Results 1-20 of 406 for speaker:Anne Moffat

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Oct 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: Does my right hon. Friend share my concern about the ever-increasing exploitation in the construction industry, in which foreign workers are driving wages down and where people are not complying with certain safety regulations. The matter comes up in my surgery on a regular basis. Both foreign and indigenous workers are being exploited by the employers. Do we need stricter regulation?

Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Government Departments: Legal Profession (21 May 2009)

Anne Moffat: To ask the Solicitor-General what the policy of the Law Officers' Departments is on encouraging Government lawyers to undertake pro bono work.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Economic Situation: Disadvantaged People (20 May 2009)

Anne Moffat: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment his Department has made of the effects on socially-excluded people of the recession.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: EU-US Relations (19 May 2009)

Anne Moffat: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has held with his US counterpart on EU-US relations following President Obama's recent visit to Europe.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Serious Convictions (DNA Evidence) (23 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: What estimate she has made of the number of convictions for serious crimes which relied on evidence from DNA samples retained on the national DNA database in the last 12 months.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Serious Convictions (DNA Evidence) (23 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: Although I am sure that my right hon. Friend agrees that the database is a breakthrough in modern policing in the country, does she also agree that young people, and particularly children, need to be dealt with sensitively?

Business of the House (19 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware of the article in The Independent today about restaurant owners using the credit crunch as an excuse to ask the Government not to stop the inclusion of tips in the national minimum wage? We fought long and hard to close that loophole, so I hope that she and other members of the Cabinet and the Government do not agree with those restaurant owners, who...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Unemployment (East Lothian) (18 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: What assessment he has made of the level of support to long-term and recently unemployed people in East Lothian constituency.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Unemployment (East Lothian) (18 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: I am sure that the whole House will now want to hear my supplementary question. We currently have quite a good level of employment in East Lothian—over 80 per cent.—but I am concerned about the possibility that unemployment will rise both in East Lothian and in Scotland more widely. The position could be greatly improved if the banks adopted measures allowing them to enable small...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Colombia: Armed Conflict (18 Mar 2009)

Anne Moffat: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the comments of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that the Colombian security forces are engaged in widespread and systematic killings of civilians.

Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill: Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament) (16 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: The hon. Gentleman makes much of the Prime Minister's position. What does the Leader of the Opposition think about the matter?

Business of the House (12 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware that the National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs is meeting this weekend for its annual conference? That is timely, because of the tax on beer that is affecting our pubs, clubs and communities throughout the country. May we have a debate on the matter?

Oral Answers to Questions — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Unemployment (New Skills) (12 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: Does my right hon. Friend agree that we need to celebrate people who achieve decent skills in any sort of industry—whether the manufacturing, nuclear or construction industries? It is easy to get an academic to give a view on something, but it is difficult to get hold of a skilled plumber to fix the loo. Surely we need to celebrate what those people do.

Theft from Shops (Use of Penalty Notices for Disorder): Control of Ozone-depleting Substances (11 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I seek your advice on whether the frustration that the House has experienced tonight is appropriate. Conservative Members called for a vote and then did not vote—and they did it deliberately in order to delay us from reaching a motion that would allow the youth of the country to debate in this Chamber. What makes their backsides any better than those of...

Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]: Unemployment (10 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: On planning applications and employment, will the hon. Gentleman comment on the Scottish Executive's refusal to give planning permission for new build in nuclear and thus create jobs in Scotland?

Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]: Unemployment (10 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: They want jobs.

Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]: Unemployment (10 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: As we are talking about apologies and unemployment, will the right hon. Lady take this opportunity to apologise, 25 years after the miners' strike, for the time when a whole industry and thousands of people lost their jobs and their ability to participate in socially acceptable community life?

Women and Equality: Women (Public Appointments) (10 Mar 2009) has video

Anne Moffat: I think that there is no other party in government than Labour that has ever done more to promote women in public life. What I am most concerned about for women is the impact of the economic downturn, which might be leading to an increase in domestic violence. What will the Government do to put in place plans to support women—

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Economic Downturn (10 Mar 2009)

Anne Moffat: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what support the Government are giving to women affected by the economic downturn.

Pleural Plaques (11 Feb 2009)

Anne Moffat: I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. I am quite sure that he is aware of what is happening within John MacDougall's family. His wife and daughter are very keen to set up a trust, which is supported by our hon. Friend the Member for Glenrothes (Lindsay Roy). who is on another Select Committee and gives his apologies as well. They want to set up a trust fund for all sufferers...