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Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Harry Cohen: I am very grateful to the Prime Minister for giving way. On Iraq, he will know that the Government refused to give out the number of Iraqi civilian casualties who died in that war. Will he be prepared to give out the number of Iraqi civilian casualties who have died in this war?

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Crime Prevention (11 Nov 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 9, on Prevent, what his most recent assessment is of the operation of the Prevent strand of his Department's counter-terrorism strategy in the Waltham Forest area; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Whipps Cross Hospital (5 Nov 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on capital costs associated with each (a) development and (b) treatment project at Whipps Cross Hospital in the last nine years.

Written Answers — Olympics: Olympic Games 2012: Religious Practice (4 Nov 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what provision has been made to respond to demand for facilities to practise faith and prayer arising from the number of people visiting London for the 2012 Olympics.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: African Union (28 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to the government of Uganda on its invitation to Omar Bashir of Sudan to attend the African Union meeting in Kampala; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Justice: Prisoners: Suicide (28 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mechanism is in place to assess the compliance of prison establishments with suicide watch monitoring standards.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: China: Official Engagements (27 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place on his Department's website the minutes of his discussions on Tibet during his recent visit to China.

Written Answers — Justice: Aleksey Baranovsky (27 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps (a) he and (b) the National Offender Management Service have taken in response to the report of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman on the circumstances surrounding the death of a prisoner at HMP Rye Hill; and what plans he has to respond to the recommendation of the Ombudsman on further investigations in relation to the death of Aleksey...

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

Harry Cohen: If he will make it his policy to allow those whose applications for work visas are under consideration to work until final determination of their case is made.

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

Harry Cohen: My advice surgeries are filled with people who are going to be granted the right to stay but are not allowed to work. If we take Mrs. Pierre-Louis, who is married to a British citizen and has an eight-year-old British son, we find that her only mistake was to fill in the wrong form at the Home Office. She has now received the sack, even though her employer, the council, acknowledges that she...

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

Harry Cohen: Although I support the Government's legacy programme, cases are being taken out of sequence, dealing with families first. This will result in an onerous burden on local authorities and the Benefits Agency. How will the Government mitigate this problem? Will they move back to taking cases in sequence, and will they allow people to work ahead of their decision?

Written Answers — Health: Swine Flu (26 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will issue a public health warning on the risk of transmission of swine flu arising from kissing, including a two-cheek greeting; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Personal Accounts (19 Oct 2009) has video

Harry Cohen: Will the Minister ensure that employers contribute their share to the personal accounts of their employees and do not, under false pretences, get their employees to opt out when it is not appropriate?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Topical Questions (19 Oct 2009) has video

Harry Cohen: Has the Minister seen the recent report from the TUC stating that if a person loses their job, their out-of-work benefits are just 10 per cent. of the average salary? They were 19 per cent. in 1970. Does that not show that it would be wrong to launch another assault on benefit levels, as the Tories want to do, when they are already difficult for people who lose their jobs?

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Harry Cohen: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Harry Cohen: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Written Answers — International Development: Afghanistan: Lapis Lazuli (15 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department's efforts to promote economic development in Afghanistan have included steps to support exploitation for trade purposes of its lapis lazuli resources.

Written Answers — Health: Midwives: Training (15 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery training places were commissioned by his Department for the 2008-09 academic year.

Written Answers — Justice: Data Protection (12 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the evidence submitted by the Information Commissioner's Office to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee in its inquiry into self-regulation of the press, which journalists received data supplied by Hampshire-based private investigators under Operations Glade and Motorman.

Written Answers — Justice: Data Protection (12 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner on the outcomes of Operation Motorman and related investigations and its findings relating to data illegally obtained from British Telecom, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the Police National Computer; and if he will make a statement.