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Business of the House (19 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: The announcement that Ordnance Survey's mapping data will be available free to the many thousands of digital industries and community groups in Britain is very welcome. However, there is much more public sector information sitting around in departmental hard drives, such as Land Registry data and transport times. May we have a debate on how public sector information can increase the UK...

Business, Innovation and Skills: High-Speed Broadband (12 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: Internet service providers will lose income from people who are cut off as a result of allegations of illicit file-sharing, yet the figures used by my hon. Friend's Department to assess the scale of internet piracy are provided by the music industry and are based on a poor sample—fewer than 200—and have been soundly ridiculed by the BBC. Will he give me a guarantee that he will...

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

Tom Watson: My right hon. Friend has made a big call today and I commend him. On his proposals for the management of radioactive waste, can he comment on proposals for the deep waste repository, and what date does he think that it might be constructed, as it is important to building a public consensus around nuclear rebuild?

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Byron Review (9 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: I have seen the content of the video game. It is unpleasant, although no worse than in many films and books. The game carries a content warning. It is an 18-plus game, and carries the British Board of Film Classification 18-plus rating as well. Does the Minister agree that it would be better for Members of the House to support the many thousands of game designers and coders, and the many...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (9 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: Following on from the question asked by the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart), can the Secretary of State guarantee that if the additional income generated by his measures to cut off illegal file sharers does not exceed the cost of the regulatory burden, he will shelve his plans?

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: British Council: Manpower (9 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 253W, on the British Council: manpower, how many temporary staff are employed by the British Council; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Telephone Services (9 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2009 to the hon. Member for Winchester, Official Report, column 381W, on departmental telephone services, how many call handlers are employed to operate his Department's travel advice telephone information line.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Diplomatic Service: Databases (9 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2009, Official Report, column 334W, on the Locate system, if he will place in the Library a copy of the audit of the system undertaken in March 2009.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Turks and Caicos Islands (9 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for how many advisers to the Turks and Caicos Islands his Department provides funding; what the cost to the public purse is of the annual salaries of such advisers; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Passports: Embassies (5 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 257W, on passports: embassies, how many emergency passports were issued through consular services in each (a) region of the world and (b) country in each of the last five financial years.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Written Questions: Government Responses (5 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to answer (a) Question 294787 on Colombia: land mines and (b) Question 295023 on travel advice to British nationals, tabled on 22 October 2009.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Colombia: Foreign Relations (4 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2009, Official Report, column 377W, on Colombia: foreign relations, on what occasions in the last 12 months the British Ambassador in Bogota has met the Colombian Foreign Minister to discuss (a) bilateral relations and (b) broader global issues.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Databases (4 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 70W, on the Diplomatic Service: databases, for what reason his Department's online registration and crisis database does not break down registrations on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Honduras: Politics and Government (4 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest assessment is of the political situation in Honduras; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Turks and Caicos Islands (4 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 9WS, on the Turks and Caicos Islands, when the (a) advisory group and (b) consultative forum last met; and if he will publish the minutes of each meeting.

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): Clause 3 — Management of the civil service (3 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: I have the highest regard for the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart). His humility goes before him. I admire his talents—his musical talents more than his political talents. As he knows, I represent a midlands seat in England, but when I look from afar at the amendment, I begin to think that he is selling out. He might be selling Scotland down the river with the...

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): Clause 3 — Management of the civil service (3 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: Hey, I am on the Back Benches. It might be my party policy but I can say what I want now. The hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire is selling Scotland down the river with that amendment. It is a pathetic piece of symbolism to score points in a by-election. He has spoken eloquently, but the amendment would not fundamentally change the relationship between London and Edinburgh, and he...

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): Clause 3 — Management of the civil service (3 Nov 2009) has video

Tom Watson: The hon. Gentleman is turning into a real London luvvie, defending this amendment, which would hand no power to Scotland. He should be ashamed of himself, and apologise to his constituents and to his party.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: 2010 World Cup (3 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to provide travel advice to British nationals ahead of the 2010 World Cup finals; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Colombia (3 Nov 2009)

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 67W, on Colombia: trade unions, what the cost was of his visit to Bogota.