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Residential Roads (Adoption) (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Pound: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for securing this important debate. I should declare that I was employed for many happy years by Genesis Homes housing association under its previous name. I understand that it is an extremely responsible housing association and registered social landlord. In the urban context, we frequently face a similar problem whereby a developer will build on an...

Residential Roads (Adoption) (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Pound: The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The impact should be explained by the solicitor, but the majority of pre-purchase searches that a solicitor makes relate to, for example, major roadworks, whether planning permission has been granted for any extension, whether there are any major infrastructure schemes, basic land ownership and what we used to call a Swansea search. In many cases, there...

Residential Roads (Adoption) (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Pound: From whom would his constituents claim compensation?

Residential Roads (Adoption) (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Pound: They may have gone.

Written Answers — Treasury: Wikimedia UK: Taxation (9 Nov 2009)

Stephen Pound: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what stage has been reached in the appeal lodged with HM Revenue and Customs by Wikimedia UK in respect of its application for charitable tax status.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video

Stephen Pound: The hon. and gallant Member for Newark (Patrick Mercer) and I may form an unlikely combination, but we are as one in endorsing the calls made by the Greenford branch of the Royal British Legion for reserved seats at Prime Minister's Question Time for members of the armed forces. Would the Prime Minister agree to make representations to the Serjeant at Arms in order that we can achieve this?

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (28 Oct 2009) has video

Stephen Pound: May I just say that, if nominated, I will not run, and if elected, I will not serve? That should be widely accepted by the House.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Stephen Pound: The African Caribbean community has made an immense contribution to this country, particularly in the field of public services. Many in that community are deeply distressed by the increase in air passenger duty, which appears to be arbitrary and illogical. Will the Prime Minister be prepared to meet myself and a few colleagues, including my hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South (Ms...

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Death Penalty (Global Abolition) (28 Oct 2009)

Stephen Pound: Saint Thomas More.

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Death Penalty (Global Abolition) (28 Oct 2009)

Stephen Pound: May I add to the comments made by the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Carmichael) and say what a pleasure it is, Mr. Benton, to serve under your wise leadership today? I congratulate the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland on bringing such an extraordinary combination of skills, abilities and personal qualities to this debate and to his parliamentary work. He is a lawyer, and a man...

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

Stephen Pound: I never thought that I would stand here and say that I agree entirely with the points made by the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink), but I do—although I have to say that in Ealing, North we have heroes and heroines. May I ask my hon. Friend to make every endeavour not to repeat the compulsory competitive tendering mistakes of the past and to recognise the importance of added...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Rent Equalisation (27 Oct 2009)

Stephen Pound: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his assessment is of the likely effect on social housing tenants of a policy of rent equalisation; and if he will make a statement.

War Memorials (21 Oct 2009) has video

Stephen Pound: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the tone she has struck in this timely and relevant debate. May I say to her, however, that I cannot imagine that any free-standing war memorial or cenotaph would be subsumed in building works, as I think most local authorities would make absolutely sure that that did not happen? She rightly and percipiently put her finger on another problem, which concerns...

War Memorials (21 Oct 2009) has video

Stephen Pound: Sadly, many times.

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Equitable Life (21 Oct 2009) has video

Stephen Pound: May I assure my hon. Friend that many of us are desperate to vote for the Government's amendment and would happily do so if she could give us one piece of information: when will the payments be made?

Opposition Day: [Un-alloted half-day] — Dissolution of Parliament (10 Jun 2009) has video

Stephen Pound: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way and also for clarifying the point that confused us about primary 8. Many of us rather suspected that he had been held back for a year. On the point about statistical evidence and listening on the doorstep, the hon. Gentleman's logic is that people should vote for people as long as they are not MPs, but, if two thirds of the country want to...