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Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements (7 April 2010) has video

David Drew: I am delighted to support the amendments tabled in the names of my hon. Friend the Member for West Bromwich, East (Mr. Watson) and for Selby (Mr. Grogan). My hon. Friend the Member for West Bromwich, East has put his finger on the problems with the Bill, which are twofold. First, the Bill needs proper scrutiny in this House. That was the basis of yesterday's Second Reading. I did not speak...

Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements (7 April 2010) has video

David Drew: I completely agree. Perhaps my position is unusual, but the Bill is getting me more of a postbag, and certainly more electronic contact, than any other issue at present. A few of us are standing for re-election and could do with getting on with that rather than trying to understand the Digital Economy Bill and trying to explain to people why what they think should be happening-proper...

Business of the House: Clause 9 — Duration of Act (7 April 2010) has video

David Drew: If we were to pass the Bill into statute and then, a year later, effectively let it wither on the vine, what message would we be sending to the developing countries that are looking for our support in this area? Surely that is the point.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Chagos Islands (6 April 2010) has video

David Drew: My hon. Friend needs to be aware that this issue will not go away. Will he explain why conservationists and scientists feel that they have been used by the Government in their introduction of the marine protected area as a way of stopping the Chagossians from going home?

Swindon to Kemble Rail Line (6 April 2010)

David Drew: That is relatively good news. I do not want to speak out of turn, but my only worry was that the people assigned the problem were not the first rank of engineers within Network Rail. It is important to know that the brightest and best are seeing it as an opportunity. I hope that my hon. Friend will ensure that they can hold forth and that the scheme goes forward.

Swindon to Kemble Rail Line (6 April 2010)

David Drew: My neighbour and I make common cause on this issue, which is very pleasing. I declare an interest, in that I was on the line this morning. The key point, beside the fact that there is to be a general election, is that we need to know now that the team will come over from the Cotswold line. That has to be the absolute priority. If it does not happen now, it will not happen this side of a...

Points of Order (30 March 2010)

David Drew: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Business questions has been dominated over recent weeks by the question of what progress is likely to be made on private Members' Bills. The Leader of the House has said on a number of occasions that she intends to progress these Bills. Will you use your good offices to ensure that that happens? Will you ask the Leader of the House to make a statement on how...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: National Dementia Strategy (30 March 2010)

David Drew: Will my hon. Friend ensure that as part of the audit we look at the cost and value of day centres? Too often nowadays it appears that local authorities, in particular, are trying to run down day centre services when those are often the only means by which people with dementia can get out of their homes. That is surely a retrograde step.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Topical Questions (30 March 2010)

David Drew: What plans do Ministers have for increasing expenditure on children's and young people's mental health? I know that the Government have rescued the child and adolescent mental health service, but it appears that demand is still far exceeding supply and a lot more has to be done.

Amendment of the Law (29 March 2010) has video

David Drew: There are not many on your side either.

Amendment of the Law (29 March 2010) has video

David Drew: I am delighted to take part in the Budget debate. Unlike a number of other hon. Members tonight, I hope that this will not be my valedictory speech, because I am standing at the election and intend to win. I intend to win on a slightly different programme from that on which other hon. Members are putting themselves forward. I am grateful that normal politics have returned and we are at least...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recycling (25 March 2010) has video

David Drew: But will my hon. Friend look again at how private finance initiative credits can crowd out recycling, which can mean that we end up with what some of us do not want, namely the encouragement of incineration? That is happening in Gloucestershire, and it is about time that it was stopped.

Delegated Legislation: Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill (Ways and Means) (23 March 2010) has video

David Drew: Again, I will not delay the House for long. The motion is at the kernel of the argument about this whole issue. The supermarkets that oppose the Bill, which of course not all do, made it abundantly clear that they thought it was an expensive luxury. The reality is that the figure that has always been quoted is some £5 million, which everybody who is fair-minded would say is a drop in the...

Delegated Legislation: Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill (Ways and Means) (23 March 2010) has video

David Drew: Yes, of course, and that is the whole point of bringing forward the motion.

Delegated Legislation: Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill (Ways and Means) (23 March 2010) has video

David Drew: That is why I think this motion should be agreed to-unanimously, I hope. This is important legislation, and the motion is about the House doing what it does best. We are bringing fairness and justice to the trade. Those of us who have studied that trade for some time know that the unfairnesses are legion and that they have grown over time. As the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Albert Owen)...

Delegated Legislation: Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill (Money) (23 March 2010) has video

David Drew: I rise to make two quick points in opposition to the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chope). Having followed the issue through from the outset, my understanding is that most of the expenditure involved is, in a sense, historical, because the OFT has done its work. It was inevitable that the Government would have to bring the resolution forward, but the Bill will not incur much expenditure....

Bill Presented — Sustainability of Livestock Farming and Food Production (Strategy): Clause 21 — Power to search and obtain evidence: issue of warrant (23 March 2010) has video

David Drew: On that point, will my hon. Friend give way?

Bill Presented — Sustainability of Livestock Farming and Food Production (Strategy): Clause 21 — Power to search and obtain evidence: issue of warrant (23 March 2010) has video

David Drew: The hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) and I make interesting cellmates. I understand what the Minister is saying on that issue, but what happens when British forces are involved in action with a non-signatory country that decides to use cluster munitions? That situation is not impossible to envisage, and if it is likely to happen what protection will British forces have?

Bill Presented — Sustainability of Livestock Farming and Food Production (Strategy): Clause 23 — Disclosure of information (23 March 2010) has video

David Drew: I shall try to be helpful so that I am not chided for missing something. If I understood correctly what the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) said, I certainly concur with it. He was saying that British forces must have very clear rules of engagement, which must be understood by any allied force with which we are involved. They must preclude the use of cluster munitions, even if that other...

Bill Presented — Sustainability of Livestock Farming and Food Production (Strategy): Clause 4 — Application of section 2 (23 March 2010) has video

David Drew: That is at the nub of the point that I raised on Second Reading. Things are not quite as simple as the Minister makes them sound. Bosnia is a classic example; in that case, cluster munitions were used by British forces, and were inevitably transferred to other forces because of where those munitions ended up. Where would we be if the Bosnians chose to use those munitions, given that we are...