Monthly Archives: May 2011

McNulty Report and West Coast Rail | Business of the House | Commons debates

I welcome the greater autonomy for Network Rail route managers in the Wessex area, because rail passengers in my constituency are endlessly frustrated by the pass-the-parcel attitude to…

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Wild Animals (Circuses) | Energy and Climate Change | Commons debates

I hope that the Minister understands the frustration of Members and our constituents when it seems sometimes that the script of prevarication is written by officials and does not change, whoever…

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Wild Animals (Circuses) | Energy and Climate Change | Commons debates

I hope that the Minister understands the frustration of Members and our constituents when it seems sometimes that the script of prevarication is written by officials and does not change, whoever…

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International Day Against Homophobia And Transphobia

Duncan Hames has signed EDM1780. Motion reads: “That this House welcomes the sixth annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on 17 May 2011; supports those local authorities, police, health authorities and voluntary organisations who …

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House of Lords Reform (Draft Bill) | Oral Answers to Questions – Justice | Commons debates

I would like to see every vote cast in our democratic Parliament cast by individuals who have been elected. We should all recognise, however, the widespread respect among our constituents for the…

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Legal Aid Reform | Oral Answers to Questions – Justice | Commons debates

I am glad that the Minister is actively listening on this issue—[ Interruption. ]We will see, won’t we? Under his proposals, someone with a debt case who faces homelessness will be…

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Examination of Witnesses | London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill | Public Bill Committees

Earlier, we were reassured that ambush marketing is typically conducted knowingly; indeed, people are generally paid to do it. Do you think that, through some innovative marketing technique,…

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Examination of Witnesses | London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill | Public Bill Committees

Alice, you will be familiar with the various mechanisms by which the Metropolitan police is accountable to the public. Will you explain to us how the ODA and its officers will be accountable for…

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Examination of Witnesses | London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill | Public Bill Committees

If there is any contention about whether that is what has actually taken place, is it entirely through the local authorities that that can be challenged?

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Roads: Lighting | Transport | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) financial and (b) carbon savings of (i) a reduction in the density of lighting on main road and…

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