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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 25 July 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Harman. The answering member was Baroness May of Maidenhead.

Draft Legislative Programme

Debate on a motion for the adjournment on the government's draft legislative agenda.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
463 c968-1010 
Session
2006-07
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Harman | 463 c969 (Link to this contribution) The Modernisation Committee has considered the amount of time available for Back Benchers when impor...
David Wright | 463 c969 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the Government’s move to increase scrutiny prior to the publication of Bills and...
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Baroness Harman | 463 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) We now debate the Government’s draft legislative programme—the list of Bills that we are considering...
Mark Lazarowicz | 463 c970 (Link to this contribution) In the other nations of the UK, where there are no regional offices, will the Scotland Office, Wales...
Baroness Harman | 463 c972 (Link to this contribution) I will write to the right hon. Lady and refer her to the precedents that exist. I expect her, like m...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 463 c971 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. and learned Lady for her generosity in giving way to me a second tim...
Baroness Harman | 463 c972 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. However, I emphasise that, this time round, it will not be a Rolls Royce pr...
Richard Burden | 463 c972 (Link to this contribution) I want to ask about the constitutional reform Bill and its relationship with other measures. Many of...
Baroness Harman | 463 c970 (Link to this contribution) As the right hon. Lady knows, it is important for us to see whether we can give enough time on the F...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 463 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) I have listened carefully to the right hon. and learned Lady’s answer to the hon. Member for Telford...
Baroness Harman | 463 c970 (Link to this contribution) Of course we will publish the results of the consultation. Next year, one of the things we should do...
Simon Hughes | 463 c970 (Link to this contribution) If consultation is to be meaningful and not thought to be a gimmick—and I welcome the idea of it—wil...
Martin Salter | 463 c981 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is giving a considered view of housing policy, but I can tell him that as far as ...
Simon Hughes | 463 c979-81 (Link to this contribution) I have a very clear view about that, too, which is that if a constitutional convention for the Unite...
Alex Salmond | 463 c979 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is on to an interesting train of thought. Given that the Scottish Parliament was ...
Simon Hughes | 463 c979 (Link to this contribution) The honest answer is that we want to go much further. At our autumn party conference, we will debate...
Stewart Hosie | 463 c979 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a very interesting point that fits in with much of what the Government ...
Simon Hughes | 463 c978-9 (Link to this contribution) We welcome the opportunity to discuss the programme for the coming year. As my right hon. and learne...
Fraser Kemp | 463 c977-8 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree. When I talk to employers in the constituency, particularly in small and medium-si...
David Wright | 463 c977 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that small and medium-sized enterprises will be crucial in the crusade to ...
Fraser Kemp | 463 c975-7 (Link to this contribution) I shall be brief. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak at a unique parliamentary occasion: a d...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 463 c972-5 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity for the House to debate the draft legislative programme. I also welcome th...
Mark Lazarowicz | 463 c984-5 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the fact that we are having this debate on the Government’s draft programme, not jus...
Simon Hughes | 463 c983-4 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly what I was arguing. The summary of the Government’s draft legislative programme stat...
Mark Lazarowicz | 463 c985-6 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend the Minister will have heard what my hon. Friend has just said and wil...
Mark Todd | 463 c985 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether my hon. Friend noted in the smaller print a reference to dealing with Travellers’ h...
Mark Todd | 463 c982 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman may have misunderstood my question, which was whether he thought tha...
Simon Hughes | 463 c982 (Link to this contribution) We certainly do not want to build poor-quality housing, and the old Parker Knoll standards were good...
Martin Salter | 463 c983 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way again, but I want to press him on this matter. Some major ...
Simon Hughes | 463 c982-3 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry: I did hear that question, but did not deal with it. In the end, the quality test is appl...
Mark Todd | 463 c982 (Link to this contribution) If we are to permit local councils to construct homes again, and if we are to provide the resources ...
Simon Hughes | 463 c981-2 (Link to this contribution) I believe in devolution, and local people have to judge what is appropriate for their area. It is no...
Shailesh Vara | 463 c1002-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that comment, and repeat that I shall return to the efficacy of the p...
Shailesh Vara | 463 c1002 (Link to this contribution) We welcome the process, but we criticise the end product, which will mean that the views of hon. Mem...
Simon Hughes | 463 c1002 (Link to this contribution) As encouragement for the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (Mr. Salmond) I wanted to point out ...
Shailesh Vara | 463 c1002 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman makes a valid point to which I shall refer later. He makes a good point whe...
Mark Lazarowicz | 463 c1002 (Link to this contribution) Are not the hon. Gentleman’s remarks somewhat inconsistent with the welcome that the right hon. Memb...
Alex Salmond | 463 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I have some sympathy with the points that the hon. Gentleman makes, but does he agree that what is r...
Shailesh Vara | 463 c1000-1 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House referred to the fact that all Members had been sent a copy of the booklet. I...
