That this House believes that Arsenal is the best club football team in the world at the moment and admires them for the fluency and poetry that they have brought to the beautiful game.

That this House believes that Arsenal is the best club football team in the world at the moment and admires them for the fluency and poetry that they have brought to the beautiful game.

That this House is deeply saddened that a Labour Government has brought the BBC, one of the greatest broadcasting organisations in the world, to its knees on the basis of a report from a retiring judge; believes that the independence and integrity of investigative journalism and news broadcasting by the BBC is now inevitably threatened; does not believe that one mistake by a reporter warranted the ballistic response of Government Ministers, spin doctors and civil servants; and calls on the new Chairman and Director General of the BBC to live up to the high standards set by Mr Gavyn Davies and Mr Greg Dyke.

That this House is deeply saddened that a Labour Government has brought the BBC, one of the greatest broadcasting organisations in the world, to its knees on the basis of a report from a retiring judge; believes that the independence and integrity of investigative journalism and news broadcasting by the...

That this House expresses its concern about potential conflicts of interests in relation to the ??1 billion contracts to rebuild Barts and the London Hospital; notes that Colonel Boorman, Ray Petts and Gerry Green are employed by Health Care Projects, a subsidiary of Skanska Innisfree, which will manage the project; finds it incomprehensible that Boorman, Petts and Green, who at one time devoted their lives to destroying Barts, should now be profiting through its upgrading to a specialist cancer and heart hospital; notes that Colonel Boorman, a former Joint Chief of the Intelligence Staff, who acted as a cipher for the previous Conservative government, told the honourable Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch at a meeting at the House that he was minded to close Barts before taking up his appointment as chairman of the two hospitals and before he knew what Barts did or where it was; notes that the struggle to save Barts in the teeth of opposition from Boorman became personal as well as political; and believes that, in order to avoid conflicts of interest and to enable people to move on, Skanska Innisfree and Health Care Projects should get rid of these unprincipled establishment figures before any money is paid out and that, if they do not, the Secretary of State for Health should intervene to see that this is done.

That this House expresses its concern about potential conflicts of interests in relation to the ??1 billion contracts to rebuild Barts and the London Hospital; notes that Colonel Boorman, Ray Petts and Gerry Green are employed by Health Care Projects, a subsidiary of Skanska Innisfree, which will manage the project;...

That this House expresses its concern that too many public schools are educating their pupils beyond their ability in an effort to enable them to get places at university which they do not deserve; congratulates those universities who are beginning to see through their confidence trick which has existed for decades; notes that 'A' levels provide only limited evidence either of intelligence or as a predictor of good degrees; condemns nasty and selfish attempts at blackmail by the President of the Girls' School Association and Chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference to obtain places at university for undeserving pupils and create a socially divisive country through privileges for the middle class; and calls on the Government to stop changing its policy on this issue and instead remove the charitable status of those public schools involved.

That this House expresses its concern that too many public schools are educating their pupils beyond their ability in an effort to enable them to get places at university which they do not deserve; congratulates those universities who are beginning to see through their confidence trick which has existed for...

That this House expresses its concern about the recently launched cinema advertising campaign of the 'Europe yes, Euro no campaign'; acknowledges that there are genuine and strongly held views for and against the single European currency but considers it offensive and inappropriate that the anti-euro campaign is using Nazi imagery in an attempt to denigrate the euro; and calls on the 'no' campaign to withdraw the cinema advert immediately.

That this House expresses its concern about the recently launched cinema advertising campaign of the 'Europe yes, Euro no campaign'; acknowledges that there are genuine and strongly held views for and against the single European currency but considers it offensive and inappropriate that the anti-euro campaign is using Nazi imagery...

That this House condemns the bully boys who have attacked Cherie Blair for no better reason than that bullying comes naturally to them.

That this House condemns the bully boys who have attacked Cherie Blair for no better reason than that bullying comes naturally to them.

