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Debate on Wednesday, 16 December 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Shailesh Vara. The answering member was Baroness Keeley.

Christmas Adjournment

Motion for the Christmas recess and subsequent debate.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
502 c983-1068 
Session
2009-10
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Paul Burstow | 502 c985-8 (Link to this contribution) I shall follow the hon. Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick) in making a number of local points. ...
Baroness Browning | 502 c993-5 (Link to this contribution) I must say to the hon. Gentleman that, at the time, I was one of the people who were extremely scept...
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Baroness Browning | 502 c991-3 (Link to this contribution) I enjoy these end of term Adjournment debates in which we can talk about almost anything, but this w...
Meg Munn | 502 c988-91 (Link to this contribution) I am sure Members on both sides of the House will be hoping for a positive outcome from the Copenhag...
Lindsay Hoyle | 502 c996-8 (Link to this contribution) "Criminal" is another word; it is regrettable that Chorley council will not do right by the people w...
Colin Burgon | 502 c1010-4 (Link to this contribution) I shall try to follow the speech of the hon. Member for Cotswold (Mr. Clifton-Brown) and the Christm...
David Amess | 502 c1021-4 (Link to this contribution) In a similar vein to my hon. Friend the Member for Cotswold (Mr. Clifton-Brown), I wish to raise sev...
Keith Vaz | 502 c1017-21 (Link to this contribution) I am so glad that the hon. Gentleman came into the Chamber just to tell me that; I am sure we are gr...
Peter Soulsby | 502 c1024-7 (Link to this contribution) Last Tuesday, I was called by an excited researcher from one of my local radio stations who asked me...
Bob Russell | 502 c1015-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink) for highlighting the incompetence of Essex coun...
Lindsay Hoyle | 502 c998-9 (Link to this contribution) Thank you. It is important that we take on those councils. My next point is about a UK border force...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 502 c1006-10 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for West Bromwich, West (Mr. Bailey), but I am particularly p...
Adrian Bailey | 502 c1003-6 (Link to this contribution) I join others in wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and new year. In my brief contribution, I ...
Lord Horam | 502 c1000-3 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree. I think that Mexico is now considering joining, along with Venezuela, which is an a...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 502 c1035-8 (Link to this contribution) It is, as ever, a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis). Thi...
Linda Gilroy | 502 c1043-6 (Link to this contribution) I want to talk about several matters affecting my constituents on which there have been recent decis...
Paul Robert Holmes | 502 c1038-42 (Link to this contribution) Like other hon. Members, I wish to raise local issues, but first I want to talk about an internation...
Jo Swinson | 502 c1049-50 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Dr. Taylor), and I want to focus m...
Jo Swinson | 502 c1050-1 (Link to this contribution) I certainly would, and my hon. Friend makes his point very well indeed. This matter is something tha...
Mike Hancock | 502 c1027-8 (Link to this contribution) First, may I follow the hon. Member for Leicester, South (Sir Peter Soulsby) in wishing everyone pre...
Peter Soulsby | 502 c1027 (Link to this contribution) For a long time the Audit Commission has had a much wider role than that of simply examining the fin...
Mike Hancock | 502 c1029-30 (Link to this contribution) I am convinced in my heart that the carriers will go ahead, but why do the Government allow the spec...
Julian Lewis | 502 c1032-5 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to see that the hon. Gentleman is nodding. He is right to make criticisms, but he should n...
Peter Bone | 502 c1058-9 (Link to this contribution) May I start by thanking the two previous contributors for reducing the time of their speeches? I was...
Alistair Carmichael | 502 c1056-7 (Link to this contribution) You will doubtless be relieved to hear that I will refrain from both activities, Mr. Deputy Speaker....
Eric Joyce | 502 c1054-6 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson). Let me start by wis...
Jo Swinson | 502 c1052-4 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. We also need some kind of appeals system. I am frustrated by the way the system works at pre...
David Winnick | 502 c984-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Incidentally, it is interesting that Mr. Dalton said that the on-si...
Speaker | 502 c983 (Link to this contribution) As hon. Members will probably be aware, I have imposed a 15-minute limit on Back-Bench contributions...
David Winnick | 502 c983-4 (Link to this contribution) I want to raise a matter concerning work that is being undertaken on parts of the M6 motorway in my ...
