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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 20 December 2005, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness May of Maidenhead. The answering member was Nigel Griffiths.


Christmas Adjournment

Motion for the Christmas recess and subsequent debate.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
440 c1727-805 
Session
2005-06
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Blencathra | 440 c1737-41 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on the economic situation in Cumbria, wind farms and hill farming.
David Amess | 440 c1787-9 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on the cases of Maajid Nowaz, Phillip Collings and Jo Martinson.
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Mark Pritchard | 440 c1768-71 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on RAF Cosford, closure of the Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO), ...
Michael Connarty | 440 c1797 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on the decision made today by the National Institute for Health and C...
James Brokenshire | 440 c1793-6 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on antenatal and postnatal care services, and environmental problems ...
Peter Robinson | 440 c1789-92 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on treatment of insulin-dependent diabetics when applying for public ...
Paul Rowen | 440 c1792-3 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS trust, loss of maternity and paedi...
Bob Spink | 440 c1784-7 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on funding of children's hospices, support for a Canvey Town Council,...
Rob Wilson | 440 c1781-4 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on social security benefits, local authority services, school standar...
Alistair Burt | 440 c1778-81 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on the local government settlement, working tax credits and Yarls Wo...
Nigel Evans | 440 c1763-5 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on HIV/AIDS in Africa, role of the Diplomatic service abroad, and mer...
Julian Lewis | 440 c1765-8 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on community hospitals and licensing of the drug Velcade.
Bob Russell | 440 c1775-8 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on the powers of the Audit Commission, and planning applications.
Iris Robinson | 440 c1771-5 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on mental health in Northern Ireland, child and adolescent services ...
David Leslie Taylor | 440 c1753-6 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on the European waste incineration directive and recovered fuel oil (...
Sammy Wilson | 440 c1756-9 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on Government attitudes towards Sinn Fein and its possession of lists...
Alan Reid | 440 c1759-63 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on the Royal Mail, rural post offices, Child Support Agency , council...
Diana Johnson | 440 c1742-4 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on crime and antisocial behaviour in Hull, and the consultation proce...
Andrew Selous | 440 c1750-3 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on poverty in developing countries, reform of the common agricultura...
Martin Caton | 440 c1747-50 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on support for asylum seekers and refugee children.
David Heath | 440 c1731-4 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on police reorganisation, the offence of murder and "extraordinary re...
Baroness Browning | 440 c1744-7 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on regional planning and development in Devon and the south-west.
Lord Wills | 440 c1735-7 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on poverty and deprivation, especially in Swindon
Speaker | 440 c1727 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before the hon. Gentleman replies, may I remind Members that there is a 15-minute time limit ...
Harry Cohen | 440 c1727 (Link to this contribution) Christmas recess motion speech on peacekeeping operations in Iraq.
Harry Cohen | 440 c1728-30 (Link to this contribution) Indeed; the Russians discovered that in Afghanistan. By the logic of that argument, the hon. Gentlem...
Harry Cohen | 440 c1727-8 (Link to this contribution) I acknowledge the progress in the north, but the people there did not have the same sanctions as the...
Bob Spink | 440 c1727 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman talks about Iraq in general, but does he accept that there are three regions in I...
Julian Lewis | 440 c1728 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of the work of Dr. Rangwala, who did a splendid job when he exposed the dodgy dossier, bu...
Nigel Griffiths | 440 c1803-5 (Link to this contribution) Let me tell the hon. Member about the prescription of the drug by the 1,100 extra cancer consultants...
David Heath | 440 c1799 (Link to this contribution) It is a great shame that the right hon. Lady could not share in our village carol service in Withan ...
Julian Lewis | 440 c1803 (Link to this contribution) That has nothing to do with prescribing.
Nigel Griffiths | 440 c1802-5 (Link to this contribution) Motion for the Christmas adjournment.
James Brokenshire | 440 c1796 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a valid point. We must ensure that we have infrastructure investment up front; ...
Speaker | 440 c1789 (Link to this contribution) Order. Three hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye. If they can all manage to take a little less ...
Alan Reid | 440 c1762-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right: other European countries adopt such a policy to help their islands’ economi...
Danny Alexander | 440 c1762 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that in other European countries such as France and Portugal the derogation ...
Lord Blencathra | 440 c1739-41 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes his point in his own way, and admirably well. I applaud what he has said. Wind ...
Nigel Evans | 440 c1739 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend may be aware that I am president of the Country Guardians, which is opposed to ...
Adam Afriyie | 440 c1735 (Link to this contribution) Like many hon. Members, I recognise the motivation behind the benefits system and the complex regime...
Lord Wills | 440 c1735-7 (Link to this contribution) I am interested in what the hon. Gentleman says, but it is obvious that he has not talked to many of...
David Heath | 440 c1734 (Link to this contribution) I always welcome support from the Conservative Benches when it is forthcoming. Sometimes, over the l...
Adam Afriyie | 440 c1734 (Link to this contribution) There are many issues on which the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party and the Conservative party a...
David Heath | 440 c1734 (Link to this contribution) Some would say that simply being in the European Parliament was cruel and unnatural, but I am not on...
David Leslie Taylor | 440 c1734 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is an acknowledged expert on human rights, so does he agree that to urge Conserva...
David Heath | 440 c1732-4 (Link to this contribution) I wish, first, that the hon. Gentleman had been listening to what I was saying and, secondly, that h...
Mark Pritchard | 440 c1732 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman clear up some of the confusion that has arisen over the past few weeks? The ...
Julian Lewis | 440 c1730 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for being so generous in giving way again, especially as he is not now ge...
Harry Cohen | 440 c1730-1 (Link to this contribution) The assault on Falluja would still not have been worth it, even in those circumstances, because mass...
Bob Spink | 440 c1796 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is speaking eloquently about his constituency. His constituents and mine share proble...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 440 c1805 (Link to this contribution) I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 440 c1799-802 (Link to this contribution) I am always willing to welcome and encourage fathers to participate properly in the bringing up of t...
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