Monthly Archives: June 2012

Business of the House | Commons debates

What representations has the Leader of the House received from Back Benchers, or indeed from the official Opposition, on the number of days in the programme for the House of Lords Reform Bill?…

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Business of the House | Commons debates

What representations has the Leader of the House received from Back Benchers, or indeed from the official Opposition, on the number of days in the programme for the House of Lords Reform Bill?…

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Business of the House | Commons debates

What representations has the Leader of the House received from Back Benchers, or indeed from the official Opposition, on the number of days in the programme for the House of Lords Reform Bill?…

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Work Capability Assessments (Appeal Tribunals) | Oral Answers to Questions – Work and Pensions | Commons debates

The Minister should know that, at the end of last year, more than twice as many people as the Courts and Tribunals Service’s target figure were having to wait more than six months for…

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Disability Benefits and Social Care | Opposition Day – [2nd Allotted Day] | Commons debates

We have certainly heard strong words in the debate, but a careful study of the motion suggests that it tells us about those areas on which the Opposition agree with the Government. It says that…

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Disability Benefits and Social Care | Opposition Day – [2nd Allotted Day] | Commons debates

I have read speeches in Hansard from before I was elected when colleagues of mine pleaded with the previous Government to make changes to the work capability assessment that they were…

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Disability Benefits and Social Care | Opposition Day – [2nd Allotted Day] | Commons debates

I have already given way and I have moved on to the subject of Remploy. It is worth noting that of the 6.9 million disabled people in the UK, fewer than 2,500 are supported by Remploy’s…

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Disability Benefits and Social Care | Opposition Day – [2nd Allotted Day] | Commons debates

I will happily give way because I hope we can at least agree that what was put in place by the previous Government was unacceptable and, in the words of the shadow Secretary of State, needed to…

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Duncan Hames continues to press the case for better TransWilts rail services

Duncan Hames joined BBC Wiltshire for an outside broadcast at Melksham Station on the 8th June to discuss the need for better TransWilts rail services.

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Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions – Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates

As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi reminded us in her speech from Oslo last week, while we celebrate her freedom there remain many prisoners of conscience in Burma. Will the Foreign Secretary urge the…

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