Results 1-20 of 868 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Ian Liddell-Grainger

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?

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...

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...

Energy Production (13 Oct 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: I am delighted to be serving under you yet again, Sir Nicholas. It seems slightly strange to go from farm building allowances to nuclear building. I am sure there is a synergy somewhere, but I cannot think what it is—perhaps we should have corporate breaks. I am fortunate to have obtained this debate. The future of nuclear power is vital both to my constituency and to the whole of the...

Business of the House (2 Jul 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: I rise to request a debate in this House on behalf of the farmers of Exmoor on the digital mapping system that the Rural Payments Agency uses to allocate money to farmers. The agency has got it wrong for the third year running. This is now becoming beyond a joke. Why can we not get this mapping correct? We can read papers from space, so why can we not get field outlines right? Farmers are...

Standards Board for England (30 Jun 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to debate the Standards Board for England. For those hon. Members who have never come across it, let me say with great sincerity, "Lucky you!" The board is supposed to promote high ethical standards for local government, but in my experience it is an inefficient, expensive and woefully unfair outfit that should be confined to the history books as...

Business of the House (30 Apr 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: May we have a debate on the situation of the nuclear academies, the Government's flagship method of training for the future civil nuclear programme? In the south-west, the regional development agency is holding up the funding for the nuclear academy in Bridgwater. We need an urgent debate on that because we must start building soon to provide for the future of the civil nuclear programme.

Councillor Paul Buchanan (21 Apr 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: I thank the Minister and I welcome his words. I am delighted to hear that, but unfortunately it will not help this gentleman. Will the Minister give an indication of the time scale involved? I know that we are in the middle of the consultation, but he must have a thought in the back of his mind as to when this will happen. It is extremely important in trying, as it were, to even things out on...

Councillor Paul Buchanan (21 Apr 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: There is no indication that there has been criminal intent, partly because Avon and Somerset police are involved, as is the hon. Member for Wansdyke (Dan Norris). What has happened here is that there has been a desperation to do a deal for procurement, which neither side disagrees with. We agree in the House that efficiency is right. It is the undue haste and the way it was set up that has...

Councillor Paul Buchanan (21 Apr 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: I am delighted to have the opportunity in an Adjournment debate to talk about Mr. Paul Buchanan. This is a short debate with a short title, but I am here to tell the House of some extraordinary events in the life of an elected councillor for the county of Somerset. Mr. Buchanan is not a constituent of mine; nor, by any stretch of the imagination, is he is a supporter of my party. He is a...

Councillor Paul Buchanan (21 Apr 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: The Minister is nodding; he is aware of that. The outfit is called Southwest One, and it is busy making a total hash of everything in the county. Its computer system does not work, it cannot place orders or pay bills and it is certainly not saving any money. Southwest One is the dubious end product of Alan Jones's desire radically to improve services—mad. The Jones philosophy is...

Councillor Paul Buchanan (21 Apr 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: I thank the hon. Gentleman. He came in a little late, and if I may I should like to tell him that all this is in the public domain. It is all part of the transcripts that were given to the Standards Board. Everything that I am speaking about is in the public domain already, so the people involved have had ample chance to examine it. The Standards Board makes all its findings public, and all...

Councillor Paul Buchanan (21 Apr 2009)

Ian Liddell-Grainger: No, because quite honestly the information is already in the public domain. If it were not, I would have had no problem with that, but what I am saying is a catalogue of what is already known. I am putting it in chronological order and saying to the Minister that we need to have the ability to bring about investigation of senior officers by the Standards Board. The hon. Gentleman raises an...

Business of the House (2 Apr 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: The Leader of the House is well aware that the nuclear industry is incredibly important in my area. However, we have hit a problem with the building of the nuclear academy within Bridgwater college—which, I am glad to say, is a superb further education college. The problem is that the funding from the Government is being cut. We desperately need engineers and safety technicians for the...

Business of the House (26 Mar 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: May we have a debate on regional development agencies? The south-west's RDA is putting more money into Swindon, Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth than it is into the rural areas. Somerset, which is a tourist destination, as the Leader of the House is well aware, is finding it harder—or impossible—to get decent sums out of the RDA, as is Bridgwater, which is the only industrial town in...

Petitions: Traffic Management (Somerset) (11 Mar 2009) has video

Ian Liddell-Grainger: You will be glad to hear, Mr. Deputy Speaker, that my petition deals with another subject. The A39 in my constituency is a major arterial route across west Somerset. It has been a dangerous road for many years and most people in west Somerset see that as due to a lack of funding, mainly by the county council but also by the Government. The Petition of concerned motorists, and others, Declares...