Results 1-20 of 323 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Greg Pope
- [Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)
Greg Pope: Order. Before the hon. Member for Ilford, South continues, may I gently point him back to arms exports to Sri Lanka rather than the general human rights situation there?
- [John Bercow in the Chair] — Overseas Territories (23 Apr 2009)
Greg Pope: One of the things that I found most shocking on Turks and Caicos was that citizens of a British overseas territory were afraid to be seen in public with Members of this House, afraid to give evidence and afraid even to be seen at a reception talking to us. The only other places I have been to on overseas visits where people were in fear of talking to me as a Member of Parliament are places...
- [John Bercow in the Chair] — Overseas Territories (23 Apr 2009)
Greg Pope: I just wanted to say a few words, knowing that my hon. Friend will be too modest to say it himself, in support of the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Sir John Stanley), whose tenacity in leading the delegation to the Turks and Caicos Islands led to some of those changes. That needs to be placed on the record.
- [John Bercow in the Chair] — Overseas Territories (23 Apr 2009)
Greg Pope: The British Government have a legal obligation under the European convention that applies to Gibraltar—there is case law that says it applies to Gibraltar—so it is reasonable for us to ask what the Government are going to do about the matter.
- [Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — Service Complaints Commissioner (22 Apr 2009)
Greg Pope: That is not a matter for their Chair, but it is on the record.
- [Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — Service Complaints Commissioner (22 Apr 2009)
Greg Pope: Before I call the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Lembit Öpik), may I remind hon. Members that it is customary for us to begin the winding-up speeches at half-past 10?
- [Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — GB Football Team (Olympics) (10 Mar 2009)
Greg Pope: Order. We now move on to the next debate.
- [Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — GB Football Team (Olympics) (10 Mar 2009)
Greg Pope: Order. Two hon. Members still wish to speak. I hope to start the winding-up speeches at about 10.30, so I appeal for the co-operation of hon. Members. I call Adam Price.
- [Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — GB Football Team (Olympics) (10 Mar 2009)
Greg Pope: Order. This is a good-natured debate, and the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Albert Owen) has been generous with his time, but there are too many sedentary interventions. If hon. Members want to intervene, they should make proper interventions, but we cannot have heckling.
- HMRC Office (Chorley) (25 Feb 2009)
Greg Pope: The number of staff in Accrington is 112 and the total in Chorley 77. Will the Minister consider the economic impact of taking that number of white collar jobs out of towns such as Chorley and Accrington in the middle of a recession? Will he at least consider a moratorium until we are coming out of the recession?
- HMRC Office (Chorley) (25 Feb 2009)
Greg Pope: My hon. Friend is making a strong case for the well-run tax office in Chorley, just as there was a case for the well-run tax office in Accrington. Originally, Chorley was scheduled to remain open, as was Accrington tax office. Has he heard any reasonable explanation, either from HMRC, the Minister or his predecessor, why Chorley or Accrington tax office should close?
- HMRC Office (Chorley) (25 Feb 2009)
Greg Pope: My hon. Friend is being characteristically generous to the Government by suggesting that alternative employment is being offered in Manchester. Some of the alternative employment is in Bootle, which is almost impossible to get to from his constituency in Chorley, and from mine in Accrington.
- Recreational Fishing (8 Jul 2008)
Greg Pope: Order. Before I call the hon. Gentleman to reply to that intervention, could I gently steer him back to the word "economy" in the title of the debate and suggest that, rather than talking specifically about fishing and the Severn barrage, he also mentions its contribution to the economy?
- NHS Co-payments (Mrs. O'Boyle) (10 Jun 2008)
Greg Pope: Order. I am very sorry, but we have to move on to the next debate.
- Commonwealth Immigration Visas (29 Apr 2008)
Greg Pope: Order. I would call the hon. Member for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington, but she needs the permission of the hon. Member whose debate it is and the Minister.
- Post Office Network (Lancashire) (4 Mar 2008)
Greg Pope: Is my hon. Friend aware that when the Lancashire Telegraph went to the headquarters of Post Office Ltd to hand in a petition, nobody came out even to accept it? Is that not a disgrace?
- Post Office Network (Lancashire) (4 Mar 2008)
Greg Pope: My hon. Friend the Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle) is making a powerful case, as ever, for the people of Lancashire. Is not the problem the scale of the proposal, which goes way beyond closing uneconomic post offices? For example, Longshoot post office in Haslingden in my constituency is successful and has a good business plan. There are 800 names on a petition to save it. In such...
- [Mr. Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Human Rights (11 Oct 2007)
Greg Pope: I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Keith Hill) on his return to the Back Benches. He made an important, telling and moving contribution and I am sure that the Minister will take that away. I shall discuss human rights in China, but I should first like to associate myself with what my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford, South (Mike Gapes) said about Burma and the...
- [Mr. Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Human Rights (11 Oct 2007)
Greg Pope: I am grateful for that intervention, but I am not the best-placed person to respond regarding Tibet. During the Committee's visit last year, we split into two delegations, one of which went to Tibet and will be very well informed about what is, as far as I can see, a pretty appalling human rights situation there, but I was in the other leg, which visited Shanghai and Beijing, so I cannot...
- [Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Local Government (Lancashire) (18 Apr 2007)
Greg Pope: Palmerston.