Results 1–20 of 762 for speaker:Charles Wardle

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Abuse of Planning Controls ( 9 May 2001)

Charles Wardle: I did not get that message, and apologise for that. It has always been my practice to help when I can, and I am sorry that there was no reply to the Minister's communication. I saw her sitting on the Front Bench before the debate started, and I wondered whether I should nip over and give her an outline of my concerns. I apologise that she has not had one.

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Abuse of Planning Controls ( 9 May 2001)

Charles Wardle: I have applied for this Adjournment debate to draw the attention of the House to the alleged abuse of planning controls at Rother district council in my constituency. I wish to make it clear from the outset that the irregularities to which I shall refer do not arise from any obvious deficiency in planning legislation nor, so far as I can tell, are they the result of maladministration or...

Border Controls ( 3 May 2001)

Charles Wardle: Institutional conservatism is about the only kind of conservatism that I would rail against. Is the hon. Gentleman aware that, a few years ago, several complaints against immigration officers about searches at ports of entry turned out to concern those conducted by customs officials? People confused the two agencies. Does that not highlight the need, at the very least, to be cautious and to...

Border Controls ( 3 May 2001)

Charles Wardle: First, I commend the hon. Member for Battersea (Mr. Linton) on his brazenness in seeking to gloss over the recent chaos at Lunar house by saying that it was the result of pre-1997 staff cuts. He has shown a degree of hutzpah. If he reads the Public Accounts Committee report on the subject, he will find that the responsibility for implementing the changes in information technology lay with...

Border Controls ( 3 May 2001)

Charles Wardle: The pressure on immigration into this country, especially the great volume of asylum applicants, does not come from former Commonwealth countries, those that the hon. Gentleman described as the old empire when he mentioned Queen Victoria's birthday, Empire day.

Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) Bill (30 Mar 2001)

Charles Wardle: I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I should explain that this is the first time in 18 years that I have succeeded in bringing a private Member's Bill to the Floor of the House, so if I am a little rusty on the procedure, it is because I have been sitting here thinking about other things. This is a short Bill with a clear and narrow objective. It simply requires that...

Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) Bill (30 Mar 2001)

Charles Wardle: Because I abhor the idea of secrecy among people who are elected to public office. I am presenting this Bill because I think it important, in the spirit of openness and accountability, for Members to be steered in that direction. If a statutory requirement is necessary, as I believe it is, the Bill is necessary. I shall enlarge on the subject shortly: I shall say something about Lord Neill's...

Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) Bill (30 Mar 2001)

Charles Wardle: I will in a moment. I know that my hon. Friend will make a speech if there is time. I hope that he will let me just finish this point. All those revelations persuaded me that, if I were to be successful in the ballot, I should like to draw the subject to the House's attention.

Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) Bill (30 Mar 2001)

Charles Wardle: I understand the point that my hon. Friend makes. I have no idea whether the ombudsman is a freemason. I do not in any sense cast aspersions at the ombudsman, but, if my hon. Friend, as a freemason himself, does not understand what the Select Committee on Home Affairs said some years ago—that the secrecy is worrying to members of the public—and that that fear of secrecy, that...

Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) Bill (30 Mar 2001)

Charles Wardle: I hope that my hon. Friend will not mind me reminding him that I have told the House that the chairman of the planning committee of Rother district council is a freemason, a past master of his lodge, and has not registered that fact on the voluntary register that the council, quite properly, keeps. If my hon. Friend was trying to suggest—I am sure that he was notßžthat in the many years...

Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) Bill (30 Mar 2001)

Charles Wardle: I welcome the hon. Gentleman's enthusiasm for what I am trying to do. A small step in the right direction may be the right way to start. A Minister in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, whose name I am not allowed to mention, introduced a ten-minute Bill on the subject several years ago and has provided me with some helpful information on the subject. I mentioned...

Adoption Bill (30 Mar 2001)

Charles Wardle: It was Colombia.

Adoption Bill (30 Mar 2001)

Charles Wardle: Was he not a Colombian miner?

Opposition Day: Asylum System ( 1 Feb 2001)

Charles Wardle: I thank the Home Secretary for giving way, and for his recent correspondence with me on this subject, although I am disappointed at the outcome. Will the right hon. Gentleman tell the House what effect he believes the treaty of Nice, and enlargement, will have on migration pressures? When the Home Affairs Committee was told by the Home Office that it was reasonable to assume that the...

Opposition Day: Asylum System ( 1 Feb 2001)

Charles Wardle: We are going to win the election.

Flooding (Robertsbridge) (21 Dec 2000)

Charles Wardle: I hope that I shall not be ruled out of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, if I begin by wishing you and our colleagues a very happy Christmas. I extend that wish to House of Commons staff—including the Doorkeepers, who have advised me not to take too long over this debate. I am grateful for the opportunity to draw the attention of the House to the plight of Robertsbridge in my constituency, where...

Severe Weather Disruption (31 Oct 2000)

Charles Wardle: May I add to the praise for the emergency services? The Deputy Prime Minister knows that Robertsbridge in my constituency has been flooded four times in a year, and twice in the past three weeks. I am sure that he will understand the sense of devastation among local residents. Will he assure them that he will eliminate delays in Bellwin scheme assistance? Will he urge the Environment Agency...

Business of the House (16 Mar 2000)

Charles Wardle: The Leader of the House will be familiar with the draft strategy, "A way with waste", produced by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Ministers suggested that it would emerge in its final form early this year. Will she tell the House when that strategy will be finalised? Will she arrange a debate so that public concern about pollution and contamination from...

Orders of the Day — Government Resources and Accounts Bill: Public Service Agencies' Accounts: Scrutiny (29 Feb 2000)

Charles Wardle: I hesitate to correct my hon. Friend, so knowledgeable is he. But surely in the private sector the shareholders appoint the auditor. Are not the shareholders in exactly the same position as Parliament? Is it not Parliament that is calling for the CAG to play that role so far as public sector enterprises are concerned?

Orders of the Day — Government Resources and Accounts Bill: Independent Body (29 Feb 2000)

Charles Wardle: If resource accounting takes the ultimate form of a consolidated balance sheet for the whole of Government, can my hon. Friend imagine what the notes to the balance sheet would look like with all the contingent liabilities that he has just described? Is it not vital that the CAG has access to every aspect of the spending of taxpayers' money—particularly in respect of contingent liabilities?


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