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

Parmjit Dhanda: Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating employees at British Energy in my constituency? More than 1,000 will benefit from this announcement. Will he also join me in congratulating E.ON and RWE, which want to create more than 200 jobs in the nuclear industry at Gloucester business park? Will he resist any attempt from the Opposition to do away with the IPC, because ultimately, that...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: I entirely agree with my right hon. Friend, who is making the case extremely well as to why the United States, and all the major powers, have a big role to play. Will he argue the case in this Chamber today for the President of the United States to be in Copenhagen, because that is the strongest way of getting the message across and actually doing something about the problem?

Swindon to Kemble Railway (27 Oct 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has been campaigning on the issue for a considerable period. He knows that if we can get the money to deliver the scheme, it will make a massive difference to the journey from my constituency to London. My hon. Friend is right to point out that the South West Strategic Leaders' Board has a role to play. If the cross-party consensus is as strong as the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Academies (12 Oct 2009) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: Just before the summer recess, my right hon. Friend announced a review of secondary education in Gloucestershire to be conducted by Graham Badman. Should Graham Badman produce a report that encourages the building of an academy in my constituency, will my right hon. Friend give it full support and join me in encouraging the local authority to support a £13 million academy in my...

Gloucester (Regeneration Funding) (21 Jul 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: If the Minister is to pay a visit in the first week of September, it would be terrific to resolve the issues before then. If the issues are not resolved and a decision still has to be made, may I suggest that she brings with her an official or two from the CPRG? In that way RDA representatives and urban regeneration company representatives can show them the need for the work. It is all very...

Gloucester (Regeneration Funding) (21 Jul 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: Thank you for calling me to speak, Mr. Martlew; I was just beginning to enjoy the exchanges at the end of the previous debate. It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the last time in this Session, before we all retreat to what the newspapers say will be an 82-day holiday. I know that it will not be an 82-day holiday for you, Mr. Martlew, nor will it be for the Minister or...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Care and Support (Reform) (14 Jul 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: May I associate myself with the remarks of my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) about family members? Taking that on board, will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State consider a fourth option for family members, by using either tax relief or grants to support the building of granny annexes, in order to allow family members to keep the capital gain,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: 21st Century Schools (30 Jun 2009) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: I welcome my right hon. Friend's remarks about a review of secondary education in Gloucestershire, because some of us have been calling for such a review for years. Many schools, particularly those in the comprehensive sector, have been let down because of the local obsession in Gloucestershire with purely the grammar school sector. That obsession has led to the comprehensive schools being...

Petition — Bullying (Armed Forces) (29 Jun 2009) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: I have a petition from more than 160 residents and others in my constituency. The names were collected on the streets of Gloucester by a former member of the armed forces. The petition states: The Petition of those concerned about bullying in the Armed Forces, Declares that bullying in the British Army should be stopped once and for all. The Petitioners therefore request that the House of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Parliamentary Standards (23 Jun 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend's statement, but will she take a closer look at the really important work involving my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright)? She mentioned petitions in particular, but will she also look into the role of topical debates? She mentioned my speech yesterday; in the context of that, I ask whether there can be greater public involvement...

Election of Speaker (22 Jun 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: Nearly there; this is the last one. I have been in this race for 12 days. I have been playing catch-up, because others have probably been in it for 12 months or perhaps longer—who knows? The key thing that brought me into this in the first place was a sense of frustration. I listened to all nine contributions. Actually, I passionately believe that any of the 10 of us is capable of doing...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (10 Jun 2009) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: Does—[Hon. Members: "It is Mr. Speaker."] Steady. Does my right hon. Friend understand the anger among people who work in financial services, who have witnessed millions of pounds being rightly invested in our banks to shore them up, but now see thousands of jobs jettisoned by, for example, Cheltenham & Gloucester in the middle of a recession? Does he agree that the banks need to...

Business of the House: Gurkhas (21 May 2009) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: I very much welcome today's statement; the Government have without doubt made the right decision. However, is my right hon. Friend concerned, as I am, about all the other regiments, not least my grandfather's regiment, the Bengal Engineers, and those who fought in Malaysia, Singapore and Kenya, which never had a Joanna Lumley campaigning for them? The Government have made the right decision...

Regional Development Agency (13 May 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: I am grateful for the detailed information about some of those training exercises and the things that are available to keep people in work—they are very important—but I would be interested to hear the Minister's answer to the question about gaps. What if the RDA does not find the money for the projects that I was talking about? That is really important. I should also like to use...

Regional Development Agency (13 May 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: I am grateful for all the investment throughout Gloucestershire. I appreciate that the Minister is concluding her remarks, but after the debate, will she nudge my right hon. Friend the Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs, when he comes back after his well deserved two weeks' paternity leave, to arrange a visit, so that he can see some of the local projects that she mentioned...

Regional Development Agency (13 May 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. O'Hara. At a time when Westminster is under such scrutiny, it is good, as a Member of Parliament, to be able to focus on trying to get tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of pounds of investment into my constituency. All Members of Parliament try to do that in their day-to-day lives. What a story we have to tell in Gloucester of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Equality Bill (11 May 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: rose—

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Equality Bill (11 May 2009)

Parmjit Dhanda: I am grateful to the right hon. Lady. I hope that she enjoys her drink of water. I have been listening carefully to what the right hon. Lady has been saying. Her argument seems to be, "We can't do this because it is too difficult and too technical, and businesses would suffer." I put it to her that most fair-minded employers would support these changes. She is backing herself into the same...