Results 1-20 of 2,854 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Michael Jack

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine Tuberculosis (29 Oct 2009) has video

Michael Jack: Has the Secretary of State come to a conclusion about what he will do when the injectable vaccine is trialled and diseased animals are found? Will they be euthanased?

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (29 Oct 2009) has video

Michael Jack: Pursuant to the Secretary of State's opening comments, the National Audit Office has issued a second damning report into the Rural Payments Agency, which it said had scant regard for protecting public money and had too high a cost base. When will someone at ministerial and senior official level take responsibility for this shambolic organisation, get to grips with it and publish a report...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Michael Jack: The hon. Member for Bridgend (Mrs. Moon) rightly reminded us of the human dimension to all our defence debates. Yesterday's roll-call of honour of the 37 of our fallen servicemen who died while our Parliament was in recess is a chilling reminder of what we are talking about. I am sometimes careful about straying outside what I call the comfort zone of the aerospace industry, about which I...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Michael Jack: Indeed. My hon. Friend has made a good point. Technology will play a vital part in future warfare. Future warfare will not necessarily be in the Afghanistans of this world. For example, we recently saw the Russians involve themselves in cyber-warfare against Estonia. We do not have debates about cyber-warfare in the House, because it is not something in which we appear to be directly...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Michael Jack: I defer to my hon. Friend's knowledge, because he knows a great deal about these matters, but in any case I agree with him. Lord Drayson is a good exemplification of the way in which a bridge was built between industry and the Ministry of Defence to create a good rapport over the use of technologies. Someone who knows a great deal more about defence than I do has said that, whatever the...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Michael Jack: I am delighted that the Minister is pursuing the Japanese option, but in fairness to my Front-Bench colleagues they did insert an important caveat into their observations. They admitted that they may not be privy to what the Minister is privy to, which are precisely the clauses that would readjust the work-share to the disadvantage of the United Kingdom and on the compensation that would have...

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

Michael Jack: May I commend the Secretary of State for adopting many of the recommendations on low-carbon economies and fuel poverty made by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee? In that context, why will the total budget of the Warm Front scheme be reduced in the next financial year? After all, the right hon. Gentleman has put a strong emphasis on improving home energy efficiency for those on...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Single Payment Scheme (2 Jul 2009) has video

Michael Jack: The costs of running the single farm payment scheme are but one item in DEFRA's budget. The Secretary of State has made it clear that, from 2011, his Department's budget will be reduced. Will the Minister now outline what cuts in services to the customers of DEFRA the Secretary of State's announcement entails?

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (2 Jul 2009) has video

Michael Jack: Further to the question that my hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert) asked about DEFRA's budget, could the Secretary of State tell us what informed his statement that his Department's budget would be reduced from 2011 and say when he will publish details of what that means for DEFRA and the people whom it serves?

Bill Presented: Food, Farming and the Environment (18 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Jack: I compliment the hon. Member for Blaydon (Mr. Anderson) on a moving speech, in which he alerted us to the importance of integrating the environment and farming in the context of the exploitation of his lovely part of Northumberland through the example of the red kite and the benefits of its reintroduction and farmers' work to sustain interest from urban dwellers in rural Northumbria. He also...

Bill Presented: Food, Farming and the Environment (18 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Jack: I—like others, I am sure—have been moved by some of the interviews on "Farming Today", especially those with small-scale milk producers in remote rural locations. The Secretary of State said that "all of us" needed to work hard to find other outlets. Will he tell us who, apart from the receiver, the rest of "all" are? Does he have specific measures in mind to assist farmers in...

Bill Presented: Food, Farming and the Environment (18 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Jack: The Secretary of State mentioned the trials for vaccination to deal with bovine TB. Many people would like to know when the announcement will be made on where the trials are going to take place, as 2010 is not far away. Secondly, does he yet have an answer to the question that I have now put to him twice—what will be the protocol when diseased animals are found as part of the capture...

Business of the House: UK Climate Projections (18 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Jack: The projections, especially those at the high end of the time scale, suggest that, for example, temperatures on the London underground might reach 47 °, although I think we might have got there already when travelling on the Northern line at 8 am. That raises important questions about the usability of major parts of transport infrastructure if the projections become reality. The...

Business of the House (11 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Jack: At its conference yesterday, the NHS Confederation indicated that it believes that, after 2011, the NHS will face the most sustained and severe fall in funding in its history. Given that that is an important ingredient in the requests that have been made for a debate on public expenditure, will the Leader of the House temper her enthusiasm for granting that debate for a moment until the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (3 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Jack: Is the Prime Minister aware that his departing Home Secretary leaves a legacy of 342,000 cases of domestic violence in this country every year? May I ask him to ensure that he re-examines the effectiveness of policies in that area, because of the cost in human misery on the victims and the cost to our caring services?

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine Tuberculosis (21 May 2009) has video

Michael Jack: What recent steps his Department has taken to combat the spread of bovine tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine Tuberculosis (21 May 2009) has video

Michael Jack: I thank the Secretary of State for his courteous answer. He will be aware of the continuing and mounting concern at the spread of bovine TB—and not just within the cattle population. Last year, for example, 119 cases of the disease were found in animals as widespread as cats, dogs, alpacas and goats. In view of the Secretary of State's reply, particularly on vaccination, will he tell me...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (21 May 2009) has video

Michael Jack: It has emerged in the last 48 hours that one of my constituents has removed 50 ft of sand dunes in St. Anne's to improve the view from his house. It turns out that that is a legal act and, from inquiries with English Heritage, it seems that it does not have any powers to deal with this removal of an important coastal feature, with all its impact on biodiversity. Will the Secretary of State...

Business of the House (7 May 2009) has video

Michael Jack: The Government have made it clear that they wish to safeguard manufacturing jobs, but recent reports in the Financial Times and The Times suggest that the Treasury is trying to frustrate the efforts of the Ministry of Defence to secure agreement with the partners and companies participating in the Eurofighter project on the size and timing of the tranche 3 element of the proposal. Will the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the law (22 Apr 2009)

Michael Jack: May I first remind the House of my entry in the Register of Members' Interests? I am a non-executive director of a plc. The first test that one has to apply to any Budget is a bit like the question that one asks after a Chinese meal: "There is an awful lot of it to digest, but how will I feel in the morning?" The second test is to ask what the reaction was in the House. This Budget got what I...