Results 1-20 of 634 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Stephen Hepburn

Business, Innovation and Skills: Free Trade Agreement (Colombia) (12 Nov 2009)

Stephen Hepburn: What recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on a mandate for the European Commission to negotiate a free trade agreement with Colombia.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Pensioner Poverty (11 Nov 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: I am sure that many of the pensioners in need in Wales will have worked a lifetime in heavy industry, and at this stage in their lives, when they need money, they would welcome the sort of compensation for pleural plaques that those in Scotland and Northern Ireland will receive. Will the Minister make representations to other Whitehall Departments to ensure that this anomaly is kicked out?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 28 October.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: First, may I join the Prime Minister in expressing my condolences to the families and friends of the people he mentioned? Will the Prime Minister ensure that any announcement by the Justice Secretary on pleural plaques will ensure a commitment to compensating pleural plaques victims from the past, the present and the future?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: I welcome the fact that pleural plaques victims in Scotland and Northern Ireland have been promised the right to compensation. May I ask the Prime Minister what he is going to do for the pleural plaques victims in England and Wales?

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Standards (Primary Schools) (12 Oct 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: I remind the Minister that in 1997 only six out of 10 kids in school aged 11 reached the required standard in reading, writing and maths. That figure has now gone up to eight in 10, due no doubt to the doubled investment that this Labour Government have put into kids in schools. Will the Minister defend his budget in the current economic climate and do everything that he can to increase it to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Pleural Plaques (21 Jul 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: When the Government plan to publish their decision following their consultation on pleural plaques.

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Pleural Plaques (21 Jul 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: Will the Secretary of State assure us today that pleural plaques sufferers will not be tret any differently in terms of compensation regardless of whether they lodged their claim prior to the 2007 Law Lords judgment or after it and of whether live in Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Afghanistan (13 Jul 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: But in assessing those costs, does the Minister acknowledge that there are real, understandable doubts among the general public, not about our being in Afghanistan but about whether we have the required number of troops and the right sort of equipment to let them carry out their tasks? Could he respond to the public's concerns?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Employment Programmes (29 Jun 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's programmes aimed at assisting people into work; and if she will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Employment Programmes (29 Jun 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: Although I appreciate all the efforts that the Government have made on the issue, the Minister will appreciate that in certain parts of the country, such as Tyneside, there are areas where persistent and stubborn unemployment is far greater than in other parts of the country. Will he tell us what he intends to do to try to solve that ingrained problem?

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

Stephen Hepburn: Does the Minister agree that although it is important that men go for early advice, it is also important that they get an early correct diagnosis? I am dealing with the case of a constituent who unfortunately died after being tret for 10 months in our local South Tyneside hospital for a urine infection. He was transferred to Sunderland, where he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and he...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Community Sport (8 Jun 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: The Minister recently gave us an assurance about the future of the English Institute of Sport facility at Gateshead stadium, in the context of UK Sport's announcement of changes in the way in which it would fund local sports clubs. In the light of the recession, can he give us a further assurance today that that valuable project will not be put in jeopardy?

Oral Answers to Questions — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Learning and Skills Council (30 Apr 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: What recent representations he has received on the review of the Learning and Skills Council's capital funding programme; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Learning and Skills Council (30 Apr 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: Does the Minister agree that the decision on which colleges should be given the go-ahead should be based on need and not on who jumped the gun like in some wild west land grab? If so, does he agree that youth unemployment should be a major factor in assessing need? South Tyneside has more than 2,000 young people unemployed, so should it not be top priority?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Taxation (Households) (28 Apr 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: I read with interest at the weekend that certain celebrity millionaires, such as Sir Michael Caine, are considering leaving the country because of the Government's tax moves. Could they be reminded that it is ordinary, hard-working people, who pay money to watch their films, who put them where they are? We should give those celebrities the message that if they cannot support services for...

Energy and Climate Change: Clean Coal Technology (23 Apr 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: What assessment he has made of the future use of clean coal technology in England; and if he will make a statement.

Energy and Climate Change: Clean Coal Technology (23 Apr 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: I thank the Minister for that reply, but does that mean that the coal industry in this country has a clear long-term role in energy generation in the UK, and is that not marvellous news for coal mining and for UK industry on this, the 25th anniversary of the miners' strike?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Apr 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: The Prime Minister knows that many unfortunate people in this country have been negligently poisoned in the workplace through exposure to asbestos. Every time that their right to compensation has been challenged in the courts by employers, it has been this Labour Government who have stood by them and helped them. What does he intend to do about the thousands of predominantly working-class...

Cafcass: Topical Questions (9 Mar 2009) has video

Stephen Hepburn: Because of this Labour Government, Boldon school in my constituency has been rebuilt incorporating state-of-the-art sports facilities. In the light of that, and of the expertise of its teaching staff, it has submitted a bid to the Secretary of State for specialist status in sport. Will he tell me how favourably he will look at that application?