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Backbench debate on Tuesday, 27 July 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Natascha Engel. The answering member was David Heath.

Summer Adjournment

Second backbench debate on a motion for the Summer recess and subsequent debate. Motion lapsed.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
514 c896-972 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Bob Blackman | 514 c960-1 (Link to this contribution) I should like to place on the record my congratulations to Members who made their maiden speeches ea...
Gavin Williamson | 514 c913-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. If Members of Parliament had as much power as the inspector...
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Sarah Wollaston | 514 c948-9 (Link to this contribution) Many Members this afternoon have laid claim to the industrial revolution. Totnes cannot lay claim to...
Chi Onwurah | 514 c963-4 (Link to this contribution) I shall focus on something that has not yet been covered in this absolutely fascinating debate: the ...
David Amess | 514 c896-8 (Link to this contribution) I should like to raise a number of points before the House rises for the summer recess. I should als...
Chris Bryant | 514 c949-50 (Link to this contribution) It is a great shame that the hon. Member for Southend West (Mr Amess) is not in his place, as I woul...
Neil Parish | 514 c951-2 (Link to this contribution) I thought the Deputy Leader of the House might say that as the A303 also runs through his constituen...
Jake Berry | 514 c920-2 (Link to this contribution) I first congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel) and the hon. Members for Liv...
Julie Hilling | 514 c922-4 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel), and my hon. Friends the Members for Hyndb...
Graeme Morrice | 514 c911-2 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to make my maiden speech on the last day before the...
Jeremy Corbyn | 514 c918-20 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for calling me, Madam Deputy Speaker; this is the first time I have spoken while you have ...
David Morris | 514 c941-2 (Link to this contribution) It has been a very interesting three months for a new Member of Parliament, watching with fascinatio...
Gordon Henderson | 514 c944-6 (Link to this contribution) May I say how delightful it has been this afternoon to listen to such a varied debate? I congratulat...
Glenda Jackson | 514 c952-4 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the three Members who made their maiden speeches this afternoon. Interestingly, all...
Nick Smith | 514 c934-6 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel) and my hon. Friends the Members for Hyndburn...
Chris Leslie | 514 c946-7 (Link to this contribution) Many of my constituents in Nottingham East are from the Pakistani and Kashmiri population, and have ...
Baroness Berger | 514 c961-2 (Link to this contribution) I wish to use this debate to highlight the devastating impact that the coalition Government's cuts i...
Diana Johnson | 514 c958-60 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I do share that concern, and I hope that the Deputy Leader of the House will be able to ...
Glyn Davies | 514 c928-30 (Link to this contribution) Over the last three years during which I was a parliamentary candidate, building up to the last gene...
Jane Ellison | 514 c954-5 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel) and the hon. Members for Hyndburn ...
Dennis Skinner | 514 c898-900 (Link to this contribution) I could speak about all the problems with the coalition, but there are two pressing cases in my cons...
Priti Patel | 514 c900-2 (Link to this contribution) May I say how delighted I am, having sat in the shadow of so many excellent maiden speeches over the...
Graham P Jones | 514 c906-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to make my maiden speech, and I congratulate the hon. ...
Lord Cryer | 514 c930 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the three maiden speakers, the hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel) and my hon. Frien...
Neil Parish | 514 c951 (Link to this contribution) It is a great honour to make a few points in the summer Adjournment debate. I begin by suggesting to...
Jonathan Reynolds | 514 c938-41 (Link to this contribution) Before the House adjourns, I wish to place on the record the problems and concerns of my constituent...
Mike Hancock | 514 c936-8 (Link to this contribution) If I may take a leaf out of the introduction to the speech by the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Nic...
Duncan Hames | 514 c924-6 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the hon. Members for Witham (Priti Patel), for Hyndburn (Graham Jones) and for ...
Yvonne Fovargue | 514 c926-8 (Link to this contribution) I should like to congratulate the hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel) and my hon. Friends the Membe...
Andrew Bridgen | 514 c956-8 (Link to this contribution) I add my compliments for the three fine maiden speeches that we have heard today from my hon. Friend...
Lord McCabe | 514 c966 (Link to this contribution) It is nice to know that Back-Bench Members are getting such a high profile under this new regime. I ...
Nadine Dorries | 514 c904-6 (Link to this contribution) First, may I say what a pleasure it is to follow so shortly after my hon. Friend the Member for With...
