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Autism Bill

Debate on bills on Friday, 27 February 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Cheryl Gillan. The answering member was Phil Hope.

Autism Bill. Second reading debate. Agreed to on division (131 votes to 25).

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

488 c483-547

Session

2008-09

Department

Department of Health

Legislative stage

Second reading

Procedure

Private members' bills proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Autism Bill.
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Bills
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c487 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The transition often presents many problems. I will refer to tha...

Nigel Evans | 488 c487 (Link to this contribution) Hillside school in Longridge in my constituency is a school for children with autism. It received an...

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Cheryl Gillan | 488 c488 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Later, I shall refer to a non-existent prevalence study, whi...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c489 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend has done, particularly in the area of speech therapy f...

John Bercow | 488 c488 (Link to this contribution) There is often a phenomenon of buck-passing between different agencies. Also, the needs of a child o...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman seeks to make a point that I thought we had dispensed with earlier. I am delighte...

Clive Betts | 488 c487 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Lady on introducing the Bill. However the outcomes are eventually achieved, ...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c488 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In my personal experience, people who have concerns about an ind...

Tim Loughton | 488 c488 (Link to this contribution) As a vice-chairman of the all-party group on autism, I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend on introduc...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c486-7 (Link to this contribution) I would to make just a little progress, but I promise that I will give way to the hon. Gentleman lat...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c485 (Link to this contribution) It is that questionable track record that leads me to believe that I have a moral imperative to try ...

Clive Betts | 488 c486 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady give way?

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c486 (Link to this contribution) If hon. Members will forgive me, I should like now to make a little progress.

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c486 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely, and my hon. Friend has a marvellous track record in dealing with the matter.

Lee Scott | 488 c486 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing the Bill. As a patron of the UK Autism Foundation, I, t...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c486 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, my hon. Friend makes a valid point, which I shall come to later. There is indeed something o...

Oliver Heald | 488 c485-6 (Link to this contribution) A number of us attended a useful meeting with the Minister earlier this week, and we trust that he h...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c485 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. He should please forgive me for omitting to mention his name...

David Heath | 488 c485 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the hon. Lady on taking the Bill forward, which, as she knows, is something tha...

Stephen O'Brien | 488 c489 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is to be congratulated on introducing the Bill. I declare an interest as the chairman...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c489 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has just answered his own question, and I will continue with my speech. Of the l...

Stephen Pound | 488 c489 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is clearly going to do a great service to the nation by bringing the Bill before the H...

Nadine Dorries | 488 c490-1 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing the Bill. She has mentioned people's exclusion fr...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c490 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, but I must now get on to the purpose of the B...

Graham Stuart | 488 c490 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing the Bill today. Two concerns lead me to believe t...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c490 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's support. I am also grateful for the support of my Front-Bench tea...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c491-2 (Link to this contribution) That is absolutely right. My hon. Friend probably reflects the experiences of many hon. Members in d...

David Lidington | 488 c491 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend confirm that the Bill's scope will extend to the whole national health service? ...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c491 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The clauses of the Bill specifically address the unique nature ...

Philip Davies | 488 c484 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing this excellent Bill. I, too, have received many e-mails...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c484 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who reflects my views, but I will leave the Minister to speak for h...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c483-4 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I am delighted to have the opportunity to i...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c484 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman's presence in the Chamber on a Friday is ominous because the ghost of past speech...

Lord McLoughlin | 488 c484-5 (Link to this contribution) Of course, everyone welcomes the Government commitment to take the matter on board. However, does my...

Andrew Dismore | 488 c484 (Link to this contribution) I support the Bill's objectives. The National Autistic Society wrote to me—I think that it probably ...

Speaker | 488 c484 (Link to this contribution) Order.

Baroness Browning | 488 c485 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for what she is doing today. I declare an interest as the vice-presi...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c485 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a valid and accurate point. There is no malign intention in pressing the ...

Liz Blackman | 488 c525 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely, and that brings me nicely on to training. Training is also a central part of the approa...

