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Business statement on Thursday, 26 October 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Jack Straw.


Business of the House

Business statement for 30 October to 2 November 2006


Secondary information

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
450 c1675-94 
Session
2005-06
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Andrew Turner | 450 c1693-4 (Link to this contribution) My constituent, Henry Stableford, is in prison in Italy and two other constituents are prevented fro...
Jack Straw | 450 c1694 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has opportunities on the Adjournment in the House and in Westminster Hall, and I ...
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Jack Straw | 450 c1688 (Link to this contribution) I accept what the hon. Gentleman says. He will be aware that it is hard for me to promise a debate i...
John Bercow | 450 c1688 (Link to this contribution) May we please have a debate in Government time on brain tumours? Given that they are the biggest sin...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 450 c1675-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for his business statement. He read out a list of those subjects tha...
Jack Straw | 450 c1675 (Link to this contribution) I shall be pleased to make a business statement, if I may—[Interruption.] The right hon. Lady says f...
Patrick Hall | 450 c1680 (Link to this contribution) This morning, the all-party group on town centre management met to discuss the ““State of the Englis...
Jack Straw | 450 c1680 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what my hon. Friend says. I greatly support the Association of Town Centre Management, and...
David Heath | 450 c1678-9 (Link to this contribution) Last week, I asked the Leader of the House if we could have a debate on the fiasco of the Rural Paym...
Jack Straw | 450 c1679-80 (Link to this contribution) On the Rural Payments Agency, DEFRA questions will be next Thursday. Furthermore, my noble Friend Lo...
Jack Straw | 450 c1677-8 (Link to this contribution) Let me answer the right hon. Lady’s questions in order. She asked whether anything else was to be ad...
Jack Straw | 450 c1683-4 (Link to this contribution) I will pass on the hon. Lady’s remarks to my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary. She talks about h...
Jack Straw | 450 c1685 (Link to this contribution) I think that we would all agree with that, and I am sure that the whole House shares my hon. Friend’...
David Leslie Taylor | 450 c1684-5 (Link to this contribution) In the light of successive leaks over the past two weeks of the Opposition’s policies on taxation an...
Jack Straw | 450 c1685 (Link to this contribution) I am astonished that the hon. Gentleman who, I assume, supported the Conservative party when it was ...
Peter Bone | 450 c1685 (Link to this contribution) Since last November, the Prime Minister has claimed that no one waits more than six months for an NH...
Jack Straw | 450 c1684 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will find an opportunity to raise that matter on the Adjournment. ...
Mark Pritchard | 450 c1684 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on the reason why seven beds have been cut from ward 4—the acute medici...
Sian C James | 450 c1685 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on child pornography? I recently received a letter ...
Clive Betts | 450 c1683 (Link to this contribution) If I had had the opportunity I would have given a warm welcome to the local government White Paper. ...
Jack Straw | 450 c1683 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to raise the subject, and of course I will give him every assistance, be...
Roger Gale | 450 c1682-3 (Link to this contribution) The point that I wish to raise will, I hope, be of concern to Mr. Speaker as well as every other Mem...
Jack Straw | 450 c1682 (Link to this contribution) I think that things became perfectly clear yesterday, when not a single Conservative MEP voted in fa...
Philip Davies | 450 c1681-2 (Link to this contribution) May we have a full-day debate on business attitudes towards the European Union? An ICM poll of 1,000...
Jack Straw | 450 c1683 (Link to this contribution) I note what my hon. Friend said, and I understand the case that he made for city regions. However, i...
Baroness Featherstone | 450 c1683 (Link to this contribution) Haringey happily provides statutory support for a high number of asylum seekers, as do other local a...
Jack Straw | 450 c1687-8 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will excuse me if I say that guidance on what is in order in the House is a mat...
Nick Raynsford | 450 c1687 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the opportunity for a debate on Crossrail on Tuesday and seek some guidance from my ri...
Jack Straw | 450 c1688 (Link to this contribution) We have great debates on crime, and law and order, to celebrate the Government’s excellent record. W...
Hywel Williams | 450 c1688 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on standards of journalism and particularly photo-journalism? Madam Deputy Spea...
Jack Straw | 450 c1688 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on her strong advocacy of such a Bill. She will know, and will excuse ...
Madeleine Moon | 450 c1688 (Link to this contribution) Last night, the Deputy Leader of the House heard an impassioned plea from the RSPB, on behalf of its...
Jim Sheridan | 450 c1689 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the future of the UK and the consequential strengths of the House? My right ...
Jack Straw | 450 c1685 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to raise that matter, which is of profound concern to everyone in the countr...
Jack Straw | 450 c1686 (Link to this contribution) I am unsighted on the issue, but I suspect that the explanation is slightly more complicated than th...
Jack Straw | 450 c1687 (Link to this contribution) I am certainly aware of the considerable concern in Pakistan and elsewhere about the treatment of Ch...
