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Order. With reference to the red tape challenge. ...The hon. Lady will have her opportunity another time.
Order. With reference to the red tape challenge. ...The hon. Lady will have her opportunity another time.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Pat Glass
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
Higher education applications in this country have collapsed, although not across the board—I think applications to Oxford, Cambridge and Durham have increased. However, in the universities that ordinary people go to, they have collapsed. ...I just wanted to ask a question about—
I just wanted to ask a question about—
Date
2 February 2012
Reference
539 c980
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
That question is fascinating, but sadly it bears absolutely no relation to the question on the Order Paper, so the hon. Gentleman should keep it for the spring, or some other suitable time.
That question is fascinating, but sadly it bears absolutely no relation to the question on the Order Paper, so the hon. Gentleman should keep it for the spring, or some other suitable time.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Neil Parish
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
To get to the dizzy heights of executive pay, one must first get a job. What are Ministers doing to reduce the red tape and bureaucracy relating to apprenticeship schemes for small and medium-sized businesses?
Date
2 February 2012
Reference
539 c986-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I think that the hon. Gentleman might have been groping his way towards order, but he had not quite arrived. We will have to leave it there for today. We are specifically talking about excessive executive pay.
Order. I think that the hon. Gentleman might have been groping his way towards order, but he had not quite arrived. We will have to leave it there for today. We are specifically talking about excessive executive pay.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Henry Smith
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
I welcome yesterday's announcement by the Government on mitigating excessive executive pay. With regard to the UK honours system, may I seek an assurance from my right hon. Friend that the Government will be more circumspect in regard to the honours that are suggested, unlike the—
Date
24 January 2012
Reference
539 c157
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I do not wish to be unkind to the hon. Lady. I am sure that her question is of great importance to her and possibly to others, but it suffers from the disadvantage of bearing absolutely no relation to the question on the Order Paper.
Order. I do not wish to be unkind to the hon. Lady. I am sure that her question is of great importance to her and possibly to others, but it suffers from the disadvantage of bearing absolutely no relation to the question on the Order Paper.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Anne Main
(Conservative)
Answering body
Leader of the House of Commons
Type
Oral answers to questions
Further to an answer that I received in September, in which the House of Commons Commission said that it costs the public purse a further £1.5 million for us to come back for the two-week September sitting, is it not time that we looked carefully at the programme of sittings of the House so that we are not constrained—
Date
15 December 2011
Reference
537 c922
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but that has nothing to do with fuel poverty in Northern Ireland. I call Charlie Elphicke.
Order. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but that has nothing to do with fuel poverty in Northern Ireland. I call Charlie Elphicke.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Peter Bone
(Conservative)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Does the Minister share my concern about the Opposition Whips' effort to flood the Order Paper, with a third of the questions on it being identical, so that Members—
Date
30 November 2011
Reference
536 c927
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. The difficulty with that question, notwithstanding its notable ingenuity, is that it does not relate to the work of the Historical Enquiries Team, so we had better leave it there.
Order. The difficulty with that question, notwithstanding its notable ingenuity, is that it does not relate to the work of the Historical Enquiries Team, so we had better leave it there.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Sajid Javid
(Conservative)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
The former Northern Ireland Secretary, the right hon. Member for Neath (Mr Hain), rightly set up the Historical Enquiries Team, but disturbing allegations were made yesterday that his computer might have been hacked. Does my right hon. Friend share those concerns, and will he assure the House that the Northern Ireland Office—
Date
30 November 2011
Reference
536 c919-20
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. May I ask the hon. Gentleman to— ... Order. The hon. Gentleman must resume his seat.
Questions to Ministers should be about the responsibility of office-holders for public policies. It is no good the hon. Gentleman nodding at me; his question was out of order, and it is about time that he learnt that fact.
Order. May I ask the hon. Gentleman to— ... Order. The hon. Gentleman must resume his seat.
Questions to Ministers should be about the responsibility of office-holders for public policies. It is no good the hon. Gentleman nodding at me; his question was out of order, and it is about time that he learnt that fact.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Karl McCartney
(Conservative)
Answering body
Deputy Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that interesting answer. Does he agree that it is time for the Labour party to be honest about the privileged influence that some of its larger donors have had on legislation that is debated in the House, and will the Liberal Democrats join the Conservatives—
Date
15 November 2011
Reference
535 c683
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I have allowed the hon. Gentleman to place his thoughts on the record on that very important matter, but unfortunately it does not relate to Parliament week, and therefore we will have to leave it there for today.