Alex Salmond | 463 c997-1000 (Link to this contribution) Unfortunately, it is down to timing. If only the hon. Gentleman had not been called before me then p...
John Bercow | 463 c997 (Link to this contribution) Given that the right hon. Gentleman is legendarily provocative and a noted crowd-puller, does he thi...
Alex Salmond | 463 c997 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the innovation, but to note the poor attendance of the debate is no more than a fact. Ther...
Mark Lazarowicz | 463 c997 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman’s comments about the numbers here today would be slightly more impressive i...
John Bercow | 463 c992-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman and I can join forces in a campaign for simplification. I say three cheers to tha...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 463 c993-6 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow). He is always eloquent and I...
Alex Salmond | 463 c996 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown) said that it was a privilege to speak in such a debate. She...
Mark Lazarowicz | 463 c986-8 (Link to this contribution) I am very much aware of the arguments that were made in the House. In fact, I think—although my reco...
Stewart Hosie | 463 c986 (Link to this contribution) I suspect that the hon. Gentleman may not be aware that when we debated the matter previously I oppo...
Simon Hughes | 463 c992 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman agrees that we need to do much better at consolidating law, not just ...
Simon Hughes | 463 c1006 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady give way—once?
Helen Goodman | 463 c1006 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House has just arrived. I hope that the hon. Gentleman is now totally satisfied. ...
Stephen O'Brien | 463 c1006 (Link to this contribution) I am conscious of the fact that it is eight minutes since the hon. Lady started speaking and the Lea...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1006 (Link to this contribution) The website makes it perfectly clear that members of the public can e-mail the Leader of the House o...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1006 (Link to this contribution) Twice. Furthermore, situations change—and when they do, it would be foolish not to look again at th...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1006 (Link to this contribution) No, I have already given way twice to the hon. Gentleman.
Helen Goodman | 463 c1004-5 (Link to this contribution) If the right hon. Gentleman will be a little more patient, I shall come to that very issue. I belie...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1005 (Link to this contribution) Let me just describe to the hon. Gentleman what has been going on, as he seems to be so sceptical. ...
Shailesh Vara | 463 c1005-6 (Link to this contribution) May I refer the hon. Lady to a copy of the page that I have from the Cabinet Office, which specifica...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 463 c1004 (Link to this contribution) People might think that greater importance was attached to the debate if the Leader of the House wer...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1004 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have the opportunity to reply to this important debate. The benefits of the decision...
Rob Marris | 463 c1004 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the reasons why the Leader of the House may have been caught s...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1004 (Link to this contribution) I have just been informed that the Leader of the House is on her way here—which has nothing to do wi...
Alex Salmond | 463 c1004 (Link to this contribution) Which of the various suggestions that the hon. Lady heard this evening was she most attracted to mov...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1004 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I promise Members who have taken part in the debate that we sha...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1008 (Link to this contribution) That issue will have to be taken up elsewhere. My hon. Friend also talked about the importance of ha...
Lord McAvoy | 463 c1010 (Link to this contribution) I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Motion, by leave, withdrawn. Ordered,"That, at the sitt...
Shailesh Vara | 463 c1009-10;463 c1009 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady, but I think it relevant to repeat the words of the Leader of the Hou...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1010;463 c1009-10 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend was enthusiastic that all this should be brought to the attention o...
Alex Salmond | 463 c1009 (Link to this contribution) The Scottish Parliament was established by the Scottish people in a referendum. As for the joint min...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1009 (Link to this contribution) I must disappoint the right hon. Gentleman. He will appreciate that I will not be the person taking ...
John Bercow | 463 c1008-9 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that nuanced, calibrated and subtle response to my earlier point. If the Human Tissue a...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1009 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman made it plain earlier that that was his view. He also spoke about the importance ...
Mark Lazarowicz | 463 c1008 (Link to this contribution) I would like to go back to my hon. Friend’s previous point; I was not sure whether she was going to ...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1008;463 c1007-8 (Link to this contribution) At one point in our discussion on housing, I felt that we were about to move into a full-scale debat...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1007 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent suggestion. My hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, North and Le...
Simon Hughes | 463 c1006 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful. The hon. Lady knows that, as I have acknowledged, all the things that she has sa...
Helen Goodman | 463 c1007 (Link to this contribution) I hear what the hon. Gentleman says. The hon. Gentleman said in his speech that the key criterion t...
Fraser Kemp | 463 c1007 (Link to this contribution) On that point, in the interests of cross-party consensus, does my hon. Friend think that it would be...
Alex Salmond | 463 c1007 (Link to this contribution) I know that I serve in two Chambers, and these days I am a model of consensual government and patien...
John Bercow | 463 c988-91 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz). I...
Baroness Harman | 463 c970-1 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that that will be the case. Our officials have liaised with officials in the devolved Admi...
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Legislative process Public bills Parliamentary scrutiny Government bills
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