Results 1-20 of 2,070 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 Wilshire

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

David Wilshire: I was born when fighting stopped in Europe at the end of the second world war. I grew up in a household, town and country that had learned to hate fascism and hate Germans. Sixty-five years later, western Europe is united, harmonious and making progress. One needs to ask: how did that transformation come about? Clearly, it did not happen overnight. It started very badly, but there was mutual...

European Affairs (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: I always find these debates fascinating. I see that the Annunciator says "European Affairs", but these debates are usually about the European Union. I still have an atlas that has Norway, Switzerland and Russia in Europe, so this is not wholly a debate about the European Union, and I want to speak on a different subject. I have the pleasure and the privilege of leading the Conservative...

European Affairs (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: My hon. Friend mentions the anthem as well. The Council of Europe is being upstaged by the European Union and the European Parliament. Vast sums of money are being spent on duplication of the human rights work done by the Council of Europe. We have this great institution of human rights, which the European Union is claiming for itself, and huge sums are being put into duplicating the work of...

European Affairs (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: I apologise for not hearing the beginning of the hon. Gentleman's clearly uncontroversial speech. He has referred to separate groups. Would he care to explain how the following comes about? In the Council of Europe, the British Conservatives are in a group of their own. While it was the third largest—and bigger than the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe—it was very...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Heathrow Airport Expansion (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: My hon. Friend mentions the Oxford Economics report. Has he had a chance to read the new one?

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Heathrow Airport Expansion (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: Having 51 minutes versus nine minutes is a bit of an imbalance when putting such cases. May I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Windsor (Adam Afriyie) on securing this debate? Had he been a bit more astute he could have got the second debate, in which case I would have been in the Chair and therefore silenced. I am sorry about that. The House knows my views, Mr. Taylor, so I will...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Heathrow Airport Expansion (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: Okay, if one looked at the matter seriously and decided that it would be a good idea to have another airport elsewhere—I take my hon. Friend's point that he did not say that he wanted one—the idea presumably would be to have one. Looking at the rest of the world, in Montreal, for example, where they have done just that, the new airport is now being closed because the old one is...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Heathrow Airport Expansion (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: That is highly unlikely. These figures are the best one has in respect of passengers in the domestic market coming into Heathrow. That market is not big. Almost all the flights are international. The number of regional flights is declining as ever more people go from regional airports to Schiphol, Amsterdam and Charles de Gaulle. That is another reason why not much is done about carbon...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Heathrow Airport Expansion (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: My hon. Friend is right to say that the business community is not totally supportive. I remind him that not every MP near the airport is on the same side.

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Heathrow Airport Expansion (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: I have heard time and again the argument that transit passengers are only worth a cup of tea. Does my hon. Friend accept that if 35 to 40 per cent. of passengers—indeed, well over half on some flights—are transferring through Heathrow and going out again on different flights, many flights would not be economically viable, and more routes would be lost, if that were to change?

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Heathrow Airport Expansion (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: My hon. Friend mentions Hong Kong and makes the point well that the new Hong Kong airport flourishes and is wonderful. The old Hong Kong airport is a golf driving range.

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Heathrow Airport Expansion (16 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: But my hon. Friend does not want to shut Heathrow.

[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] (9 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He said that Surrey police authority "was well aware" in October. He subsequently said that Surrey police authority's claim that it did not know something until January was untrue. He has twice asserted that the information put out by Surrey police authority is incorrect. Will he send the proof of his claims to all who have attended this debate?...

[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] (9 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: If I were allowed to, I would.

[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] (9 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: Would the hon. Lady not describe it as vindictive or suspicious if the Government want to wave that stick about? I agree that they want to make a case of somebody; they are picking on a county where there is not a single Labour MP to complain.

Council Tax Capping (Surrey) (9 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: It is a pleasure to be down here, for a change, rather than where you are, Mr. Fraser, and able to make a speech in Westminster Hall. Until the Government set up the Greater London authority, the whole of my constituency was part of the Metropolitan police district. The Government argued that my constituents would get better policing and feel more comfortable with a county constabulary than...

Council Tax Capping (Surrey) (9 Jun 2009)

David Wilshire: I have been a customer of my hon. Friend's service station—I hope that I did not add to the crime while I was there—which gives me the opportunity to mention my concern about motorway issues. In places, the constituency boundary goes down the middle of the carriageway. My constituency includes the busiest part of the M25, which is the busiest motorway in the United Kingdom. There...

Health Food Products (Channel Islands) (5 May 2009)

David Wilshire: I think that we would all have trouble with that.

Devonport Naval Base (5 May 2009)

David Wilshire: Mr. Ainsworth, had I known it would be you, I would have worn a different tie.

[Mr. David Wilshire in the Chair] (5 May 2009)

David Wilshire: Mr. Gale did most of the work.