Results 1-20 of 1,602 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Frank Cook
- Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video
Frank Cook: I first alerted Mr. Speaker that I would seek to catch his eye in this debate on Monday evening, after listening to the hon. Member for North-East Milton Keynes (Mr. Lancaster) and having had my own thoughts as I was doing so. However, developments have shot a major hole in the arguments that I had in my heart and mind at that time. Being a simple man—I am not stupid—I shall...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Nimrod Review (28 Oct 2009) has video
Frank Cook: I commend my right hon. Friend on the manner in which he registered the Government's contrition for the events that have taken place, but I refer him to the assurance that he received from the Chief of the Air Staff and the defence chief airworthiness engineer that our fleets remain safe to fly. Had my right hon. Friend asked for such an assurance on 2 September 2006, would he not have...
- [Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)
Frank Cook: It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr. Streeter, for the first time in 26 years. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sedgefield (Phil Wilson) on two counts: first, securing the debate, and, secondly, the magnificent way he presented a well-researched demonstration of folly on the part of the Government. I have no airport in my patch. In 1983, my hon. Friend's...
- [Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)
Frank Cook: Hear, hear. So be it. It is self-evident, is it not? I do not need to comment on that, because it is sound logic. The suggestion being put about in some quarters—certainly from interests such as BAA and even by the former Transport Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Mr. Hoon)—that the cure to all our ills is the third runway at Heathrow is fanciful. The...
- School Places (20 May 2009)
Frank Cook: Order. I must explain that although interventions are permitted in a 30-minute debate, contributions are not, without prior arrangement. As we have only 14 minutes left, will the right hon. Gentleman please make his intervention brief?
- School Places (20 May 2009)
Frank Cook: That is fine, but the normal practice is to obtain permission from the Minister and also to inform the Chair. We now have 13 minutes.
- [Frank Cook in the Chair] — Elderly Patients (Bed Allocation) (20 May 2009)
Frank Cook: Right hon. and hon. Members will see that there are 57 minutes left before we must move on to our next topic for debate. As we have three Members who wish to make winding-up speeches, I expect each speaker to take no more than 18 minutes.
- Dartford River Crossing Tolls (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: Briefly.
- Dartford River Crossing Tolls (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: Order.
- Motor Industry (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: Fourteen and a half minutes are available, with three Members bidding.
- Motor Industry (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: Twenty-three minutes are available, and three Members are bidding for it.
- Motor Industry (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: Order. Hon. Members will be alert to the fact that we must start the first of the three winding-up speeches at 3.30 pm. Five hon. Members have informed me that they wish to speak. I hope that those five and any other hon. Member who seeks to intervene will bear the time constraints in mind when they make their contribution and when they accept and respond to interventions.
- [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair] — Libel Laws (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: Order. We must respond to the constraints of time and move on. [Interruption.] Will Members please conduct their conversations outside the Chamber?
- [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair] — Libel Laws (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: Order.
- [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair] — Libel Laws (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: On that point of order, I heard no explicit accusation of defamation.
- [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair] — Libel Laws (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: Order. There are 30 minutes left for Back Benchers to speak in the debate and three hon. Members are bidding to make a speech.
- [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair] — Libel Laws (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: The first topic for consideration today is the operation of the libel laws. As I have no specific knowledge of what aspects of the subject are to be put before us, I thought it advisable to refer to "Erskine May". Its advice is as follows: "reflections must not be cast in debate upon the conduct of the Sovereign, the heir to the throne, or other members of the royal family, the Lord...
- [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair] — Libel Laws (17 Dec 2008)
Frank Cook: The protocol of 90-minute debates in this Chamber requires us to start the first of the three wind-up speeches at 10.30. That means that we have 39 minutes between now and then, and I have five individuals seeking to catch my eye. I ask those Members to bear the time limitations in mind when they make their speeches, and also when they accept or respond to interventions.
- Higher Education (5 Nov 2008)
Frank Cook: Order. Six minutes remain, and not a second more.
- Higher Education (5 Nov 2008)
Frank Cook: There are 15 minutes remaining and only two hon. Members bidding now. I call Barry Sheerman.