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Building Societies (Insolvency and Special Administration) Order 2009

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for setting out the purposes behind the order and regulations, together with their content. When we passed the Banking Act, we did not envisage that its first use would be for a building society, and we probably did not envisage that it...

Member

Lord Newby (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

6 May 2009

Reference

710 c616-7

House

House of Lords

Armed Forces

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord King, on securing this debate. Listening to today’s debate and reading carefully the Hansard of the debate on defence procurement that was held in the other place about 10 days ago, I acknowledge and appreciate the growing consensus across political parties on...

Member

Lord Lee of Trafford (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

30 April 2009

Reference

710 c370-2

House

House of Lords

Honey Bee Health

I congratulate the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose) on his entertaining and knowledgeable speech. I am disappointed, however, that the BBKA will not get rich from what has been said in the debate so far. Perhaps hon. Members will now make awful puns, so that the association makes a...

Member

Willie Rennie (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

29 April 2009

Reference

491 c266-8WH

House

House of Commons

ZERO-GRAZED LIVESTOCK

That this House notes the growing trend towards the zero-grazing of dairy cows, lambs and milk-producing goats; further notes that this process confines animals to sheds for all or most of the year; is concerned that such systems are unduly restrictive and oppressive and that the limited investigations that have...

Primary sponsor

David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Cooperative Party)

Type

Early day motion

Date

28 April 2009

Reference

1370

House

House of Commons

Business Rate Supplements Bill

My Lords, over the past 10 years, we have seen the relationship between local and central government profoundly change. Long gone are the days of diktats to local government from Whitehall, and the past few years have seen a massive reduction of targets for local authorities and a recognition that...

Member

Baroness Andrews (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

22 April 2009

Reference

709 c1502-9

House

House of Lords

Amendment of the law

The Chancellor should be thanking the good people of St. Albans, who pay the most into his coffers but get the least back in terms of being able to deliver front-line services. My area rattles around at the bottom of the league table in what we get back, so we...

Member

Anne Main (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

22 April 2009

Reference

491 c268

House

House of Commons

Investigating the Oceans

I had not noticed that, but it takes me on to another point: the need for co-operation between Governments. As the hon. Gentleman said, part of the rationale in the Government's response was that recent developments in the devolved Administrations—I believe that is how it was gently put—were a barrier...

Member

Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

2 April 2009

Reference

490 c326-7WH

House

House of Commons

Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [Lords]

That is true. However, if we were to be cowed by everyone who took offence at the use of these symbols, the red cross might never have been established as it was, with the immense benefits to all concerned, and we would have ended up with symbols from every nation...

Member

John Hayes (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

1 April 2009

Reference

490 c969-70

House

House of Commons

The Economy

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Derbyshire (Mr. Todd); I am delighted that his vocal chords lasted as long as his notes. He made a thoughtful, well-informed and rather sobering speech reminding us that whoever wins the next election will have to take some difficult...

Member

Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

31 March 2009

Reference

490 c867-70

House

House of Commons

Africa

I am sure that President Obama is as relieved as I am to know that he has my hon. Friend's support. Those subsidies should of course just go. Their removal is ultimately in the interests of taxpayers in the rich countries and would enable us both to enjoy products better...

Member

Lord Lilley (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

30 March 2009

Reference

490 c708

House

House of Commons

Infant Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons the NHS Healthy Start Scheme includes entitlement to free infant formula; and under what circumstances free infant formula is provided.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

26 March 2009

Reference

490 c678W;490 c674W; 266402

House

House of Commons

Livestock Industry (Climate Change)

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr. Benton, for this debate, which is about an issue that has been of long-standing interest to me. Until recently, I was part of the small minority who were aware of it. It was always mentioned in the context of...

Member

Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

25 March 2009

Reference

490 c132-4WH

House

House of Commons

Livestock Industry (Climate Change)

I have already addressed the point about food miles and the fact that local food is better. I recognise that farming makes a contribution towards biodiversity and protecting the environment in the smaller sense of the word in the UK, rather than in the climate change sense. Although dairy products...

Member

Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

25 March 2009

Reference

490 c135-6WH

House

House of Commons

Business Rates and the Recession

I shall make sure that my hon. Friends at the Treasury take that as a Budget representation from my hon. Friend. I am glad he welcomes the change that we shall be making from April this year, which means that there will be a higher threshold and thus no new...

