Monthly Archives: January 2012

Executive Pay | Oral Answers to Questions – Work and Pensions | Commons debates

As we have heard, some hon. Members argue that nothing should be done to put at risk a light-touch, risk-based regulatory regime. In my right hon. Friend’s attempts to achieve cross-party…

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Child Poverty | Oral Answers to Questions – Work and Pensions | Commons debates

Families with children that are currently in receipt of disability living allowance are among those who are worried about what they read in the papers about the Government’s welfare…

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Child Poverty | Oral Answers to Questions – Work and Pensions | Commons debates

Families with children that are currently in receipt of disability living allowance are among those who are worried about what they read in the papers about the Government’s welfare…

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National Outcomes Strategy For Neurological Conditions

Duncan Hames has signed EDM2579. Motion reads: “That this House notes that an estimated two million people have a neurological condition, excluding migraine, such as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, essential tremor and motor neurone …

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First Great Western | Oral Answers to Questions – Wales | Commons debates

Some of the cross-border services on the franchise run on the Cardiff to Portsmouth line, which in places suffers from severe overcrowding, as experienced by my constituents in Bradford on Avon….

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Depleted Uranium Weapons Renewal

Duncan Hames has signed EDM2318. Motion reads: “That this House notes that the British Army maintains depleted uranium (DU) munitions within its arsenal and that 2.3 tonnes of DU rounds were fired by UK forces during the 1991 and 2003 Iraq conflicts; r…

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Backbench Business – [Un-allotted Day] – Future of Town Centres and High Streets | Sexual Offences (Amendment) | Commons debates

My right hon. Friend speaks with enthusiasm about the policies that the Government are introducing, but will he touch on the question I raised on the progress they are making to get rid of the…

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Backbench Business – [Un-allotted Day] – Future of Town Centres and High Streets | Sexual Offences (Amendment) | Commons debates

My right hon. Friend speaks with enthusiasm about the policies that the Government are introducing, but will he touch on the question I raised on the progress they are making to get rid of the…

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Backbench Business – [Un-allotted Day] – Future of Town Centres and High Streets | Sexual Offences (Amendment) | Commons debates

We do need to tilt that balance. That has been the thrust of my speech, and I think that the planning system has an opportunity to do that for us. Melksham, in my constituency, is to benefit from…

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Backbench Business – [Un-allotted Day] – Future of Town Centres and High Streets | Sexual Offences (Amendment) | Commons debates

Until recently, Chippenham council was at the forefront of a community-led plan to realise the potential of its town centre. The efforts were led by Chippenham Vision on behalf of Wiltshire…

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