Results 1-20 of 537 for speaker:Jim Dobbin

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Child Protection Orders (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children who were the subject of legal proceedings were the subject of child protection orders on the latest date for which figures are available.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Nov 2009) has video

Jim Dobbin: My constituent Jean Edwards died recently after falling ill in Turkey. Her family have received a bill for £100,000 for the private care that she received. The travel insurance did not materialise. Will the Prime Minister look at a report out soon by the Law Commission recommending reforms to the insurance industry across the insurance spectrum? They are providing a draft Bill, and it...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Saville Inquiry (4 Nov 2009) has video

Jim Dobbin: As well as a statement when the Saville report is published, will there be a full debate in this Chamber in Government time on the report?

Supermarkets and Regional Farming (2 Nov 2009) has video

Jim Dobbin: May I tell my hon. Friend about my local pig farmers, Brenda Mitchell and her husband John? They have been going round the supermarkets, looking at the sale of produce there and making sure that British produce is labelled as such. They have set up their own business and are doing extremely well. They have taken the supermarkets on. That is a good example of a local farmer who has challenged...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (2 Nov 2009) has video

Jim Dobbin: It seems to me that Professor Nutt has been campaigning for the normalisation or deregulation of recreational drugs. Does the Home Secretary agree that membership of the advisory council should be subject to a strict register of members' interests and a strict ethical code on conflicts of interest, particularly financial links to the pharmaceutical industry, so that scientific independence is...

Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances (2 Nov 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the clearance process for applications for entry to the UK in cases where the entry clearance officers are not based in the countries from which the application has been submitted; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (22 Oct 2009) has video

Jim Dobbin: Will the Minister inform the House whether there has been any progress in allowing the concessionary bus pass to be used as a senior railcard?

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

Jim Dobbin: I declare a personal interest in the subject matter of this question. The Prime Minister will be aware of a report launched this week by Diabetes UK that indicates that up to 7 million people have contracted pre-diabetes, which makes them 15 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. What can the Government do to encourage our communities to eat more healthily throughout the coming years...

Business of the House (15 Oct 2009) has video

Jim Dobbin: My constituent, Mrs. Jean Edwards, became ill while on holiday in Turkey. She is being treated for a blocked colon at the Mars Mabedi Cad private hospital in Bodrum, and is still in intensive care. She had full travel insurance cover with EHIC Plus Travel Insurance, but the company and its directors have refused to honour their insurance liability. The company is well known to the medical...

Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (14 Oct 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many of the 1,300 additional rail carriages announced in the 2007 Rail White Paper will be allocated to each rail operator.

Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (12 Oct 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport by what date he expects the 1,300 additional rail carriages announced in the 2007 Rail White Paper to be in operation.

Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock: Expenditure (12 Oct 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much money has been spent on new rolling stock in each of the last five years; and how much money has been spent on rolling stock for (a) Northern Rail and (b) each of the commuter rail operators serving London and the South East.

Written Answers — Health: Abortions (12 Oct 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of progress in using NHS numbers as a national unique patient identifier in respect of abortion operations; what proportion of such operations performed in the last 12 months were assigned an NHS number; whether that proportion has increased since September 2008; and whether the requirement to use NHS numbers in such...

Written Answers — Health: Embryos: Storage (16 Sep 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has had with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority on cases where parents wish to store embryos for their infertile offspring under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) Regulations 2009; and what guidance his Department has provided on this matter.

Written Answers — Health: Embryos: Storage (16 Sep 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance his Department has provided on whether a couple whose gametes were used to bring about the creation of an embryo may extend storage of the embryo for 10 years as referred to in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) Regulations 2009, where one of the couple is eligible for the...

Written Answers — Health: Human-animal Hybrid Embryos (16 Sep 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the statutory authority is for the granting of a licence to examine human admixed embryos which have been stored in licensed premises for the purposes of investigating a suspected offence under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; and whether regulations will be required to be made.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children in Care (21 Jul 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of meeting the legal requirements associated with placing a child in care in the latest period for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Foster Care (21 Jul 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many fostered children returned home after a period in care in the latest period for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Foster Care (21 Jul 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many children were placed in foster (a) homes and (b) placements outside their borough of residence on the latest date for which figures are available; (2) how many children were in foster care on the latest date for which figures are available.