Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 7 April 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Martin Salter. The answering member was Baroness Keeley.

House of Commons (Effectiveness)

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on House of Commons effectiveness.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 508 c295-318WH
Session: 2009-10
Department: Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Shailesh Vara | 508 c315WH (Link to this contribution) I would like to, but I have only one minute left and I wish to wind up.; Martin Salter | 508 c315WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Shailesh Vara | 508 c315WH (Link to this contribution) Given that it is the hon. Gentleman's debate, I will give way briefly.; Martin Salter | 508 c315WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Speaker | 508 c314WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind the House that the debate is not about voting systems but the effectiveness of the H...; Shailesh Vara | 508 c314WH (Link to this contribution) With that in mind, Mr. Fraser, I say simply that although I agree with having a referendum, it is im...; David Howarth | 508 c314WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that in the current wash-up, the Government and the Conservative par...; Shailesh Vara | 508 c314-5WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes specific reference to the next 48 hours. With proportional representation w...; Shailesh Vara | 508 c314WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is correct that Parliament should be made more relevant. I maintain that we shoul...; Richard Burden | 508 c314WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman and I may disagree over proportional voting systems, but if Labour wins the elect...; Shailesh Vara | 508 c315-6WH (Link to this contribution) Hansard will record the hon. Gentleman's comments. I am a little more enlightened now than I was ear...; Baroness Keeley | 508 c316-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Fraser. I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend t...; Martin Salter | 508 c315WH (Link to this contribution) I am bitterly disappointed that the motion to enforce the Standing Order is not on the Order Paper. ...; Christopher Chope | 508 c317WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?; Baroness Keeley | 508 c317-8WH (Link to this contribution) No, I do not have time to do so. The hon. Member for Cambridge (David Howarth) discussed reform and...; Gregory Campbell | 508 c314WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and I join him in paying tribute to those who have made v...; Shailesh Vara | 508 c312-3WH (Link to this contribution) May I start by paying a personal tribute to you, Mr. Fraser, for your personal friendship to me over...; David Howarth | 508 c310-1WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr. Fraser, although this is the last time, as bo...; William Cash | 508 c309-10WH (Link to this contribution) First, may I pay tribute to you, Mr. Fraser? I mean that. I know that you are standing down, and man...; David Howarth | 508 c311-2WH (Link to this contribution) One of the problems with such research is defining "business" as including all sorts of businesses. ...; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 508 c311WH (Link to this contribution) Has the hon. Gentleman done any research on the number of Members of Parliament who have a business ...; Speaker | 508 c307WH (Link to this contribution) I remind the hon. Gentleman that we are talking about the effectiveness of the House of Commons, not...; Christopher Chope | 508 c306-7WH (Link to this contribution) Exactly. That is what the Speaker must have meant when he spoke about the need for us to scrutinise ...; Richard Burden | 508 c308-9WH (Link to this contribution) I did not originally intend to make a speech. I was just going to intervene on my hon. Friend the Me...; Christopher Chope | 508 c307-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you, Mr. Fraser, for saying that we are talking about the effectiveness of the Hous...; Graham Allen | 508 c302WH (Link to this contribution) May I say that my hon. Friend may lose a crown, but he certainly deserves a title for his work as a ...; Martin Salter | 508 c302-4WH (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more. Of course, we are talking about the very people who do not often go online o...; Martin Salter | 508 c299-302WH (Link to this contribution) I have drafted an e-mail to send to the many people who are prepared to stand up for Parliament and ...; Speaker | 508 c305WH (Link to this contribution) I would like to start the winding-up speeches at about half-past 10, and at least two Members want t...; Christopher Chope | 508 c305-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Fraser. This is the first—and probably the la...; Speaker | 508 c304WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I have given the hon. Gentleman great latitude in the issues that he is discussing because th...; Martin Salter | 508 c304-5WH (Link to this contribution) I accept your strictures, Mr. Fraser. I want to put on the record my thanks to Reading district Labo...; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 508 c306WH (Link to this contribution) I would like to put on the record that this is one of several occasions where important financial ma...; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 508 c306WH (Link to this contribution) Neither I nor my hon. Friend are opposed to the day nursery in principle, but we are opposed to the ...; Christopher Chope | 508 c306WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that that is right, and I pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend does as a member of ...; Martin Salter | 508 c295-8WH (Link to this contribution) To misquote one of my contemporary political heroes, my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland, South...; Graham Allen | 508 c298WH (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend give way?; Martin Salter | 508 c298WH (Link to this contribution) Briefly, as I am warming to my theme.; Graham Allen | 508 c298WH (Link to this contribution) I am loth to interrupt my hon. Friend in mid flow, but I will add that although the amount of money ...; Martin Salter | 508 c298-9WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. As I will say later in my speech, the public want us t...; Christopher Chope | 508 c299WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has signed the amendment to that business motion, which is on today's Order Paper...
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