That this House recognises the importance of greater competition in the energy supply market; welcomes the news that First Utility has become the first independent energy company to reach one million customer accounts; and congratulates the company for pledging one per cent of its profits every year to support vulnerable families and individuals across the UK.

That this House recognises the importance of greater competition in the energy supply market; welcomes the news that First Utility has become the first independent energy company to reach one million customer accounts; and congratulates the company for pledging one per cent of its profits every year to support vulnerable...

That this House notes that 15 November 2012 is Social Enterprise Day; believes that social enterprises across the country make a significant difference to society by not only creating jobs and growing local economies but also by seeking to improve the well-being of communities through a range of innovative projects and reinvesting their profits back into their communities; further notes that social enterprise is one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy; further notes the potential that social enterprises have to improve the economic performance of the country; calls on the Government to do as much as possible to remove barriers in the way of social enterprises, improve access to finance for social enterprises and to ensure that there is a level playing field for social enterprises in public sector contracts; and congratulates Social Enterprise UK and regional social enterprise organisations for the hard work they do in supporting social enterprises and their development.

That this House notes that 15 November 2012 is Social Enterprise Day; believes that social enterprises across the country make a significant difference to society by not only creating jobs and growing local economies but also by seeking to improve the well-being of communities through a range of innovative projects...

That this House recognises the critical importance of the presidential and parliamentary elections due to take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on28 November 2011; calls on the UK Government and international community to act to help ensure the elections are free and fair; notes the commitment of successive UK Government administrations to supporting the democratic electoral process in the DRC and to working to eradicate levels of violence, particularly against women; further notes that there will be 62,000 polling stations for a population of over 71 million in a country the size of Western Europe and therefore calls on the international community, including the UK, USA and EU to send adequate numbers of impartial international election observers; further calls on all stakeholders to do more to deliver adequate impartial domestic and regional election observers; further recognises the importance of the elections in securing democracy in the DRC and the importance to regional stability that these elections are transparent and secure; and further calls on all political parties to respect the rule of law and conduct their campaign in a non-violent manner.

That this House recognises the critical importance of the presidential and parliamentary elections due to take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on28 November 2011; calls on the UK Government and international community to act to help ensure the elections are free and fair; notes the commitment of...

That this House is alarmed by the proposal to close front line fire stations put forward by the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service (WFRS); believes that such proposals ignore the wishes of the people of Warwickshire to retain their local fire stations; notes that such closures would make the WFRS the second smallest fire service in the UK, second only to that of the Isle of Wight, despite having a population nearly four times the size and covering an area five times larger; further notes that it would lead to an increase in response times, potentially endangering the public; further notes that closures would lead to the loss of many hardworking and highly skilled retained fire fighters; further notes it would ignore prospects for future industrial and housing development in the county; considers that it would leave fire services unable to deal with the growing number of road incidents; further believes that it would overstretch an already overburdened fire service, whose response times have already risen by 18 per cent. between 1996 and 2006; further notes that such closures would reduce the service's flexibility to deal with a range of incidents; and urges the Government to pressure WFRS to re-evaluate any such proposals.

That this House is alarmed by the proposal to close front line fire stations put forward by the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service (WFRS); believes that such proposals ignore the wishes of the people of Warwickshire to retain their local fire stations; notes that such closures would make the WFRS...