Parliamentary search - Buncefield Oil Depot Fire

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

449 c67-90WH

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Mike Penning | 449 c84WH (Link to this contribution) On my hon. Friend’s first point, the fire services of this country do a fantastic job, but sadly fir...

Lord Boswell of Aynho | 449 c83-4WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning) on bringing a uniq...

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David Laws | 449 c83WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes his point very effectively. I do not claim to have expertise in those other...

Mike Penning | 449 c83WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue. Other such incidents have taken place in parts of the ...

Speaker | 449 c67WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Before I call Mr. Penning, I should say that as it is the hottest day of the year, i...

Oliver Heald | 449 c73-4WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that Hertfordshire has a very delicate environment because our water comes...

Mike Penning | 449 c74WH (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. People are concerned not only about Buncefield and the e...

Bob Spink | 449 c71WH (Link to this contribution) As I said, there is an LNG site in my constituency. I have met with all the emergency services and t...

Mike Penning | 449 c71-3WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises exactly the issue that I was coming to. The public must have confidence in the...

Speaker | 449 c74WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Order. Several hon. Members have said that they hope to catch my eye. We must conclu...

Mike Penning | 449 c67WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Conway. I thank colleagues for getting up so ...

Lord Boswell of Aynho | 449 c70WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that it is important in such circumstances to differentiate the immediate ...

Mike Penning | 449 c70-1WH (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. That is exactly why I asked Mr. Speaker for this Adjourn...

Bob Spink | 449 c67-8WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has served his constituents with great assiduity. I am sure that this will not be the...

Mike Penning | 449 c68-70WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a valid point. I should declare an interest as a former fireman, and not only i...

James Plaskitt | 449 c86-90WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, and the local Member of Parliament. First, I should like to say a few words about the incident...

Mike Penning | 449 c86WH (Link to this contribution) And me.

Speaker | 449 c90WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Order. The Minister has finished. Sadly, Mr. Penning has no right of reply, so the d...

James Clappison | 449 c77WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will be aware of the concern felt in Radlett, whose residents will wish to hear from ...

David Gauke | 449 c77WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Rather by accident, we have discovered that PFOS seems to b...

Anne Main | 449 c78WH (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning) remarked, the incident at Buncefield...

David Gauke | 449 c77-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for two reasons: first, for further highlighting the concern about t...

Mike Penning | 449 c77WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that it is imperative that we look not only around Hemel Hempstead and in ...

David Gauke | 449 c74-6WH (Link to this contribution) (South-West Hertfordshire) (Con): On that Sunday morning at 6 o’clock, I, too, was woken in my home ...

Anne Main | 449 c79-80WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for pointing that out. I shall give a little history lesson. We are all old e...

Mike Penning | 449 c78-9WH (Link to this contribution) I emphasise, because it is very important, that before Buncefield there was no tolerance for PFOS in...

David Laws | 449 c82-3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning) on raising this issue. It is clear...

Stephen Crabb | 449 c80-2WH (Link to this contribution) I shall shorten my speech to allow the Minister the maximum time to respond to the extremely importa...

Mike Penning | 449 c85WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way on that very point?

James Plaskitt | 449 c85WH (Link to this contribution) This has been a thorough and wide-ranging debate—rightly so, in view of the seriousness of the incid...

Lord Boswell of Aynho | 449 c84-5WH (Link to this contribution) I have no hesitation in doing so. We are grateful and lucky in respect of the dedication of our emer...

James Plaskitt | 449 c86WH (Link to this contribution) As is normal procedure when key points have been raised and it has not been possible for me to cover...

Mike Penning | 449 c85-6WH (Link to this contribution) As I said to the Minister in a private meeting yesterday, I think that all of us would fully underst...

James Plaskitt | 449 c85WH (Link to this contribution) Well, if I take interventions, I shall have even less time, but I give way.

Subjects

Inquiries

Health and Safety Executive

Fires

Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal

Link

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