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 Local Government Speech, 24 April 2007 |
Whenever the future of local government is debated, it inevitably becomes a discussion about the need for greater localism. Few Members would dispute that when localism means greater local management and devolving more power to front-line manageme...
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| Tax Credits Debate, 15 March 2007 |
The system has benefited thousands of my constituents, and I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Paymaster General for all her hard work in refining the system so that it works better. However, most of the problems that come through my office ...
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| United States Climate Change Policy, 13 March 2007 |
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing a timely and enormously important debate. I wonder if he might say more to reassure my constituents, and those of other hon. Members, who are deeply concerned about climate change and who are very depresse...
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| Cultural Diplomacy, 13 March 2007 |
I am grateful for being allowed to speak, particularly as I arrived late; my apologies for that. I should like to make a few remarks to follow the excellentcontributions that I came here to hear.I agree with everything that has been said about the im...
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| House of Lords Reform, 7 March 2007 |
I am delighted to follow the hon. Member for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth), although I find myself in disagreement on almost every point that he has just made. However, I agree with him on one point: we should vote on this matter tonight as a matter of ...
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| Illegal Logging, 28 February 2007 |
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North) (Lab): I hope that voting in the House will not cause too much disruption to this very important debate on what needs to be done to end illegal logging. By way of introduction, I want to say how pleased I am tha...
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| Mesothelioma compensation, 13 June 2006 |
Mesothelioma Sufferers (Compensation) 11 am Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire, North) (Lab): May I say from the outset that I am absolutely delighted to head up this debate on mesothelioma and fairness to victims? I wish to thank several pe...
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| Motorway Noise, 5 July 2006 |
I congratulate the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr. Benyon) on securing this debate. Every Member of this House knows just how important the issue of motorway noise is to our constituents; it causes them great distress. In passing, I must say how grat...
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| School Meals, 5 July 2006 |
I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull, North (Ms Johnson) on making a powerful and compelling case. I do not think that either side of the House would argue about the importance of public health. It is crucial ...
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| Health and Safety Executive and Roves Farm, 6 December 2006 |
Mr. Michael Wills (North Swindon) (Lab): This is a story of a farmer from my constituency, his troubled relationship with a public agency and the lessons that I hope can be learned from his experience. Rupert Burr farms 400 acres in Sevenhampton ...
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| Affordable Housing, 7 December 2006 |
I shall endeavour to follow the guidance on brevity, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and I should apologise in advance for my imminent absence from the Chamber as I am required to attend a Committee sitting. I wish to make a few remarks on how the affordable ...
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| Corporate Accountability, 19 December 2006 |
Christmas Adjournment Debate Mr. Michael Wills (North Swindon) (Lab): I would like to take this opportunity to raise a couple of issues of accountability that have arisen in two recent cases with which I have dealt. When this House discusses acco...
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| Primary Care Trusts, 29 June 2006 |
My right hon. Friend is making a powerful case. I recognise the pressures that he described, but does he agree that the impact of the reform process on individual PCTs is to some extent dependant on the way in which those PCTs are managed? An effe...
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| VAT (Isle of Mull Swimming Pool), 21 June 2006 |
I am grateful to the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Mr. Reid) for allowing me to take a couple of minutes to support the powerful argument that he made. I agree with everything he said about the need to crack down on evasion; I think that everyo...
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| Dementia, 21 June 2006 |
I too congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire, North (Jim Sheridan) on initiating this debate. It is an important subject for my constituents. So prevalent is that cancer in Swindon that it is known locally as the Swind...
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| Swindon regeneration, 25 May 2006 |
I should like to take the opportunity of the debate to consider a much longer-term vision for Swindon, the town that I have the honour of representing. Swindon’s existence and prosperity is a tributeto the power of vision. In its first incarnation ...
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| Animal Welfare Bill, 10 January 2006 |
Like all other Members, I very much welcome this Bill, which will be as significant in our time as the Protection of Animals Act 1911 was in its time. I welcome the flexibleapproach that is being taken. It is sensible and practical and allows the law...
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| Deprivation in Swindon, 20 December 2005 |
I want to turn the thoughts of hon. Members to those who are less fortunate than ourselves at this Christmas season. This Government have done more than any previous Government to tackle poverty and deprivation, and the social exclusion unit's pio...
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| Rural Pubs Debate, 7 December 2005 |
Rural areas face problems with employment, housing, transport and health, but sustaining their communities can present them with particular challenges. Although my constituency is largely urban, it does have rural areas that suffer from all those ...
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| Swindon Borough Council, 20 July 2005 |
I am grateful for the opportunity to talk about important changes that have taken place to the borough council that serves most of my constituency. Over the past eight years, Swindonborough council has failed to deliver the services that the people o...
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