Business of the House
Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?
The business for next week is as follows:
Monday 17 October—Second Reading of The Savings (...
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I thank the Leader of the House for his warm welcome and for the time he took to speak to me abou...
I warmly welcome the hon. Member for Walsall South (Valerie Vaz) to her new responsibilities. I a...
May we have an early debate on gravy trains? That would give us the opportunity to look at the la...
When this report reached Transport Ministers, they immediately issued instructions to cancel the ...
I thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for next week. I warmly congratulate ...
l will certainly take on board the hon. Gentleman’s last point about party conferences, although,...
The Government have done extremely well in making their announcement about the disapplication of ...
Following the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary a few days ago, the Go...
I thank the Leader of the House for the business statement and the news that next week we will be...
On behalf of the Government and my right hon. and hon. Friends, I join the hon. Gentleman in wish...
Given that I was born and brought up in Burton upon Trent, I feel that I should be talking about ...
My hon. Friend is a fierce champion for the communities in her constituency on bus services, as o...
The Care Quality Commission has said today that it is becoming concerned about the fragility of t...
All hon. Members, on whichever side of the House they sit, certainly understand the importance to...
Constituents in Potters Bar, Borehamwood and Radlett in my constituency rely on Govia Thameslink ...
My hon. Friend is clearly campaigning very hard on behalf of his constituents. Some years ago, I ...
I think that the Leader of the House went to school in Elstree, if memory serves me correctly.
May I join the Leader of the House in congratulating the shadow Leader of the House on her appoin...
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his kind words. I think that somewhere in my loft I...
The Leader of the House will soon bring to the House a debate on the full decant of Parliament fr...
As I said earlier, there will be, as recommended by the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westmins...
The Leader of the House just put a very complacent gloss on the Care Quality Commission report. T...
I take issue with the right hon. Gentleman’s description of my earlier response. I not only had a...
In East Cowes, as well, no doubt, as elsewhere, the Homes and Communities Agency appears to have ...
I cannot promise a debate in Government time, but my hon. Friend has been in the House long enoug...
Figures show that one in five of my constituents are over-indebted, which is why I am bringing th...
We all have constituents who have benefited from debt advice, which is not always best provided b...
The National Citizen Service provides incredible opportunities for young people in Corby and east...
That is a cause that David Cameron championed during his time as Prime Minister and I am delighte...
Yesterday I attended an event organised by the Gun Control Network to mark the 20th anniversary o...
I know that the Home Office is looking at the legislation governing gun dealers, and that may go ...
The Government have a policy of closing old Victorian prisons and replacing them with modern ones...
My hon. Friend will want to talk with the Prisons Minister about Wellingborough prison, but I am ...
Many constituents have contacted me recently regarding visitor visa refusals for close relatives ...
Those of us who deal with a significant amount of immigration casework in our constituencies will...
The late Eric Forth used to have a description for early-day motions, but there is insufficient c...
My own view is that early-day motions are an overrated currency. I was somewhat surprised to see ...
I welcome the shadow Leader of the House to her post and acknowledge her reference to the peace i...
As the hon. Gentleman knows, we have, for a long time and under successive British Governments, s...
Can we have a statement from the Secretary of State for Justice on the policy of allowing prisone...
I will certainly draw the Justice Secretary’s attention to the point my hon. Friend has made, but...
In response to the crisis in the steel industry, the Government produced some better procurement ...
We do source British steel wherever possible, but in this case there was no viable UK bid for the...
May we have a debate in Government time on long-term funding for health and social care and on th...
It will be important, as we move towards 2020, to see the NHS making best possible use of the ext...
May we have a debate on the political and security situation in Kashmir? As my right hon. Friend ...
My hon. Friend may well have the opportunity to raise this matter directly with the Foreign Secre...
I offer warm congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall South (Valerie Vaz), whose ...
I do not want to say anything that could prejudice court proceedings under way today that touch o...
Services to my constituents provided by North East Lincolnshire Council may well suffer in the ne...
I cannot offer my hon. Friend a debate in Government time. If he would like to put some of the de...
Today is Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day. May we have a debate on the support given to peop...
A half-hour debate on cancer diagnosis in Westminster Hall on Tuesday may provide the opportunity...
Given the Government’s excellent support for keeping fit, healthy and active, may we have a debat...
I am sorry to learn about what is happening in my hon. Friend’s constituency. These decisions are...
I declare an interest as an affected resident. Many of my constituents, and hundreds if not thous...
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising this matter on behalf of his constituents. I conf...
More than 65,000 people are employed in the British nuclear industry, and I am delighted that mor...
I very much welcome the hon. Lady’s support for the nuclear industry. I share her view that nucle...
On Monday, there was a written statement from the Ministry of Defence on protecting our soldiers ...
Clearly, in all parts of the United Kingdom, decisions about individual prosecutions and court ca...
Walter Kershaw from my constituency is a world-famous mural artist. His work is exceptionally wel...
I cannot promise an immediate debate in Government time. It is quite an important principle that ...
Tom Weaver and Philip Loveday are two disabled veterans living in Bridgend. They decided to spend...
I welcome the hon. Lady’s comments and add my unreserved congratulations, support and good will t...
I am sure the House will join me in wishing Sheffield’s very own Jessica Ennis-Hill all the best ...
I am happy to endorse the hon. Lady’s congratulations to Yorkshire, and will make sure that the S...
Houmous and taramasalata are big business in Blaenau Gwent. Zorba Foods makes dips, employs more ...
We seem to be moving from toast and sandwiches through to pitta bread and dips. The truth is that...
The increase in childhood cancers is alarming—it is some 40% in the past 16 years. Even given pop...
Nobody would dissent from the hon. Gentleman’s view that any increase in incidence of childhood c...