Results 1-20 of 608 for in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates' speaker:Dave Watts

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)

Dave Watts: rose—

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)

Dave Watts: I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is rightly concentrating on A and E units and social care. Does he agree with me that many hospitals around the country are facing a financial crisis, too, where the Government are refusing to fund anything other than consultancies? In my area, that has meant spending hundreds of thousands of pounds to tell us what we already knew—namely, that...

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)

Dave Watts: Does the Secretary of State agree that that can work only if social services budgets are increased? Where will the resources come from to deal with the problems we face, and will there be an increase in social services budgets to pay for the services we need?

Business of the House (18 April 2013)

Dave Watts: May we have a debate in Government time on the future arrangements for the funerals of ex-Prime Ministers, given the fact that we have spent extravagantly— £10 million or £20 million—on Mrs Thatcher’s funeral? May we have a debate on future rules for future Prime Ministers, and can the Government publish all the detailed costs to aid that debate?

Business of the House (14 March 2013)

Dave Watts: Now that we can all see that the Prime Minister is in the pocket of Murdoch, may we have the Prime Minister make a statement explaining to the families, including the Dowlers, why he has gone back on the pledges he made?

Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day] — Tax Fairness (12 March 2013)

Dave Watts: Will the Minister explain why he thinks it is fair that at the same time as they introduce the bedroom tax, the Government find money to give the richest people in the country a tax break?

Business of the House (7 March 2013)

Dave Watts: May we have a debate on the millionaires’ tax cut, and can it be led by the Prime Minister so that he can clarify whether he will benefit directly from the cut?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Economic Policy (25 February 2013)

Dave Watts: Will the Chancellor change the economic medicine before he kills the patient?

Science, Technology and Engineering (Careers Information in Schools): Local Government Finance (England) (13 February 2013)

Dave Watts: May I warn my right hon. Friend that the Secretary of State’s record when he was a leader of a council does not stand up to any scrutiny? While people like myself were running three-star efficient councils, he was running an underperforming council.

Science, Technology and Engineering (Careers Information in Schools): Local Government Finance (England) (13 February 2013)

Dave Watts: Is it not the case that if councils take up the offer for the next two years they will face bigger cuts and higher council tax at the end of the period?

Opposition Day — [17th( )Allotted Day] — Horsemeat (12 February 2013)

Dave Watts: Will the Secretary of State give way?

Opposition Day — [17th( )Allotted Day] — Horsemeat (12 February 2013)

Dave Watts: The Secretary of State seems to be placing a great deal of faith in the FSA. Given that it has failed in this case, what confidence does he have that it can get its act together and ensure that people’s health is protected?

Business of the House (7 February 2013)

Dave Watts: At yesterday’s Prime Minister’s questions it was clear that the Prime Minister had no idea about the implications of his bedroom tax. May we have an urgent debate on that, so the Prime Minister can get up to speed?

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Banking Reform (4 February 2013)

Dave Watts: The Minister says that he wants to establish new bodies to set bonuses and pay in banks. Can he guarantee that on those boards will be ordinary customers and businesses, and that they will not be stacked with bankers’ friends?

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Council Tax Benefit (4 February 2013)

Dave Watts: What plans he has for reform of council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Council Tax Benefit (4 February 2013)

Dave Watts: At a time when the Government are giving massive tax cuts to the rich, will the Minister explain why council tax will increase for low-paid families, disabled people and single mums in St Helens?

Business of the House (31 January 2013)

Dave Watts: I recently took a delegation to the previous Housing Minister to discuss the bedroom tax. At that meeting, it was clear that the Minister did not understand his own policy. Yesterday, the Prime Minister again showed that no one understands the implications of the tax that the Government are introducing. May we have an urgent debate on the issue, so that Ministers can turn up and listen to the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (30 January 2013)

Dave Watts: Why is the Prime Minister frightened to go and visit a food bank? Could it be that, if he visited one, he would see the heartless Britain that he is creating?

Business of the House (24 January 2013)

Dave Watts: May we have an urgent debate on the Government’s red lines on their negotiations with Europe? We know that the Prime Minister is going to take a tough line on this issue, but we do not know what he is taking a tough line on. Will he make a statement to clarify what the red lines are?

Business of the House: Backbench Business — Atos Work Capability Assessments (17 January 2013)

Dave Watts: Does the hon. Lady agree that, given that everyone in the House knows that Atos is not fit for purpose and given that we know the Government have taken no action on it, we can believe only that the Government are supporting Atos as long as lots of people are getting signed off and put back into work?