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Big Society Agenda

Secondary information

Type

Grand Committee proceedings (HC)

Reference

NIGC c13-50 

Session

2010-12

Department

Northern Ireland Office

Committee

Northern Ireland Grand Committee

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons Grand Committees

Proceeding contributions

Lord Swire | NIGC c48-9 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I do not know what the passive past tense for tweet is, but I am sure he does it very well. ...

David Anderson | NIGC c40-1 (Link to this contribution) I agree, and that returns to my earlier point about the almost artificial divide between the public ...

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Jim Shannon | NIGC c23 (Link to this contribution) One group directly affected is that of people with disabilities, and I hope there will be a chance t...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | NIGC c32-3 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Dr McCrea. I am pleased to attend the debate under your direction and chairmanship. Th...

Jeffrey M Donaldson | NIGC c29 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a valid point that we need to examine in the context of developing the bi...

Naomi Long | NIGC c30 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that although it is right to say that the voluntary sector often...

Lord Swire | NIGC c49-50 (Link to this contribution) It is a small and tight ministerial working group, on which I have the honour to be, as do two Minis...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | NIGC c49 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister ensure in his discussions with the Secretary of State about the working party on c...

Ian Jnr Paisley | NIGC c43-5 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, I shall be very brief, but I have a couple of points. At the beginning of the debate ther...

Jim Shannon | NIGC c41-3 (Link to this contribution) First, let me thank the Minister for his presentation to the Committee. My comments will be positive...

Lord Swire | NIGC c47-8 (Link to this contribution) Lest we forget, Dr McCrea, we were discussing the thorny issue of cuts. I was beginning to remind th...

Naomi Long | NIGC c48 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that any of us who expressed scepticism were arguing that good and active communities...

Lord Swire | NIGC c48 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, and I hope that my speech will put a bit of flesh on the bones. I will continue with my wind...

Lord Coaker | NIGC c48 (Link to this contribution) The Minister does me a disservice: I tweet it as well. He might want to look out for the tweet pictu...

Stephen Pound | NIGC c45-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank all those who have spoken today; as ever, we are educated. May I also say, on a personal lev...

Lord Swire | NIGC c47 (Link to this contribution) We have had an excellent debate and I am grateful to right hon. and hon. Members for their contribut...

Lord Coaker | NIGC c47 (Link to this contribution) He shares it with me.

Lord Swire | NIGC c47 (Link to this contribution) That is as it should be, but I fear that there may be some contagion in the form of deficit denial. ...

Sammy Wilson | NIGC c34-5 (Link to this contribution) May I make it quite clear that, unlike the hon. Member for Ealing North and, it seems, a fair number...

Naomi Long | NIGC c36 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman, who is being very generous, for giving way, and I will try not to interr...

Sammy Wilson | NIGC c36-8 (Link to this contribution) There are many other examples, especially in the field of health and social care delivery, and also ...

Naomi Long | NIGC c35 (Link to this contribution) I agree with much of what the hon. Gentleman has said about the positive aspects of society working ...

Sammy Wilson | NIGC c35-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, because I was going to make some of those points. I have...

David Simpson | NIGC c39-40 (Link to this contribution) When the hon. Gentleman said, ““1890””, a smile came to my face because I thought that he had said, ...

Chair of Northern Ireland Grand Committee | NIGC c38 (Link to this contribution) Order. I will commence the Front-Bench winding-up speeches at 7.25 pm. At least three Members are ca...

David Anderson | NIGC c38-9 (Link to this contribution) It does not matter what warm words the Minister adds; some of us will not believe that this is anyth...

Chair of Northern Ireland Grand Committee | NIGC c41 (Link to this contribution) We have 15 minutes left and two Members are catching my eye. I ask them to bear that in mind.

Lord Swire | NIGC c13 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the matter of applying the principles of the Big...

Lord Swire | NIGC c16-9 (Link to this contribution) Community groups must prove that they can do so, and the local commissioning services, including the...

David Anderson | NIGC c15 (Link to this contribution) Who will decide whether a community group has proved its case or whether the people who have already...

Lord Swire | NIGC c15 (Link to this contribution) I can only imagine that the hon. Gentleman has read my speech, because he asks extremely pertinent q...

