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Business of the House (19 Nov 2009)

Anne McIntosh: I am grateful to you, Mr. Speaker, for obtaining a copy of the Gracious Speech, a close reading of which shows that there is no reference to defence policy whatsoever. Will the right hon. and learned Lady allow time for an early debate on defence policy? The Sunday newspapers are writing up the story that there is a review of defence policy leading to potential closures of RAF stations in the...

Business, Innovation and Skills: Business Investment (Yorkshire) (12 Nov 2009)

Anne McIntosh: Can the Minister explain why small businesses in York and north Yorkshire say that they cannot have access to credit and finance from the Government and from the finance credit guarantee to which she referred? What are the Government doing to make that finance and credit available?

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (10 Nov 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: Now that we know that shop theft costs a shocking £5 billion a year and is on the increase, especially among middle class women, will the Justice Secretary please extend the review of out of court disposals, which he has just instigated at the request of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Association of Chief Police Officers, to include the use of penalty notices, which should...

Olympics: Site Landscaping (9 Nov 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: What recent developments there have been in landscaping the site of the London 2012 Olympics.

Olympics: Site Landscaping (9 Nov 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: I am delighted that some nurseries and horticultural companies from the United Kingdom will benefit, but can the Minister say for what reason companies such as Johnsons of Whixley in the north of England, which can source excellent plants for a showcase for the landscaping of the games, have not been chosen? Will she assure me that such companies are just as eligible for the competition as...

Energy and Climate Change: International Co-operation (5 Nov 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: Will the Secretary of State join me in congratulating Copenhagen on securing this conference, which is a measure of Denmark's record on this issue? Why should any other country take any lectures from his Government on climate change policy, given that they have failed, on adaptation policy, to implement the Pitt recommendations following the floods two years ago?

Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions (5 Nov 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: The Secretary of State wants to speed up the planning process for public planning inquiries. Will he therefore go out and educate the public on energy from waste plants? If he truly believes that they are not harmful, why is he not explaining that to the Great British public?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions (3 Nov 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: Why is the Chancellor seeking to change the tax status of holiday lets, which are frequently operated on farms by small businesses in rural areas? The proposal will harm precisely those businesses that Treasury Ministers were just saying that they were trying to help.

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

Anne McIntosh: This Cabinet Office team was meant to meet last year and report by the spring on a national audit of all critical infrastructure at risk. Why has it failed to do that?

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Contingency Planning (Floods) (28 Oct 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the work of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat natural hazards team in relation to contingency planning for floods.

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Contingency Planning (Floods) (28 Oct 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: The Government promised to have undertaken a national assessment of all the critical infrastructure at risk by the beginning of this year. Why have they failed to do so and why have they let down those households that were flooded in 2007?

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (27 Oct 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: I am not quite sure why the Secretary of State is seeking to extend fixed penalty notices, given that most of them go unpaid in the first place. Can he tell the House which of the following is the higher priority for his Department: meeting his arbitrary building targets, or the presumption against building on floodplains?

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

Anne McIntosh: Given that retail crime such as shoplifting is increasing, and that the level of unpaid fines is rising, will the Government insist that all penalty notices be issued at a police station?

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Rail Franchises (22 Oct 2009) has video

Anne McIntosh: What recent representations he has received on the functioning of rail franchises; and if he will make a statement.