That this House is pleased that justice has at last been done and that on 31st May the Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the decision of the Employment Tribunal in 1998 that Mr Bernard Crofton, then Director of Housing at Hackney Council, had discriminated racially against Mr Sam Yeboah, the black Director of Personnel, on a number of issues, including some which related to fraud; notes that in making this decision the Court of Appeal overturned the wrong decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal; unreservedly condemns Mr Crofton who was found guilty by the Employment Tribunal of persistently lying, fabricating evidence and re-inventing history; condemns those including Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, and a number of Liberal Democrat and Tory councillors who supported Mr Crofton's despicable conduct; is alarmed that the case, besides doing untold harm to Mr Yeboah, has cost the residents of Hackney over ??1 million; calls on Mr Crofton and his allies to re-imburse the residents of Hackney for this expenditure; and condemns successive district auditors for the inaction in these and related matters over a period of six years.

That this House is pleased that justice has at last been done and that on 31st May the Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the decision of the Employment Tribunal in 1998 that Mr Bernard Crofton, then Director of Housing at Hackney Council, had discriminated racially against Mr Sam Yeboah, the...

That this House notes that proposals for the East London Line tube extension, involving Bishopsgate Goods Yard, have been discussed extensively for the past 10 years and that throughout that period English Heritage have not made a single contribution to the debate, did not give evidence to the public enquiry or approach the City of London Corporation or Tower Hamlets or Hackney councils on the subject; is appalled that English Heritage, seduced the ultra-conservative architects, have now come up with a hare-brained technically flawed scheme whose consideration can only result in extensive and unnecessary delay in completing the East London Line; is saddened that English Heritage have the support of the Prince of Wales whose unusual views on architecture and urban renaissance are well documented; condemns English Heritage for acting so as to damage the interests of the people of East London and put the regeneration of Hackney and Tower Hamlets at risk; and calls on Railtrack or its successor and London Underground to get on with the development without delay.

That this House notes that proposals for the East London Line tube extension, involving Bishopsgate Goods Yard, have been discussed extensively for the past 10 years and that throughout that period English Heritage have not made a single contribution to the debate, did not give evidence to the public enquiry...

That this House is dismayed that the Conservative Party should have accepted as a member Mr Bill Binding of Upper Clapton knowing that he was a candidate for the National Front in the European elections of 1994, that he was a parliamentary candidate for the BNP in the 1997 election and that he is, or was until recently, a member of the Ku Klux Klan; notes that the aim of the hooded brethren in the Ku Klux Klan is the preservation of the white race and the exile of Jewish and black races involving lynching and other terrorist activities; notes that Mr Binding was a member of the virulent Klan branch, Knights of the Invisible Empire, was registered as company secretary of Invisible Empire (Europe) Limited and was number two to Alan Winder, Grand Dragon for the Realm of England; is concerned that through the Swindon group Binding comes to the House of Commons for discussions with Conservative honourable Members; finds it sinister that Chris Poole, the national membership secretary of the Conservative Party, believes that Binding is a fit and proper person to be a card-carrying Conservative on Binding's assurance that he is not a racist; and calls on the Leader of the Conservative Party to order the withdrawal of Binding's Party card.

That this House is dismayed that the Conservative Party should have accepted as a member Mr Bill Binding of Upper Clapton knowing that he was a candidate for the National Front in the European elections of 1994, that he was a parliamentary candidate for the BNP in the 1997 election...

That this House notes that Tory councillor Isaac Leibowitz has been sent to prison for six months for his role in the commission of forgery, conspiracy and fraud in local elections in Hackney and that Lib-Dem councillor Zev Lieberman has been jailed for four months; believes that given the gravity of the crimes the sentences were absurdly lenient and calls on the Attorney General to refer the cases to the Court of Appeal so that they can be increased; condemns Leibowitz and Lieberman for their persistent and extraordinary lies during the trial as though they were unable to tell the difference between right and wrong; is saddened that their only regret and that of their colleagues on Hackney Council was that they were caught, regrets that the prosecution has decided not to ask for a re-trial to agree on their innocence or guilt in the trial; calls on Sharer and Achhala who, whether or not they were involved in the fraud, were beneficiaries of it, to resign immediately so that free and fair by-elections can be held; and in furtherance of the interests of democracy for the future calls on local and national leaders in the Tory and Lib-Dem parties including the Tory mayor of Hackney to condemn and disown the fraudsters in the strongest possible terms.

That this House notes that Tory councillor Isaac Leibowitz has been sent to prison for six months for his role in the commission of forgery, conspiracy and fraud in local elections in Hackney and that Lib-Dem councillor Zev Lieberman has been jailed for four months; believes that given the gravity...

