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[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

Mike Hancock: The evidence to the Committees made it clear that the lack of such a clause was a drawback, as was apparent in the case of India transferring planes to Burma. The Indians simply turned around and said, "There was no clause in the contract. Too bad. Go away." What the hon. Member for Kingswood (Roger Berry) said is logical. The evidence suggests that such a clause is necessary if we are to...

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

Mike Hancock: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Pope, and it is also a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn). As a member of the Defence Committee who has not been on the Quadripartite Committee, and having heard all the praise being heaped on the Chairman, the hon. Member for Kingswood (Roger Berry), and on the Committee's work, I am disappointed to...

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

Mike Hancock: What the hon. Gentleman says has serious implications for the Government. He is in the privileged position of being Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and a member of the quartet of Committees. Is he saying that he has had evidence that the Government have given military assistance or allowed military equipment to be passed on to the Sri Lankan authorities? Is training for Sri Lankan...

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

Mike Hancock: The right hon. Gentleman might be interested to know that one of the phrases that continuously comes up in the response is, "We will look at it again." Perhaps the phrase "in due course" takes us a little nearer to getting something done than does the phrase "We will look at it again." We might be getting closer to the event.

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

Mike Hancock: Has the hon. Gentleman ever heard a conclusive argument against having a register of arms brokers, and is it not interesting that in Ukraine, members of the Rada were unaware that they had a register? I remember questioning them when the Defence Committee was in Ukraine, and they were unaware that there was a register in Ukraine. I have yet to hear a substantial argument that says that there...

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: Higher Education (14 Oct 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: Where is he?

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: Higher Education (14 Oct 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: Before my hon. Friend comes to the end of his speech, would he care to comment on the Prime Minister's amendment, in which he claims that interim payments are available for students who have not received their grants? Does my hon. Friend agree with me about the difficulties that students have had accessing interim payments? Will he also comment on the difficulties that students experience...

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Mike Hancock: I congratulate the hon. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham (Mr. Hands) on securing the debate and on making a very coherent and well informed case. I say to the right hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd) that each one of us could have cited similar stories and, time and again, we have expressed the hope that the Government would take up such matters, but today's debate is about what we...

Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): New Clause 2 — Parish polls (13 Oct 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: Will the Minister tell us what evidence exists to suggest that the change has been for the betterment of local government, and will she explain what she thought was wrong with the old system, which allowed people to choose whether or not to have a committee?

Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): New Clause 2 — Parish polls (13 Oct 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: I apologise for not being here earlier, but I was tied up with several things at the same time, as we are so often in the House. I came specifically to support the hon. Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay), although I was delighted to listen to the speech by the right hon. Member for Wokingham (Mr. Redwood). I speak as an executive member on a large local authority and somebody who has...

Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): New Clause 2 — Parish polls (13 Oct 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: I think that they would rush to seize the opportunity. Hon. Members would not believe the enthusiasm that exists in local government to return to that system. I do not meet many local councillors who believe that the current system offers satisfaction or an opportunity to play a part, or that there is a future for them in local authorities. That is just not the case. I remember when, long...

Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): New Clause 2 — Parish polls (13 Oct 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: Is the Minister saying that her only reason for objecting to the proposal is the possible cost implications for council tax payers, or is she going further than that? As I understand it, the only reason she gave for not supporting the proposal is that an unknown cost would be associated with it.

Olympics: Swine Flu Update (20 Jul 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: Does the research confirm whether people can get swine flu twice and whether antivirals and Tamiflu injections are of any benefit in preventing a second bout of swine flu? What work is being done to ensure that a vaccination for swine flu does not counter the normal vaccinations that are given to so many people in this country for winter flu, and on whether those two injections have any...

Bills Presented: Afghanistan and Pakistan (16 Jul 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: At the beginning of the Secretary of State's speech, he made the point that, in his opinion, al-Qaeda was no longer a threat in Afghanistan and had been beaten. Where is the evidence to support that statement, and is al-Qaeda not part of the problem in Pakistan as well?

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Iraq (15 Jun 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: In the Prime Minister's answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg), he suggested that having this inquiry in secret would mean that he, or we, would get the answers that we required. Does he not understand that it is the British people who require these answers, and that what they require is the truth of what led up to this war? Will he ensure that, if...

Business of the House (11 Jun 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: May I draw to the attention of the Leader of the House early-day motion 581, in my name and that of 242 other hon. Members on the question of a proper requirement for food labelling, especially regarding chicken? [That this House believes that all chicken meat, including imported chicken meat, should be labelled as to farming method and preferably stocking density; further believes the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Speaker's Statement (18 May 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: Further to that a point of order, Mr. Speaker. [Interruption.]

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Speaker's Statement (18 May 2009) has video

Mike Hancock: At the meeting that you, Mr. Speaker, will convene within 48 hours, will you ask Sir Christopher Kelly what resources he would need to bring his report forward from the autumn, because that date seems wholly unacceptable? If it is a question of resources, they should be made available to enable him to do the work, certainly so speedily that it is done one month from now. I urge you to discuss...

NHS Whistleblowing (6 May 2009)

Mike Hancock: The Minister has 30 seconds.

NHS Whistleblowing (6 May 2009)

Mike Hancock: Thank you. That was good timing. Could those Members who have taken part depart quietly? We now move on to the next debate. The hon. Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper) is about to take her place, and the Minister is eagerly anticipating her words.