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Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (26 Oct 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: My right hon. Friend has been doing a lot of work behind the scenes to introduce a scheme to assist British citizens who are victims of terror abroad. May I ask him when the Government are likely to introduce a scheme and make some announcement? The victims of Bali, Mumbai and Sharm el-Sheikh and their families have waited far too long to get compensation for the brutal attacks, deaths and...

Nato: Royal Mail (20 Oct 2009)

Ian McCartney: As a former postal services Minister, I must say that we have been 12 years in coming to this point, and it is really important that a Sir George Bain-type figure is appointed to negotiate a settlement—negotiate, negotiate, negotiate. Why? Because front-line staff and customers in every one of our constituencies deserve better. If people give up the skill, knowledge and commitment to...

Nato: Topical Questions (20 Oct 2009)

Ian McCartney: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Nato: Topical Questions (20 Oct 2009)

Ian McCartney: I agree with everything that my right hon. Friend has said. I wish him and our colleagues well in reaching a successful conclusion with a run-off. Does my right hon. Friend have any comment to make about the complaint by the chief rabbi of Poland about the recent election of Michal Kaminski to the leadership of the Conservative group, given his neo-Nazi links? Does my right hon. Friend think...

Christopher Traynor (13 Oct 2009)

Ian McCartney: The fact is that the coroner recorded an open verdict. That was important. He was critical not just of the investigation but of the evidence. There is no evidence that Christopher died of natural causes; it is an open verdict and therefore should be investigated as such.

Christopher Traynor (13 Oct 2009)

Ian McCartney: I thank my hon. Friend for agreeing to meet the family. In my contribution to start this discussion, I made it absolutely clear that the coroner had written twice to the Foreign Office to express his extreme concerns about this issue. What is not clear is whether the Foreign Office did anything to take those forward. The reason why I raise that is that in the end the coroner has to rely on...

Christopher Traynor (13 Oct 2009)

Ian McCartney: Thank you, Sir Nicholas, for remembering my father. I did not realise that you were so old. [Interruption.] How to win friends and influence people. A few days ago it was the 10th anniversary of the death of my beloved only son, Hugh. Sadly, a few months later, a mother who I did not know at the time lost her son, Christopher. Christopher and Hugh had some things in common. They were both 23...

New Member: Schedule 6 — Repeals and revocations (12 Oct 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: I will take only a minute of the House's time, because the Secretary of State needs to respond to the debate. First, I thank the British Heart Foundation, Smoke & Mirrors, and Smokefree Northwest for the past year of non-partisan support, advice and help, as well as my colleagues in the House, and people in each Department I have spoken to. A boyhood hero of mine, Denis Law, once said of...

New Member: New Clause 1 — Purchase of tobacco on behalf of children (12 Oct 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: The hon. Gentleman has said much about the nanny state and he has said that there is no problem with smoking, full stop, because it is legal. If he believes that, why does he not have the courage of his convictions? Why does he not start smoking and see where he gets to?

New Member: New Clause 1 — Purchase of tobacco on behalf of children (12 Oct 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: I owe the House an explanation. Because of the complexity of some of the new clauses and amendments that we are discussing and the overlap in what we are attempting to achieve, I shall pursue amendments 5 to 8, relating to clause 22 and England and Wales, and amendments 11 to 14, relating to clause 23, which deals with Northern Ireland. I am assured by my ministerial colleagues that if the...

New Member: New Clause 1 — Purchase of tobacco on behalf of children (12 Oct 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: If the hon. Gentleman is such an apologist for the tobacco industry, perhaps he would like to apologise to the House for the most distasteful remarks I have heard in the Chamber in 23 years. When we are trying seriously to defend the interests of young children from the effects of tobacco smoking, all that the hon. Gentleman can produce is a quip which is not worthy of response other than...

New Member: New Clause 1 — Purchase of tobacco on behalf of children (12 Oct 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: I realise that I should not use the word "you". I could call the hon. Gentleman "comrade"; I could call him "the best of mates". I could call him a host of things, but I thought "you" was as neutral a word as I could use in the moment. I do apologise, however. I am making this point to the hon. Gentleman: learn and grow up. He should realise that today in his constituency he has constituents...

New Member: New Clause 12 — De-authorisation of NHS foundation trusts (12 Oct 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: On the last point that the hon. Gentleman made, I should mention that I was the Minister responsible for the passing of the disclosure Bill; the hon. Member for South Staffordshire (Sir Patrick Cormack) was also involved, having many years ago promoted it. We secured an amendment—a change has now been made. It instructs chairmen of tribunals, even where there is a gagging clause or...

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Sale of Government Assets (12 Oct 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: In 2008, I spoke in the House about defending the jobs in the Tote in Wigan, in my constituency and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner). After meetings with Downing street and the Minister at the time, a commitment was given that, in any future sale, the jobs and the investment in north-west Wigan would be protected. Will my right hon. Friend give a commitment that that...

Bill Presented: Health Bill [ Lords] (8 Jun 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: I apologise to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and to Opposition Front Benchers for not being here at the beginning of the debate. It has been a busy day in the House, with a range of important meetings that I have attended—and enjoyed. In response to the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Dr. Taylor), I am not an Englishman who is too busy, but I am a Scotsman who represents an...

Bill Presented: Health Bill [ Lords] (8 Jun 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: The hon. Gentleman needs to hear the rest of my speech. I will comment on that particular approach—I am not so sure that it is a Conservative party approach, although I welcome that party's late conversion. It used to be a mouthpiece for the tobacco industry— [Interruption. ] The hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley) may say, "Oh no, he's being partisan", but I was...

Bill Presented: Health Bill [ Lords] (8 Jun 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: It was addicted to that, to the drinks industry and to anything that required defending the indefensible. However, I understand the point of the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien), whom I like. He has been very kind to me—indeed, he sometimes offers me lifts to the House. I have not been able to persuade him to vote Labour, but I have been trying to get him to stop smoking for...

Bill Presented: Health Bill [ Lords] (8 Jun 2009) has video

Ian McCartney: It just shows how much I notice on those journeys, but I welcome the fact. The survey was interesting. Eighty-nine per cent. agreed with banning retailers from selling tobacco if convicted of selling to under-age smokers. The overwhelming majority took the position that if people continue to sell illegally, they should not be able to trade. Another significant figure is that 86 per cent....

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Fire Safety (Schools) (19 May 2009)

Ian McCartney: I thank my right hon. Friend for that suggestion of a way forward. If he has a chance, could he respond to the allegation that I made in my speech that aquamist systems have not been properly evaluated and are not yet available for putting into schools instead of sprinkler systems? Could he give some indication about that?

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Fire Safety (Schools) (19 May 2009)

Ian McCartney: The NUT reckons that the cost will be £1 billion over the next decade.