That this House condemns ITnet for its incompetence, gross negligence and monumental lack of professionalism in dealing with housing benefit claims for a number of local authorities; is deeply concerned at the distress caused by ITnet to thousands of vulnerable and elderly citizens; observes that when things started to go wrong, instead of seeking to put them right, ITnet continued practices which bordered on the criminally negligent and amounted to a fraud on the public; believes that the managers and directors of ITnet are unfit to run a business; calls on the Department of Trade and Industry and the Stock Exchange to take such action as is needed to close down ITnet; and calls on the Government to give urgent help to enable those councils which have been damaged by ITnet to deal promptly and efficiently with housing benefit claims.

That this House condemns ITnet for its incompetence, gross negligence and monumental lack of professionalism in dealing with housing benefit claims for a number of local authorities; is deeply concerned at the distress caused by ITnet to thousands of vulnerable and elderly citizens; observes that when things started to go...

That this House congratulates Hackney Council for sacking ITnet which it had hired to deal with housing benefit claims and to collect council tax; is shocked by the fact that, from the moment ITnet heard that its contract was at an end, it broke every promise that it made about a smooth handover and instead behaved in a rapacious fashion such as had rarely been seen by a firm working in the public sector; is concerned that ITnet consistently failed to be honest about their improvements or lack of them, their ability to manage problems and the level of resources they used; is aware that ITnet did not understand the verification framework and as a result cost the council millions of pounds as a result of non-compliance; is aghast that ITnet sought to blackmail the council to the tune of ??402,000 when the contract was withdrawn; notes that ITnet demanded ??4 million from the council for IT equipment when the contract was terminated although the open market value of the equipment was only 5 per cent. of demand; regrets that the managing director of ITnet had a personal stake in the company and was always more concerned with profits than providing a service; and calls on ITnet to pay, without the need for recourse to legal action, ??20 million in compensation to local residents for ruining their lives.

That this House congratulates Hackney Council for sacking ITnet which it had hired to deal with housing benefit claims and to collect council tax; is shocked by the fact that, from the moment ITnet heard that its contract was at an end, it broke every promise that it made about...

That this House deplores the refusal of Councillor Ollerenshaw OBE, the Leader of the Tory Group on Hackney Council and Deputy Leader of the Tory Group on the Greater London Assembly, to condemn the conduct of fellow Tory Councillor Isaac Leibowitz after his conviction for vote-rigging in the 1998 council elections in Hackney; finds it disturbing that Councillor Ollerenshaw should declare on television that the two Hackney councillors, one Tory, one Liberal Democrat, who have disgraced the democratic process, are good people; understands that this is because Councillor Ollerenshaw knows that a number of Tory councillors have been involved in electoral fraud including granny farming in various elections; calls on Councillor Ollerenshaw to explain why the Tory Party in Hackney welcomed Councillor Leibowitz into their ranks knowing that he had been expelled from the Labour Party for serious wrong-doing; and calls on the Leader of the Tory Party nationally to institute an inquiry into Councillor Ollerenshaw's conduct and his knowledge of proxy voting fraud in local elections.

That this House deplores the refusal of Councillor Ollerenshaw OBE, the Leader of the Tory Group on Hackney Council and Deputy Leader of the Tory Group on the Greater London Assembly, to condemn the conduct of fellow Tory Councillor Isaac Leibowitz after his conviction for vote-rigging in the 1998 council...

That this House calls on the Tory and Liberal Democrat parties to uphold the integrity of local government by following the example of the Labour Party in suspending councillors when they are charged with serious criminal offences; regrets that this was not done in the cases of Tory Councillor Isaac Leibowitz and Liberal Democrat Councillor Zev Lieberman in Hackney; and believes that the leaders of the Tory and Liberal Democrat parties should explain why they were prepared to allow their councillors to continue acting in the name of their parties when they were charged with forgery and conspiracy acting in the name of their parties when they were charged with forgery and conspiracy to defraud, offences which went to the heart of the democratic system.

That this House calls on the Tory and Liberal Democrat parties to uphold the integrity of local government by following the example of the Labour Party in suspending councillors when they are charged with serious criminal offences; regrets that this was not done in the cases of Tory Councillor Isaac...

