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Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: I apologise to Members whose speeches I may have missed during the afternoon. However, I have been able to hear a lot of the debate. I should like to discuss palm oil, because one of the most important things that the Government have tried to meet is the renewable transport fuel obligation. I fear that, accidentally, they have increased the chances of the orang-utan, Asia's only great ape,...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: I know that the hon. Gentleman thinks that he has scored a goal, but if he buys Paterson-Arran oatcakes he will find that they are, indeed, orang-utan friendly—and no more monkey business from him while he's at it. Companies such as Asda, Sainsbury's and Cadbury's—big, serious and sensible companies—are doing a tremendous amount to change the content of their food and other...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: We have to do both, because, although certification is helpful, ultimately we all want proper sustainability from planting through to end use. Therefore, anything that financially encourages such practice is worth having, but ultimately we should get it right from start to finish rather than buy our way out of bad practice. In Hereford, we had a 350 campaign meeting in the town hall; it was...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: UK Fishing Industry (29 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: Is the Minister aware of how disconnected inshore fishermen feel from discussions with his Department? Now that he is, what does he intend to do about putting that right?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: The company Green Energy Supplies of Leominster faces extra costs from the Government's microgeneration certification scheme. To show that the Prime Minister is serious about Copenhagen and renewable energy, will he agree to meet my constituents and get rid of some of this gold-plating?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 291 — The coastal access duty (26 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: The problem with this clause is that it is the Government position, rather than the user of the outdoors, that is being wrapped in cotton wool. That is why my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Mr. Benyon) has tabled his amendment. Will the Minister therefore allay our fears about the liability of landowners, as I suspect that, in the circumstances, they might be making parts of the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 291 — The coastal access duty (26 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: Will the Minister elaborate a little more on what he means by "sterilise"? Does he mean, for example, that the land would not be eligible for single farm payments?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 2 — Power to enter into agreements with eligible bodies (26 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: Will the Minister outline what people should do if they do not agree with the make-up?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 2 — Power to enter into agreements with eligible bodies (26 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: It is no good the hon. Gentleman attacking me, because after my intervention I heard the Ministers say, "Good question." Perhaps he should speak to his colleagues on the Front Bench.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 2 — Power to enter into agreements with eligible bodies (26 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: Will the Minister be kind enough to explain briefly why he has chosen the Environment Agency rather than the Marine Management Organisation for this function?

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: On Government targets, it was the Minister who said that every new job should be a green job. That was in March this year. That same month, the Prime Minister promised 400,000 new green jobs, but at the Labour party conference that figure fell to 250,000. Is there any reason why the Government should have axed 150,000 jobs?

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Equitable Life (21 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: I have signed the hon. Gentleman's early-day motion and I shall support his motion. My constituents are grateful for the chance to get that on the record. Will the hon. Gentleman say something in his closing remarks about the role of Sir John Chadwick? I am afraid I disagreed with the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski). I think Sir John is a...

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: I am particularly interested in what the Minister said about continuity of care. Will he take the opportunity to look at what is going on in Herefordshire? I decided to test the NHS for myself and waited in the queue. I eventually got to the front and had a filling, which fell out two weeks later. I still cannot see a dentist to get it put back in again. Unless people are in pain, it is...

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

Bill Wiggin: I was referring to academies and, more importantly, to academies with residential facilities. If the hon. Gentleman checks, he will see that looked-after children who go to boarding schools achieve far better results than those who do not. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will look more favourably on the matter. If the academy system can deliver such an opportunity for looked-after children, I...

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

Bill Wiggin: It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz). I think that the Prime Minister should answer his question. The Prime Minister does seem to have problems with increases in spending. He has said, for instance, that "total spending will continue to rise, and it will be a zero per cent. rise in 2013-14."—[ Official Report, 1 July 2009; Vol. 495, c. 294.]...

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

Bill Wiggin: I am curious: why has the hon. Gentleman chosen the age of 25 and not 21?

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Marine Conservation (2 Jul 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: I am pleased to hear that the Minister takes the issue seriously; anyone who has read Charles Clover's excellent book "The End of the Line", or seen the film, will know that we have to hurry to make sure that we preserve our marine species. Monaco represents the Government's next opportunity to fight to make sure that the bluefin tuna gets a convention on international trade in endangered...

Sri Lanka: Swine Flu (14 May 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: My hon. Friend makes an important point. I have personal experience of the failures of out-of-hours services. When my daughter was ill on a Sunday in Herefordshire, there was no GP available for anybody in Ledbury, where we live, despite its having two GP surgeries, so we had to travel all the way to Hereford, where there was a Primecare centre, bang next door to an accident and emergency...

Sri Lanka: Swine Flu (14 May 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: This is a subject on which I do not normally speak, but I have listened to the debate and, for once and perhaps uncharacteristically, I think that much of what the Government are doing is very good. I especially like the swine flu information leaflet, which explains the risks carefully and what people should do if they have returned from Mexico or have any fears. Like all hon. Members, I...

Surface Water and Highway Drainage Charges (Exemption) Bill: Clause 11 — Rates of alcoholic liquor duty (12 May 2009) has video

Bill Wiggin: Will the hon. Gentleman say something about the tremendous amount of work that all sorts of bodies, in particular the National Association of Cider Makers, have done on responsible drinking? The Government's idea that increasing duty will be beneficial is counter-intuitive and does a great deal of damage to those bodies, which are working so hard. While I am on the matter of health, has he...