Results 1-20 of 727 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Martin Linton

South London Line (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Linton: I thank my hon. Friend for restating the Government's firm belief in the East London line extension phase 2, which is going ahead. However, does he not think that TfL could easily reinstate the direct link from Wandsworth Road or Clapham to Victoria simply by inserting additional stops and extending operating hours on one of the many other services that go through such stations on their way...

South London Line (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Linton: Before the hon. Gentleman moves on, let me say something on that last point. As Baroness Chalker has lived in my constituency, I am sure that she would agree that the whole of south London suffers because, although it is criss-crossed with railway lines, the railway companies often put the travel needs of south Londoners well behind those of longer-distance commuters. Does the hon. Gentleman...

South London Line (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Linton: I, too, welcome the development of the East London line. I understand that trains have already run on the tracks as far as Dalston and that the works are ahead of schedule. The East London line phase 2 was agreed thanks to my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Mr. Hoon) when he was Secretary of State for Transport. It is vital that the official EU notice of the East London line phase...

South London Line (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Linton: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that some other stations on the South London line would suffer even more? I am thinking particularly of Wandsworth Road. It would lose its direct link with Victoria, which also serves my constituency as well as that of my neighbour. Battersea Park would be cut off entirely from the South London line. Would it not be preferable to allow selective door opening at...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Territorial Army (2 Nov 2009) has video

Martin Linton: What role the Territorial Army has played in Afghanistan since 2001.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Territorial Army (2 Nov 2009) has video

Martin Linton: May I join the Secretary of State in paying my respects, and will he join me in paying tribute to the London Regiment, which has served with great distinction in Afghanistan in 2007, and is due to go out again next year? Does he agree that the TA has come into its own in recent years because of the knowledge, experience and maturity that it brings to sensitive operations? Did he take that...

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

Martin Linton: Is my hon. Friend aware that Wandsworth has the lowest proportion of pupils granted their first choice of secondary school in London? Furthermore, there are no secondary schools in an area of 7 square miles in the centre of the borough; parents and children there are uniquely disadvantaged, as they do not qualify—at least on distance grounds—for any oversubscribed school. Will the...

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Israeli Settlements (21 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: Like my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris), I respect the desire of Israelis and Palestinians to have a state of their own and I support the two-state solution. However, let us dispose of illusions from the start. The Israelis took 78 per cent. of historic Palestine by military force, leaving the Palestinians with 22 per cent. After the 1967 war, some Israeli...

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Israeli Settlements (21 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: Indeed. I join my hon. Friend in his tribute to the many people who take great risks to bring to the world's attention what is going on in Israel and the occupied territories. As I was saying, it is illegal to fail to ensure public order, for instance by allowing settler violence. However, even the author of the official report of the Israeli Government on settlement outposts said: "The...

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Political Parties and Elections Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

Martin Linton: Is the hon. Gentleman not aware that the Electoral Commission is looking into this particular point right now in relation to Bearwood Securities, to see whether that company is being caused to make a donation which would be against the existing political parties Act even without the very good amendment that is now before the House?

"the Spirit of Humanity" (13 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: I am glad that my hon. Friend says that the Government share the concern of such bodies about what has happened to the "Spirit of Humanity", but will he not go further and say that it is an example of the way in which the Israeli Government believe that they have some kind of dispensation to flout international law, not only by harassing ships in international waters but by building...

Political Parties and Elections Bill (Extension of Carry-over): Clause 8 — Declaration as to source of donation (13 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) for raising the issue in his original amendment, Lord Campbell-Savours for tabling the amendment and winning the vote in the House of Lords, and my right hon. Friends on the Front Bench, who have shown great wisdom in accepting the amendment. They are right to say that it raises practical difficulties, but those are not insuperable....

Political Parties and Elections Bill (Extension of Carry-over): Clause 8 — Declaration as to source of donation (13 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: The hon. Gentleman should keep his speech for when he is called. What he said has nothing to do with what I was saying. I seek a level playing field, justice and fairness in elections. That is my sole motivation. I do not do so because of any personal problems in my constituency. Let us investigate the principle of taxation and influence in the electoral system. It is no accident that it was...

Political Parties and Elections Bill (Extension of Carry-over): Clause 8 — Declaration as to source of donation (13 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: Of course somebody who goes abroad temporarily to work should retain the right to vote if they wish to retain it. They will also have the right to donate up to £7,500 to an election campaign. I do not think that that is any great infringement of their democratic rights. They know that by going abroad, they put themselves in a position where they cannot maintain the right to influence...

Political Parties and Elections Bill (Extension of Carry-over): Clause 8 — Declaration as to source of donation (13 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: Is not the problem that has led to the need for the amendment that the Conservative fundraising effort for many years has been directed not at people in this country, but at Spain, South Africa and Hong Kong? Is it not enough for the hon. Gentleman's party that people living in those countries should be able to give up to £7,500? People have often tried to give £1 million, £2...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: I ask the hon. Gentleman, in a genuine spirit of mystification, whether he is suggesting that the Passport and Records Agency should issue passports, but not keep a record of the people to whom it has issued them. If he is suggesting that it should keep such a record, what would be the difference between that and the national identity register, other than the fact that there would be a...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: I have heard some more well-turned phrases, but I still do not understand the distinction that the hon. Gentleman is making. He seems to support a database of people who have biometric passports. He is not against biometric passports, fingerprints or the recording of facial images—he just does not want to call the database of people with biometric passports a "national identity...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: For the illumination of the House, will the hon. Gentleman add the estimated industry figure for the amount that the ID card would save in terms of ID fraud?

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: The industry estimates published by the Home Office a couple of years ago were £1.1 billion for the total quantified financial benefits, including the impact on ID fraud, with the impact on ID fraud itself being £570 million. Has the hon. Gentleman seen those figures?

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Martin Linton: My right hon. Friend passes rather quickly over the vote in December 2004, but is he aware that all the Conservative Members here this evening voted for the Second Reading of the Identity Cards Bill, with—I must add, to be fair to him—the sole exception of the hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green)?