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Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009) See 4 other results from this debate

Andy Burnham: ...towards a more people-centred service. The hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire asked where the choice was in end-of-life care. I will tell him where the choice in end-of-life care is. I asked for consultation on a right for the public to choose to die at home. I think that that is a sensible choice to offer the public. I am consulting on it right now, so if the hon. Gentleman would care...

Written Ministerial Statements — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Flood and Water Management Bill (19 Nov 2009)

Hilary Benn: ...Bill, laid regulations under the European Communities Act to implement the EU floods directive and published a command paper setting out the Government's response to pre-legislative scrutiny and consultation on the draft Bill. The floods in 2007 claimed 13 lives and cost our economy £3 billion. Sir Michael Pitt undertook a comprehensive review of the lessons to be learned from the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Scotland: Legislative Programme (Scotland) (19 Nov 2009)

Jim Murphy: ...Bills that are not likely to contain provisions that require the consent of the Scottish Parliament, by way of a Legislative Consent Motion (LCM). The list also identifies the lead Government Department: 1. UK Legislation likely to contain provisions requiring the consent of the Scottish Parliament at introduction: Discussions will continue between the Government and Scottish Ministers on...

Scottish Parliament: Arbitration (Scotland) Bill (18 Nov 2009)

Jim Mather: ...behind the bill's aim of consolidating and modernising Scottish arbitration law, the stage 1 report also considered that changes were needed in those areas. In response to the committee, I held two consultation sessions with various stakeholders to discuss the points at issue, which were held on 6 and 18 August. Previously, on 30 April, I held a session with 30 stakeholders to discuss the...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: Lurgan Area: Improvement Scheme for 19 Rural Cottages (17 Nov 2009)

Dolores Kelly: ...to go through the bother. There is too little social housing stock into which to decant people during major works, and people from rural areas will not move into towns, although sometimes mobile homes are suggested as an alternative means of accommodation. I do not expect the Minister to be accountable for what happened in the past. As Mr O’Dowd said, in the past, in the years when...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Social Development: Warm Homes Scheme: Fuel Poverty (17 Nov 2009)

Margaret Ritchie: ...’s fuel poverty strategy in Northern Ireland. Energy efficiency in the context of fuel poverty has two elements: household behaviour in energy consumption, and the energy performance of homes. Although energy efficiency improvements delivered by my Department’s warm homes scheme have made a significant contribution to alleviating fuel poverty, the rises in energy prices in 2008...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Clause 4 (Powers of entry) (17 Nov 2009)

Ian Paisley Jnr: As Chairperson of the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development, I put on record my thanks and the thanks of members of the Committee to the departmental Bill team, the supporting officials and those who provided evidence to the Committee. I also thank Committee members for their hard work and the Committee’s support team for the time and effort that it put in to getting us and...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: British-Irish Council Summit Meeting (17 Nov 2009)

Robin Newton: ...lesser-used languages to flourish. Ensuring the intergenerational transmission of a language is a crucial element in the process of its development and maintenance. However, the Council noted that the home, family and community were not easily accessible to social planners and that families in indigenous or minority language situations needed advice and guidance on how to raise their...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Alcohol and Drugs (12 Nov 2009)

Lord West of Spithead: ...specifically address the overall benefit to the community of reclassifying cannabis as a class B drug. The full IA can be found at: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/em/uksiem_20083130_en.pdf. The Home Office has consulted and worked closely with the police to implement the changes to the enforcement approach to cannabis possession by adults as well as actions to tackle commercial...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Homes and Communities Agency (12 Nov 2009)

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) which HomeBuy agents were appointed by the Homes and Communities Agency and its predecessor in each of the last three years; and how much was paid to each agent in each such year; (2) how much (a) his Department, (b) the Homes and Communities Agency, (c) the Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (d) the Tenant...

Written Answers — Home Department: UK Border Agency: Consultants (12 Nov 2009) See 1 other result from this answer

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what projects have been carried out by consultants for the UK Border Agency in the last 12 months.

Bill Presented: Clause 40 — Education and training for persons over compulsory school age: general duty (11 Nov 2009)

Iain Wright: Last year, I took the Housing and Regeneration Bill through the House, and the appointment of the chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency was almost entirely—word for word—consistent with the approach in the Bill. We are clear that that will not affect the clear lines of ministerial responsibility for the YPLA. The Secretary of State, through his remit letter to the...

Written Answers — Health: Alcoholic Drinks: Death (11 Nov 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...commissioning guidance, built on WCC principles, specifically for PCTs to aid them in commissioning appropriate and effective interventions and treatment. A copy has been placed in the Library. The Department supports Government-wide action such as the recent consultation by the Home Office on a mandatory code for alcohol retailers. This includes proposals to restrict irresponsible alcohol...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Low Incomes (11 Nov 2009)

John Healey: The Homes and Communities Agency is working with local partners to establish the Cashes Green Community Land Trust. Following extensive public engagement and community consultation, the Homes and Communities Agency has recently obtained planning consent for the redevelopment of the derelict site identified for this pilot land trust. It is now in the process of securing a development partner,...

Public Transport (Disabled Access) (10 Nov 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ..., empathise with or give space to those in wheelchairs. In his excellent speech, the hon. Gentleman touched on the role of taxis, which are an important link in the transport chain. We have recently consulted on accessible taxis, driver duties to disabled people, and training. I announced recently that the Department intends to make regulations to impose a duty on drivers of accessible...

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2009)

Mark Field: Thank you, Mr. Olner. I am always aware that I am barely a householder in my own home, let alone anywhere else. It is a great pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Wells (Mr. Heathcoat-Amory), who made a sensible contribution to the debate. As he rightly said, the issue of financial services regulation is of great importance. One concern in the midst of many people's...