Results 1-20 of 2,620 for speaker:Crispin Blunt

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: NATO: Cybercrime (10 Nov 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration his Department has given to extending the definition of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty to include cyber attacks; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Dissident Republicans (4 Nov 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of the level of activity of dissident Republicans in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Crispin Blunt: That is why the cuts to Army cadet training are so appalling, too. Those cuts need to be restored at the same time as this problem is addressed.

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Crispin Blunt: Will the hon. Gentleman reflect on the role of special advisers? They are meant to spot these things coming, and there has been a 100 per cent. increase in their number in the Department since 1997. I wonder whether the taxpayer is getting value for money.

Fabio Alves-Nunes (27 Oct 2009) has video

Crispin Blunt: I am very grateful to have the opportunity tonight to raise the case of my constituent Fabio Alves-Nunes who died, avoidably, aged five. By unhappy coincidence, I also attended earlier today the funeral of my constituent, Lance Corporal James Hill of the Coldstream Guards, who was killed in Afghanistan aged 23. It is sad to reflect that the bereaved families live only about 100 yards apart....

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Prevent (26 Oct 2009) has video

Crispin Blunt: In 2007, the Government announced an increase of more than £100 million on Prevent and another £240 million on counter-terrorism policing, among an overall counter-terrorist, security and intelligence expenditure of £3.5 billion, which has rapidly increased. What are the Government doing to review the effectiveness of all that expenditure, as well as the Prevent programmes,...

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Equitable Life (21 Oct 2009) has video

Crispin Blunt: I want to record my interest as a former Equitable Life policyholder in relation to my pension as a special adviser. The Chief Secretary is treating all the policyholders with the most enormous contempt if he says that he will not put the responsibility on to them to assess the compensation for claims that they may put in. To say that he is going to set up a system that will assess 2 million...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video

Crispin Blunt: If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 21 October.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video

Crispin Blunt: Reigate is proud to be home to 579 bomb disposal squadron of the Territorial Army. Last Wednesday, when the Prime Minister was making his statement on Afghanistan, it was being told that it could not train until 1 April next year, and its TA centre is under threat of closure. What effect does he think those measures will have on the recruitment and retention of those vital volunteer specialists?

Nato: Arab Peace Initiative (20 Oct 2009)

Crispin Blunt: Will the Minister assure the House that the Foreign Office will encourage all Arab Governments of the continuing relevance and importance of the Arab peace initiative, and to back it not only with hard diplomacy, but with soft diplomacy aimed at the Israeli population?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Defence Acquisition (Independent Review) (19 Oct 2009) has video

Crispin Blunt: On the Secretary of State's answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for North-East Hampshire (Mr. Arbuthnot), the Chairman of the Select Committee on Defence, and on the Secretary of State's point when he said that "we will work to adjust our equipment programme to bring it into balance with future requirements and the likely availability of resources," I must say that that is a great step...

Written Answers — Health: Human Papilloma Virus: Vaccination (19 Oct 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reports of suspected adverse reactions to the (a) AHPVA021BA and (b) AHPVA024BA batch of the Cervarix vaccine have been made to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Cybercrime (16 Oct 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what procedures the Government have in place to respond to a cyber attack against (a) Government networks and (b) the networks of private companies comprising UK critical national infrastructure; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Cybercrime (16 Oct 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps the Government are taking to achieve common standards of cyber security between EU member states; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Cybercrime (16 Oct 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the Government has a framework in place to share cyber incident event data with (a) the private sector and (b) relevant research institutions; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Members: Correspondence (15 Oct 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will send a copy of his reply to the letter of 21 September 2009 from Mr. Christopher Curtis, the headmaster of St. Bede's School, Redhill, to the hon. Member for Reigate, to whom the original letter was copied.

Written Answers — Defence: NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (12 Oct 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much aid and how many staff the Government contributes to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Lost Property (21 Jul 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Digital Technology: Disabled (21 Jul 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people who require a relay service in order to use voice-operated telephone services are able to access the opportunities outlined in Digital Britain: The Interim Report; and if he will make a statement; (2) if he will ensure that the final report on...

Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Lost Property (16 Jul 2009)

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years.