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Olympics: Energy National Policy Statements (9 Nov 2009) has video

Jacqui Lait: I welcome the introduction of the first national policy statements, but may I press the Secretary of State on the timetable for ending consultation, both in the wider world and within Parliament? How does that fit in with Sir Michael Pitt's timetable inviting the energy producers to come forward with their plans?

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Planning Act 2008 (3 Nov 2009)

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which draft national policy statements under the Planning Act 2008 for which his Department is responsible he expects to publish before March 2010.

Written Answers — Transport: Transport: Planning (2 Nov 2009)

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which draft national policy statements under the Planning Act 2008 for which his Department is responsible he expects to publish before March 2010.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Planning Act 2008 (2 Nov 2009)

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which draft national policy statements under the Planning Act 2008 for which his Department is responsible he expects to publish before March 2010.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Social Sector Working Party (12 Oct 2009)

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 699W, whether the concerns raised at the meeting with the representatives of the London Leasehold Officers' Forum on 12 August 2009 will be included in the agenda for the next meeting of the Social Sector Working Party.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Disabled (21 Jul 2009)

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people have received their health checks for invalidity benefits in each month since the introduction of the current health checks scheme; how many people were planned to receive such checks but have not; how long it is expected to take to provide checks to such people; and what the cost of doing so will be; (2) how many...

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Abortion Law (Northern Ireland) (15 Jul 2009)

Jacqui Lait: Can the Minister explain why abortion is a criminal justice matter in Northern Ireland and a health matter on the mainland?

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Abortion Law (Northern Ireland) (15 Jul 2009)

Jacqui Lait: I have been involved in this debate for more than 40 years, and we have heard today all the arguments made throughout that time. If there is one plea, it is that we go to the barricades in the cause of toleration. Not many people do that. The compromise argument that the women in Northern Ireland who need and agonise over having an abortion should have it paid for in a hospital in Great...

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Abortion Law (Northern Ireland) (15 Jul 2009)

Jacqui Lait: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Audit Commission: Public Appointments (13 Jul 2009)

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to make appointments of Audit Commissioners to replace those commissioners who retired at the end of March 2009.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Departmental Responsibilities (13 Jul 2009)

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which Minister in his Department has lead policy responsibility for the Audit Commission.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Business Rates Revaluation (7 Jul 2009) has video

Jacqui Lait: What impact assessment his Department has conducted in preparation for the 2010 business rates revaluation.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Business Rates Revaluation (7 Jul 2009) has video

Jacqui Lait: I am grateful to the Minister for that answer, and I am sure businesses will be grateful too. In a recent survey that I conducted in Beckenham, 46 per cent. of small businesses said that they needed help already with business rates. Given that the threshold for the supplementary business rate is only £50,000, and the effect that that will have on small businesses, does the Minister agree...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Commonhold and Leasehold Act 2002 (7 Jul 2009)

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 999W, on the Commonhold and Leasehold Act 2002, what informal discussions his Department has had with local authority officers on sections 152 and 153 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Act 2002 in the last two years; and if he will place in the Library a copy of...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Social Rented Housing: Freedom of Information (6 Jul 2009)

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations he has received on the application of freedom of information legislation to information held by registered social landlords; and if he will make a statement.

Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill: Leaseholders' Rights Bill (26 Jun 2009) has video

Jacqui Lait: With the leave of the House, may I congratulate the Minister on her mammoth speech, even though it was deeply unhelpful? The people affected by the problems that we have discussed are public sector leaseholders, who have come to me, to the hon. Members for Hendon (Mr. Dismore), for Brent, North (Barry Gardiner), and for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes), and, interestingly, to...

Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill: Leaseholders' Rights Bill (26 Jun 2009) has video

Jacqui Lait: As the right hon. Lady moves through her speech, will she differentiate between the rights that are given to private sector leaseholders and public sector leaseholders? The problems that I have raised occurred well before the 2002 Act and have continued since its introduction. The legislation certainly helped with the problems of the private sector leaseholder. If she would differentiate, I...

Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill: Leaseholders' Rights Bill (26 Jun 2009) has video

Jacqui Lait: What the Minister just said was carefully worded. Did she mean that the Tenant Services Authority will also be invited to take into consideration the interests of public sector leaseholders in both council housing and the housing associations?

Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill: Leaseholders' Rights Bill (26 Jun 2009) has video

Jacqui Lait: I am hugely grateful to the Minister for giving way, and obviously I do not want to turn this debate into a dialogue, but a public sector leaseholder who bought their home would not regard themselves as living in social housing. That is the crux of my point.

Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill: Leaseholders' Rights Bill (26 Jun 2009) has video

Jacqui Lait: Can the right hon. Lady explain how the leaseholder's right to obtain other quotations or other contractors' names, which she has described, sits with the five-year contract for whole of the works, and whether the contractor would have a legal right to compensation should one of the leaseholder's contractors be given the job? Also, as I said, one of the gateways used by RSLs and local...