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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Strategic Defence Review (Green Paper) (3 Feb 2010) has video

Dari Taylor: I warmly welcome the thoughtful statement by the Secretary of State. In terms of emergent threats, where is the reference to cyber attacks, accepting and acknowledging that, for many, those present the greatest threat to our security?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Financial Sector (2 Feb 2010) has video

Dari Taylor: Is it not the case that banks that mainly handle hedge funds are seen by many as casino banks? Is it not time that we looked at that world of hedge funds and separated their activity in banking terms from that of banks that handle everyday mortgage and saving-that is domestic-needs?

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Pakistan (20 Jan 2010) has video

Dari Taylor: My hon. Friend will know that the people living in the North West Frontier region of Pakistan in Balochistan and Waziristan are tyrannised by the Taliban. They are controlled and threatened, and they feel powerless. What is the Department doing to ensure that these people are liberated?

BBC: National Lottery (18 Jan 2010) has video

Dari Taylor: Does my right hon. Friend know that the university of Sunderland is exhibiting its glass in the Upper Waiting Hall? I hope that the ministerial team will visit the exhibition and congratulate the university on it. In what way is her Department supporting the brilliant work that is being done by universities such as Sunderland? It is internationally renowned and now, through the national...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Energy Security (13 Jan 2010) has video

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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (13 Jan 2010) has video

Dari Taylor: My right hon. Friend will know that today in Great Britain 80,000 children are living in care, 80 per cent. of whom will live in care until they are 16, not in a loving, stable family home. Is it not time that this House considered the lives of looked-after children again and considered that if a child is not living in a stable, loving home in the first 18 months of their life, adoption and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: NHS Funding (12 Jan 2010) has video

Dari Taylor: My right hon. Friend will know that my constituency has had significantly increased funds. None the less, we have very high death rates from heart problems and cancer in low-income wards. How can we manage that situation? What education and community programmes are there to help people in low-income families understand the serious dangers from smoking and poor nutrition?

Teesside Steel Industry (16 Dec 2009)

Dari Taylor: Will my hon. Friend give way?

Teesside Steel Industry (16 Dec 2009)

Dari Taylor: It is important for us to hear from the Minister. The press say that the Government are apparently blocking attempts by the regional development agencies to access funds, and are failing to match the support given by other European countries to their core manufacturing industries. We need to know this afternoon whether there is any truth or credibility in that.

Teesside Steel Industry (16 Dec 2009)

Dari Taylor: I am delighted that my hon. Friend has secured the debate; I am only sad that it lasts just 30 minutes. References have been made, and he is now making them, to the amounts of money that we require to ensure that we keep steel making on the Tees. Reference has also been made to the European globalisation adjustment fund, which we could tap into. That is a seriously large sum of money. In his...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Pre-Budget Report (9 Dec 2009) has video

Dari Taylor: I warmly welcome the Chancellor's announcement of the innovation investment fund for research into the development of the green economy, which is led significantly by Teesside's chemical process industry. Will One NorthEast administer that fund, giving local companies an easy opportunity to get advice and access to it? If not, which Department will administer the fund and from what date?

Energy and Climate Change: International Co-operation (5 Nov 2009) has video

Dari Taylor: I wish to remind my right hon. Friend of his very good visit to Ensus on Teesside, which related to some very complex scientific analysis. During that visit, he stated that his chief scientist would visit Ensus. When will that visit take place, because we seriously look forward to it?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: European Council (2 Nov 2009) has video

Dari Taylor: I warmly support the Prime Minister's determination to achieve an ambitious Copenhagen conference on climate change. With that in mind, will the growth in the consumption of animal wheat be on the agenda, as it significantly adds to CO2 emissions? If it is not, will my right hon. Friend allow me to invite scientists from Teesside, who will prove to him that it is essential that the item is on...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions (2 Nov 2009) has video

Dari Taylor: The statement on helicopters last week suggested to the House that we are seriously looking at cutting expenditure—those were the reports in the press over the weekend—and that the MOD staff are not on top of the issue. I would like reassurances that those reports are nonsensical.

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Social Enterprise (28 Oct 2009) has video

Dari Taylor: My hon. Friend will know that Community Ventures is a social enterprise that serves my constituency very well. Is her Department considering advising social enterprises to put social clauses into public contracting, so that training opportunities and employment regeneration are added to social contracts?

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Social Enterprise (28 Oct 2009)

Dari Taylor: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment she has made of the contribution of social enterprise to the economy.

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Dari Taylor: I have no problem with what the Government are doing. It is focused and it is delivering, and the 10:10 campaign is excellent. However, will my hon. Friend acknowledge that one of the major contributors to carbon dioxide emission is the growth of animal feed? Will she also acknowledge that using the renewable transport fuel obligation methodology generates a carbon saving of 70 per cent. in...

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: Higher Education (14 Oct 2009) has video

Dari Taylor: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Norwich, North (Chloe Smith). I warmly welcome her to the House, as do all hon. Members. It was a pleasure to listen to her speech, which was young, enthusiastic and knowledgeable—characteristics and qualities that are warmly welcome here. It is my belief that she will represent her constituents with care and professionalism. I...

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: Higher Education (14 Oct 2009) has video

Dari Taylor: Would my right hon. Friend also like to point out to the hon. Member for Havant (Mr. Willetts) that he is wrong when he states that old universities are letting students down?

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: Higher Education (14 Oct 2009) has video

Dari Taylor: I had hoped that the hon. Member for Havant would give way on that point. Does my right hon. Friend acknowledge the veracity of the statement from vice-chancellors—perhaps not all, but certainly some—when they say: "If we are to have a further 10,000 places, is someone going to tell us where the classrooms and lecturers are coming from?" Those are very serious considerations.