Oliver Letwin | 488 c525-7 (Link to this contribution) I want to make an extremely brief speech. The debate today has not actually been about the Autism Bi...

Andrew Miller | 488 c519 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I—

Andrew Miller | 488 c520 (Link to this contribution) No, I am sorry. I will not give way. I can see that the right hon. Gentleman—the drummer in the band...

Anne Milton | 488 c520-1 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Angela Browning), who has worked ...

Oliver Letwin | 488 c522 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend briefly address, in the course of this powerful sequence, the Minister's claim i...

Anne Milton | 488 c522-3 (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting point, which I had intended to discuss later. I can see no way in which proce...

Liz Blackman | 488 c523-5 (Link to this contribution) I have huge regard for the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow), and I promise him that I will n...

Martin Linton | 488 c525 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that it is important that local authorities be encouraged to collect infor...

Sharon Hodgson | 488 c530 (Link to this contribution) I am listening with great interest to my hon. Friend's comments. I am sure that other hon. Members w...

Joan Humble | 488 c529-30 (Link to this contribution) As always, I am grateful for your advice, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I intend to address the purpose of the...

Jacqui Lait | 488 c540 (Link to this contribution) It may reassure the Minister to learn that boroughs such as Bromley, which are not necessarily known...

Phil Hope | 488 c540 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that some authorities want statutory pressures to be put on them to meet their obligations...

Lord Bellingham | 488 c540 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?

Phil Hope | 488 c540 (Link to this contribution) I shall be dealing with these points in detail, but I am happy to give way to the hon. Gentleman.

Joan Humble | 488 c530-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her comments and I shall continue to draw attention to the importance of ...

John Bercow | 488 c531-3 (Link to this contribution) I would like to start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gil...

Sharon Hodgson | 488 c533-9 (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased to follow the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow), although his speech was ra...

Phil Hope | 488 c539-40 (Link to this contribution) First, I congratulate the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) on securing this Second...

Speaker | 488 c529 (Link to this contribution) Order. Perhaps I can be helpful. It might be sensible if, rather than getting into the mechanics of ...

Andrew Dismore | 488 c528 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. There is an hour and three quarters left for debate today, so there...

Joan Humble | 488 c528 (Link to this contribution) That comment is for the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan), rather than for me.

Joan Humble | 488 c528 (Link to this contribution) They include, I think, my hon. Friend, to whom I am about to give way.

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c528 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is absolutely right that we would not want to prevent any colleagues from making a con...

Joan Humble | 488 c528 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that there are many colleagues on both sides of the Chamber who want to make points that t...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c528 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her kind words. Unfortunately, the Minister has just left the Chamber, but...

Andrew Miller | 488 c541 (Link to this contribution) I rise to seek clarification from the Minister. There has been a lot of confusion in contributions o...

Phil Hope | 488 c541 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. I shall say a great deal more about the guidance that we will publish, ...

Phil Hope | 488 c541 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We can argue about which primary legislation the regulations sit...

Phil Hope | 488 c540-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend was eloquent earlier in describing excellent practice not just around the country gen...

John Leech | 488 c541 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister not accept that it is far easier to ensure that local authorities do not misunders...

Phil Hope | 488 c541 (Link to this contribution) I intend to cover these points in detail when I am able to do so, but I will give way to the hon. Ge...

Lord Bellingham | 488 c540 (Link to this contribution) In the letter that he sent me on 19 February, for which I am grateful, the Minister wrote:""Legislat...

Phil Hope | 488 c540 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly what I intend to elaborate on, by explaining how the statutory guidance that we wish...

Joan Humble | 488 c540 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister explain how the statutory guidance will lead to the development of more services? ...

Phil Hope | 488 c545 (Link to this contribution) That is certainly one approach that we could take, but people are asking for two things: a strategy ...

Lord Bellingham | 488 c545 (Link to this contribution) It is refreshing and encouraging to hear that, but there is a huge amount of detail that needs to be...