Speaker | 514 c896 (Link to this contribution) May I remind hon. Members that there is a limit of eight minutes on speeches in the debate?
Lord Cryer | 514 c931-2 (Link to this contribution) I apologise, and I withdraw that comment and will find another way of making my point at another tim...
Lord Cryer | 514 c930 (Link to this contribution) No, it is not. That is the right way round. It is five years since I took part in a pre-recess Adjo...
Nick de Bois | 514 c932-4 (Link to this contribution) May I add my congratulations to the hon. Members for Hyndburn (Graham Jones) and for Livingston (Gra...
Speaker | 514 c948 (Link to this contribution) Order. A number of hon. Members wish to speak, and I want to call as many as I possibly can. I am th...
Sheila Gilmore | 514 c942-4 (Link to this contribution) As a new Member, I am only just getting my head around some of the traditions of this place, and I a...
Chris Bryant | 514 c950-1 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on the phenomenal sagacity and dexterity that he has just shown. Obvio...
David Crausby | 514 c903-4 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry, Mr Speaker. It is a real privilege to follow the hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel). I...
David Crausby | 514 c902-3 (Link to this contribution) I want to express my concern about the development of the Princess Anne maternity unit at Royal Bolt...
Daniel Kawczynski | 514 c908-9 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Hyndburn (Graham Jones) on his eloquent and passionate maiden spe...
Daniel Kawczynski | 514 c909-10 (Link to this contribution) Yes; I am very grateful to my hon. Friend. I was just about to talk about concerns that the technolo...
Daniel Kawczynski | 514 c910 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely concur with my hon. Friend on that point. The referendum will cost the United Kingdom m...
Gavin Williamson | 514 c913 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the excellent maiden speeches made by the hon. Members for Livingston (Graeme Morri...
Kate Green | 514 c915-6 (Link to this contribution) I start by paying tribute to the maiden speakers this afternoon: the hon. Member for Witham (Priti P...
Edward Timpson | 514 c916-8 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to be called in this end-of-season debate, in which we all have an opportunity to t...
Alison Seabeck | 514 c964-6 (Link to this contribution) It is a shame that, on only the second day on which the Backbench Business Committee has chosen the ...
Barry Gardiner | 514 c962-3 (Link to this contribution) Our function in this House is to ensure that our information about constituents' problems is transla...
Diana Johnson | 514 c958 (Link to this contribution) I shall discuss three issues that are causing concern and anxiety in my constituency, but first I pa...
Thomas Docherty | 514 c955-6 (Link to this contribution) I hope that we can consider a couple of extra matters before the House adjourns for the summer reces...
Speaker | 514 c900 (Link to this contribution) Order. Time is up, I am afraid. We are grateful.
Natascha Engel | 514 c896 (Link to this contribution) On behalf of the Backbench Business Committee, I beg to move"That this House has considered matters ...
Speaker | 514 c931 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Gentleman as I know he is getting into his stride now, but i...
Speaker | 514 c942 (Link to this contribution) Order. On that point, I think we should move on.
Speaker | 514 c949 (Link to this contribution) I would like to thank the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston), as what she said will help greatly....
Gareth Thomas | 514 c950 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making an extremely good speech. I particularly approve of his comments about the ...
Speaker | 514 c906 (Link to this contribution) I call Graham Jones. I remind the House that this is a maiden speech.
Andrew Bridgen | 514 c909 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that we, too, have an application for an incinerator in my constituency and ...
Julian Lewis | 514 c910 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that first past the post is so called for a reason, because it rightly sug...
Daniel Kawczynski | 514 c913 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the problem relates not just to Gypsy sites? The Bristol office can e...
Alison Seabeck | 514 c958 (Link to this contribution) I share my hon. Friend's concern about a failure to receive a response from the Department for Educa...
Speaker | 514 c966 (Link to this contribution) Order. I should point out that the Front-Bench speeches will begin at 6.42 pm.
Baroness Keeley | 514 c966-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank all hon. Members who contributed to the debate. Clearly, we have to look at how we allocate ...
David Heath | 514 c969-72 (Link to this contribution) I want to start where the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley) finished, just i...
Chris Bryant | 514 c903 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to interrupt my hon. Friend, but he may not have realised that the hon. Member who spoke ...
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