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

Gary Streeter: Given that the local government review in Devon has been a complete waste of time and money from the very start and is a colossal distraction to senior officers in all the district councils throughout Devon, and that the uncertainty continues, will the Secretary of State please now confirm that, just six months away from a general election, this LGR is dead and buried?

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: Did the Secretary of State notice that the Government of the Maldives recently held a Cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the risk to that country of climate change? Given that the Maldives is an Islamic, fully fledged democracy with strong links to this country, what steps are we taking to help them in their battle against climate change?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009)

Gary Streeter: Given that teachers' pay is set nationally, can the Prime Minister explain why Devon schools received £375 per pupil less than the national average? Will he look again at the funding formula and bring to an end this discrimination against children educated in the rural south?

The Maldives (14 Oct 2009)

Gary Streeter: Although I understand that DFID might take the view that the country falls outside its framework for assistance, does my hon. Friend agree that, being a Muslim country that is now a fully fledged democracy, if its Government and democracy were allowed to fail, it would send a bad signal to the wider world and that Britain ought to ensure that it succeeds?

Plymouth CityBus (14 Oct 2009)

Gary Streeter: I want to be clear about what the Minister is saying. He is not saying that his Government are telling Plymouth city council not to sell CityBus. Is that correct?

Plymouth CityBus (14 Oct 2009)

Gary Streeter: I am grateful to the hon. Lady for allowing me to contribute to the debate. I certainly accept that CityBus is a very impressive company, but does she agree that although it is owned by the council, it is not run by the council; it is run by its own board. Why on earth would a private company spend millions on buying CityBus and then slash its routes and reduce its services in the way she has...

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Gary Streeter: I call Mr. Nigel Evans. You have one minute. I am sorry; you have a bit longer.

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Gary Streeter: We have six minutes for two speakers.

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Gary Streeter: Five hon. Members want to catch my eye, and we have about half an hour before Front-Bench speeches begin, so concise speeches would be in order.

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Drugs (Prisons) (21 Jul 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: What plans he has to reduce levels of drug taking in prisons.

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Drugs (Prisons) (21 Jul 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: Is it really a good idea for the Government to spend £4 million on installing automatic vending machines in many prisons, including Dartmoor prison just outside my constituency, to supply methadone to prisoners? Is that really the best way to bear down on drug abuse?

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (21 Jul 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: Given the increase in tribunals practising sharia law in this country, can the Secretary of State or one of his excellent Ministers explain how that dovetails with the law of the land? How is it compatible with our commitment to human rights and, for example, the equality of women under the laws of this country?

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Regent's Park and Kensington, North (Ms Buck), who made a thoughtful and passionate speech, and with whom I enjoy serving on the Select Committee on Home Affairs. I am used to her intellectual analysis, and we have seen some of that this afternoon. We all want to eradicate or severely reduce child poverty. There is much in the Bill that we can...

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: Of course I give way to the respected Minister.

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: The Minister makes a good point. Perhaps that is one reason why the definition of poverty—although I know that the Bill focuses primarily on financial poverty—should at least give credence to other forms of poverty, which would make things easier. The one thing that I would like the Government to do for children in care, which could easily be done through this Bill, is to ensure...

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: I respect the hon. Gentleman's expertise in this matter, and I shall therefore ask him a genuine question removed from the party political issues. Does he think that it is possible for a family living wholly on benefits to be living above the poverty line?

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech, which I am appreciating, but in his long list of people for whom child poverty is an issue he has not yet mentioned parents. There should be more in this Bill about the important role played by parents in the early years of a child's upbringing. Will he come on to talk about that?

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: The right hon. Lady talks about the values that underpin the Bill, and I certainly welcome those. Clause 8(5) lists a number of things that have to be taken into account in assessing and measuring progress once the Bill becomes law, including considerations relating to skills, employment and housing. Why is there nothing about the stability of the family environment? Surely that is one of the...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Ukraine (24 Jun 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: Given the strategic significance of Ukraine as a political buffer zone between the EU and Russia, does the Minister not think that it was perhaps an error of judgment to close the DFID programme in Ukraine last year? It would be an utter tragedy if Ukraine's democracy should fail, so should we not at the very least be running significant capacity-building programmes to support it?

Oral Answers to Questions — Electoral Commission Committee: Electoral Systems (18 Jun 2009) has video

Gary Streeter: The Electoral Commission informs me that, although it collects turnout figures after each election, it has not undertaken research on the impact on turnout of different electoral systems. However, the commission does provide information to electors, through its public awareness campaigns, on the way in which different electoral systems work, and on how they may cast their vote.