Order. I have allowed the hon. Gentleman to place his thoughts on the record on that very important matter, but unfortunately it does not relate to Parliament week, and therefore we will have to leave it there for today.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Ian Jnr Paisley
(Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Leader of the House of Commons
Type
Oral answers to questions
The promotion of Parliament is of course a noble cause. However, does the Leader of the House agree that the continuation of allowing Members who do not take their seats in this place to claim expenses from this place, to claim offices in this place, and to claim salaries from this place is a scar on Parliament? When is he going to bring a comprehensive statement to this House—
Date
3 November 2011
Reference
534 c1086
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I wanted to hear the question, but the registration of Members’ interests is undertaken by Members in their capacity as Members, rather than as Ministers. I suspect that there will be a correspondence or exchange subsequently, but that is my understanding of the position.
Order. I wanted to hear the question, but the registration of Members’ interests is undertaken by Members in their capacity as Members, rather than as Ministers. I suspect that there will be a correspondence or exchange subsequently, but that is my understanding of the position.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Paul Flynn
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Communities and Local Government
Type
Oral answers to questions
Even though a five-star dinner at the Savoy, which was paid for by the lobbyist Bell Pottinger, had in attendance at least one firm that had an application in with the Secretary of State’s Department, he says that he has no reason to register it in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests because that day he was eating not as a Minister but as a private person. If we are to have a robust, transparent system of lobbying, does he not think that that loophole needs to be closed, so that we do not have to guess on which days Members are eating privately and on which they are eating ministerially?
Date
31 October 2011
Reference
534 c599
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. It is always a pleasure to listen to the hon. Gentleman, and that is, indeed, a topical question, but it suffers from the notable disadvantage of bearing absolutely no relation whatsoever to the responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. I will give a seminar to the hon. Gentleman later, further and better to explain the point, but there is no requirement on the Secretary of State to respond to that question.
Order. It is always a pleasure to listen to the hon. Gentleman, and that is, indeed, a topical question, but it suffers from the notable disadvantage of bearing absolutely no relation whatsoever to the responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. I will give a seminar to the hon. Gentleman later, further and better to explain the point, but there is no requirement on the Secretary of State to respond to that question.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Lord Austin of Dudley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Given the Secretary of State's complaints about the free movement of European labour and his leadership of the Maastricht rebels in the '90s, may I ask why he will not be demonstrating some conviction and consistency this evening? Why is he putting his position and his party before his principles, and his career before his country, in the debate on Europe this evening?
Date
24 October 2011
Reference
534 c19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I apologise to the hon. Gentleman. I was prepared to give him some latitude, but the question must be purely on Warrington rather than allied to Warrington. We are grateful to him for his industrious efforts.
Order. I apologise to the hon. Gentleman. I was prepared to give him some latitude, but the question must be purely on Warrington rather than allied to Warrington. We are grateful to him for his industrious efforts.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Andrew Love
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
... It is allied to Warrington. ... If I may say so, Mr Speaker, the similarities are very great, because just like Warrington, we suffered—
Date
13 October 2011
Reference
533 c458
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Glyn Davies), but his question bears no relation to the responsibilities of the current Government and we will therefore leave it there.
Order. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Glyn Davies), but his question bears no relation to the responsibilities of the current Government and we will therefore leave it there.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Glyn Davies
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Is the Chancellor aware that under the previous Labour Government, of whom the current shadow Chancellor was a prominent member, a euro preparations unit with a staff of 17 worked for 13 years preparing 11,500 documents to prepare Britain for joining the euro?
Date
6 September 2011
Reference
532 c156-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. The hon. Gentleman will now resume his seat. I call Valerie Vaz.
Order. The hon. Gentleman will now resume his seat. I call Valerie Vaz.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Marcus Jones
(Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
As a parent, I am appalled that the Labour party advocates burdening our children with ever more unsolicited debts, which it is putting forward with its reckless raft of unfunded tax cuts and spending commitments, of which the VAT cut is the latest—[Interruption.]