Phil Hope | 488 c545 (Link to this contribution) I agree—the hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. That is why we intend to issue statutory guidance ...

Lord Bellingham | 488 c545 (Link to this contribution) I have had lengthy discussions with my local education authority, primary care trust and other agenc...

Phil Hope | 488 c544-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has raised an excellent point. That goes to show that we need to have a big debate th...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c544 (Link to this contribution) Surprisingly, the four pillars do not include law and order and the criminal justice system. Will my...

John Bercow | 488 c543 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for what he has said. My very simple question is: when?

Phil Hope | 488 c543-4 (Link to this contribution) We will be spending that money this year. The hon. Gentleman can get further details on exactly when...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c541-2 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister therefore confirm that what he has started to set out at the Dispatch Box, and wha...

Phil Hope | 488 c542-3 (Link to this contribution) If this Bill proceeds to Committee, I cannot say what effect that will have because we do not know w...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c545 (Link to this contribution) claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36). Question put forthwith, That the Question be n...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c492 (Link to this contribution) I am just about to move on to discuss the generous offer made by the Minister in response to the Bil...

Mark Williams | 488 c492 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady referred to withdrawal of clause 6. Will she elaborate on the discussions she has alre...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c492-3 (Link to this contribution) I have a letter from the Assembly, but I do not have it to hand. I have been in correspondence both ...

Mark Durkan | 488 c493 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Lady on her Bill, and indeed everyone else who has contributed to it. It doe...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c492 (Link to this contribution) I want to make some progress, but I will allow the hon. Gentleman to intervene when I have concluded...

Hywel Francis | 488 c492 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Lady has anticipated my question, but I would like to say, as chair of the all...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c492 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman. I have the Welsh Assembly Government's plan here with me and I believe t...

Speaker | 488 c493 (Link to this contribution) Order. I hope that the hon. Member's intervention will be brief, as interventions should be.

Angela Watkinson | 488 c514 (Link to this contribution) I apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker, for not being here at the beginning of the debate. I have just co...

Baroness Browning | 488 c514 (Link to this contribution) I agree about the scale of the problem. I am not 100 per cent. certain in my own mind—I say this as ...

Baroness Browning | 488 c510-1 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Thanet (Dr. Ladyman). I begin by saying a...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c509-10 (Link to this contribution) That may well be the case. The promises that the Minister gives, either today or in Committee, must ...

Baroness Browning | 488 c511-2 (Link to this contribution) The commitment to carry out the study was made in May last year, but I understand that it has not ev...

John Bercow | 488 c511 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is speaking authoritatively, as always, on this subject. She referred to the disappoi...

Baroness Browning | 488 c512-3 (Link to this contribution) These are very complex cases. In order to support people who fall foul of the criminal justice syste...

Andrew Miller | 488 c512 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady has made an extremely powerful point, particularly in relation to people of substantia...

Baroness Browning | 488 c513-4 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Lady, whose knowledge of this subject is of extremely long standing. That bri...

Liz Blackman | 488 c513 (Link to this contribution) Is not part of the issue that the hon. Lady is describing to do with the culture and leadership of t...

Andrew Miller | 488 c515-6 (Link to this contribution) I would like to start on the theme that the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Angela Browning) j...

Baroness Browning | 488 c515 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and the Martin Knapp report that was published a little while ago considered the economics and ...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c514-5 (Link to this contribution) It is not the last word, and I hope that my hon. Friend is not speaking for the last time on autism ...

Baroness Browning | 488 c514 (Link to this contribution) I have to let the last word go to my hon. Friend.

Andrew Miller | 488 c516 (Link to this contribution) I have to say that I think the right hon. Gentleman is being rather stupid. I am making a very serio...

Oliver Letwin | 488 c516 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has now been speaking for three or four minutes, and so far he has not mentioned ...

