House of Commons debates
Tuesday, 18 September 2012

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Justice
    The Secretary of State was asked—
    • Integrated Offender Management Framework (10 speeches)
      What steps he plans to take to ensure the future effectiveness of the integrated offender management framework through the funding of key partners.
    • No Win, No Fee Agreements (6 speeches)
      What recent progress he has made on changes to the arrangements for no win, no fee agreements.
    • Police and Crime Commissioners (Victims’ Services) (13 speeches)
      What assessment he has made of the effect on victims’ services of the work of police and crime commissioners.
    • Prisons (Foreign Nationals) (8 speeches)
      What steps he plans to take to reduce the number of foreign nationals in prisons.
    • Prison Population (10 speeches)
      What steps he plans to take to reduce the size of the prison population.
    • Courts (Applied Language Solutions) (8 speeches)
      What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the language services for courts provided by Applied Language Solutions.
    • Youth Offending Teams (4 speeches)
      How many staff posts have been abolished in youth offending teams in the last 12 months.
    • Probation Service (Staffing) (4 speeches)
      What assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in the probation service.
    • Chancel Repair Liability (4 speeches)
      What assessment he has made of the need to review the law on chancel repair liability; and if he will make a statement.
    • Court Proceedings (Televising) (6 speeches)
      What progress he has made on televising court proceedings.
    • Bill of Rights Commission (8 speeches)
      What recent assessment he has made of the work of the commission on a Bill of Rights; and if he will make a statement.
    • Prisons (Female Domestic Violence Victims) (4 speeches)
      What estimate he has made of the number of women in prison who have been victims of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement.
    • Victims Commissioner (4 speeches)
      What plans he has for the future of the role of the victims commissioner; and if he will make a statement.
    • Coroners (6 speeches)
      What recent representations he has received on coroners.
    • Sentencing Policy (4 speeches)
      If he will take steps to ensure that time served in prison by a prisoner reflects the sentence handed down to that prisoner by the court.
    • Homeowners (Protection) (4 speeches)
      What steps he plans to take to ensure that home owners have the right to protect their property from intruders.
    • Prison Officers (Fitness Tests) (4 speeches)
      If he will assess the effectiveness of the fitness tests that prisoner officers are required to take.
    • Topical Questions (48 speeches)
      If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
    • Afghanistan (NATO Strategy) (52 speeches)
      (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the change in NATO’s strategy in Afghanistan.
  • Points of Order (6 speeches)
    On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Yesterday the Secretary of State for Transport made a written statement of immense importance to the blind, the partially sighted and the disabled, in which he...
  • Regulation of Signage and Ticketing Technology (Publicly-available Car Parks) (1 speech)
    Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
  • Health (33 speeches)
    One of my constituents, Mrs Collette Pridmore has three children, one of whom—her son, Jacob— suffers from a rare lung disease. Jacob is just eight years old. When Collette got in...
  • General Matters (52 speeches, 2 annotations)
    I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate. I wish the Deputy Leader of the House very well in his new post, and I hope that will be able to understand what...
  • Petition — Wheel Clamping (1 speech)
    I would like to present a petition on behalf of more than 530 residents of Barrowford and many others from the surrounding parts of Pendle. The wheel clamping of vehicles on the side street of...
  • Community Funding (Infrastructure Projects) (6 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Evennett.)