That this House condemns in the strongest possible terms the conduct of Tory Councillor Isaac Leibowitz and Liberal Democrat Councillor Zev Lieberman who were found guilty by a jury of forgery and conspiracy to defraud in one of the worst cases of vote-rigging ever to take place in Britain; is appalled that through the actions of these corrupt councillors the will of the electorate was frustrated in the 1998 council elections in Hackney; believes that Councillors Leibowitz and Lieberman have brought shame on themselves, their political parties and their communities; is saddened that the defendants in this case defiled the memory of the victims of the Holocaust in praying in aid the horrors of the Holocaust in their defence; calls on the Leaders of the Tory Party and the Liberal Democrats to denounce the persistent electoral frauds carried out in Hackney by their members; and congratulates the police on the thoroughness of their investigations in this case and their admirable professionalism and hopes that they will investigate subsequent electoral frauds in Hackney and bring the perpetrators before the courts.

That this House condemns in the strongest possible terms the conduct of Tory Councillor Isaac Leibowitz and Liberal Democrat Councillor Zev Lieberman who were found guilty by a jury of forgery and conspiracy to defraud in one of the worst cases of vote-rigging ever to take place in Britain; is...

That this House expresses its delight that Hackney is now taking its rightful place as the major centre for the arts in East London; congratulates the Hackney Empire, which is renowned for its variety, comedy, opera and Shakespeare performances, on reaching its appeal fund target of ??15 million to enable it to provide facilities fit for the 21st century; expresses its delight that just across the road from the Empire, the Ocean, which will provide stunning facilities for concertgoers and music makers of all kinds, is shortly to be opened by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and believes that these major regeneration projects will complement the fact that Hackney has more artists per square metre than any other place in the world.

That this House expresses its delight that Hackney is now taking its rightful place as the major centre for the arts in East London; congratulates the Hackney Empire, which is renowned for its variety, comedy, opera and Shakespeare performances, on reaching its appeal fund target of ??15 million to enable...

That this House is concerned that the magazine Country Life is unable to keep abreast of the news in rural areas; notes that in its edition of 1st March 2001, which was published long after the countryside march had been cancelled, its three page spread on the march begins 'On Sunday March 18th, hundreds of thousands of country people will descend on London...'; but congratulates Country Life for telling the public that this march is not so much a march of ordinary country folk but an indulgent weekend for very rich people; praises Ms Sally Smith for informing us that the Ritz has reduced prices to ??370 per couple per night for not only a room but a full English breakfast and the loan of a Ritz umbrella should it rain; is pleased that for less well-off marchers the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hyde Park, will provide a room for ??300 per night with a 'soothing bubble bath' for those with sore feet; and trusts that Country Life readers will boycott the march whose main aim is not the welfare of the countryside but the defence of the barbaric sport of fox-hunting.

That this House is concerned that the magazine Country Life is unable to keep abreast of the news in rural areas; notes that in its edition of 1st March 2001, which was published long after the countryside march had been cancelled, its three page spread on the march begins 'On...

That this House remembers Auberon Waugh as a brilliant satirist, polemicist with a poisoned pen and as a good man.

That this House remembers Auberon Waugh as a brilliant satirist, polemicist with a poisoned pen and as a good man.

That this House believes that the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service not to bring charges of manslaughter against the two police officers who killed Harry Stanley was wrong in law and fact; is concerned that the decision, which is both calculated and designed to protect armed police officers from the consequences of their acts, was taken in total disregard for the safety of innocent members of the public; is alarmed that the police will see this decision as yet one more affirmation by the Crown Prosecution Service that the police have a licence to kill; calls on the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis to name the two killers and dismiss them from the force; and calls on the Home Secretary to explain to the family of Harry Stanley as well as the wider public why it is impossible to get justice for the victims in these cases.

That this House believes that the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service not to bring charges of manslaughter against the two police officers who killed Harry Stanley was wrong in law and fact; is concerned that the decision, which is both calculated and designed to protect armed police officers from...

That this House expresses its grave concerns and regrets that national newspapers with the Express Group should have fallen under the ownership of a publisher of pornography, Mr Richard Desmond; and calls on the Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry to institute an inquiry in the public interest.

That this House expresses its grave concerns and regrets that national newspapers with the Express Group should have fallen under the ownership of a publisher of pornography, Mr Richard Desmond; and calls on the Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry to institute an inquiry in the...