Results 1-20 of 4,078 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Paul Burstow

Regional Select Committee (Yorkshire and the Humber) (29 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: In the hon. Gentleman's earlier remarks, he suggested that the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) was being removed from the Committee. In fact, it is the other way around, and I should hope that he would not want to malign the hon. Gentleman unfortunately.

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: rose—

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: The Minister is discussing access to advice, but does he think that there also needs to be a similar entitlement to advocacy?

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: I am delighted that we are having this important debate. The Secretary of State was right when he identified that the matter before us will pose an important challenge in the next Parliament for whoever find themselves in Government. The question is whether we can build a consensus this side of the general election. Although this debate has many threads that could be pulled together to create...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: I just want to make sure that I fully understand the proposal that the hon. Gentleman is setting out before the House today. Did he use the term "domiciliary care" in the context of the package that he is proposing? In other words, will domiciliary care be covered by the scheme? If not, how will it be covered? Do the Conservatives have a plan for that?

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: Precisely: it does not cover domiciliary care.

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: The fact that the Secretary of State is kicking off this debate is an indication of the importance that the Government attach to this subject, and we are grateful that he is here to do that. I attended a couple of the consultation events in my constituency, which were attended by providers of care, people receiving care and various other representatives of those with a stake in all this....

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: Earlier this year, the Government announced a very welcome injection of £150 million for carers over two years. In a debate that we had earlier this year about carers, I asked the Minister of State, Department of Health, the hon. Member for Corby (Phil Hope), how we could track that money. He quite rightly urged me to go back to my constituency and ask those questions. I did and I...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: Will the Secretary of State address an omission from the Green Paper? It is very important that he does so if we are to understand the direction of travel. The omission is means tests on, and thresholds for, the assets that a person would be able to hold before they accessed state support. The Green Paper is silent on that and on whether the Government think that additional new resources...

Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) — [Dr. William McCrea in the Chair] (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Burstow: I congratulate the right hon. Lady on obtaining the debate, which is on a very important subject. I have Tamil constituents who are still seeking information about loved ones in that country and about where they are today. Does she agree that we now need publication of the names of everyone who is being detained in the camps and that those people should get the legal access and support that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (27 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: Council tenants in Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park pay about a third of their rent to the Government in the form of a subsidy, but the only thing they get for that is the prospect of Decent Homes funding. Some £120 million was promised to their council to pay for upgrading, improvement and renovation of their homes, but that money is no longer on the table. Will the Minister meet me, as...

Business of the House (15 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: May I draw the Leader of the House's attention to early-day motion 1995? [That this House notes that in the National Strategy for Carers the Government pledged that by 2018 carers will be supported so that they are not forced into financial hardship by their caring role; believes that carers cannot wait because too many are living in poverty and financial hardship now, struggling to afford...

Petitions: Storage of Embryos (21 Jul 2009)

Paul Burstow: My second petition relates to an issue of human rights in respect of people who have had life-saving medical treatment but, as a result, become infertile. However, they have made provision to store embryos prior to the treatment so that they are able to have biological children of their own. It cannot be right to force those in such circumstances—those who have embryos stored under the...

Petitions: Decent Homes Programme (Funding) (21 Jul 2009)

Paul Burstow: Before we break for the summer, I want to raise a matter that requires action by the Government before the end of the recess. I wish to present a petition on behalf of thousands of tenants in my constituency and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake), and, indeed, thousands of tenants well beyond the confines of the London borough of Sutton. It relates to...

Royal Assent (21 Jul 2009)

Paul Burstow: I wish to take part in this debate to raise several issues that have come out of my constituency mailbag and surgeries. The first of those issues came to my attention at my surgery last Saturday at Worcester Park library, when a couple of my constituents came to tell me about their niece who, at the age of 22, had been diagnosed with cervical cancer. She was given the necessary treatment: she...

Royal Assent (21 Jul 2009)

Paul Burstow: I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. Indeed, the hon. Member for Salisbury (Robert Key) is one of the hon. Members from all parties who have signed my early-day motion 1929 on this very issue. I fear and suspect that there are a number of tragic cases such as this, but some very active families are making sure that we in this place are doing our job of representing...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Equitable Life (21 Jul 2009)

Paul Burstow: Time is definitely of the essence when it comes to getting the matter resolved. On the Minister's point about dealing with hardship, will he tell us today whether means-testing will play any part in the ex gratia payment scheme?

Business of the House (16 Jul 2009) has video

Paul Burstow: The Leader of the House has already mentioned ways in which Government accountability to the House and hon. Members will be maintained over the recess. Will she consider the question of Sri Lanka and refer it to Foreign Office Ministers? More than 300,000 men, women and children are crammed into camps, where they do not have freedom of movement, there are inadequate water and other supplies...

Petition — Flooding (Surrey) (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Burstow: On 20 July 2007, we had an exceptional downpour of torrential rain, which led to flooding in many parts of our country, including in Sutton and Cheam, the constituency that I have the privilege to represent, affecting in particular those of my constituents who live in Green lane in Worcester Park. On that day, the Beverly brook flooded its banks, damaging property and causing great costs for...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Caring for the Elderly (15 Jul 2009)

Paul Burstow: I want to contribute briefly to the debate in two particulars. Many useful contributions have been made about the proposals for paying for long-term care, and there is a genuine sense of déjà vu about them. Not least, yesterday's statement contained echoes of the statement made by a former Secretary of State in May 1996. I want to use the debate to ask the Minister two questions,...