Results 1-20 of 777 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Shona McIsaac

Business, Innovation and Skills: Minimum Wage (Tips) (12 Nov 2009)

Shona McIsaac: What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to prevent tips being counted towards salaries in calculation of the national minimum wage.

Business, Innovation and Skills: Minimum Wage (Tips) (12 Nov 2009)

Shona McIsaac: In constituencies such as Cleethorpes, where many people work in the hospitality industry, this move has been widely welcomed, but can my right hon. Friend tell me whether there is still a difference if people tip via cash or credit or debit card? With one of those methods, the money used to go to staff, and with the other, it did not. Will he clarify the position?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Nov 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: On Sunday, the family of 18-year-old Jimmy Major paraded through the streets of Cleethorpes to attend a Remembrance day service; a couple of miles away in Grimsby, the family of Matthew Telford were doing the same; and yesterday the families were at Wootton Bassett for the return of their sons. Given this loss and the loss through the generations, on this, Armistice day, does my right hon....

Energy and Climate Change: Low Carbon Transition Plan (5 Nov 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: What recent representations he has received on the Government's low carbon transition plan; and if he will make a statement.

Energy and Climate Change: Low Carbon Transition Plan (5 Nov 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: I thank my hon. Friend for that reply, but most of my constituents probably do not know what a low carbon transition plan is, so will she explain to the House and to a typical resident of north Cleethorpes, living in small, terraced accommodation, what the Government will do to make their homes more energy efficient?

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: rose—

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: It is true that it is illegal to sell fireworks to children, but it is at family parties that children are injured.

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: I was burgled at that time of year, although it happened a good few years ago. The police told me that crime peaks during that period because the noise masks many of the tell-tale signs. When rockets are being let off, people can smash windows and the neighbours will not hear. It is not that the police are necessarily elsewhere.

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: I am delighted to take part in this topical debate. When it was announced, I got out my heavily annotated copy of the Fireworks Bill, of which I was a co-sponsor, along with my colleague Bill Tynan. I also used to chair the all-party group that campaigned for the legislation. I hear what the Opposition said about being terribly calm, but one reason why that group was set up was to try to face...

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: This one had always been done as a private Member's Bill. I was chair of the all-party group on fireworks at that time, and one reason that we went mob-handed to lobby the Minister was that we felt that the Government were being a little slow on the uptake. Back in 1997 and 1998, there was a problem because of different types of fireworks starting to be sold, fireworks starting to be sold in...

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: I was simply saying that the number of complaints that I was getting in my postbag—about, for example, the use of fireworks throughout the year—had substantially diminished. However, when the Bill became an Act, and was implemented through various orders, it took some time for the processes to kick in, which might explain the statistical trend that the hon. Gentleman has...

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: I think I know what the hon. Gentleman is going to say. I will give way to him in a few seconds. The members of the Fire Brigades Union also told me that the nature of the fireworks available now gave them great cause for concern, and I agree with them. This is where I differ from my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary. We are no longer talking about the Catherine wheels and the rockets in milk...

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: To be picky about this, firefighters deal with fire and safety. When I was discussing this with them, we also talked about attacks on members of the fire service when they were called out to incidents. Obviously, I can talk only about the area that they were serving, but they explained that many of the attacks around 5 November related to people building huge bonfires in the middle of...

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: Very few.

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: It was.

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

Shona McIsaac: What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on rates of local authority participation in the Government's free swimming scheme. [Official Report, 9 November 2009, Vol. 499, c. 5MC.]

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

Shona McIsaac: I thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. Speaking as somebody who used to work as a lifeguard, I would love for her to name and shame the councils who are not fully participating in this scheme and give them a great big kick up the bahookie so that they get their act together and provide the scheme to both pensioners and the under-16s.

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

Shona McIsaac: My right hon. Friend recently said that North East Lincolnshire council had to get its act together on tackling antisocial behaviour. What is he expecting the local authority, social landlords and the police in that area to do to get a grip on this subject?

War Memorials (21 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: The Minister has mentioned Church of England churches, but increasingly former Methodist chapels are being sold for residential purposes. The same is true or redundant Church of England buildings. What is the situation when a church becomes redundant? Who has responsibility for the memorials in it?

War Memorials (21 Oct 2009) has video

Shona McIsaac: I thank Mr. Speaker for allowing me to address the House on the subject of the nation's war memorials on the day after the launch of the annual poppy appeal. My interest in war memorials began some time ago. My late father served 25 years in the armed forces, and one of his postings was to NATO headquarters in Belgium. My father organised family outings to visit the war memorials in that part...