To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 23 April (WA 353), when they expect consideration by the European Union of further measures designed to limit expansion of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories and to deter violence by settlers against local...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 23 April (WA 353), when they expect consideration by the European Union of further measures designed to limit expansion of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories and to deter violence by settlers against local...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received about an attack on and burning of a Catholic church frequented by South Sudanese people in Khartoum on 21 April.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received about an attack on and burning of a Catholic church frequented by South Sudanese people in Khartoum on 21 April.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of (a) the system for rating television and films in respect of violent content and (b) arrangements for monitoring that system; and whether he plans to commission a formal review of that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of (a) the system for rating television and films in respect of violent content and (b) arrangements for monitoring that system; and whether he plans to commission a formal review of that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what government-funded studies have been carried out into the impact of television and screen violence on actual violence, giving (a) the amount spent on each study, (b) the name of the university or research institution that carried out...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what government-funded studies have been carried out into the impact of television and screen violence on actual violence, giving (a) the amount spent on each study, (b) the name of the university or research institution that carried out...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel and to the Palestinian Authority about violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian residents of the West Bank.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel and to the Palestinian Authority about violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian residents of the West Bank.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Nigeria about ensuring adequate security for religious minorities in the Middle Belt and Northern States, following recent attacks on churches in Jos.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Nigeria about ensuring adequate security for religious minorities in the Middle Belt and Northern States, following recent attacks on churches in Jos.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the United Kingdom and other European Union member states will consider imposing personal sanctions against any settler leaders in the West Bank suspected of organising attacks on Palestinians and their property.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the United Kingdom and other European Union member states will consider imposing personal sanctions against any settler leaders in the West Bank suspected of organising attacks on Palestinians and their property.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the two reports from European Union Heads of Mission in Jerusalem concerning the trebling in three years of attacks by settlers on the people of the West Bank; and what action they plan to take in response.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the two reports from European Union Heads of Mission in Jerusalem concerning the trebling in three years of attacks by settlers on the people of the West Bank; and what action they plan to take in response.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the delivery of justice for victims of communal violence in (a) Gujarat state, India in 2002 and (b) Orissa state, India in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the delivery of justice for victims of communal violence in (a) Gujarat state, India in 2002 and (b) Orissa state, India in 2008.

Statement on the alcohol strategy.

Statement on the alcohol strategy.

As a former chair of the all-party group on alcohol misuse, I think that I was the first Member to table an early-day motion raising the problem of cheap alcohol and its impact on our society. However, the Home Secretary has not mentioned the more than 6,000 babies every year...

As a former chair of the all-party group on alcohol misuse, I think that I was the first Member to table an early-day motion raising the problem of cheap alcohol and its impact on our society. However, the Home Secretary has not mentioned the more than 6,000 babies every year...

That was the usual response from the right hon. Lady—bluster and political point scoring. One thing was missing. After the disaster of Labour's Licensing Act 2003, after election text messages saying, ““Couldn't give a XXXX for closing time,”” and after all that drink-fuelled violence and disorder, there was not even...

That was the usual response from the right hon. Lady—bluster and political point scoring. One thing was missing. After the disaster of Labour's Licensing Act 2003, after election text messages saying, ““Couldn't give a XXXX for closing time,”” and after all that drink-fuelled violence and disorder, there was not even...

I absolutely reassure my hon. Friend of that. The law-abiding majority have nothing to fear from these proposals.

I absolutely reassure my hon. Friend of that. The law-abiding majority have nothing to fear from these proposals.

I thank the Home Secretary for the positive remarks that have been made this morning about Durham constabulary and about the Best Bar None scheme. I recently spent some time with Durham constabulary on a Friday night, targeting under-age drinking, and I personally poured out 11 litres of cheap vodka...

I thank the Home Secretary for the positive remarks that have been made this morning about Durham constabulary and about the Best Bar None scheme. I recently spent some time with Durham constabulary on a Friday night, targeting under-age drinking, and I personally poured out 11 litres of cheap vodka...

This would never have been brought out in the Budget because this is a cross-Government strategy which deals with a variety of issues that are not matters for the Budget. The hon. Lady is right to say what an important issue this is. That is why the Government have been...

This would never have been brought out in the Budget because this is a cross-Government strategy which deals with a variety of issues that are not matters for the Budget. The hon. Lady is right to say what an important issue this is. That is why the Government have been...

A billion units a year.

A billion units a year.

Yes, 1 billion units a year will be taken out. Sorry, I was getting ahead—[Interruption.] I wondered how long it would take the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) to start—

Yes, 1 billion units a year will be taken out. Sorry, I was getting ahead—[Interruption.] I wondered how long it would take the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) to start—

This is an important issue for Bournemouth. We have a vibrant and popular town centre as part of the local economy, but it has suffered because of the previous Government and their reckless Licensing Act, which has been very costly to the town centre. The residents are concerned that there...

This is an important issue for Bournemouth. We have a vibrant and popular town centre as part of the local economy, but it has suffered because of the previous Government and their reckless Licensing Act, which has been very costly to the town centre. The residents are concerned that there...

A minimum price for alcohol is something that I have campaigned on, and I am delighted that, on this issue at least, the Government are listening to the health professionals, who warn that we are losing nearly £3 billion a year on alcohol-related disease. Without pre-judging the outcome of the...

A minimum price for alcohol is something that I have campaigned on, and I am delighted that, on this issue at least, the Government are listening to the health professionals, who warn that we are losing nearly £3 billion a year on alcohol-related disease. Without pre-judging the outcome of the...

I thank my hon. Friend for that question. She is absolutely right. We were promised, under Labour's Licensing Act, a European-style café culture. Nothing could be further from the truth in many of our town centres on a Friday and a Saturday night, and law-abiding citizens are suffering as a...

I thank my hon. Friend for that question. She is absolutely right. We were promised, under Labour's Licensing Act, a European-style café culture. Nothing could be further from the truth in many of our town centres on a Friday and a Saturday night, and law-abiding citizens are suffering as a...