howard Stoate | 437 c1002-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right that regenerating these potent industrial areas is absolutely cru...

Yvette Cooper | 437 c1003-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is exactly right. However, I want to talk about the area’s economic potential before ...

James Brokenshire | 437 c1004 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with the Minister about the need for skills. Will she comment on the vocational trai...

Yvette Cooper | 437 c1005 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows that as the Thames Gateway bridge has to be the subject of a planning inqui...

David Evennett | 437 c1004-5 (Link to this contribution) My borough, Bexley, is quite a green borough, and I find what the Minister says very interesting. I ...

Yvette Cooper | 437 c1005-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to say that the Shelter report highlights the serious housing pressures that...

Clive Efford | 437 c1005 (Link to this contribution) Has my hon. Friend seen the Shelter report ““Building hope: the case for more homes now””, which dra...

James Brokenshire | 437 c1007 (Link to this contribution) Do the figures that the Minister gave for investment take account of inflationary pressures? It is r...

Yvette Cooper | 437 c1007 (Link to this contribution) We should not simply accept that new building pushes up costs. That has been a mistake too often in ...

James Brokenshire | 437 c1007 (Link to this contribution) With all the inevitable construction for the Olympics and the development of the Thames Gateway, the...

Bob Spink | 437 c1008 (Link to this contribution) : Does my hon. Friend agree that it would have been constructive for the Minister to deal with build...

Robert Syms | 437 c1009-11 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. I shall touch on some of the flood issues. We are lucky enough to...

Yvette Cooper | 437 c1007-8 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is saying that we need to do something to address capacity, I agree, which is ...

Robert Syms | 437 c1008 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I have an interest, but I draw the attention of the House to my declaration in th...

Bob Spink | 437 c1011 (Link to this contribution) On flood defences, does my hon. Friend regret, as I do, the disbanding by the Office of the Deputy P...

Robert Syms | 437 c1011 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My hon. Friend has made his point. We all know that flood defences a...

Speaker | 437 c1011 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Member for Poole (Mr. Syms) will allow me a short tutorial: the hon. Member for Roch...

James Duddridge | 437 c1011 (Link to this contribution) Do you agree that given the floods of 1953, which you have mentioned and which badly affected my con...

Yvette Cooper | 437 c1002 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to have the opportunity to debate the Thames Gateway, which is an integral pa...

Bob Spink | 437 c1002 (Link to this contribution) If the Thames Gateway is to deliver its potential, along with all the housing and industrial develop...

John Heppell | 437 c1066 (Link to this contribution) I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion.

Jim Fitzpatrick | 437 c1062-6 (Link to this contribution) I acknowledge my hon. Friend’s point, which is fair, and I am sure that those responsible will exami...

Andrew Mackinlay | 437 c1061-2 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister does not think that I am nitpicking: I want to emphasise that the confusion...

Dan Rogerson | 437 c1058 (Link to this contribution) Given that this is a high-profile development and given the discussions in the House and elsewhere a...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 437 c1057-8 (Link to this contribution) I shall talk about the strategic placing of housing in due course. Any additional requirements on bu...

Bob Spink | 437 c1057 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is one of those great avuncular Members of the House to whom I enjoy listening. I...

Richard Younger-Ross | 437 c1055 (Link to this contribution) Is the difficulty the fact that the tariff arrangement relates to section 106 agreements for housing...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 437 c1056-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank all those hon. Members who have taken part in this very important debate, especially my hon....

Derek Wyatt | 437 c1055-6 (Link to this contribution) The trouble with section 106 agreements, certainly in my patch, is that they are never implemented. ...

Clive Efford | 437 c1047-51 (Link to this contribution) When I entered the Chamber today to participate in this debate, I did not expect to be taken on a to...

David Amess | 437 c1047 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his support. I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to members o...

Bob Spink | 437 c1052 (Link to this contribution) : As the hon. Gentleman is from Leigh, he will know what a beautiful community it is and how much it...

Derek Wyatt | 437 c1051-2 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the House for not being here at the beginning of the debate. I was on the Westminster...

Bob Spink | 437 c1047 (Link to this contribution) My constituents also have an interest in this wonderful edifice, so will my hon. Friend add my name ...

Derek Wyatt | 437 c1045 (Link to this contribution) Brian Phelps.

David Amess | 437 c1043-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman tempts me, but I shall not comment on his sedentary intervention. I am sure that...

Andrew Mackinlay | 437 c1043 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is not Chairman of a Committee, is he?

David Amess | 437 c1043 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the House for not being present throughout our proceedings; I have been attending Bar...

Jon Cruddas | 437 c1042-3 (Link to this contribution) I agree. If we want to confront these difficult issues and take the heat out of the situation that i...

James Brokenshire | 437 c1042 (Link to this contribution) On skills, I acknowledge the point that the hon. Gentleman is making about migration, but it is esse...

Jon Cruddas | 437 c1038-42 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Hornchurch (James Brokenshire), who made a thoughtful con...

James Brokenshire | 437 c1035-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a valid point about protecting resources for flood defence. We have touched on ...

James Brokenshire | 437 c1034-5 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Lady’s comments; she makes a valid point about accountability. There are concerns...

Clive Efford | 437 c1026 (Link to this contribution) : Am I correct in recalling that the hon. Gentleman supported the former east London river crossing?...

Andrew Mackinlay | 437 c1032-3 (Link to this contribution) I am sure there is much in the hon. Gentleman’s suggestion, but he must forgive me for not trespassi...

Yvette Cooper | 437 c1004 (Link to this contribution) There is a general issue about skills in the Thames Gateway, as the area has relatively low skill le...

Charles Walker | 437 c1033 (Link to this contribution) I have only just come into the Chamber, but will the hon. Gentleman join me in welcoming the Olympic...

Bob Spink | 437 c1035 (Link to this contribution) : Has my hon. Friend seen the RSPB document that talks about ““Greening the Gateway””, protecting bi...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 437 c1058-61 (Link to this contribution) The new building regulations come into force next April, and I will deal with their requirements and...

Subjects

Construction Building regulations Housing Infrastructure Standards Regional planning and development Sustainable development Regeneration Thames Gateway

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