Results 1-20 of 847 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:David Tredinnick

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Paramilitary Activities (4 Nov 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: What recent assessment he has made of the extent of activities of dissident paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Paramilitary Activities (4 Nov 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: Speaking as a former Grenadier Guard who served in Northern Ireland, may I ask the Secretary of State to express his condolences to the families of the three Guardsmen and two military policemen killed yesterday in Helmand province? Does the Secretary of State recognise the contribution to the peace process made by the Grenadiers in Northern Ireland, including building the peace line?...

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: I do not believe for a second that we would be discussing antisocial behaviour orders today in Government time had it not been for the tragic deaths in my constituency in 2007 of Fiona Pilkington and Francecca Hardwick, and the subsequent coroner's report, which came out in October. The two tragically died in a fire in a car, and the coroner returned verdicts of suicide and unlawful killing....

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: I agree with the right hon. Lady, but I chose council tenants, because councils often have control over vast swathes of housing. An important sanction is for council tenants, and housing tenants if applicable, not to be told that they will be moved to a nicer borough—that is, shifted to somewhere better. Rather, they have to understand that if they do not follow the requirements of the...

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: I am glad that I have the support of the right hon. Ladies. We have to look at the issue, so perhaps the Minister should offer some guidance. I said that the tragic case in my constituency had attracted a lot of attention. Indeed, some contributions were made at the party conferences, but to call someone a "victims champion", as Labour did at its conference, is a bit tacky. I mean, how can...

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: I have some sympathy with what the right hon. Lady has said. However, what we really need, whichever Government are in power, is to find a system whereby the police do not waste their time, which means that when they apply their time, it is effective and has an outcome. We do not want endless visits by the police that achieve nothing. I say to those on both Front Benches that we need to focus...

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: Madam Deputy Speaker, I will relate my remarks to antisocial behaviour. We really ought to revisit the way in which we have blocked a large number of people who still smoke out of the places where they used to have their social life. That is a great pity. I have talked about police priorities, and I have quoted Robert Peel and Richard Mayne—I have gone right back to the basics. The...

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: Madam Deputy Speaker, the answer is that we will have less antisocial behaviour if we have a police force that is more sensitively directed. I am suggesting to the House that it is not enough to have elected police authorities, even though they have been reformed and now have a different composition. There is a strong case for having some—not a lot, but some—elected police...

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: I will sit down soon. We have to deal with this business of risk, and our risk-averse society. It is very sad, and we need to build people up and make them strong. I want to finish in Barwell. In the local paper this week, one of the letters said: "We must unite to fight back at yobs". I absolutely agree with that sentiment, and a lot of my speech has been about that. There has also been talk...

Business of the House (29 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: Has the Leader of the House had time to consider the reduction by half of the guests' and Members' seating in the Terrace Cafeteria? Does she agree that that is an important facility for Members who bring guests into the House? Is she aware that there has been no consultation on the matter? Does she agree that the seating should be restored, and not after Christmas as proposed?

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (29 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: I want to know about the impact of swine flu on farmers in my community. Does the Secretary of State have any evidence that there has been a disproportionate impact on those who work on the land?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Prevent (26 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: If he will assess the value for money of his Department's expenditure on the Prevent strand of its counter-terrorism strategy.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Prevent (26 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: I am grateful to the Secretary of State for that reply, but is not the great problem that there is no guarantee that that money is not finding its way into the hands of extremist groups? When is he going to have a proper audit of this expenditure to convince the House that it is going to the right place?

Complementary and Alternative Medicines (14 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: I notice that we have a little time left. I am grateful to the Minister for her helpful response. A number of disciplines were mentioned and I could have referred to radionics, for example, for which a double-blind trial is almost impossible, yet it is very popular because people believe that it gives them the ability to get remote healing. We need to think out of the box here. As with...

Complementary and Alternative Medicines (14 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: rose—

Complementary and Alternative Medicines (14 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: I am very grateful for the opportunity, Madam Deputy Speaker. Having been in the House for a while, I look for such opportunities. I have mentioned the problems of negative information, particularly in the context of the Royal London homeopathic hospital and homeopathy generally, and of what is effectively an attack on a statutorily regulated body dealing with chiropractic. Will the Minister...

Complementary and Alternative Medicines (14 Oct 2009)

David Tredinnick: I am grateful for the opportunity to address the House on this important issue and I am glad to see the Minister in her place this evening. I wish to consider the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee's report on complementary medicine 10 years on. I shall cover three points: regulation, how we can widen the number of therapies available in the NHS, and the case for more research....

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Cancer Services (13 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: What is his most recent assessment of the level of provision of cancer services in England; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Cancer Services (13 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: When considering that report, did the Minister examine the research conducted by Professor Karol Sikora at the university of Buckingham medical school? It shows that in NHS centres where complementary services are offered, 70 per cent. of women and 40 per cent. of men take them up, and that they are of great help with chemotherapy. However, there is a real problem. There is not enough...

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Independent Safeguarding Authority (12 Oct 2009) has video

David Tredinnick: What recent assessment he has made of arrangements for implementation of the Independent Safeguarding Authority's vetting and barring scheme; and if he will make a statement.