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- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
John Hemming: I am pleased to speak after the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mr. Purchase). The issue of council housing has a lot of purchase with me, too. In Birmingham, we can at least say that we are building a small number of new council houses, even if that is done through a municipal housing trust, so that we are not trapped by the housing revenue account calculations and the tax on...
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
John Hemming: I like to look at cases in detail and I do not know enough about that. Much of the time, what we do in this place is pick on a case that seems wrong. There are cases that seem wrong superficially, but we need to consider a set of cases. There are systematic problems in child protection, for instance-take the Climbié inquiry or the case of baby P-but often we focus on one case. I am...
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
John Hemming: The Berkeley brothers took the issue of the system of law in Sark, which is linked with Guernsey, to judicial review. It was seen clearly as a responsibility of the Ministry of Justice. It is settled UK law that that responsibility rests within the UK. I accept that there are differences of status. Whereas I am not sure about the settled legal position on the Turks and Caicos islands, there...
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
John Hemming: Does my right hon. Friend agree that, in having a business management committee, Holyrood provides another lesson that this House could learn?
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
John Hemming: In arguing for the repeal of the 1998 Act, is the right hon. and learned Gentleman also arguing that individuals in this country should have no right of appeal to the European Court in Strasbourg?
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy Supply (12 Nov 2009)
John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the Government's policy is on whether the UK should have a continually increasing supply of oil and gas.
- Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (12 Nov 2009)
John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the political objectives are of the Government's military strategy in Afghanistan; and on what evidential basis the Government evaluate the effectiveness of that strategy in achieving those objectives.
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Integrated Children's System (12 Nov 2009)
John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will amend the Integrated Children's System to enable a pre-birth plan to be changed after birth.