Results 1-20 of 8,861 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Adam Ingram

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Paramilitary Activities (4 Nov 2009) has video

Adam Ingram: I welcome the views of the IMC and its conclusion that the time is right for the transfer of policing and justice powers to the devolved Assembly. I ask my right hon. Friend to reiterate in very strong terms the view of the IMC that the transference of those powers would, in its words, "be a platform for co-operation against those trying to undermine the peace process." That is the best...

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Adam Ingram: I wholly support what my right hon. Friend is doing, and understand the pressures that he is under and the messages given about Afghanistan First. I remind him that the last time we had a Tory Administration in this country, they came up with Front Line First, which halved the TA and stripped hundreds of millions of pounds out of the training budget for the Regular Army, which resulted in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: UK Low Carbon Transition Plan (15 Jul 2009)

Adam Ingram: I draw my right hon. Friend's attention to the Scottish fossil fuel levy fund, which stands at £150 million and is rising almost exponentially. The money can be spent only on the promotion of renewable energy, yet the Scottish National party-controlled Administration in Edinburgh will not draw it down. I ask my right hon. Friend to use all his influence to encourage them to use that...

Nuclear Energy (31 Mar 2009)

Adam Ingram: The hon. Gentleman makes a case against nuclear power, so why is it his party's policy to extend the lives of Torness and Hunterston power stations? The issue is important not only because of the electricity generated, but, if he is opposed to nuclear power owing to the waste that it produces, because his policy actually supports the production of more waste. I am intrigued by the conundrum...

Nuclear Energy (31 Mar 2009)

Adam Ingram: I well understand the hon. Gentleman's party's policy of complete opposition to nuclear power, but does it mean that he wants the British Energy facility in my constituency—the UK's nuclear industry headquarters—to close down, Doosan Babcock to stop production for the nuclear industry, Rolls-Royce to leave the industry and the university base at Strathclyde, Aberdeen and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: International Terrorism (24 Mar 2009) has video

Adam Ingram: I welcome this new strategy and I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend's staff and others across Whitehall who put so much effort into delivering this important document. Will she comment on the importance of capacity building in failed and weak states, especially in the policing and judicial processes? What plans do the Government have to build a truly comprehensive programme to deliver in...

Bill Presented: New Clause 33 — Death of service personnel abroad: investigation in Scotland (23 Mar 2009) has video

Adam Ingram: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Bill Presented: New Clause 33 — Death of service personnel abroad: investigation in Scotland (23 Mar 2009) has video

Adam Ingram: I thank my hon. Friend for her kind reference to me and the effort I have put into this matter. When we deploy forces, they are now deployed on the basis of a comprehensive approach, so there could be personnel from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or the Department for International Development, or civilian police or prison officers, alongside armed forces personnel. Will the proposed...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Scottish Parliament (Financial Powers) (18 Mar 2009) has video

Adam Ingram: Is my right hon. Friend aware that although financial powers are important, they will take some time to produce any change, if change is coming? What we need now is action. Unemployment in Lanarkshire is higher than it is in any other region, and Lanarkshire also has the fewest job vacancies. I welcome all the initiatives that my right hon. Friend is taking there—unlike the one-trick...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Barnett Formula (4 Feb 2009) has video

Adam Ingram: One of the areas to benefit under the Barnett formula is education, yet colleges of education, including those run by South Lanarkshire council in my constituency, are turning away thousands of potential trainees. Following his meeting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and if he has plans to meet the First Minister, will the Secretary of State raise the importance of further education and...

Business of the House: Speaker's Committee on the Search of Offices on the Parliamentary Estate (8 Dec 2008) has video

Adam Ingram: Will the right hon. Lady give way?

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

Adam Ingram: I thank my right hon. Friend for her statement and how she has conducted herself so calmly throughout this affair. Why should Her Majesty's loyal Opposition have thought it necessary to take legal advice on this matter? Does she share with me the view that perhaps, in their wish to see great transparency and openness, they should publish the brief that they gave to counsel and the legal...

Orders of the Day: Clause 65 — Certificate requiring inquest to be held without a jury: England and Wales (10 Jun 2008) has video

Adam Ingram: I appreciate my hon. Friend's great knowledge and her involvement in the issue, but I must correct her on one point: fatal accident inquiries in Scotland do not need to inquire into deaths abroad—in fact, they are precluded from doing so. There needs to be a change in the law in Scotland to deal with the point that she raises, but that is being ducked by the current Administration in...

Orders of the Day: Clause 65 — Certificate requiring inquest to be held without a jury: England and Wales (10 Jun 2008) has video

Adam Ingram: May I ask the hon. and learned Gentleman to reflect on a point that relates to the Scottish element of this matter? This relates to national security and the way in which intercept and intelligence material could be presented to a particular court, in this case a coroner's court. The Bill is strangely silent on the parallel process in Scotland. There seem to be no provisions relating to the...

Scotland Act 1998 (2 Apr 2008)

Adam Ingram: My understanding is that the hon. Gentleman supports the presence of Faslane in his constituency. Does he agree that, under the existing Act, it is possible that the powers resting with the minority Administration in Holyrood could frustrate or delay much-needed developments at Faslane? If that is the case, would it not be better if some of those powers came back to the centre, so that there...

Scotland Act 1998 (2 Apr 2008)

Adam Ingram: My hon. Friend gave a very interesting list of the rhetoric that is used. I draw his attention to the fact that, not very long ago, an SNP MSP called the Union flag the butcher's apron. That comment has never been repudiated. Will my hon. Friend give way to an intervention by an SNP Member to see whether they will repudiate it?

Scotland Act 1998 (2 Apr 2008)

Adam Ingram: I want to support the commission that is under way—for one good reason. It allows us to review the whole gamut of the Scotland Act 1998, which allows powers to be taken back from the irresponsible Administration that currently exists in the Scottish Parliament. The relevant powers, quite clearly, are on energy policy and energy security, which is vital to all of us. I do not want my...

Scotland Act 1998 (2 Apr 2008)

Adam Ingram: rose—

Orders of the Day: Energy Bill (22 Jan 2008)

Adam Ingram: I am grateful to be called to speak in the debate. I have been a long-term supporter of the benefits of nuclear power as part of a balanced energy policy, and I would like to concentrate my remarks on that aspect of the Bill. I should also declare an interest, in that British Energy has recently decided to relocate its corporate headquarters to my constituency, bringing with it more than 200...