Gordon Prentice | 450 c1686-7 (Link to this contribution) May we have an urgent debate on freedom of religion in Pakistan and especially the plight of Christi...
Jack Straw | 450 c1693 (Link to this contribution) I do not know the full details of the matter that the hon. Gentleman raises, but it is a verity acro...
Philip Hollobone | 450 c1694 (Link to this contribution) In a recent poll of 800 of its readers, the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph discovered that 88 pe...
Jack Straw | 450 c1694 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising the matter, which is a cause of concern across the H...
Jack Straw | 450 c1689 (Link to this contribution) I certainly accept my hon. Friend’s dire warning about the consequences of breaking up the United Ki...
Roger Williams | 450 c1691 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday, the Law Commission produced a report recommending a two-track approach to post-legislativ...
Julian Lewis | 450 c1689 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement from a Defence Minister about the BBC’s decision, at a time when our service...
Jack Straw | 450 c1689 (Link to this contribution) The whole House shares the hon. Gentleman’s support and admiration for our troops in Afghanistan and...
Andrew Rosindell | 450 c1690 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House will be aware that the first private Member’s Bill that is supposed to be de...
Jack Straw | 450 c1690 (Link to this contribution) Like the hon. Gentleman, I am an Essex man. I spent many happy days in his constituency when I was a...
Jack Straw | 450 c1692 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly pass on the points that the hon. Gentleman raises. However, I should say—this is a ...
Jim McGovern | 450 c1692 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will no doubt be aware of early-day motion 2786, which refers to the recent dea...
Jack Straw | 450 c1691 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to be tempted down the road of nominating pilots because there is quite a lot of compe...
Stephen Hammond | 450 c1692 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House ask the Secretary of State for Health to make a statement to the House ...
Mike Penning | 450 c1693 (Link to this contribution) Earlier, the Leader of the House said how proud he was of the way the NHS has been handled by the Go...
Jack Straw | 450 c1692-3 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I understand the concern that my hon. Friend raises. I hope he is able to get a slot for an Adj...
Jack Straw | 450 c1681 (Link to this contribution) I was not present, but I understand that the shadow Chancellor was pulled up by Mr. Speaker for usin...
Lord Bellingham | 450 c1680-1 (Link to this contribution) Was the Leader of the House here earlier for the exchange in Treasury questions between the Chancell...
Jack Straw | 450 c1684 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly do everything that I can to facilitate an Adjournment or Westminster Hall debate on...
Siobhain McDonagh | 450 c1684 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend find time to provide a debate on the treatment of my constituents, Mr. and...
Jack Straw | 450 c1682 (Link to this contribution) May I begin by expressing the whole House’s appreciation of my hon. Friend’s work in standing up for...
Jim Devine | 450 c1682 (Link to this contribution) On Saturday afternoon, I am holding a public meeting in my constituency for people affected by the l...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 450 c1685-6 (Link to this contribution) May we have a statement or a debate soon on the decision by the Northern Ireland Office to withdraw ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 450 c1686 (Link to this contribution) Can the Leader of the House shed some light on what is going to happen next Wednesday? Exactly how m...
Jack Straw | 450 c1686 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, who is also a near constituency neighbour. The huge increase...
Geraldine Smith | 450 c1686 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House recently visited a dynamic information and communications technology ...
Jack Straw | 450 c1686 (Link to this contribution) We will have a single opportunity for colleagues to raise issues relating to House of Commons busine...
Peter Soulsby | 450 c1689 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend find an opportunity for the House to have a early debate on taxation, beca...
Jack Straw | 450 c1690 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I am surprised that although the Conservatives have well ove...
Clive Efford | 450 c1690-1 (Link to this contribution) Further to my right hon. Friend’s answer to the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member fo...
Jack Straw | 450 c1691 (Link to this contribution) I have discussed this matter with my hon. Friend outside the Chamber. My right hon. Friend the Trans...
Jack Straw | 450 c1693 (Link to this contribution) I understand the concern. It is probably best if we wait until the outcome of the review before ther...
Gregory Campbell | 450 c1693 (Link to this contribution) Given the number of recent high profile court cases in Northern Ireland where relatives of victims h...
John Bercow | 450 c1677 (Link to this contribution) But not with a reply from a Foreign Office Minister.
Jack Straw | 450 c1687 (Link to this contribution) A large part of that happened when I was Foreign Secretary. There was proper and extensive analysis ...
Andrew Mackinlay | 450 c1681 (Link to this contribution) May we have a debate on the manner and the content of the Department for Transport’s announcement th...
Jack Straw | 450 c1681 (Link to this contribution) I know my hon. Friend’s constituency well, and of course I understand his concern. My right hon. Fri...
Viscount Hailsham | 450 c1687 (Link to this contribution) May I apologise for my lack of voice, Madam Deputy Speaker? May we have a debate next week on a moti...
Speaker | 450 c1691 (Link to this contribution) Order. Is the hon. Gentleman relating his point to the business of the House?
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