Results 1-20 of 616 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Ronnie Campbell

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video

Ronnie Campbell: The Prime Minister, when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, brought in the family tax credit, the working tax credit and pensioner tax credit. Can he give me, in the popular phrase, a cast-iron guarantee that this benefit will not be cut or means-tested, whereas the Conservatives would pull it to shreds?

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

Ronnie Campbell: The capitalist system and the banks have made a gigantic mess not only of the world economy but of ours as well, so why are the public services, the pensioners, the poor and the working class people of this country having to pay for it? Will the Prime Minister ensure that the next Labour Government will do something about the banks, so that this never happens again?

Nato: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (20 Oct 2009)

Ronnie Campbell: Is the hon. Gentleman suggesting that there should not be a constituency element to the role of a Member of Parliament?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Care and Support (Reform) (14 Jul 2009)

Ronnie Campbell: How will my right hon. Friend's proposals help older people in Northumberland, where the leading Liberal Democrat-controlled council has set a policy of closing all old people's care centres and sacking all the workers in them?

Business of the House (9 Jul 2009) has video

Ronnie Campbell: Will my right hon. and learned Friend approach the Secretary of State for Health about the postcode lottery as regards drug treatment and the financing of individual health authorities? At the minute, it seems that one health authority has it and the other does not. It really is a dog's dinner, and the Government need to look at the issue.

Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage (9 Jul 2009) has video

Ronnie Campbell: The opponents of carbon capture recently said in an article that I read that if we get this up and running only 25 per cent. of carbon would be taken out of clean coal. Is that a true statement or is it just them playing games?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Elderly People (Long-term Care) (8 Jul 2009)

Ronnie Campbell: Like the hon. Member for Falmouth and Camborne (Julia Goldsworthy), I am very disappointed—as are many of my colleagues—that there is no compensation scheme for pleural plaque victims. The Scottish Parliament is on the verge of introducing such a scheme. Will my right hon. and learned Friend drag the Justice Secretary to the Dispatch Box so that he can make a statement about the...

Opposition Day — [12th Allotted Day]: Housing (9 Jun 2009) has video

Ronnie Campbell: May I wish the Minister all the best in his new job? On the subject of the money that has been allocated to local authorities, is he aware that the new unitary authority in Northumberland plans to pull down 30 or 40 council houses in my constituency to build an old people's home? I am not sure whether the money was allocated for that reason, but does he not think that that plan is a bit wonky?

Bill Presented: Local Government Finance (4 Feb 2009) has video

Ronnie Campbell: Not everyone is capable of taking that advice. I am thinking of Northumberland where the Liberals are in charge, and they have just decided to increase their allowances by 40 per cent.

Bill Presented: Local Government Finance (4 Feb 2009) has video

Ronnie Campbell: The Minister did not say that when people came along with their gold-plated services and an £18 million saving so that they could get a single-status authority in Northumberland. Everything seemed to be rosy, and that was only last year. What has changed?

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

Ronnie Campbell: The Prime Minister has to take advice from time to time, but if he took advice from the national newspapers and the Leader of the Opposition to do nothing for the economy, what plight would this country be in now? Will he take advice from me and some of my hon. Friends and nationalise all the banks?

Petitions: Northern Rock (20 Jan 2009) has video

Ronnie Campbell: I have a petition from the Northern Rock shareholders of my constituency— [ Interruption. ]

Petitions: Northern Rock (20 Jan 2009) has video

Ronnie Campbell: I have a petition from the shareholders of my constituency. They are asking for a fair contribution from the Government and a fair share of the shares that they lost when Northern Rock was taken over and nationalised. Following is the full text of the petition: [ The Petition of small shareholders and supporters of Northern Rock of the Blyth Valley constituency in the North East of England,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (24 Nov 2008) has video

Ronnie Campbell: A landlord with 30 properties in my constituency came to me the other week and said that the new system whereby the rent rebate is paid straight into the tenant's bank means that, unfortunately, when tenants are overdrawn, the banks take the rent and he does not get it. He has two or three tenants who are at least three or four weeks behind and he is having to take proceedings against them.

Orders of the Day: New Clause 1 — Protection of those participating in lawful industrial action or a lawful strike (4 Nov 2008) has video

Ronnie Campbell: That is what it is.

Orders of the Day: New Clause 1 — Protection of those participating in lawful industrial action or a lawful strike (4 Nov 2008) has video

Ronnie Campbell: Wishy-washy!

Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 3) Bill: Local Government (15 Oct 2008) has video

Ronnie Campbell: Is it not the case that, when local authorities have money to invest, they will go to wherever they can get the highest interest? Obviously, the Icelandic banks were offering high interest and the investments looked very good. I take the hon. Lady's point that some of the authorities might have been encouraged to invest in those banks, and that perhaps they should not have done so, but...

Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 3) Bill: Local Government (15 Oct 2008) has video

Ronnie Campbell: I feel a bit old when I mention this, but I am reminded of 1969, when I was elected to the local authority as a young lad. I remember the first meeting that I went to. I knocked on the door, went to the chamber and sat down, but there were no agendas. I was told that they would come later and that they were being debated next door in a sub-committee or some such. Later, I put all that down to...

Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 3) Bill: Local Government (15 Oct 2008) has video

Ronnie Campbell: They do not recognise them; the hon. Lady should get in touch with the leader of Northumberland council and ask him what TUPE is—he will not know. It is a trade union arrangement for those who are made redundant or sacked, so that things are done properly. But they are not being done properly, and I will say for why. Blyth Valley and Wansbeck are the most populated areas in...