Backbench debate on Thursday, 10 March 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Bernard Jenkin.

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Twenty-second backbench debate (part one). Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 524 c1078-82
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Smaller Government: what do Ministers do? Public Administration Select Committee seventh report with formal minutes, evidence and appendices. Additional written evidence is contained in volume II, available on the committee website at www.parliament.uk/pasc
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
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Proceeding contributions: Adam Afriyie | 524 c1081 (Link to this contribution) It seems to me, and I think there is common consensus, that the country is over-governed. Surely red...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1081 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's endorsement. The Government say that they want to see Parliament...; Philip Hollobone | 524 c1081-2 (Link to this contribution) I commend my hon. Friend for the report and for his recommendation on PPSs. I am conscious that I am...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1082 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for reading out that part of the report. The important point is...; Greg Mulholland | 524 c1082 (Link to this contribution) I, too, am proud of this report and of serving on the Committee. Does my hon. Friend think that as p...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1082 (Link to this contribution) We looked at that suggestion, but it is rather difficult because there is no legal definition of a P...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1082 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for that point, because the large number of PPSs does rob Selec...; Peter Bone | 524 c1082 (Link to this contribution) Is not one of the problems that we have at the moment that very good Members of Parliament get elect...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1078 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House notes the publication of the Seventh Report from the Select Committee...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1079 (Link to this contribution) We asked Sir David Normington, who was still permanent secretary at the Home Office when he gave evi...; Peter Bone | 524 c1079 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a wonderful statement, and I agree entirely with his comments. Is this not ...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1078-9 (Link to this contribution) I am most interested that my hon. Friend should ask that question, because my Committee is consideri...; David Nuttall | 524 c1078 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that we could make do with fewer Ministers in the UK if we did not receive...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) I give way to the hon. Gentleman, who is a member of the Committee.; Greg Knight | 524 c1079 (Link to this contribution) One suggestion to my hon. Friend's Committee was that Ministers should do less media work, and that ...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1079 (Link to this contribution) There is no question but that Ministers should be accountable for decisions that they take. However,...; Kelvin Hopkins | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have signed this report as a member of the hon. Gentleman's Committee. Does he agree...; Robert Halfon | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend give way?; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. We need to remember that right hon. and hon. Members are pai...; Robert Halfon | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend, having served on his Committee on this report. Does he agree that the...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) I give way to my hon. Friend, who is also a member of the Committee.; Charlie Elphicke | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to be a member of my hon. Friend's Committee. Does he agree that there is a case t...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) I certainly think that that is an opportunity, and I will come to it later in my remarks. We must a...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1081 (Link to this contribution) I give way to the hon. Gentleman, who is also a member of the Committee.; Paul Flynn | 524 c1081 (Link to this contribution) It was irresistible to conclude in this document that there should be a serious look at the position...; Speaker | 524 c1078 (Link to this contribution) Before I call Mr Bernard Jenkin to move the motion on his Committee's report, I should remind the Ho...; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) One of our recommendations is that that should be given serious consideration. I have to say that it...; Paul Flynn | 524 c1080 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Bernard Jenkin | 524 c1081 (Link to this contribution) Obviously any change in this regard would have to be ameliorated by other arrangements—perhaps a mor...
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