Results 1-20 of 425 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Ann Cryer

Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

Ann Cryer: Will my right hon. Friend give way?

Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

Ann Cryer: Does my right hon. Friend agree that Opposition Members frequently do not represent the sort of constituencies that we represent? They therefore do not have an understanding that some parents are incapable of helping their children, sometimes because they are on drugs and sometimes because they simply do not have any English. That is the sort of situation that we do not want, but we are in...

Business of the House (19 Nov 2009)

Ann Cryer: I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for her report on the forthcoming business of the House, in which she mentioned Christopher Kelly's report. May we have an early debate on the findings of both the Legg and the Kelly inquiries? I am asking not for legislation, but just for a debate. Will the shadow Leader of the House encourage his friend the Leader of the Opposition, the right hon....

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (11 Nov 2009)

Ann Cryer: My hon. Friend has mentioned Egypt and Israel and said that it would be unfortunate if Iran and North Korea obtained nuclear weapons. May I suggest that Pakistan's and India's attaining nuclear status a few years ago and spending a great deal of money on those weapons is already killing people in those countries? Despite the economic boom in India and improvements in Pakistan, people are...

[Mr. Edward O'Hara in the Chair] — Sex Discrimination (Religious Organisations) (11 Nov 2009)

Ann Cryer: We are where we are. We have an established Church and there may be good arguments against that, but as long as we are where we are, that is surely a good reason for us to set an example to other parts of the Christian faith and other religions—particularly to people in my constituency who are Muslims and who do not let women into their mosques—by allowing women to become bishops....

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

Ann Cryer: Are the Government aware that many young Asian ladies in my constituency would like a change in immigration regulations to prevent those entering as a spouse from bringing in a further spouse following an Islamic divorce?

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Topical Questions (13 Oct 2009) has video

Ann Cryer: Can my right hon. Friend ensure that PCTs in areas where first-cousin marriages are the norm will provide genetic screening and counselling and ensure that the communities are aware of that provision?

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Abortion Law (Northern Ireland) (15 Jul 2009)

Ann Cryer: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Abortion Law (Northern Ireland) (15 Jul 2009)

Ann Cryer: I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Reading, West (Martin Salter) for raising this subject. It is a very difficult one and clearly this Chamber is very divided. The difficulties faced by young women in Northern Ireland came home to me when I went to a meeting in Portcullis house; I think that it was last week. Baroness Blood chaired the meeting. When I heard her talking about the situation...

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Abortion Law (Northern Ireland) (15 Jul 2009)

Ann Cryer: No, I am sorry. If I give way, I will not start again, because I am finding this so difficult. At the moment, young women in Northern Ireland are denied a right that women in the rest of the UK are allowed to have. However, I want to go back a little. I will be 70 later this year and I was of child-bearing age during the period before David Steel's 1967 Act came in, so I know what the...

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

Ann Cryer: I wonder whether my right hon. Friend feels that the options that he has given this afternoon, which I appreciate, will help some of my constituents in care homes, who are being cared for by people with little knowledge of how to care for elderly people? Many of those carers have no or very little English, possibly because they are paid the basic minimum wage and because some—only...

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Railways (North of England) (1 Jul 2009)

Ann Cryer: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Railways (North of England) (1 Jul 2009)

Ann Cryer: It has just occurred to me that we have perhaps not mentioned something. Rail is still the safest form of travel, so when my hon. Friend's constituents are pushed from rail to road, they may also finish up in an accident and emergency ward.

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Railways (North of England) (1 Jul 2009)

Ann Cryer: This may not be relevant, but I declare an interest, in that I hold five £10 shares in the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Company, which, I hasten to add, does not pay a dividend. I am also the president of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society, which is the major shareholder in the company. The society is run on highly democratic lines—we do not have a Sir...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: 21st Century Schools (30 Jun 2009) has video

Ann Cryer: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and congratulations. Will my right hon. Friend comment on what impact the White Paper will have on the children in my constituency? As he knows, I have three primary schools where 95 per cent. of the children entering at four have no English whatever. There are arguments to be had about why they are in that situation, but that is how it is. What will help those...

Business of the House (25 Jun 2009) has video

Ann Cryer: May we have a debate to celebrate the qualities and work of Members in all parts of the House? I am becoming increasingly disturbed by the degree of nastiness that is being directed at Members. I know that it began as a legitimate form of investigative journalism, and I have no problem with that, but it has descended into a witch hunt that is hiding from our constituents the very good work...

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Topical Questions (15 Jun 2009) has video

Ann Cryer: Does my right hon. Friend remember visiting my constituency a few months ago, when we had an interesting discussion about the problems of children entering school at four with not a word of English? At three schools in my constituency, 95 per cent. of the children enter with no English. We had discussions about the possibility of making funding available to help young mothers who have entered...

Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (11 Jun 2009) has video

Ann Cryer: Will my right hon. Friend comment on the provision of learning for pleasure and its importance to communities, and to older people in particular? I thank her for recently leading a lively debate with some lively elderly people in my constituency, on Bar lane in Riddlesden. Learning for pleasure can mean all sorts of things, and can create cross-departmental savings and advantages. With your...

Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [ Lords] (1 Jun 2009) has video

Ann Cryer: Does my right hon. Friend agree that in promoting democracy in our areas, it would be useful if local authorities such as Bradford got back to the idea of canvassing to get people on the electoral register, which is a basic ingredient of democracy?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Piracy (1 Jun 2009) has video

Ann Cryer: Can my right hon. Friend tell us what he knows about the involvement of the Kenyan armed forces in the work of defeating piracy in the horn of Africa? I was in Kenya last October and many parliamentarians there were concerned about the situation, so I wonder where we stand now.