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

Ian Liddell-Grainger: May I say that Hinkley Point is delighted with the Minister's announcement? One of the integral aspects of this is the infrastructure needed to get to the plant: we need a new bridge and a new road. Can he confirm or deny that that will be part of the planning application? If it is, will it come under the new planning rules?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: National Parks: Planning Permission (2 Nov 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance he issues to the authorities of national parks on the procedures to be followed in examining expressions of intent to apply for permission for development within a national park; and if he will make a statement.

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: I declare that I was a Territorial Army soldier. I was commissioned in 1980 and left in 1992 as a rifle commander. I was part of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and was incredibly proud of my time in the Territorial Army. I did not do it for money or because I wanted to become a major in the Army. I did not do it because I saw it as a grandiose way of furthering myself. I did it because I...

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: Of course I will give way to the Parachute Regiment.

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: My hon. Friend is absolutely right. He served honourably in Territorial units and he knows exactly what he is talking about. What he has just described is one of the problems. There are now very few Members of the House who have had the time, or whatever it may be, to serve in the military. Those who have done so, as Territorials or as regulars, will know exactly what the background is, and...

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: I thank my hon. Friend, who served honourably in the cavalry. There is absolutely no doubt that the cadets feed the TA, which feeds the regulars. It is a top-to-bottom Army. Who trains the cadets? It is mainly ex-Territorials or ex-regulars, who have the necessary experience. If we do not have those people, they will not be able to do that. The crux of the argument is that TA units can...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Nimrod Review (28 Oct 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: The parents of one of the dead crew members live in my constituency. They find it almost impossible to get closure on the situation because of the time that it has taken to come up with these reports. Will the Secretary of State build into the MOD ethos the fact that the speed with which people need to know what happened is paramount? These parents and families need to know, as quickly as...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Wind Power: Floods (28 Oct 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent guidelines his Department has issued on the construction of wind turbines on flood plains.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Wind Power: Somerset (28 Oct 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the need for new pylons to service the wind turbines across the Somerset Levels proposed by EDF Energy.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Wind Power: Somerset (28 Oct 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect the proposed construction of nine wind turbines on the Somerset Levels as proposed by EDF Energy would have on the environment; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Exmoor National Park (26 Oct 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many pre-planning applications were received per parish in the Exmoor National Park in the last three years; (2) how many pre-planning applications were submitted to the committee of the Exmoor National Park in each year since 2005-06; (3) how many pre-planning applications submitted to the committee of the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Exmoor National Park Authority: Public Appointments (26 Oct 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total cost to his Department was of appointments to the committee of the Exmoor National Park made by the Secretary of State in the last three years.

Business of the House (22 Oct 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: The Leader of the House is well aware that the Government want to get as much renewable energy as they can and wind turbines are one way of doing that, but they are being introduced in areas where they should not be. Nine turbines will be applied for on the levels in Somerset—an area of outstanding importance to the United Kingdom. Under the current Government proposals, the application...