Date
22 June 2011
Reference
530 c318
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. There is no requirement or need for the Chancellor to comment on Opposition policy. I would have thought that we had grasped that point by now.
Order. There is no requirement or need for the Chancellor to comment on Opposition policy. I would have thought that we had grasped that point by now.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Sajid Javid
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Has the Chancellor considered what would happen to our growth rate if we followed the advice of the shadow Chancellor, which is opportunistically to oppose every spending cut and every tax increase proposed by the Government?
Date
21 June 2011
Reference
530 c147
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. May I gently say to the Deputy Prime Minister and to the House that I do not think he is responsible for what is said at meetings of Conservative Members of Parliament?
Order. May I gently say to the Deputy Prime Minister and to the House that I do not think he is responsible for what is said at meetings of Conservative Members of Parliament?
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
David Winnick
(Labour)
Answering body
Deputy Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
That there is tension and disagreement between the two coalition parties on this issue, and perhaps on other matters, is understandable, but it was reported last week that during a recent meeting of Tory MPs one Member described the Liberal Democrats as ““yellow”” followed by a second word beginning with ““b”” then ““a”” and ending in ““s””. Was the Deputy Prime Minister as shocked as I was by such behaviour?
Date
24 May 2011
Reference
528 c759
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. That was a nice try but the hon. Gentleman's question must specifically relate to the north-east, about which I thought the hon. Gentleman probably had extensive knowledge.
Order. That was a nice try but the hon. Gentleman's question must specifically relate to the north-east, about which I thought the hon. Gentleman probably had extensive knowledge.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Nadhim Zahawi
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
Like the North Eastern local enterprise partnership, Coventry and Warwickshire local enterprise partnership would very much like to talk to the Minister about our proposal for an enterprise zone—
Date
31 March 2011
Reference
526 c501
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I am sorry, but on several occasions I have had to say to the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) that questions must be about the policy of this Government, not a previous Government. I tthink we will leave it there. I call Lorraine Fullbrook.
Order. I am sorry, but on several occasions I have had to say to the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) that questions must be about the policy of this Government, not a previous Government. I tthink we will leave it there. I call Lorraine Fullbrook.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Andrew Bridgen
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Oral answers to questions
The shadow Justice Secretary has argued:"““Playing tough in order not to look soft made it harder to focus on what is effective.””"
Given that, does the Minister agree that despite record spending and the record prison population, Labour failed to improve public safety?
Date
29 March 2011
Reference
526 c156
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I am sorry, but that question suffers from the disadvantage that it bears absolutely no relation whatever to the question on the Order Paper.
Order. I am sorry, but that question suffers from the disadvantage that it bears absolutely no relation whatever to the question on the Order Paper.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Richard Graham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
In terms of the value for money of decisions taken by the Treasury, whether on road fuel tax or other things, does the Minister agree that one of the best value creations of this Government has been the increase in apprenticeships, which is widely appreciated around the country? Does he agree that apprenticeships are critical both to our growth strategy and to the reduction of youth—
Date
22 March 2011
Reference
525 c845
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I am sorry but I must repeat, and I hope that the message will be heeded, that questions must be about the policy of the current Government.
Order. I am sorry but I must repeat, and I hope that the message will be heeded, that questions must be about the policy of the current Government.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Claire O'Neill
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Is the Minister aware of my freedom of information request from last September which found that the previous Government never carried out an equalities impact assessment—not in the March Budget, the December pre-Budget report or the March 2010 Budget? They never did it either.
Date
22 March 2011
Reference
525 c844
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Order. I want to be helpful to the hon. Gentleman and the House. The question is about airbrushed images of women. The Prime Minister is not a woman. [Interruption.] Order. That is the end of the matter. We will leave it there.
Order. I want to be helpful to the hon. Gentleman and the House. The question is about airbrushed images of women. The Prime Minister is not a woman. [Interruption.] Order. That is the end of the matter. We will leave it there.
Answered by
Speaker
Asked by
Geraint Davies
(Labour)
Answering body
Women and Equalities
Type
Oral answers to questions
What impact assessment has the Minister made of the impact of airbrushed pictures of the Prime Minister on the self-confidence—
Date
10 March 2011
Reference
524 c1060
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons