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Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: Over the past 17 years in which I have been a Member of Parliament, I have been pleased to use the occasion of the first day of the Queen's Speech debate to set out my stall and amplify my views on a number of issues. The opportunity presented by our convention allows us to address a broad canvas of issues on this day, a right exercised by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley (John...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: Obviously, I have a great deal of sympathy for what the hon. Gentleman is saying. Either we have to have an English Parliament, or we need a number of Parliaments within England. I have an open mind as to whether we should create provincial Parliaments in England to represent populations comparable to those of Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, or whether we should have an English...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: I have listened carefully to what the hon. Gentleman said. There is a difference between the Turks and Caicos islands, which is an overseas territory, where competence for good governance and European norms rests with the Foreign Office. Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are separate jurisdictions. Provided they meet European Union norms, their systems are their business and the business...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: Not while I'm around.

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: Go on.

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: Where are all the Scottish Members?

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: rose-

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: I am slightly embarrassed, because after the nice things my right hon. Friend has said, I am going to ask him this question: is he going to stay to listen to my contribution? That is the problem. I am rather old-fashioned-one could even say a shade conservative-and I believe that hon. Members should stay to the end and listen to all the winding-up speeches. An awful lot of folk who spoke...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: Former Ministers always get called to speak before everyone else, as well.

Uk Border Agency (22 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: The Minister said that the agency does not go for soft targets, but I have to tell him that that is not my experience. Single young men are like the Scarlet Pimpernel in that they move around and are difficult to find, but the agency picks up seven, eight or nine loving families in bed at six o'clock on a Sunday morning. That is what is happening, but not in my name, because it stinks. People...

Uk Border Agency (22 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: I rise on a parliamentary point. The Minister is a Member of Parliament, as am I. When we write to an agency, it is not unreasonable that our letter be given special attention—not because of who we are, but by virtue of our office. When Members of Parliament write on behalf of constituents, I ask that the matter is advanced, not as a privilege but because those Members have deemed it...

Uk Border Agency (22 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: If only that were so. Some of the easiest cases to resolve are those where a person has become a mum or dad, where there are British children or where there is a relationship with a spouse or parent who is demonstrably British. Those cases are no-brainers. These people cannot and will not be returned to any other country and yet they are told that these cases will not be resolved until 2011....

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: The hon. Gentleman has raised the subject of the number of Members who went in to bat today. I have been silent for a variety of reasons and I have been in and out of the Chamber, but I want to express my concern and, I think, that of many other Labour Members about the threat that has been posed. It is a narrow but important point. I accept that we can probably be reassured about the...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: I listened carefully to the moving letter that my hon. Friend read out, and it brought it home to me that this House has never voted on the deployment of our troops in Afghanistan, especially in Helmand, despite the promises from Prime Minister Blair and the current Prime Minister that the deployment of British troops in a war situation would require an affirmative resolution in this House....

Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): New Clause 2 — Parish polls (13 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: I am grateful to the Minister, but I simply will not let her get away with this nonsense. All that I wish to interest this House of Commons in is giving local authorities an option. Why on earth is the Minister saying "We know best, and you must not—must not—have a committee system"? Where is the logic and fairness in that? As for the arbitrary provision for a population of...

Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): New Clause 2 — Parish polls (13 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: Actually, I feel a little ashamed for not appreciating this matter at the time of the 2000 Act. I regret not having made an issue of it in the House at the time; no doubt I was distracted by other things. However, that Act has diminished local authorities' decision-making options and freedoms to decide how they reach their conclusions. I emphasise to the House that, if it agrees to my new...

Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): New Clause 2 — Parish polls (13 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: Bob Thomas! He was the prime minister of Manchester. He was the big man of Manchester, and people deferred to him. The chairpersons of the committees of Manchester city council had a quasi-ministerial—cabinet, as we now call it—role. Nevertheless, there was some decision sharing. Some councils were without a particularly strong party political tradition, with residents,...

Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): New Clause 2 — Parish polls (13 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: I am pleased to catch your eye, Mr. Deputy Speaker, in this general debate on several new clauses and amendments. I tabled new clause 8, but anyone reading it would be at a loss to understand what it means. It is an attempt to right the wrong perpetrated when in 2000 the House removed an important discretion from all local authorities, and I shall explain further. It was the tradition of...

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

Andrew MacKinlay: May I tell the Secretary of State that the victims welcome the initiative of creating this special unit? Together with Northern Ireland colleagues, I have been privileged to attend weekly meetings at the Foreign Office in connection with this issue, but we want the opportunity to go to Tripoli to indicate that this can be a source of final reconciliation. We need more leverage from Ministers...

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

Andrew MacKinlay: What does the brief say about the Thurrock-Dartford toll in relation to the fact that it is lawful to toll a riparian crossing only to control and manage congestion? How does a sold bridge and tunnel allow either the operators to get a return, or the Government to continue to pay, if they are constrained by the European Union directive?