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Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prisoner Release (10 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: How many prisoners have been released early since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prisoner Release (10 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: A few months ago Michael Eccles, a young father in my constituency, was murdered. The people who did it were found and sentenced to prison but, under the terms of their sentence, they could be released in just a few years. Can the Secretary of State understand the anger and frustration of the family and friends who feel that justice is not being served by such short sentences?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: UK Economic Growth (3 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: What is his most recent assessment of the level of growth in the UK economy compared with those of other OECD economies; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: UK Economic Growth (3 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: Given that the fiscal stimulus in the United Kingdom to which the Chancellor just referred was greater than the fiscal stimulus in any other country in terms of our borrowing as a percentage of GDP, and given that our currency has been devalued against the dollar, stimulating exports, was the Chancellor surprised to find that the United States had emerged from the recession before the United...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (2 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: What recent progress has been made towards procurement of the next generation of the nuclear deterrent; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (2 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: I am pleased to hear that it is making good progress, but the Secretary of State will know that both the Government and the Conservative party are committed to a nuclear deterrent and yet this one is beginning to wear out. When will we have an announcement on when there will be a replacement?

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: British Waterways (29 Oct 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: Is the Minister aware that studies have shown that the existence of canals can increase economic activity by some 300 per cent. in the areas they serve? What help can he give to the Litchfield and Hatherton canal restoration trust, which will provide the much-needed link between canals in the east and the centre parts of the west midlands?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine Tuberculosis (29 Oct 2009)

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cattle diagnosed with bovine tuberculosis were slaughtered in the most recent month for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Business Rates (27 Oct 2009)

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will undertake an impact assessment for the 2010 business rates revaluation; and if he will make a statement.

Nato: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (20 Oct 2009)

Michael Fabricant: Does my right hon. Friend not illustrate the difficult balance that Ministers must strike? They quite rightly want to drive through Government policy, but at the same time they must listen to civil servants' impartial advice and to special advisers, who quite rightly will have the ideology of their party in mind, but not perhaps the practicality of implementation. That is why it is important...

Nato: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (20 Oct 2009)

Michael Fabricant: Does my hon. Friend not agree that if one is living abroad, one feels a sort of disengagement and feels isolated from realpolitik in the UK? Despite the fact that so many people have Sky boxes—they are illegal, I might add—in Spain and elsewhere, they cannot feel involved and do not feel the need to get involved in a general election.

Written Answers — Health: Swine Flu (16 Jul 2009)

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to enable people to purchase anti-pyretics in greater quantities over the counter for preparation in the event of them contracting swine influenza.

Written Answers — Justice: Probation: Staffordshire (3 Jul 2009)

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) probation staff and (b) trainee probation officers he expects will be made redundant in Staffordshire probation area in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-12.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Cancer Awareness in Men (23 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: Testicular, prostate and skin cancers all have a good outcome, provided that they are diagnosed early. The hon. Lady is quite right that people must see their doctors quickly and that men do not look after themselves, but what steps can she take over a sustained period, not just a week, to ensure that there is a change of attitude and that men go to the doctor early for diagnosis?

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Language Teaching: Secondary Schools (15 Jun 2009)

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of language teaching in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Wales: Dairy Products (10 Jun 2009)

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will discuss with ministerial colleagues the promotion in England of dairy products produced in Wales.

Written Answers — Justice: Probation: Staffordshire (8 Jun 2009)

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the (a) community and (b) custody caseload for Staffordshire probation area was on 31 March in each of the last five financial years; (2) how many cases the Staffordshire probation area referred to multi-agency public protection panels in each of the last five financial years; (3) how many offenders in Staffordshire probation area were...

Business of the House (4 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: Whatever the turbulence in this place, 20 years ago in Tiananmen Square, according to the Chinese Red Cross, 2.500 young people had their lives snuffed out. Even this morning, journalists trying to enter Tiananmen Square were manhandled by the Chinese police. May we have a debate about human rights in China and how we can encourage the Chinese, who wish to become a modern country and a part...

Energy and Climate Change: Copenhagen Conference (4 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: The Minister has stated that one of her personal priorities, which is shared on both sides of the House, is the increased use of electric cars. The first law of thermodynamics says that one cannot create energy, so what sort of cost-benefit or overall analysis has she done on the effects on climate change of having to produce the extra electricity generation capacity to power all those...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Regional Spatial Strategies (2 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: But why should anyone believe what the right hon. Lady says when she talks about building only on brownfield sites? She will know that many of the eco-towns proposed by her predecessor were going to be built on greenfield sites. Does she not accept that there needs to be a balance between the urgent need for extra housing and maintaining the rural environment?