Results 1-20 of 1,354 for in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates' speaker:Wayne David
- Oral Answers to Questions — Electoral Commission Committee: Individual Electoral Registration (16 May 2013)
Wayne David: What progress the Electoral Commission is making on preparations for the full confirmation test in the transition to individual electoral registration.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Electoral Commission Committee: Individual Electoral Registration (16 May 2013)
Wayne David: Does the Electoral Commission agree that there is real concern out there about the IT system that is being used in the process of confirmation, and that it is very important to allow sufficient time for the transition to IER to ensure that things are done properly?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: National Transport Infrastructure (M4) (15 May 2013)
Wayne David: Will the Government introduce road tolls on the new M4 relief road?
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
Wayne David: The Gracious Speech was hardly an earth-shattering event. It was a short speech that, compared with previous ones, had few proposals for legislation and even fewer ideas about the direction the country should take. Before I refer to some of its contents, I want to make the point that it was more notable for what was not in it than for what was. To date, the Government have introduced a number...
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
Wayne David: Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that it would help if the minimum wage in this country was enforced vigorously?
- Business of the House (25 April 2013)
Wayne David: Today’s quarterly growth figures are truly lamentable. May we have an emergency debate during the next few hours, so that although the Government have no new policies to offer, they can at least show their concern about the situation?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Korean Peninsula (23 April 2013)
Wayne David: What recent assessment he has made of the implications for the UK of instability in the Korean peninsula.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Korean Peninsula (23 April 2013)
Wayne David: Inevitably and rightly, there has been tremendous focus on the absurd rhetoric of the North Korean regime and the development of its nuclear capability, but last month the United Nations Human Rights Council decided to set up a commission of inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea. Will the Foreign Secretary give us an indication of how that work might develop?
- [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] — Backbench business — Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania) (22 April 2013)
Wayne David: Does my right hon. Friend accept that one very real difficulty in estimating the numbers likely to come here from Romania and Bulgaria is that many of the calculations are based on what happened when the A8 countries were allowed to have full access to our markets? At that time, the British economy was booming; now it is flatlining.
- [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] — Backbench business — Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania) (22 April 2013)
Wayne David: Before the hon. Gentleman moves on, will he acknowledge that there is a great deal of concern that migrant workers from the countries of the former eastern bloc have been exploited, and that wage levels of indigenous workers have been undermined? Does he accept, therefore, that it would be very positive not only if there were an emphatic endorsement of a minimum wage, but if prosecutions went...
- [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] — Backbench business — Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania) (22 April 2013)
Wayne David: Does the hon. Gentleman share my view, then, on this matter? Would he like to see prosecutions brought in the courts against people who deliberately break the minimum wage law?
- Tributes to Baroness Thatcher (10 April 2013)
Wayne David: I believe we should all show respect to Mrs Thatcher, this country’s first woman Prime Minister. As Prime Minister of this country, she undoubtedly achieved things in which all of us, on both sides of the House, can share a pride. Most notably, she signed the Good Friday agreement, and under her leadership this country liberated the Falklands and encouraged the freedom of the peoples of...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: House of Lords (26 March 2013)
Wayne David: In September 2010, the Deputy Prime Minister said that the Government wanted to reduce the cost of politics. To date, 128 new peers have been appointed at a cost of £131,000 each per year, with more planned. Why are the Government no longer concerned about reducing the cost of politics?
- Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law (25 March 2013)
Wayne David: On “help to buy”, does the hon. Gentleman think it morally correct that millionaires can get support to buy second homes?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Cyprus (18 March 2013)
Wayne David: One of the fundamental rules of banking has been broken, in that the deposits and savings of ordinary people have been, in effect, taken over in part by the state. That is a fundamental breach. What assurances can the Government give us that this precedent will not be followed by other countries in the near future?
- Energy and Climate Change: Alcohol: Minimum Unit Price (14 March 2013)
Wayne David: Given that the Home Secretary has announced her personal support for minimum unit pricing on two separate occasions, will the Minister confirm that she has changed her mind?
- Operation Jasmine (Care Home Abuse) (13 March 2013)
Wayne David: I heard what the Minister said about the evidence remaining on the table, as it were, but does he not accept my point that we need some sort of time scale? In theory, the evidence that has been accumulated could remain on the table indefinitely without there ever being an inquiry because it might not allow consent to be given for such an inquiry.
- Operation Jasmine (Care Home Abuse) (13 March 2013)
Wayne David: Given that Gwent police has already said it is more than happy to co-operate with the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales on an immediate inquiry, does the Minister agree that that would be a positive step forwards?
- Operation Jasmine (Care Home Abuse) (13 March 2013)
Wayne David: On the issue of an inquiry, does my hon. Friend agree that one of the major problems now is that, because one of the accused is unwell and is deemed unable—at the moment—to go on trial, information cannot be provided for any kind of inquiry because there may be a trial in the future? What is absolutely essential is that we get definitive medical advice on whether or not that...
- Probation Service — [Mr David Crausby in the Chair] (13 March 2013)
Wayne David: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby. It is also pleasing that many Opposition Members are here to attend this important debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Mr Mudie) on securing it and on providing us with such a comprehensive opening speech, which flagged up very effectively many of the major issues that I and other Members have touched...