Results 1-20 of 683 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 Hesford
- Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video
Stephen Hesford: The reverse is true in my constituency, where three new dental practices have opened in the past year—I had the honour of opening all three. The hon. Gentleman's experience of the new contract is considerably different from mine.
- Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video
Stephen Hesford: rose—
- Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video
Stephen Hesford: To make it clear, not only is the experience on the ground in my constituency different from what the hon. Gentleman is describing, but the new dental practices are NHS dental practices.
- Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology (20 May 2009)
Stephen Hesford: My hon. Friend rightly says that if no decision has been taken and there remains an interest in the process of reaching any decision, it might be premature for her to intervene, but surely in order for that process to give consideration to the right principles and the right issues she can take an oversight view. When one is talking about potentially spending £150 million of public money...
- Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology (20 May 2009)
Stephen Hesford: I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. May I remind him of a meeting that we had with the Under-Secretary of State for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ann Keen), whom I am pleased to see in her place tonight? Does he remember that that meeting was not wholly positive? Is that one of the reasons he feels the need to bring the matter...
- Eastham (2 Feb 2009) has video
Stephen Hesford: It is a pleasure to be able to intervene on my hon. Friend, who does a remarkable job on behalf of his constituency and is a good neighbour of mine. He mentioned the strategic asset review. Does he agree that the review has problems, not least because it singled out Eastham library for closure when it was not on the list and swapped it with another library on the night of the decision? The...
- Eastham (2 Feb 2009) has video
Stephen Hesford: My hon. Friend is making a powerful case. May I add to his list Hoylake and Irby libraries?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Vehicle Excise Duty (30 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: On the cost of motoring, has my hon. Friend made an assessment of the policy of a fuel duty escalator? If so, does she agree that it would be a ridiculous misjudgment to implement such a policy?
- Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]: Economic Performance and Business (21 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: rose—
- Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]: Economic Performance and Business (21 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: Before I retrace our steps to see how we got into the international credit crunch, I should like to say something more positive. This is a debate of genuine concern for small businesses, and for the enterprise sector generally, but I have not heard a lot from the Opposition about how we can talk the economy up instead of talking it down. For example, the national chairman of the Federation of...
- Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]: Economic Performance and Business (21 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: The hon. Gentleman is absolutely wrong. The Americans tried that, raising $700 billion with the idea of buying toxic debt, but it simply did not work. The markets hated it and Wall street crashed on the back of that wrong action; the right way of doing it is what my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister suggested—recapitalising the banks and putting liquidity back into the system. The...
- Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]: Economic Performance and Business (21 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. As for the so-called budget deficit, John Hawksworth of PricewaterhouseCoopers noted that "partial nationalisations (taxpayer stakes in banks)... do not add to public-sector net borrowing... They are... below-the-line financial transactions", which means that they do not put pressure on the Chancellor to raise taxes or cut spending. As the Government have made...
- Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]: Economic Performance and Business (21 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: On the pensions point, the hon. Gentleman is completely wrong. The House has debated the issue a number of times, and each time has come to a decision that is contrary to the one that he puts forward. He well knows that the responsibility for the pension— [Interruption.]
- Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]: Economic Performance and Business (21 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: The hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alan Duncan) knows that the decision on the pension funds was nothing to do with the Prime Minister—he was continuing a policy undertaken by the previous Tory Government. The problem with the pension funds was the dotcom boom and the fall in share prices.
- Orders of the Day: Banking Bill (14 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: On this plan, is there not a balance to be struck, which has not so far been explained? The hon. Gentleman can make populist points while we are in the middle of this situation, but is not this counter-cyclical idea potentially deflationary, in which case it would have the opposite effect from producing a strong and stable economy, which is what we have had over the last 10 years?
- Orders of the Day: Banking Bill (14 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: As I have previously reminded the House, the hon. Gentleman is on record as saying that no Government could have foreseen the sub-prime mortgage tsunami that has hit the system. If that is right, and if he sticks by what he previously said, I am not sure what point he is now making. We were hit by circumstances that we could not have foreseen, and are dealing with them.
- Orders of the Day: Banking Bill (14 Oct 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: rose—
- Allotments (22 Jul 2008)
Stephen Hesford: rose—
- Allotments (22 Jul 2008)
Stephen Hesford: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. He is a doughty fighter on this subject, and I commend him for the work that he has done. He is indeed my neighbour on the west of Wirral. Is it not the case that in the western world there is a lack of allotment provision? That is a great frustration for our constituents. Will it be part of my hon. Friend's submission that councils should be...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Primary Schools (10 Jul 2008) has video
Stephen Hesford: What recent assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of expenditure on primary schools.