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- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (7 April 2010) has video
Robert Wareing: Over the years there has been a continual drift away from direct taxes to indirect taxes, which, as the Prime Minister knows, bear most heavily on those who can least afford them. Does he agree that it is becoming time that we went back to the traditional Labour party policy on taxation, which is to redistribute wealth in favour of poorer people? I would like him to say in this general...
- Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Training (30 March 2010)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in which countries the armed forces undertake training.
- Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Training (30 March 2010)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which national military forces receive training in the UK.
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Languages: Curriculum (30 March 2010)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he has plans to increase the (a) time spent on study of foreign languages and (b) number of languages studied in schools; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Manufacturing Industries (30 March 2010)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what percentage of gross domestic product the manufacturing industry generated in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Beaches: Standards (29 March 2010)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress has been made in increasing the cleanliness of beaches.
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: Foreign Relations (29 March 2010)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the state of UK relations with Iran; what plans he has for the future of UK-Iran relations; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Transport: First Capital Connect (29 March 2010)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent representations he has received on the operation of First Capital Connect; and whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of withdrawing its franchise and taking its operations into public ownership.
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Kosovo (16 June 2009)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the number of (a) Orthodox churches in Kosovo which have been destroyed or damaged since the entry of the NATO Kosovo Force into that country, (b) perpetrators which have been arrested and (c) convictions of persons held responsible.
- Written Answers — Health: Maternity Services (16 June 2009)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the number of midwives required to maintain the standard of healthcare for pregnant women in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Constitutional Renewal (10 June 2009) has video
Robert Wareing: Does the Prime Minister agree that the authority and power of Parliament have been diminishing for decades under successive Governments and that in fact—programme motions have been mentioned in this context—we have reached a situation where, far from the Government being accountable to the House of Commons, the House of Commons is now accountable to the Government? The programme...
- Petition — Schools (Liverpool) (5 March 2009) has video
Robert Wareing: The petition, which I am proud to put before the House, concerns the Croxteth community comprehensive school in my constituency. The school is in a very disadvantaged area, and it does not surprise me that there are more than 3,000 signatures on the petition. They are, of course, the signatures of parents and teachers, but not exclusively so. Many people in the local community take pride in...
- Secondary Education (Croxteth) (26 November 2008)
Robert Wareing: It is a great pleasure to speak under your stewardship, Mr. Gale, I think for the first time. The future of education in Croxteth, Liverpool, is very much to do with the proposed closure by Liverpool city council of the Croxteth community comprehensive school. I stress the word "community" because the school is at the centre of the community in the area. Croxteth is a post-war housing estate...
- Written Answers — Home Department: Liverpool (26 November 2008)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the purposes of her visit to the Liverpool, West Derby constituency on 10 January 2008 were; whom she met during the visit; and what decisions she has made as a result of the visit.
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Algeria: Religious Freedom (6 November 2008)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Algerian counterpart in respect of that government's policy towards its Christian community; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: South Ossetia (30 October 2008)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to visit South Ossetia.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (29 October 2008) has video
Robert Wareing: Is the Prime Minister aware that, between July and September this year, the BP oil company made a profit of £6.4 billion? When many pensioners and poor, vulnerable people in my constituency are suffering and wondering how they are going to pay to heat their homes this winter, is it not about time that the Government introduced a windfall tax on companies such as BP?
- Written Answers — Home Department: Antisocial Behaviour: Liverpool (28 October 2008)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will visit the Croxteth and Norris Green districts of Liverpool in the near future to discuss anti social behaviour with the police and representatives of the local communities.
- Written Answers — Health: Asthma: Prescriptions (28 October 2008)
Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will add asthma to the list of conditions for which patients should receive free prescriptions; and if he will make a statement.
- Lyndale Group Ltd (8 July 2008)
Robert Wareing: My hon. Friend is making an eloquent presentation of the problems, but I have to say that on 8 April, Sayers did in fact write to me. However, I am afraid that the company has not kept the promises made in that letter, which states in relation to the Liverpool site that "Sayers will commence formal consultation and discussions with our staff and their Unions on up to 150 redundancies". As...