Lindsay Hoyle | 502 c995-6 (Link to this contribution) Follow that! Let me reassure you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that I do not have with me my mobile or the ...
Bob Russell | 502 c1014-5 (Link to this contribution) If modern buildings and state-of-the-art facilities are the ingredients to make a school successful,...
Richard Taylor | 502 c1046-8 (Link to this contribution) May I begin by adding my tribute to those who have been killed or wounded on active service in Afgha...
Richard Taylor | 502 c1048-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Any major change, particularly one affecting the moral...
Julian Lewis | 502 c1031-2 (Link to this contribution) I had not intended to begin by saying anything about the Royal Navy, but the hon. Member for Portsmo...
Speaker | 502 c988 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I just remind hon. Members that Mr. Speaker has imposed a 15-minute time limit on Back-Be...
Baroness Keeley | 502 c984 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend should know that he could not be talking to a more sympathetic person, because I am c...
David Winnick | 502 c993 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady for mentioning my remarks. However, does she agree that, apart from t...
Baroness Browning | 502 c995 (Link to this contribution) I rather thought that you might do that, Madam Deputy Speaker. I just thought that people might like...
Speaker | 502 c995 (Link to this contribution) Order. I appreciate the hon. Lady's offer, but even at this time of good will to all, I think that I...
Bob Spink | 502 c1015 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. It is not just in Colchester that Essex educatio...
Speaker | 502 c1015 (Link to this contribution) Order. Interventions, as the hon. Gentleman knows, are meant to be brief.
Brooks Newmark | 502 c1017 (Link to this contribution) I believe that Olly came from my constituency, Braintree, rather than that of the hon. Member for Co...
Keith Vaz | 502 c1017 (Link to this contribution) It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Colchester (Bob Russell), especially as he ser...
John Pugh | 502 c999 (Link to this contribution) Unfortunately, the hon. Gentleman has not made such good progress with his campaign for better carri...
Lord Horam | 502 c1003 (Link to this contribution) I feel that I ought to sit down at that point, with the hon. Gentleman's praise ringing in my ears. ...
Andrew Pelling | 502 c1003 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman is about to end his speech, may I say to him—bearing in mind the comments that...
Lindsay Hoyle | 502 c1000 (Link to this contribution) Uruguay is also a member of Mercosur, but there are associate members that wish to join. Does the ho...
Lord Horam | 502 c1000 (Link to this contribution) Like my very good friend, my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Angela Browning), I sh...
Lindsay Hoyle | 502 c999-1000 (Link to this contribution) I cannot disagree with the hon. Gentleman. There is a lot of room for improvement, especially in the...
Andrew Pelling | 502 c1048 (Link to this contribution) What are my hon. Friend's expectations as regards the disruption to students' learning from these ch...
Peter Bone | 502 c1051 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way; she has had an extremely long day. I saw her very ear...
Julian Lewis | 502 c1028-9 (Link to this contribution) Unusually, I have to say that the hon. Gentleman is being unfair to the Government. I am a Front-Ben...
Mike Hancock | 502 c1030-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend—not for the first time—makes the important point that the commission is not accountab...
Speaker | 502 c1068 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that we have heard sufficient from the hon. Lady to get her drift. Her remarks are ap...
Speaker | 502 c1056 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that e-mailing from the Chamber is any more in order than the House breaking into "Whi...
Speaker | 502 c1054 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that three more hon. Members would like to participate. I therefore hope that they wi...
Shailesh Vara | 502 c1061-3 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Deputy Speaker, I apologise most profusely for giving you a promotion—[Hon. Members: "No, no!"] ...
Baroness Keeley | 502 c1063-8 (Link to this contribution) I, too, thank all Members for their contributions. We have heard from 23 Members on subjects ranging...
Shailesh Vara | 502 c1059-60 (Link to this contribution) May I take this opportunity to thank all Members who have made contributions today? I give particula...
Speaker | 502 c1061 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman must get this right: I am the Deputy Speaker.
Alistair Carmichael | 502 c1050 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend may be aware that the point decided in the Abbey National case was a very narrow one....
John Pugh | 502 c1027 (Link to this contribution) There has been a certain amount of mission creep in the Audit Commission. Perhaps it should stick to...
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