Results 1-20 of 1,645 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Hilary Armstrong

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (2 Nov 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: Will my right hon. Friend confirm that Professor Nutt does not hold a universal scientific view of the impact of cannabis or of ecstasy?

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Third Sector (Recession) (28 Oct 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: Can my right hon. Friend give us any indication of whether voluntary organisations are responding to the Government's initiatives to get more people into work by increasing the work that they do, so as to benefit from the programmes that have recently been put in place?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Building our Common Future (6 Jul 2009)

Hilary Armstrong: I congratulate my right hon. Friend on this important White Paper. Will he and his fellow Ministers back up the very welcome commitment to seek a single UN agency for women by working with other countries to make sure that they give that commitment and the financial support to such an agency? That will make a tremendous difference in developing countries, where women do most of the work.

Bill Presented — Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill: National Express East Coast Franchise (1 Jul 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: I congratulate my right hon. Friend and our noble Friend the Secretary of State on their statements. Can he reassure us that the new trains that are due for the east coast line are still on track, given the decisions announced today?

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)

Hilary Armstrong: Will the hon. Gentleman therefore rebut the statement that his leader made that the north-east requires only one airport?

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)

Hilary Armstrong: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)

Hilary Armstrong: I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman is prepared to give way to me. I certainly do not want to do anything other than improve climate change, carbon footprinting and so on in this country and worldwide. Does he accept that BMI's policy, for example, of cancelling flights from Teesside means that the environmental damage is greater because people use other airports? What faith does he have...

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)

Hilary Armstrong: Does my hon. Friend accept that there is little prospect of high-speed rail in areas such as the north-east, or even Scotland, in the medium term? Does my hon. Friend also accept that one of the main economic factors, which links to the environment, is the fact that we are a global nation and we need to develop relationships with companies from the other side of the world? We in the...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Zimbabwe (13 May 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: In the midst of the turmoil in Zimbabwe, what assurance can my hon. Friend give the House about opportunities for children to get education? That will be the way in which the country can rebuild and give people real hope for the future.

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Prisons and Probation (27 Apr 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, especially his commitment to dealing more sensitively than through the normal Prison Service with vulnerable women, and to addressing mental health issues. Far too many of our prisoners have a difficult background and end up with mental health issues. I particularly want to ask my right hon. Friend about community payback. The public need to know...

Africa (30 Mar 2009) has video

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Africa (30 Mar 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: The hon. Gentleman knows that I always chunter. He talks about "African-led solutions", and we have to do a lot more on those, particularly in helping people in civil society to be active across the board. Perhaps he will join me in congratulating VSO Jitolee—the Kenyan independent Voluntary Services Overseas organisation—which is organising the work of internal volunteers. People...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: HIV/AIDS (25 Mar 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: My hon. Friend knows that HIV/AIDS particularly affects women and children in the poorest countries. What are he and the Government doing to work with other countries to make sure that at a time when the economic situation is giving such difficulty, particularly to the poorest countries, the international community none the less keeps up its commitment to supporting the poorest in tackling...

Political Parties and Elections Bill: New Clause 1 — £50,000 cap on donations (2 Mar 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Political Parties and Elections Bill: New Clause 1 — £50,000 cap on donations (2 Mar 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: No, my intervention is not on that point, although I should like to debate it with the hon. Gentleman at some stage. He started off by saying that the main thrust of the new clause came from the wish to change the public's perception of political giving and raising money for political parties. Has he any evidence that his proposed cap would have any effect on public perception?

Political Parties and Elections Bill: New Clause 1 — £50,000 cap on donations (2 Mar 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: I intervened on the hon. Member for Cambridge (David Howarth) precisely because his new clause would create such diffusion and lack of clarity about who had given a donation that, far from public confidence being improved, public cynicism would be increased.

Political Parties and Elections Bill: New Clause 1 — £50,000 cap on donations (2 Mar 2009) has video

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Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day]: Child Protection (3 Feb 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: Too much of our child protection policy has been constructed following tragic cases. I am afraid that I can go back a lot further than the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton). At the beginning of my time in this House, I served on the Committee considering the Bill that was introduced after three very tragic cases during the mid-1980s and the Cleveland child abuse case....

Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day]: Child Protection (3 Feb 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day]: Child Protection (3 Feb 2009) has video

Hilary Armstrong: I really am shocked to hear what the hon. Gentleman says. He clearly has not investigated the database effectively. He and the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr. Duncan Smith) have strongly argued that there needs to be a level of knowledge across the Departments and agencies working with children, so that they can intervene early with the most vulnerable. Without a...