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If I may contribute briefly before the Minister sums up, I would just like to make two points. I have been on a sort of inspection trip of the railways this morning with Theresa Villiers, the Minister for Transport, looking at some work that Network Rail has been doing. There...
Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
4 April 2011
Reference
726 c236-7GC
House
House of Lords
Does the Minister agree that health and safety is sometimes used as an excuse? For instance, schools banning conker fighting is probably more about staff not wanting to clear up all the broken conkers that litter the playground—I remember that from when I was child—than any particular health and safety...
Member
Mark Tami (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660
House
House of Commons
I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) for having brought this important issue before the House. As he points out, it is a great concern of the coalition Government. We think that the balance between enabling events to take place and health and safety...
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c659-60
House
House of Commons
The hon. Gentleman shakes his head. He obviously was not a conker-fighting champion, and it is clear that he carries the burden of that to this day. He should know, however, that conker fighting is a long-established sport in many schools. The notion that we can remove all danger—all possible...
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660
House
House of Commons
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for pointing out that conker fighting can sometimes be done in the wrong way. I well remember the many tricks, some of which have been mentioned in the debate, including baking the conker in advance.
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660
House
House of Commons
Yes, that is a chosen way to try to harden the conker, but I must bring the hon. Gentleman some bad news in that regard: I do not believe that vinegaring conkers does make them sturdy for the purposes of conker fighting. To be fair and balanced, I must add...
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660-2
House
House of Commons
I do not have that sort of information. Since this is all mythical, I am sure that could not have happened in any case, any more than people would have put their conkers in the oven without using protective oven gloves. Obviously, my hon. Friend has great experience in dealing...
Member
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c656
House
House of Commons
I am not going to do that, but I am going to ask my hon. Friend whether he has checked the veracity of that report. He will recall that a story went round the world about a head teacher who had banned children from taking part in conker competitions unless...
Member
Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c654
House
House of Commons
May I say how sorry I am that my hon. Friend did not move his Training Wage Bill? I would have voted for it, as I did for his sovereignty Bill, even though that needed some improvement. His second Bill did not need any improvement at all; I would have...
Member
Peter Bottomley (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c655
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The message from it is that we need to do more preparation to ensure that the next time my Training Wage Bill or similar provision is brought forward, the Government have to face the pressure from employers and from youth organisations, which should...
Member
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c655-6
House
House of Commons
Is it possible that that team used plastic protective gloves when dipping conkers in vinegar to harden the outside in order to get a better chance of winning?
Member
Peter Bottomley (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c656
House
House of Commons
I am grateful to the Minister for allowing me to intervene, given the short time that he has left. Is he aware that Nottingham city council has compensated two previous chief executives that it could not get on with, has sent an executive to the south of France on jollies...
Member
Mark Spencer (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
8 March 2011
Reference
524 c204WH
House
House of Commons
I repeat my earlier plea to the shadow Leader of the House to persuade Nottingham city council to be more transparent. I understand that it hired a cherry picker and labour to have conkers removed from a chestnut tree owing to a supposed health and safety risk on a school...
Member
Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
3 March 2011
Reference
524 c473-4
House
House of Commons
My Lords, as a result of my noble friend Lord Young’s introduction to this debate, it seems to me we ought to amend our Standing Orders to include the phrase ““re-maiden speech””. I thank him for his reappearance and for agreeing to meet me towards the end of his inquiry....
Member
Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
25 November 2010
Reference
722 c1201-3
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am full of agreement with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Cameron of Lochbroom, about the need to look into this important issue across the whole of the United Kingdom in an integrated way. Indeed, I would go further and say that it needs a pan-European look,...
Member
Lord Patten (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
21 May 2009
Reference
710 c1482-5
House
House of Lords
My Lords, having listened to noble Lords’ speeches, I think that on reflection I could have spoken yesterday; none the less there are some matters of concern that I should be raising, so I shall do so today. On 20 November a consultation paper was published on improving compliance with...
Member
Viscount Simon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
10 December 2008
Reference
706 c458-60
House
House of Lords
This is going to sound very trivial, but it is actually quite important to our landscape and countryside. May we have a debate on conkers or, perhaps more properly, on invasive pathogens on native British trees? Horse chestnuts are being assailed by Phytophthora, leaf miner caterpillar and, most seriously of...
Member
David Heath (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Business question
Date
13 November 2008
Reference
482 c961
House
House of Commons
I salute the wise burghers of Blackburn. I hope that my own council will take note of their prompt and wise action and will repeat it immediately following the debate. Let me quote from one of the people who go around staking the gravestones in my area, Mr. Jack Sills:"““The...
Member
Lord Mann (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
5 November 2008
Reference
482 c130-1WH
House
House of Commons
I am a great believer in children and adults alike experiencing the excitement of science and the discoveries that it can bring, to the benefit of our society. That is brought about in a number of ways. For 29 years, I trod the boards and toured the country, as well...
Member
Brian Iddon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
475 c487-9WH
House
House of Commons
Traditionally, the Adjournment debate is the graveyard slot in the House of Commons day, so I am glad my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann) has been able to make a lively contribution to it. I congratulate him on securing the debate, as this is a serious issue....
Member
Mike O'Brien (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
6 May 2008
Reference
475 c681-4
House
House of Commons

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