Ian Jnr Paisley | NIGC c15 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister also extend that to faith-based groups? In Northern Ireland, the Office of the Fir...

Lord Swire | NIGC c14-5 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman bears with me, he might find that I get to that. Some might say that commun...

Ian Jnr Paisley | NIGC c14 (Link to this contribution) Everything the Minister has said has been very noble and good, but will he confirm that nothing in t...

Lord Swire | NIGC c14 (Link to this contribution) No sector is unaffected by the economic downturn and cuts. However, we are trying to be ambitious an...

Ian Jnr Paisley | NIGC c14 (Link to this contribution) Given what the Minister has said about rolling back some state practices, how does he respond to the...

Naomi Long | NIGC c24 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the big society is like motherhood and apple pie, in that it is i...

Lord Coaker | NIGC c23-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. When the Minister says that the big society is importan...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | NIGC c22-3 (Link to this contribution) May I put on record my congratulations to the hon. Gentleman on his appointment as shadow Secretary ...

Lord Coaker | NIGC c22 (Link to this contribution) May I start, Dr McCrea, by saying how pleased I am to be serving under your chairmanship? I also wan...

Lord Coaker | NIGC c23 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that idea, and the Minister will have heard his remarks. I hope...

Mark Durkan | NIGC c19 (Link to this contribution) Has the Minister had any discussions with banks or others about how they will respond to the develop...

Lord Swire | NIGC c19-20 (Link to this contribution) The four big banks have come up with this money through the Merlin arrangement. The good news for No...

Stephen Pound | NIGC c20 (Link to this contribution) May I gently chide the right hon. Gentleman and tell him that in Greenford, Northolt and Perivale we...

Lord Swire | NIGC c20-2 (Link to this contribution) I very much hope that the shadow Minister believes in the big society now, because he certainly did ...

Jeffrey M Donaldson | NIGC c28-9 (Link to this contribution) Before the Division, I was speaking about the role of faith-based organisations in developing the bi...

Jeffrey M Donaldson | NIGC c27-8 (Link to this contribution) Often, big society and charity are about bringing relief, and I suspect that the Division bell might...

Lord Coaker | NIGC c27 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly my point—I do not know. We cannot disagree with the argument that people making deci...

David Anderson | NIGC c27 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend explain how the policy will be more accountable?

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | NIGC c29 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend rightly mentions the Vine centre on the Crumlin road. Another excellent example...

Lord Coaker | NIGC c24 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with that. That is part of the point I am trying to make in respect of the Minist...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | NIGC c25 (Link to this contribution) As a former Minister for Social Development in Northern Ireland, with direct responsibility for the ...

Lord Coaker | NIGC c25-7 (Link to this contribution) I agree very much with the points that my hon. Friend makes. In the Stormont debate, there was recog...

David Simpson | NIGC c24 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will agree with me that although much in the big society agenda th...

Lord Coaker | NIGC c25 (Link to this contribution) I agree. Of course, some organisations will become self-sustaining, but within the context of what w...

Chair of Northern Ireland Grand Committee | NIGC c32 (Link to this contribution) Order. I have no power to impose a time limit on speeches. A number of Members are trying to catch m...

Jeffrey M Donaldson | NIGC c31-2 (Link to this contribution) It is just through the hedge, Minister. It is literally next door to Hillsborough castle. I am sure ...

Pamela Nash | NIGC c33 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my hon. Friend’s comments on investing for the future and how that should be taken into co...

Mark Durkan | NIGC c29 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman recall that, during direct rule, the previous Government established t...

Jeffrey M Donaldson | NIGC c29-30 (Link to this contribution) I go with the hon. Gentleman on the principle that faith-based organisations should not be excluded ...

Jeffrey M Donaldson | NIGC c30-1 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is absolutely right. If we are looking at the big society for the longer term, some in...

Jim Shannon | NIGC c31 (Link to this contribution) The Government do not know where it is.

David Anderson | NIGC c34 (Link to this contribution) Is not one of the Government’s problems that they try to treat the public sector and the third and v...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | NIGC c33-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Airdrie and Shotts for her apt comments. Northern Ireland is a...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | NIGC c34 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for those comments. There is absolutely no doubt that we have to see the work...

Subjects

Community development Northern Ireland Civil society

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