Results 1-20 of 1,488 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Richard Ottaway
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Drug Misuse (Prisons) (10 Nov 2009)
Richard Ottaway: What recent steps his Department has taken to prevent drug misuse in prisons.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Drug Misuse (Prisons) (10 Nov 2009)
Richard Ottaway: Clearly, the Secretary of State will have to agree that whatever initiatives he has introduced are not working. Any reasonable person would ask how these drugs are getting in in the first place. Will he now instigate a review of how drugs are getting into prisons, and will he consider making searches of visitors and prison staff mandatory?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Drug Misuse (Prisons) (10 Nov 2009)
Richard Ottaway: Mandatory?
- Olympics: FOI Request (Immigration) (9 Nov 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: rose—
- Energy and Climate Change: Economic Situation (5 Nov 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: Is the Minister aware that the Committee on Climate Change reported that the reductions in carbon emissions in the United Kingdom over the last four years amounted to a very modest 0.5 per cent. per annum? Does she agree that if she is to have credibility at any international summit on this issue, she will need a better track record than that?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: VAT Returns (3 Nov 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: Given that a survey by the Revenue showed that most businesses were totally unaware of the obligation, how did the Government get on with their target that at least half of businesses would be filing their returns electronically by March 2008?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions (3 Nov 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: Is the Chancellor aware of the remarks of Lord Myners last night, who said that 70 per cent. of all share transactions are computer-generated in trades lasting only microseconds? Does he have any plans to review the way shares are bought and sold?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Asylum Applications (26 Oct 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: What his most recent estimate is of the average time taken to process an asylum application.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Asylum Applications (26 Oct 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: The Minister has announced that, as a result of reorganisation in Liverpool, Croydon will be the only centre in the UK that will deal with walk-in asylum applications. That will have a profound effect on the borough of Croydon. Why has he made that decision? What assessment has he made of the impact on the borough of Croydon, and will he campaign for extra funding to address the inevitable...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: The Director of Public Prosecutions recently published his interpretation of the law on assisted suicide. Whatever his views on the subject, does the Prime Minister agree that it is not for the public prosecutor to decide on the criminal law of this country? Will the right hon. Gentleman table a substantive motion on the Director of Public Prosecutions' proposals so that we can ascertain the...
- Business of the House (15 Oct 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: The Director of Public Prosecutions recently presented proposals to amend and clarify the law on assisted suicide. As it happens, I approve of the direction in which he is going, but does the Leader of the House agree that it is not for public prosecutors to decide what the criminal law of this country is? Will she arrange a debate, on a substantive motion, to ascertain the will of the House...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General: Serious Fraud Office (15 Oct 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: What recent steps the Serious Fraud Office has taken to reduce the incidence of fraud.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Elderly People (Long-term Care) (8 Jul 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: At Prime Minister's Question Time about a year ago, I reminded the Prime Minister that no Labour Government had left office with unemployment lower than when they had entered it. His response was that it would not happen on his watch. Do the Government still hold that view?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Violence Against Public Transport Staff (25 Jun 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: The Minister will be well aware of the slight downward trend in transport crime, so will he acknowledge that the Mayor of London's ban on alcohol on the London underground was a contributory factor? Will the Minister also consider that as the recession starts to bite and unemployment starts to rise, that trend may well be reversed?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General: Bribery (18 Jun 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: What steps she is taking to review the operation of laws on bribery.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General: Bribery (18 Jun 2009) has video
Richard Ottaway: Does the Solicitor-General share my concern that the Bill makes negligently failing to prevent bribery an offence? As I understand it, that means that, for the first time, an omission can be prosecuted. Does she not agree that that will have a profound impact on English law?