Member

John Healey (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

25 March 2009

Reference

490 c390

House

House of Commons

Business Rates and the Recession

My hon. Friend makes a good point. The Government's amendment, which I shall come to later, makes a passing and broad-brush reference to certain proposals, but I do not think that they are adequate, as I hope I shall explain. His other extremely important point is the significant impact of...

Member

Robert Neill (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

25 March 2009

Reference

490 c375-7

House

House of Commons

Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth

I thank the hon. Gentleman, who makes my case for me, and I agree with him. Suspension from the Commonwealth is an important step, and the Commonwealth is an important organisation. It is hugely respected by its members and those outside it. Such a move would be a stepping stone,...

Member

Joan Ryan (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

24 March 2009

Reference

490 c35-6WH

House

House of Commons

Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth

Amnesty also says:""There has been no proper accountability for the killings that have happened in the last two years, so there is impunity for the perpetrators."" Such breaches of human rights are not acceptable. Governments must live up to the very highest codes of behaviour, but the Government of Sri...

Member

Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

24 March 2009

Reference

490 c29-30WH

House

House of Commons

National Lottery: Coastal Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Heritage Lottery funding was provided to each of the principal seaside towns in England and Wales from the inception of the Heritage Lottery to date, listed in descending order of amount of funding.

Asked by

Chris Ruane (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 March 2009

For answer on

11 March 2009

Answered on

20 March 2009

The Heritage Lottery Fund was founded in 1994. The Heritage Lottery Fund has advised that Heritage Lottery funding as provided to each of the principal seaside towns in England and Wales since that date is as follows.

HLF funding for principal seaside towns in England and Wales since 1994
Town	Total value of project (£)
Barry	1,446,161
Bognor Regis	1,866,292
Bridlington	307,521
Burnham-on-Sea	439,731
Clacton-on-Sea	601,270
Dawlish/Teignmouth	587,368
Deal	355,866
Eastbourne	2,789,531
Exmouth	95,709
Falmouth	22,171,173
Folkestone/Hythe	4,921,621
Great Yarmouth	6,865,010
(Greater) Blackpool	7,933,638
(Greater) Bournemouth	3,774,209
(Greater) Brighton	14,023,150
(Greater) Worthing	2,324,665
Hastings/Bexhill	8,838,763
Ilfracombe	1,537,824
Isle of Wight¹	6,755,735
Llandudno/Colwyn Bay	2,691,304
Lowestoft	5,605,289
Minehead	1,091,431
Morecambe	365,624
Newquay	135,960
Penzance	7,576,752
Porthcawl	103,743
Rhyl/Prestatyn	2,854,951
Scarborough	3,890,353
Sidmouth	1,335,159
Skegness	1,883,154
Southend-on-Sea	1,851,142
Southport	5,917,842
St. Ives	781,309
Swanage	3,395,728
Thanet²	7,492,243
Torbay³	9,783,519
Weston-Super-Mare	2,402,646
Weymouth	2,948,901
Whitby	10,586,503
Whitley Bay	492,117
Whitstable/Herne Bay	4,033,126
Grand total	164,854,032
¹ Includes only the resorts of Cowes, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor
² Includes only the resorts of Broadstairs, Margate, Ramsgate and Westgate
³ Includes only the resorts of Brixham, Paignton and Torquay

Subjects

Coastal areas; Heritage Lottery Fund

Date

20 March 2009

Reference

489 c1338-9W;489 c1340-1W; 262995

House

House of Commons

House of Lords Bill [HL]

My noble friend referred to Bills and eternity; I could not think of a more apt description of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill. The Government’s position on House of Lords reform has been discussed by a number of noble Lords in this opening debate on the Bill of the...

Member

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

19 March 2009

Reference

709 c422-3

House

House of Lords

Energy Efficiency

My Lords, I always give Conservative Party documents the attention that they undoubtedly deserve. I am surprised to hear that the Government are thought to be cavalier about consultation when my experience is that we consult until the cows come home. We pay careful attention to what the small business sector says to us and we recognise that in the current circumstances it is coming under very great pressure indeed, which is why the Government have taken the action they have. On energy, however, we want to encourage smaller businesses to look at their energy costs. A lot of advice is available. Many energy saving measures cost hardly anything at all for businesses to take up. We will do everything we can to encourage small businesses to take advantage of that advice.

Answered by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)

Type

Oral answer to question

Date

11 March 2009

Reference

708 c1168

House

House of Lords