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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?

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...

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...

Diversity in Public Appointments (1 Jul 2009)

Meg Munn: The ideas that my hon. Friend is setting out are interesting, but I am sure he would agree that one of the most difficult problems is getting people from a wider geographical area on the national bodies that are so important to the issues that we deal with. I do not know whether he is will come to it, but I would be grateful if he could discuss in detail how we can get fewer people from the...

Diversity in Public Appointments (1 Jul 2009)

Meg Munn: I am sure the Minister will accept that when targeting talent, people from under-represented groups such as the people with learning difficulties whom I met in Sheffield may not appear to have talent at the outset. However, once helped and supported in expressing their views, they can be exceptionally good. I hope that targeting talent also means developing that talent, not just looking to...

Diversity in Public Appointments (1 Jul 2009)

Meg Munn: I am delighted to have secured the opportunity to discuss this important issue. Public bodies are important. They carry out a wide range of vital activities that affect the lives of people up and down the country. Some supply funding, benefiting sectors such as the arts, sports and sciences. Others provide health care, safeguard the environment, promote human rights and protect the rights and...

St. Helena (17 Jun 2009)

Meg Munn: I said in my speech that I hoped the Minister would not repeat those facts, as he did last time. That was not because some of us do not believe that the Government should respond to problems in the developing world, but because the reality is that if the situation on St. Helena deteriorates, or if, as I suggested, some problematic social situation arises, the British Government will have to...

St. Helena (17 Jun 2009)

Meg Munn: I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman has estimated what that period of decline might be. He may be aware that another overseas territory, the Pitcairn Islands, has, of Pitcairners, only about 47 people living there, and that the end of the period when that community can remain viable is not clear. Given that there are 4,000 people on St. Helena, does he have any idea how long that management...

St. Helena (17 Jun 2009)

Meg Munn: I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Congleton (Ann Winterton) on securing this debate and demonstrating again that, despite St. Helena's distance and its relatively small number of inhabitants, as well as those Saints living in the UK, many parliamentarians take seriously the responsibilities that this country owes to our overseas territories. I will not make a long speech, as I had my...

Sleep Apnoea (Road Deaths) (12 May 2009) has video

Meg Munn: On 8 August 2006, 25-year-old Toby Tweddell set off to work along the M62 near Liverpool. On the way, a lorry ploughed into his car, and as a result of the accident Toby died. The lives of his family and friends were devastated: his fiancée Jenny, parents Monica and Nic, his uncle, my constituent Seb Schmoller, and many others. It was a dreadful day, too, for Colin Wrighton, the lorry...

Members' Allowances (30 Apr 2009) has video

Meg Munn: My hon. Friend's comments are helpful and I believe that the Commission's work will also be helpful. Does he not agree that it seems strange for us to be asked today to express an opinion before the important work has been done?

Members' Allowances (30 Apr 2009) has video

Meg Munn: TUPE.

Members' Allowances (30 Apr 2009) has video

Meg Munn: I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for giving way. I am extremely concerned about that issue, because a range of employment legislation refers to the relationship between an employee and an employer. It would be much better if the matter were fully investigated before the House expressed an opinion; otherwise, we may end up saying that a Member's staff should be employed by somebody...