Andrew Miller | 488 c516 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree. I hope that this debate will help us to get the legislation right, in whatever form...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c516 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman takes me back to those happy days when we were looking at the human genome projec...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c505-6 (Link to this contribution) I entirely understand that that is what the hon. Lady envisages. At this point, let me congratulate ...

Oliver Letwin | 488 c506 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman was a junior Minister of some distinction and I regret his disappearance from tha...

Anne Main | 488 c507 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point, adding to the comprehensive list that has already been set o...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c505 (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Lady has never claimed that the Bill is in its final form. My understanding is ...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c505 (Link to this contribution) I want to disabuse the hon. Gentleman. If, in Committee, details and cast-iron assurances are given,...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c505 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Lady lets me complete my comment, I shall then give her an opportunity to respond. If th...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c505 (Link to this contribution) I have never said that the drafting of the Bill is accurate or perfect—quite the reverse. I am flexi...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c505 (Link to this contribution) Many of the comments made by the hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole (Annette Brooke) were ab...

Lord Bellingham | 488 c509 (Link to this contribution) Surely that point is another very good reason why the Bill should go into Committee. If the hon. Gen...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c509 (Link to this contribution) If I have said it once, I have said it 15 times in this debate: the only circumstance in which the B...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c509 (Link to this contribution) Of course they need something now, but so do people who are responsible for children with all other ...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c508 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Lady. She seems to be assuming that I am opposed to the Bill going into Commit...

Anne Milton | 488 c508 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is actually making the case for allowing the Bill to go into Committee; we could ...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c507 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady says that my record is second to none, but my record is second to hers, and I acknowle...

Baroness Browning | 488 c507 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman's track record on this subject is second to none. He referred to cases that ultim...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c507 (Link to this contribution) I thought I had made it clear that, if the Bill goes into Committee, there are matters that need to ...

Sandra Gidley | 488 c501 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a very important point about the help available to parents, but does she accep...

Annette Brooke | 488 c500-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Yes, although it is true that the Government have move...

Joan Humble | 488 c501 (Link to this contribution) Before the hon. Lady moves on from support services to parents, may I advise her on one point? In Bl...

Annette Brooke | 488 c501 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. It is absolutely right that there is a need for more t...

John Bercow | 488 c501 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady allow me?

Annette Brooke | 488 c501 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and I could not agree more. We all know of examples of go...

Annette Brooke | 488 c499 (Link to this contribution) May I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) on introducing ...

Baroness Featherstone | 488 c500 (Link to this contribution) TreeHouse, which is located in my constituency, does excellent work and is pioneering progress with ...

Annette Brooke | 488 c500 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Obviously, I am very appreciative of the work of TreeH...

Mark Williams | 488 c500 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend talks about the patchiness of service provision. Does she acknowledge that in that co...

Mark Hunter | 488 c504 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made a number of eloquent and supportive comments about what the Bill seeks to ac...

Annette Brooke | 488 c504 (Link to this contribution) I am about to finish, if the hon. Members do not mind. The Bill, which I wholeheartedly support, id...

Annette Brooke | 488 c504-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and I shall return to that point in my conclusion. It ...

Annette Brooke | 488 c502 (Link to this contribution) I will, but I am getting a bit worried about the time.

Paul Robert Holmes | 488 c502-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has just given a sequence of facts that exactly mirror and reflect what a constituent...

Annette Brooke | 488 c503-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Our party agrees that we need that legislative framewo...

John Bercow | 488 c502 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful; the hon. Lady is generous in giving way. Does she agree with me that, more ...

Annette Brooke | 488 c502 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention and I am looking forward to some productive discuss...

Anne Main | 488 c495-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady mentioned the carers strategy. She may recall that in March 2006 I attempted to introd...

Janet Dean | 488 c495 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. We all know of occasions in our constituencies when those services have not...

Janet Dean | 488 c496 (Link to this contribution) I am mindful of the fact that the National Autistic Society has said""the debate on 27 February in t...

Lord Herbert of South Downs | 488 c494 (Link to this contribution) I am so pleased that my hon. Friend will not give in and that she is determined to press this matter...

