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Planning (Mottingham) (21 May 2013)

Clive Efford: I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on the campaign that he is running with the local community. As he knows, the Porcupine in Mottingham village is just across the road from my constituency, so my constituents are concerned, too. He has the full support of those who are trying to save the Dutch House pub in my constituency. This is very much about a local community coming together to save both...

Planning (Mottingham) (21 May 2013)

Clive Efford: The hon. Gentleman is generous in giving way to me again. My constituents added their names to that application and were told that because they lived in neither the ward nor the borough, they could not have their application registered as an asset, despite that fact that it is happening in the middle of their village, as the hon. Gentleman pointed out. They are very disappointed and asked me...

Economic Growth (15 May 2013)

Clive Efford: On the issue of fairness, the 13,000 people who earn more than £1 million a year share a combined income of £27.4 billion, and they are going to share in a £1.2 billion payout. How can that be justified and fair?

Cost of Living (14 May 2013)

Clive Efford: Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Cost of Living (14 May 2013)

Clive Efford: This Queen’s Speech has generated more debate about what is not in it that about what is, and it has highlighted the Government’s dysfunctionality. As we heard from my right hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint), the Prime Minister made a big announcement about putting people on the lowest energy tariff, a promise that has proved completely worthless. There is...

Cost of Living (14 May 2013)

Clive Efford: I think the IFS puts the increase at 1 million children, but I take the hon. Gentleman’s point. There are no proposals in the Queen’s Speech to stimulate the construction industry and build social housing. It is worth remembering that the Government inherited the biggest council house building programme for more than two decades, and then scrapped it as part of their austerity...

Cost of Living (14 May 2013)

Clive Efford: I say that we need to build more houses. I said that when we were in government, I am saying it now and I will continue to say it consistently. There is nothing in the Queen’s Speech on sport. We have just had the greatest year for sport that this country has ever known, but the Government have not come up with a coherent strategy across the whole of Government that will deliver sport...

Cost of Living (14 May 2013)

Clive Efford: I hope my hon. Friend will forgive me, but I do not have time to give way. These things were known before the Queen’s Speech was written, so it is incredible that the Deputy Prime Minister then discovered that he did not support the measure included in it. He said: “When we as a government consulted on changing the number of little toddlers that each adult can look after, the...

Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)

Clive Efford: I am reading the conclusion of the Institute for Fiscal Studies report into child poverty, and it states that relative child poverty is projected to be 6% higher, reversing the fall in relative poverty between 2000 and 2010-11.

Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)

Clive Efford: Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)

Clive Efford: The right hon. Gentleman has anticipated the point that I was going to make, which was about the alarmingly low level of prosecutions for not paying the national minimum wage. Is most of the enforcement not taking place through trade union activity?

Points of Order (23 April 2013)

Clive Efford: On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, Mr Nick Bitel was confirmed as the new chair of Sport England, but Mr Bitel was not the original recommendation for the position. He is an excellent appointment and we wish him well in his post, but it has emerged that the recommendation of Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson for the position was overturned following the intervention of No. 10. It would...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Africa (Sexual Violence) (23 April 2013)

Clive Efford: What progress he is making on tackling sexual violence in South Africa.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Africa (Sexual Violence) (23 April 2013)

Clive Efford: I thank the Secretary of State for that answer. Constituents of mine have raised concerns about the levels of sexual violence in South African schools. Has his Department had any contact with the Congress of South African Students to discuss that distressing situation?

Business of the House (18 April 2013)

Clive Efford: May we have a debate on the NHS in London in the light of the review of health services in London published by Imperial college this week? In the foreword, Ruth Carnall—the former chief executive of the NHS in London—makes it clear that when the Leader of House was Secretary of State for Health he was wrong to halt the reforms in 2010, including “A Picture of Health”...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (18 April 2013)

Clive Efford: Everyone will want to send condolences to those who have been affected by the bombing that took place during the Boston marathon on Monday. This Sunday 37,500 runners will take part in the London marathon, and hundreds of thousands of people will line the streets to cheer them on. Some will be cheering on my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis), and we wish him all the...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Berkeley Group (17 April 2013)

Clive Efford: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), (b) Berkeley Homes and (c) PRUPIM over the definition of affordable homes in the sale by Berkeley Group Holdings to PRUPIM of a residential portfolio which was partially funded by the HCA; (2) what steps his Department is taking to...

Written Answers — Health: Prostatitis (15 April 2013)

Clive Efford: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many men were diagnosed with (a) prostatitis and (b) benign prostatic hyperplasia in each primary care trust area in each of the last five years; (2) how many men were diagnosed with (a) prostatitis and (b) benign prostatic hyperplasia in each local authority area in England in each of the last five years; (3) how many men were diagnosed...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law (25 March 2013)

Clive Efford: In response to the previous intervention, I remind Members that this Government inherited the biggest council house building programme for 20 years, but one of their first decisions was to scrap it, which is why we have so few social housing starts.

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law (25 March 2013)

Clive Efford: Given that 60% of homes built in central London are being sold to overseas buyers, how does the Secretary of State think that the help to buy scheme will affect the prices of those properties and people’s ability to enter the housing market if he does not deal with that problem?