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  • jane eades: It is unfortunate that none of the money for extra places will be available to local authorities for new schools. At the moment there is little planning in the providing "free" schools in areas... (6 December 2012)
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  • John Byng: George Osborne is wrong to say that the South East of England needs more airport capacity. There is a great deal of unused capacity at Gatwick and Stansted plus the airports in other regions. ... (12 September 2012)
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  • John Byng: There will be many troubled by noise and worried by climate change that will be glad that Manchester airport is not busier. Air Passenger Duty (APD) is also a great way of helping to put right... (7 March 2012)
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  • Peter Brown: "the political strength of the Government in Britain is a tribute to both those political parties, which set aside their political differences and came together in the national interest." When... (13 August 2011)
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  • Richard Tobin: Can we therefore assume that these 'wide-ranging private talks with the Irish Government' did not extend so far as being primarily in the interests of the United Kingdom and its distressed former... (23 November 2010)
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  • Richard Taylor: The spending review documents are available at: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/spend_sr20 10_documents.htm (10 November 2010)
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  • Richard Taylor: I have received a response to my FOI request stating that no new system is being created; but in order to make the data more accessible pre defined subsets of the COINS database are to be offered... (10 August 2010)
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  • Richard Taylor: I have made an FOI request to try and find out more details about what Mr Osborne is intending to release in August: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/tr... (12 July 2010)
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  • Russ Garrett: More on this interruption: http://waugh.standard.co.uk/2010/06/skin ners-interruption-hansardstyle.html (10 June 2010)
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  • Josephgerald Morris: Sorry about the spelling. Gerald Morris. (19 March 2009)
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  • Josephgerald Morris: The Banks, all by themselves did not lever up personal idebtedness all by themselves and people have to take responsibility for their own action. The general point is made but who was it in the... (19 March 2009)
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  • barbara richards: A £100 black hole? Oh, do you mean the Bucerono? (27 November 2008)
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  • Huw Morgan-Jones: The criteria for this new savings scheme that the Chancellor has announced will be interesting. Qualification for opening such an account will have to be very tight, enabling only the poorest to... (25 November 2008)
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  • Daniel Watkins: Is it only the biggest, most polluting 4x4s that cause pollution? (19 March 2008)
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  • David Clark: It is astounding that a Labour Government alters the tax rules to hit the poorest taxpayers most. They claim tax credits are the answer but they should realise that the majority of the less than... (16 March 2008)
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  • e daly: Would the leaders of both main parties explain where the money has gone from the North Sea Oil revenue and the extortionate levels of taxation during the last twenty years? (23 March 2007)
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  • Alix Cull: Has the present Government thought out a plan to reduce the incidence of illiteracy? How many illiterate children are there because of overcrowding in schools? Because of illiterate parents who... (29 November 2006)
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  • Alix Cull: Care in the Community has not been adequately thought through before the closure of hsopital beds. (29 November 2006)
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  • Alix Cull: Care in the Community has not been adequately thought through before the closure of hsopital beds. (29 November 2006)
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  • Alix Cull: It has been said that Government pensions will be transferred back to relate to earnings. If earnings are falling how much advantage will the elderly obtain if the transfer takes place? This... (28 November 2006)
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  • Pauline Campbell: George Osborne describes the then Governor of Styal, Ms Moulden, as doing a "brilliant job". His remarks were made on 13.01.03 ... in the preceding five months, two women had died in the... (5 August 2006)
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  • Derek Forman: I completely agree with Mr Osborne’s remarks. But I also feel that the problem is rooted within the system. From one case in Scotland I know that responsibility has been shifted around between... (23 December 2005)
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  • Gregory Block: Because, er, they want to live in the country they work in. Somehow, I can't imagine Beckham turning down a job in Spain because 'the foundation hospitals weren't good enough'. If ever there... (3 June 2004)
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  • Tom Steinberg: Now this is real politics. Interestingly, David Beckham has been mentioned 19 times in Parliament since 2001, as opposed to only twice for his good lady wife. I'd better get back to work now. (2 June 2004)
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