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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 21 July 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Lindsay Hoyle. The answering member was Baroness Keeley.

Summer Recess Adjournment

Motion for the summer recess and subsequent debate.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
496 c789-853 
Session
2008-09
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Greg Mulholland | 496 c834 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to take part in this debate. I wish to start by picking up on something said by the hon...
David Drew | 496 c830-2 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to be able to contribute to the debate. I wish to raise three substantive issues, but...
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Nigel Evans | 496 c832-4 (Link to this contribution) I was very disturbed to hear the story about the constituent of the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew...
Greg Mulholland | 496 c834-6 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. All hon. Members have a responsibility to be prepared to...
Paul Burstow | 496 c836-7 (Link to this contribution) I wish to take part in this debate to raise several issues that have come out of my constituency mai...
Colin Breed | 496 c829-30 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have an opportunity to raise what is an important and urgent issue in my constituenc...
John McDonnell | 496 c827-9 (Link to this contribution) It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis), and the whole House will...
Jeremy Corbyn | 496 c823-5 (Link to this contribution) In the seven minutes allotted to me, I shall briefly raise three issues. The first concerns further...
Paul Burstow | 496 c837-8 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. Indeed, the hon. Member for Salisbur...
Christopher Chope | 496 c808-10 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Harry Cohen). I hope he will for...
Lord McLoughlin | 496 c805-6 (Link to this contribution) I start by reflecting on the fact that in the county council elections this year, the Conservatives ...
Andrew Turner | 496 c802-4 (Link to this contribution) The Isle of Wight shares many problems with the mainland, and has a few of its own. My time as the i...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 496 c804-5 (Link to this contribution) I shall touch on a topic mentioned by my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice). He said t...
James Duddridge | 496 c799-801 (Link to this contribution) I want to speak about aeroplanes, tax and flowers—a combination that probably has not been addressed...
Colin Burgon | 496 c801-2 (Link to this contribution) Neville Chamberlain once talked about""a quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we kno...
Alison Seabeck | 496 c796-9 (Link to this contribution) There are several issues of importance to Plymouth that I could mention today, including how we coul...
Roger Gale | 496 c795-6 (Link to this contribution) The House should not rise for the summer recess without addressing and resolving a situation facing ...
David Amess | 496 c818-9 (Link to this contribution) I wish to raise several points before the House adjourns for the summer recess. Nicky Avery, 27, be...
Andy Slaughter | 496 c819-21 (Link to this contribution) I wish to speak about a despicable act of vandalism perpetrated on the homes and lives of thousands ...
Mark Oaten | 496 c821-3 (Link to this contribution) I want to raise three issues and will do so as quickly as I can. The first concerns a children's ho...
Michael Moore | 496 c811-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle) opened the debate this afternoon at breathtaking speed. He d...
Shona McIsaac | 496 c813-5 (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much for calling me to speak in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is always a del...
Mark Pritchard | 496 c815-6 (Link to this contribution) I commence by paying tribute to our brave armed forces, who, while we sit in comfort, safety and sec...
Sally Keeble | 496 c816-8 (Link to this contribution) May I associate myself with the tribute that the hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) paid to...
Barry Gardiner | 496 c810-1 (Link to this contribution) Year 5 at St. Christopher's school in my constituency of Brent, North is not usually the final year ...
Gordon Prentice | 496 c793-5 (Link to this contribution) I do not need seven minutes to say what I have to say, which is about delays in investigating freedo...
Robert Smith | 496 c791 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle). He raised a range of issues. The...
Lindsay Hoyle | 496 c789-91 (Link to this contribution) Excellent! Mr. Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the chance to raise some important issues af...
Julian Lewis | 496 c825-7 (Link to this contribution) I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn). For the first time i...
Harry Cohen | 496 c806-8 (Link to this contribution) I wish to raise the case of the prisoner, Ronnie Biggs. A fortnight ago the Secretary of State for J...
Robert Smith | 496 c791-3 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have done that. Although I am aware that I am not subject to a time limit, I am also...
Speaker | 496 c789 (Link to this contribution) Order. Overcome by the excitement of the moment, I should have reminded the House that it is reasona...
David Drew | 496 c834 (Link to this contribution) Would the hon. Gentleman like to say what he thinks about the 38 Degrees campaign? To my mind, it is...
Robert Smith | 496 c841 (Link to this contribution) It is telling that although the Government say they have enough helicopters, they are trying to get ...
Shailesh Vara | 496 c841-2 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. By contrast, the Americans have a similar number of troops t...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c842 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North-West Cambridgeshire (Mr. Vara), even though I d...