Joan Humble | 488 c495 (Link to this contribution) A key part of that collaboration must be within local authorities, not just between different agenci...

Janet Dean | 488 c494-5 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to be able to speak on Second Reading of this Bill, and I congratulate the hon. Membe...

Mark Durkan | 488 c493 (Link to this contribution) The pledges in that report about Northern Ireland compare directly with the pledges given now, but t...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c493-4 (Link to this contribution) That is my point exactly, and I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I sought to legislate for England...

Janet Dean | 488 c499 (Link to this contribution) I want to allow other Members to speak and I have given way quite a lot, so I shall continue. I wan...

Janet Dean | 488 c499 (Link to this contribution) I refer again to the letter that went out from the National Autistic Society, which referred to toda...

Mark Hunter | 488 c498 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the hon. Lady and the all-party group for the considerable amount of work they have...

Janet Dean | 488 c498 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is right: the appropriate strategy needs to apply across society, and I hope that the ...

Justine Greening | 488 c498 (Link to this contribution) First, like many Members, I wish to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham ...

Janet Dean | 488 c496-8 (Link to this contribution) I have had many meetings to discuss the prevalence study, and I know that there are valid reasons—wh...

Oliver Heald | 488 c496 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) referred to the Government's record. The Minister himself a...

Andrew Dismore | 488 c496 (Link to this contribution) I think that the intervention from the hon. Member for St. Albans (Anne Main) was quite important. W...

Janet Dean | 488 c496 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has a point. The discrepancy between the policies that we debate in Parliament and t...

Janet Dean | 488 c496 (Link to this contribution) The Government's proposals involve amendments to section 7 of the relevant legislation. That will en...

Andrew Miller | 488 c519 (Link to this contribution) Actually, I am about to conclude my remarks, so the hon. Gentleman does not need to appeal to me, ei...

Andrew Miller | 488 c519 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with that. Clause 8, which refers to expenses, says:""There shall be paid out of mon...

John Bercow | 488 c519 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman and I have worked together on a number of issues over the years, and I am listeni...

Andrew Miller | 488 c518-9 (Link to this contribution) I am not familiar with that project, but it sounds like the kind of thing that needs to be developed...

Mark Durkan | 488 c519 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is suggesting that when the Minister makes the case to the Treasury for those resourc...

Andrew Miller | 488 c518 (Link to this contribution) I fully understand that and respect my hon. Friend's expertise. Transition is fraught with difficult...

Angela Watkinson | 488 c518 (Link to this contribution) May I recommend to the hon. Gentleman the excellent ROSE project—realistic opportunities for support...

Oliver Heald | 488 c509 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman not in danger of making the perfect the enemy of the good? Two years ago, Mini...

Andrew Selous | 488 c496 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady will know that, having set targets on child poverty, the Government are now deciding t...

Speaker | 488 c519 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that we have heard enough about who partners whom in what game.

Joan Humble | 488 c518 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend and I agree that there needs to be communication between children's services departme...

David Howarth | 488 c488 (Link to this contribution) May I bring the hon. Lady back to the important point that she was making about local authorities as...

Joan Humble | 488 c528 (Link to this contribution) Much as I admire and respect the hon. Lady for introducing the Bill, I think that I might annoy some...

Stephen Ladyman | 488 c506-7 (Link to this contribution) I understand the right hon. Gentleman's point. What is needed is a commitment of the whole Governmen...

Mark Durkan | 488 c509 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has said a number of times that he wants to hear the Minister give cast-iron guarante...

Cheryl Gillan | 488 c494 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. That is another example that must be familiar to many of us as...

Andrew Miller | 488 c517-8 (Link to this contribution) No, I will not give way, because the right hon. Gentleman has annoyed me intensely. I am making a se...

Joan Humble | 488 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) Like many others, I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) o...

Subjects

Disability

Bullying

Disclosure of information

Data protection

Carers

Autism

Employment

Equality

Health services

Education

Harassment