Results 1-20 of 852 for speaker:John Grogan

Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Public Holidays (12 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many passenger trains ran on Boxing Day in each of the last four years; and how many are planned to run on Boxing Day 2009.

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Accidents (12 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many (a) fatal and (b) serious non-fatal road traffic accidents were recorded in (i) Selby district and (ii) North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: National Lottery Funding: Sports Council (12 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) National Lottery funding and (b) Sports Council funding has been allocated to (i) rugby union, (ii) cricket and (iii) football in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Lobbying (12 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what her policy is on the regulation of political lobbyists and the declaration of their client lists; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Mongolia: Foreign Relations (12 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest assessment is of the state of relations between the UK and Mongolia; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Local Government: Leeds and Greater Manchester (12 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent assessment is of the progress of the city region pilots in (a) Leeds and (b) Manchester; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: North Yorkshire (12 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police and (b) police community support officers there were in North Yorkshire in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Primary Education: Free School Meals (12 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of primary school children received free school meals in North Yorkshire in 2008-09.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Selby (11 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were in receipt of housing benefit in Selby constituency on the latest date for which information is available.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Pension Credit: Selby (11 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were in receipt of pension credit in Selby constituency on the latest date for which information is available.

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits: Selby (11 Nov 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families were in receipt of working families tax credit in Selby constituency on the latest date for which information is available.

Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Clause 2 — Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants (10 Nov 2009) has video

John Grogan: I rise briefly to support Lords amendment 2 and reluctantly to oppose those on the Treasury Bench. I shall make three points, the first of which is on the politics of the amendment. When I first read the amendment, which effectively raises from three to five the age that children must attain before their parents are subject to benefits sanction if they are not enthusiastic enough about...

Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Clause 2 — Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants (10 Nov 2009) has video

John Grogan: Indeed. Lord Freud also produced a report for the previous Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Following the production of that report, I recall a report in The Daily Telegraph that said that our current Prime Minister had a "45-minute shouting match" with the noble Lord Freud before the latter was "aggressively cross-examined by a room full of Treasury advisers". What has politics become? Here we...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Davies Committee (9 Nov 2009) has video

John Grogan: When he plans to publish the report of the Davies committee review of listed sporting events.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Davies Committee (9 Nov 2009) has video

John Grogan: Will my hon. Friend view favourably the rumoured recommendations of the Davies committee that Ashes cricket, the entire Wimbledon tennis tournament, the football qualifying matches of the home nations and Welsh international rugby should be returned to the A list, thus putting the opinions of ordinary viewers and sports fans above, say, those of the Murdoch family?

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (9 Nov 2009) has video

John Grogan: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (9 Nov 2009) has video

John Grogan: Will Ministers urge Ofcom to press ahead with remedies for excessive concentration in the pay TV market—BSkyB accounts for 85 per cent. of all subscriptions—and so increase choice, value and competition for TV viewers across the range of cable, satellite and broadband platforms?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Rivers: Canoeing (29 Oct 2009)

John Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to increase access to rivers for canoeists.

[Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] — Licensing Act (22 Oct 2009)

John Grogan: It is a great pleasure to make a small contribution to the debate, which was initiated by the report of the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport. One of my unfulfilled ambitions is to be a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, but the Whips have always considered my talents would be better served being a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. I respect their...

[Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] — Licensing Act (22 Oct 2009)

John Grogan: Yes. Obviously, however, not everyone is up to the standards of the best. It is interesting to think how one might try to change that. We are starting to see a will for it among some in the pub and beer industry. Why not have the same map on the association's wall as that on the Home Office's wall, showing areas that still have problems, and trying to target resources and spread best practice...