House of Commons debates
Thursday, 29 November 2007

• Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury
  The Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked—
  • Local Government Finance (10 speeches, 2 annotations)
    What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the system of local government finance in 2007-08.
  • Bank Charges (9 speeches)
    What assessment the Government have made of the time taken by the Office of Fair Trading to investigate bank charges.
  • HMRC (Personal Data) (10 speeches)
    What recent assessment he has made of the implications of the loss by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs of personal data.
  • Northern Rock (19 speeches, 2 annotations)
    If he will publish the letter of advice that he received from the Governor of the Bank of England on support for Northern Rock.
  • Work Force Skills (21 speeches, 2 annotations)
    What recent assessment he has made of the economic impact of the quality and range of skills of the UK work force.
  • Public Sector Pensions (13 speeches)
    What the liability is for the pensions of public sector employees; and if he will make a statement.
  • Schools (Funding) (8 speeches)
    What recent assessment he has made of the economic impact of expenditure on schools.
  • Credit Unions (4 speeches)
    When he last met representatives from the voluntary sector to discuss credit unions.
  • Tax Credits (4 speeches)
    What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the administration of tax credits.
  • Personal Data (6 speeches)
    What recent assessment he has made of the implications of the loss by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs of personal data.
  • Co-operatives (4 speeches)
    What steps he is taking to support co-operatives.
  • Topical Questions (34 speeches)
    If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
• Business of the House (76 speeches, 4 annotations)
  May I ask the Leader of the House to give us the forthcoming business?
  • Remploy (51 speeches, 1 annotation)
    I wish to make a statement on the modernisation of Remploy. Since Remploy was founded in 1945, it has played a central role in the lives of thousands of disabled men and women by providing...
• Points of Order (14 speeches)
  On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I should be very grateful for your guidance. During business questions today, I suggested to the Leader of the House that topical debates should be chosen...
  • Topical Debate — Apprenticeships (England) (119 speeches, 7 annotations)
    In the light of the difficulties that arose yesterday—no time limit was imposed when there appeared to be a paucity of speakers, but when the debate began there was suddenly a sufficiency...
  • Common European Asylum System (58 speeches)
    I have to inform the House that Mr. Speaker has selected the amendment in the name of the Leader of the Opposition.
  • Estimates (0 speeches)
    That this House agrees with the Report [27th November] from the Liaison Committee.— [Mr. Michael Foster.] Question agreed to.
  • Convicting Rapists/Protecting Victims (50 speeches, 1 annotation)
    It will be appropriate to impose a time-limit. Front Benchers are allowed 20 minutes; they may consider taking rather less. A time limit of five minutes is imposed on Back-Bench speeches.
• Allergy Services (12 speeches)
  Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. —[Liz Blackman.]