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Petition — Hospital Parking Charges (Cheshire) (1 Jul 2009) has video

Mike Hall: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced car parking charges at the Victoria infirmary, Northwich. After the first 20 minutes, patients and visitors now have to pay £3 for parking. The Victoria infirmary is the only public facility in Northwich that charges for car parking, and I congratulate Gina Bebbington and the Northwich Guardian on their campaign against those...

Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (11 Jun 2009) has video

Mike Hall: May I press my hon. Friend on the case for the Mid-Cheshire college redevelopment? It is an absolutely fantastic £35 million redevelopment project for a college that provides an outstanding quality of education. However, the project is not quite shovel-ready, and the fact that delays to the shovel-ready projects have already been announced means that colleges further down the line will...

Petitions: Roads (Cheshire) (20 May 2009)

Mike Hall: This petition relates to a road proposal being brought forward by Cheshire West and Chester local authority to link the Winnington urban village to the A556. The proposed road will pass through the Hartford part of my constituency and through a conservation area. If this had been a planning application, it would have been refused. However, because it is a road scheme, it is being permitted to...

Surface Water and Highway Drainage Charges (Exemption) Bill (12 May 2009) has video

Mike Hall: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require water companies to exempt from surface water and highway drainage charges places of worship, non-profit making sports clubs, scout groups and guide associations; and for connected purposes. In short, the need for this Bill has been created by the water regulator, Ofwat, when it called on water companies to alter the way in which...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Reserves (Review) (28 Apr 2009) has video

Mike Hall: I am very concerned about the announcement made by my right hon. Friend as regards the Crown Gate Territorial Army training centre in Runcorn. It is a modern purpose-built facility and is the home of 80 Squadron, part of 33 Signal Regiment, which he has announced will be disbanded forthwith. It is also the home of the Army cadets and the Navy cadets. As he will be aware, Runcorn is very...

Health Inequalities — [Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] (18 Mar 2009)

Mike Hall: Will the Minister give way?

Health Inequalities — [Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] (18 Mar 2009)

Mike Hall: rose—

Health Inequalities — [Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] (18 Mar 2009)

Mike Hall: rose—

Health Inequalities — [Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] (18 Mar 2009)

Mike Hall: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Health Inequalities — [Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] (18 Mar 2009)

Mike Hall: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner) on securing this important debate about health inequalities. I have served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to two Secretaries of State—my right hon. Friends the Members for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) and for Airdrie and Shotts (John Reid). Both were acutely aware of the need to reduce health inequalities, to increase...

Bill Presented: Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2008) has video

Mike Hall: I start on a point that I have raised in previous Adjournment debates; it was also raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, North-East (Mr. Crausby) at Prime Minister's questions yesterday. The point relates to United Utilities, which has changed how it bills for surface water drainage and highway drainage. Previously, the billing was done on the basis of rateable values, but the...

Bill Presented: Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2008) has video

Mike Hall: It might be a "her".

Bill Presented: Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2008) has video

Mike Hall: I am not going to. I am going to ask the Deputy Leader of the House whether he will use his good offices to do two things. The first is to ensure that the meeting takes place in the new year. The matter has been raised on both sides of the House and in various different places, and we need that meeting to take place. I also ask my hon. Friend to make sure that the Government take an...

Bill Presented: Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2008) has video

Mike Hall: I am sure that that is so, because this week at Daresbury we have had a European first. There is a prototype machine there called ALICE—accelerators and lasers in combined experiments. Alice is of course part of the "Alice in Wonderland" story, and Daresbury is where the Rev. Dodgson lived and wrote the stories, so that is a nice connection. The people there have accelerated electrons...

Business of the House: Government Information (Unauthorised Release) (4 Dec 2008) has video

Mike Hall: With regard to the cash for honours investigation, the Leader of the Opposition said that it was right that these matters should be investigated and that the police and the CPS should make decisions about how to proceed. If that principle was right in that case, surely it should apply in this case, and should not be influenced by the contrived outrage of the Conservatives.

Points of Order: Emergency Debate — Pre-Budget Report (26 Nov 2008) has video

Mike Hall: He referred to me.

Points of Order: Summer Adjournment (22 Jul 2008) has video

Mike Hall: I want to raise a number of constituency issues that have implications for the Government and for legislation. First, I shall discuss common land in Norley, which is a beautiful village in the middle of my constituency. It has recently come to light that a company has registered the leasehold of the common land. That affects 28 of my constituents, who fear that they will have to pay for...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cannabis (7 May 2008) has video

Mike Hall: My right hon. Friend will rest assured that the Cheshire police, who do an excellent job in closing down cannabis farms, will welcome her announcement. May I press her on one particular issue where the police are finding difficulties? When the police close down cannabis farms and arrest workers in the farms—who are usually illegal immigrants—they take them in front of the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (7 May 2008) has video

Mike Hall: May I add my condolences to the family of the serviceman killed in Afghanistan on Friday?My right hon. Friend is aware that the fight against crime is ongoing, and when the police introduce proposals to improve the way in which we tackle violent crime and terrorism, they should have confidence that policy makers will give those proposals serious consideration. What does my right hon. Friend...

Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (1 Apr 2008)

Mike Hall: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support for Daresbury laboratory and his remarks. They have been far more constructive than those of the hon. Member for Southport (Dr. Pugh). Does the hon. Gentleman agree with his colleague, the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon (Dr. Harris), about the future of Daresbury laboratory? I understand that the hon. Member for Oxford, West and...