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- Dementia Care (Swindon) 28 April 2004
"It is vital that service reform is to be driven from the bottom . . . What are the key elements if we are really to put the public at...
- Small Businesses (Swindon) 14 December 2004
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. This Government have been the first to recognise in a sustained way the importance of small businesses to the British economy and to support them....
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 excellent
contributions that...
- 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,...
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