Results 1-20 of 1,923 for speaker:Keith Simpson
- Rail (East Anglia) (3 July 2012)
Keith Simpson: What a vision of loveliness my hon. Friend is, and I congratulate her on securing this important debate. To cut to the quick, many MPs and many of our constituents believe that, in the past, neither Network Rail nor the franchisees have taken East Anglia seriously. We have the impression that previous franchisees have asset stripped. We have been dumped on with out-of-date rolling stock, and...
- Group Lotus (24 April 2012)
Keith Simpson: Following my hon. Friend’s logic, what does he think our Government can actually do, apart from using persuasion and nudging the people who might be carrying out the actions about which he is rightly pessimistic?
- Written Answers — Treasury: World War I: Anniversaries (9 February 2012)
Keith Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans his Department has to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
- Written Answers — Defence: World War I: Anniversaries (7 November 2011)
Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: World War I: Anniversaries (2 November 2011)
Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans his Department has to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: World War I: Anniversaries (2 November 2011)
Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans his Department has to mark the 100(th) anniversary of the start of the First World War.
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: World War I: Anniversaries (2 November 2011)
Keith Simpson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what preparations his Department has made for co-ordinating the commemoration of the 100(th) anniversary of the start of the First World War.
- Rural Bus Services (11 October 2011)
Keith Simpson: I congratulate my hon. Friend on initiating the debate. He has just touched on a point we should all be aware of. We are in a coalition Government, and there are cuts taking place, which we support. In my experience as a Norfolk MP, however, the crucial thing about the local bus service, rather like the local post office, is that people use it or lose it. I am not here to defend the bus...
- Pig Farming — [Hugh Bayley in the Chair] (23 March 2011)
Keith Simpson: I congratulate my hon. Friend and neighbour on introducing the debate. If he will pardon the pun, this is like “Groundhog Day” for other hon. Members and for me, as we have been debating the pig industry for at least 10 years. Although I do not want to turn supermarkets into devils, it seems to me that they stand condemned in two ways. The first relates to driving down costs and...
- Pig Farming — [Hugh Bayley in the Chair] (23 March 2011)
Keith Simpson: Am I right in thinking that supermarkets or their agents frequently inspect farms for hygiene, health and animal welfare?
- Firearms (Amendment) Bill: Clause 6 — Decisions requiring approval by Act and by referendum (25 January 2011)
Keith Simpson: Broadland!
- RAF Marham (11 November 2010)
Keith Simpson: I congratulate my hon. Friend on her hard work in support of RAF Marham, which affects a number of our hon. Friends. If RAF Marham were to close completely, only one Ministry of Defence base would remain in Norfolk-at Swanton Morley, a former RAF base that is now the base of the Light Dragoons. There is a lot of concern in Norfolk. RAF Coltishall, part of which is in my constituency, closed...
- Bills Presented — Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill: Local Government Bill [ Lords] (21 October 2010) has video
Keith Simpson: On a very important point, I failed to catch the eye of the hon. Member for Derby North (Chris Williamson), but he gave the impression that there was a sharp distinction between the poverty-stricken urban deprivation of Norwich and the wealthy rest of Norfolk. I do not think that he has ever been there. That, of course, is the problem. Labour has no MPs in the area: the nearest one is in...
- Bills Presented — Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill: Local Government Bill [ Lords] (21 October 2010) has video
Keith Simpson: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
- Bills Presented — Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill: Local Government Bill [ Lords] (21 October 2010) has video
Keith Simpson: rose-
- Bills Presented — Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill: Local Government Bill [ Lords] (21 October 2010) has video
Keith Simpson: I am thoroughly enjoying listening to the hon. Gentleman's speech and looking at the expression on the face of his Whip. He talks about gerrymandering and various other matters. The main reason the then Secretary of State turned down Norwich's original bid was that, on its current boundaries, it did not meet all the economic and regeneration criteria, yet, four years later, it was accepted....
- Bills Presented — Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill: Local Government Bill [ Lords] (21 October 2010) has video
Keith Simpson: Will the hon. Gentleman give me an example, either orally or in written evidence, in this place of the former MP for Norwich North, Dr Ian Gibson, coming out in favour of the unitary proposal?
- Bills Presented — Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill: Local Government Bill [ Lords] (21 October 2010) has video
Keith Simpson: Let me explain the flaw in these arguments. What I am about to say does not necessarily apply to Exeter, but the only way in which Norwich could get unitary status and also fulfil all the economic criteria-one problem is that Secretaries of State have changed their minds about that-is to enlarge Norwich and bring in all the outer suburbs, including large parts of my constituency. They did not...
- Bills Presented — Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill: Local Government Bill [ Lords] (21 October 2010) has video
Keith Simpson: This is not the hon. Gentleman's fault, but I do not think that he participated in any of the earlier debates on this subject. Many of them were held in Westminster Hall. I suggest that he read the evidence presented by my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Mr Bacon), a senior member of the Public Accounts Committee, who said that all the arguments about the savings that would be made...
- Bills Presented — Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill: Local Government Bill [ Lords] (21 October 2010) has video
Keith Simpson: Can the hon. Gentleman give the House the factual evidence for that view? What polling has been done? Has a local referendum been held?