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Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (2 Nov 2009) has video

Meg Munn: Recently I went with the police in Sheffield to observe a raid on a property where cannabis was being grown. The local people were relieved that that had happened and that that activity was to be stopped. Is it not important, in formulating policy, that the Government take account of the wider implications of drugs?

Written Answers — International Development: St. Helena: Airports (2 Nov 2009)

Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he expects to publish the responses to the consultation on access to St. Helena.

Written Answers — International Development: St. Helena: Airports (2 Nov 2009)

Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with commercial organisations on the provision of an airport on St. Helena.

Written Answers — International Development: St. Helena: Airports (2 Nov 2009)

Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent representations he has received on access to St. Helena.

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (22 Oct 2009) has video

Meg Munn: What steps he is taking to increase awareness of the risks for commercial drivers of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea.

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (22 Oct 2009) has video

Meg Munn: I thank my hon. Friend and the Secretary of State for their interest in this issue. My hon. Friend will be aware of recent academic research suggesting that one in five lorry drivers may suffer from sleep apnoea. Given that if diagnosed and treated it does not prevent lorry drivers from continuing their careers, but that if undiagnosed and untreated it means they are a risk to themselves and...

Women and Equality: Equality and Human Rights Commission (22 Oct 2009) has video

Meg Munn: Are not human rights one of the important aspects of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and do they not underpin the whole approach to discrimination? Having that strand running through the commission is another reason why those organisations needed to come together.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iran's Nuclear Programme (20 Oct 2009)

Meg Munn: May I welcome the leading role that Britain is taking in Europe on this issue? What discussions has the Foreign Secretary had with other partners in Europe about their taking further steps and bringing further economic sanctions to bear?

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Prostate Cancer (13 Oct 2009) has video

Meg Munn: My hon. Friend will be aware of how successful women have been in coming together to campaign on breast cancer. Indeed, I am wearing pink today to support that campaign. What does she think can be done to get more men to campaign on the important issue of prostate cancer, and to persuade them not to ignore it? She will be aware that my own father went to the doctor too late, and consequently...

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Women and Work Commission (20 Jul 2009)

Meg Munn: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality when she expects the Women and Work Commission to report on the impact of the recommendations adopted by the Government in response to the report of the Commission in 2006.

Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009) has video

Meg Munn: Surely the hon. Gentleman is not ignoring the children who come into care under section 20 orders, which are voluntary, and who therefore do not have care orders?

Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009) has video

Meg Munn: I question what the hon. Gentleman is saying. I have tabled questions about research that may not have been done by the Government, but which was funded by them. A huge amount of research is done; my question is whether it is then disseminated. However, I could tell the hon. Gentleman at length—although obviously not today, Mr. Deputy Speaker—why certain things are done in the UK,...

Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009) has video

Meg Munn: My right hon. Friend raises an extremely important issue, but may I point out that it is one of the problems that the social work profession faces? As society develops, new problems arise and social workers—who are already dealing with a wide range of complex issues, as we have heard—are expected to take on the kind of issues and problems about which he is talking. He will know...

Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009) has video

Meg Munn: I am listening carefully to my hon. Friend, who is making some important points. Did the Committee consider the fact that some children do indeed love their parents from their birth family, but their parents have been unable to provide for them in that way, so such children have a loving relationship but it is insufficient for their needs? When a child then develops another relationship with...