Barry Gardiner | 496 c842 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend not agree that an Adjournment debate in which many Members—and I count myself pr...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c842 (Link to this contribution) Those are very much my sentiments. When my predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chri...
Roger Gale | 496 c837 (Link to this contribution) I know that if my parliamentary friend and neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (Rober...
Shailesh Vara | 496 c838-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank all who have spoken in this debate. Many Members on both sides of the House have done so, an...
Shailesh Vara | 496 c839-40 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. My hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend, East mentioned his local airport and sp...
Speaker | 496 c810 (Link to this contribution) Order. It is perhaps not appropriate to continue involving the Speaker in that discussion. I think t...
Christopher Chope | 496 c810 (Link to this contribution) I have made the point as I wished to, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I hope that as a result of doing so,...
Speaker | 496 c811 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am afraid that the hon. Member's time is up.
Lindsay Hoyle | 496 c843 (Link to this contribution) Anderson won the first; Flintoff won the second.
Baroness Keeley | 496 c843 (Link to this contribution) I was referring to the first test match—but definitely, with regard to the second test.
Lindsay Hoyle | 496 c843 (Link to this contribution) Would my hon. Friend like to comment of the role of the Lancastrians, Freddie Flintoff and Anderson,...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c843 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for that intervention, Mr. Deputy Speaker. We can draw a parallel between the contributio...
Speaker | 496 c843 (Link to this contribution) Order. There is a danger of hon. Members doing the work of the Deputy Leader of the House for her.
Shailesh Vara | 496 c842-3 (Link to this contribution) I hope that when the hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) reads Hansard, he will appreci...
Jeremy Corbyn | 496 c842 (Link to this contribution) I look forward to my hon. Friend's reply, and I hope that she will follow the convention of the Hous...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c842 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend. It is useful to have a reminder of those issues, and I shall try to come on ...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c847 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed. I understand that there are some differences, because Vestas made wind turbines for the...
Lindsay Hoyle | 496 c847 (Link to this contribution) I recognise that the products were for the American market. However, given that the Government are, ...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c846 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner) raised an issue of concern that has been discussed in...
John McDonnell | 496 c846 (Link to this contribution) Vestas workers are occupying their factory, and it behoves this House to send our support to them. T...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c846 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly express the strong opinions and feelings that Members have raised. Several Members...
Robert Smith | 496 c846 (Link to this contribution) May I emphasise that those were not just my wishes, as there was also a Select Committee report on t...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c846 (Link to this contribution) I am not saying that it will not be; I am just saying that it is something that we can come back to....
John McDonnell | 496 c846 (Link to this contribution) Could my hon. Friend at least report the sense in the House that the debate needs to be time-limited...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c846 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will understand that I cannot agree to do that at this moment. However, I reitera...
Michael Moore | 496 c846 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister explain why it would not be in order to have a debate on a substantive motion in th...
Christopher Chope | 496 c845-6 (Link to this contribution) One issue that is four-square within the hon. Lady's responsibility as a business manager is whether...
Barry Gardiner | 496 c845 (Link to this contribution) I understand what my hon. Friend has said about the Government not being the compensator of last res...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c845 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made his point very well, as have other hon. Members. We will communicate them al...
Lindsay Hoyle | 496 c845 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is generous with her time. [Interruption.] She has a bit of it to kill. Is there an ...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c845 (Link to this contribution) I can put the pressure of all the comments made by hon. Members this evening. I think that that is s...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c844 (Link to this contribution) Yes. [Interruption.] He's moved. The hon. Member for North Thanet (Mr. Gale) also made a case for c...
David Drew | 496 c845 (Link to this contribution) I have been sympathetic, although not entirely sympathetic, to the ombudsman's case. It would be use...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c845 (Link to this contribution) It is not my role to set that in motion, but I can refer it on. I return to Members' comments on Eq...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c844 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed. My hon. Friend raised many subjects, but, where appropriate, we will try to get him mee...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c844 (Link to this contribution) Yes, but we noticed that he did use some of another Member's time by intervening. Other hon. Member...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c844 (Link to this contribution) Twelve, was it? I lost track. They came thick and fast. The hon. Gentleman talked about the funding...
Lindsay Hoyle | 496 c844 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend has mentioned the tax office and the importance of Chorley, will she arrange anoth...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c843 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and it is a great pity that there will not be a test match at our Old Trafford, where we could ...
John McDonnell | 496 c843 (Link to this contribution) Now that my hon. Friend has used that analogy, who would she designate as the Flintoff of this debat...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c843 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed. I was very definitely going to mention the role of Freddie Flintoff, who took a very fi...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c852-3 (Link to this contribution) I need to move on. The hon. Member for South-East Cornwall (Mr. Breed) raised the importance of twi...
John McDonnell | 496 c852 (Link to this contribution) I say this more in sadness than in anger—although my Mace days may not be completely over—that, desp...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c852 (Link to this contribution) I want to make progress and see if I can finish, as it is right for me to try to refer to all the co...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c850 (Link to this contribution) No, it is an expression of the solidarity of the pre-recess Adjournment debate more than anything el...
Speaker | 496 c851 (Link to this contribution) Order. The enthusiasm of the hon. Gentleman's intervention is equalled only by its length.
Andy Slaughter | 496 c851 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to my hon. Friend for confusing her, and for being slightly late for her speech. I blame...
Jeremy Corbyn | 496 c851 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for mentioning that, and for giving way. This is a very serious issue. Will she...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c851 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Islington, North raised a serious issue about the funding for further ...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c850-1 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed. My constituent and his son had a very useful meeting with me and the Minister responsib...
Alison Seabeck | 496 c850 (Link to this contribution) Would my hon. Friend be willing to commend the rehabilitation work that is carried out in a range of...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c851 (Link to this contribution) No, I do not. If my hon. Friend looks at the Cabinet Office policy on consultation, she will see tha...
Sally Keeble | 496 c851 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend really think that six weeks, starting on 28 July, is sufficient time for the loc...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c851-2 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed. My hon. Friend also raised the issue of step-free access at stations like Finsbury Par...
Harry Cohen | 496 c849 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend started with a cricket metaphor, so will she recognise that the friends and family of...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c849 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether my powers extend to directing my hon. Friend in such a way, but I will pass on...
Colin Burgon | 496 c848 (Link to this contribution) I understand that the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend ...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c848 (Link to this contribution) Yes, they have. My hon. Friend the Member for Elmet (Colin Burgon) praised a Foreign Office Ministe...
Barry Gardiner | 496 c849-50 (Link to this contribution) Would my hon. Friend accept that it is not simply a matter of bailiffs being out of control, but a m...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c849 (Link to this contribution) I really need to make some progress now. Let me deal with the contribution from my hon. Friend the ...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c849 (Link to this contribution) One could take view, but Mr. Biggs served only one year of a 30-year sentence for a crime that invol...
Greg Knight | 496 c850 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House has just said that most of us would agree with the campaign of her ho...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c850 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed. I know from my own experience when I was a local government councillor the great distre...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c847 (Link to this contribution) That is a very good point. The hon. Member for Isle of Wight talked about the importance of the Sou...
Alison Seabeck | 496 c847 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend take back to Ministers the need to look at what they are doing in the private re...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c847-8 (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting thought. I have a dental surgeon friend, who probably would not agree, but th...
David Drew | 496 c847 (Link to this contribution) There is an active all-party group on fluoridation, which has exposed some practices and the way in ...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c848 (Link to this contribution) That must be kept under review, but I have been responsible in local government for schools services...
Lord McLoughlin | 496 c848 (Link to this contribution) Does the Deputy Leader of the House believe that foreign exchange visits are important, or is she wi...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c848 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe that authors should stop visiting schools or that people should have a problem with...
Roger Gale | 496 c848 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady skirts around an issue that raised its head in the past week. Some prominent authors h...
Lindsay Hoyle | 496 c791 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Gordon Prentice | 496 c795 (Link to this contribution) He is up there voting on, formulating and participating in the laws of the land. I am talking not ab...
Speaker | 496 c793 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I remind right hon. and hon. Members that the seven-minute time limit on Back-Bench contr...
Robert Smith | 496 c793 (Link to this contribution) It is a long recess, which our leaders say we should not be having. As we enter it, I should make th...
Lindsay Hoyle | 496 c791 (Link to this contribution) I would like to put it on record that there was nothing wrong with the question on Equitable Life; i...
Robert Smith | 496 c791 (Link to this contribution) As I am a Front-Bench spokesperson, I am fortunate in not having a time limit on my speech, so I sha...
Speaker | 496 c789 (Link to this contribution) I am looking for the hon. Member I was going to call, but that may be more difficult than I thought....
John McDonnell | 496 c843 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps my hon. Friend could enlighten us on the concept of collective reference. To a number of us,...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c843-4 (Link to this contribution) I shall leave Members to work that out for themselves. We had many excellent contributions. It had ...
Baroness Keeley | 496 c847 (Link to this contribution) A constituent of mine who was also a councillor had great success in representing residents in tackl...
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