Results 1-20 of 1,006 for speaker:John Hemming
- Written Answers — Justice: Freedom of Information (5 Feb 2010)
John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 351W, on freedom of information, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that public bodies which enter into partnership with other public bodies are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (5 Feb 2010)
John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what representations he has made to the UN in respect of the rules of engagement in the (a) Southern and (b) Northern No Fly Zones in Iraq between 1998 and 2002; (2) what representations his Department has received in respect of the rules of engagement in the Southern No Fly Zones in Iraq between 1998 and 2002.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (4 Feb 2010)
John Hemming: On the Department's priorities of sustainable consumption and sustainable development, what discussions have there been between it and the Department for Transport about bus regulation and whether regulation outside London needs to be modified to provide more sustainable systems of resource consumption?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (3 Feb 2010) has video
John Hemming: At the weekend, National Express Group cancelled without consultation the No. 41 bus in Birmingham, causing major problems to people in the city. This is symptomatic of a national problem. When will the rest of the country be allowed to use the same system for bus management as is used in London?
- Business of the House (28 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: On the Wright report, will the Government give a commitment that all the Wright resolutions will be put before the House, at the very least in a form that would enable us to have a deferred Division on each recommendation?
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Adoptive Placements (25 Jan 2010)
John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his Department's estimate is of the number of children who returned to care after an adoptive placement in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General: Bribery Bill (21 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: What recent assessment she has made of the extent to which Crown servants are engaged in the activities contemplated in clause 12 of the Bribery Bill.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General: Bribery Bill (21 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: What I find particularly odd in this proposal is that under clause 6 the police are to be allowed to bribe a UK official but not a foreign official. Why is that?
- Health and Safety (Company Director Liability): Clause 24 — Treaties to be laid before Parliament before ratification (19 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: On the question of how a decision is made, I have some sympathy with the proposal from the Conservatives, but they miss certain aspects. Perhaps we should develop a constitutional court to examine the issue and identify which legislation is constitutional in nature and should require a referendum for it to be changed.
- Bill Presented — Pedicabs Bill: Crime and Security Bill (18 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: I recognise the difficulty that the hon. Gentleman mentions. A number of victims have told me that they feel out of control of the situation when they ask for help. Does he agree that we must be very careful not to create a situation in which victims suffer in silence because they feel they will not have control over what will happen if they ask for help?
- Business of the House: Privilege (14 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: With the leave of the House, I should like to respond to the points made. Freedom of speech in the House is the freedom to speak on behalf of our constituents. This case is about the residents of 118 flats in Bakeman House-senior citizens in a vulnerable situation who, through the actions of one man, a Mr. Jeremy Knight-Adams, have to live on a building site. That is wrong. To that extent, I...
- Business of the House: Privilege (14 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: I beg to move, To call attention to the complaint of the honourable Member for Birmingham, Yardley, that an email dated 4 August 2009 from Withers LLP, a firm of solicitors, committed a contempt of the House by seeking to intimidate a Member in his parliamentary conduct; and to move that the matter be referred to the Committee on Standards and Privileges. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for...
- Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Energy Security (13 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: On today's figures, National Grid estimates that for a one in 20 winter, 502 million cubic metres of gas a day will be needed, but today it could produce only 447 cubic metres. Is that acceptable?
- Kurdistan (12 Jan 2010)
John Hemming: In Birmingham, there are quite a few Sorani Kurds. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the lessons to learn in terms of protecting all sorts of minorities-be it Turkmen minorities within Kurdish areas or otherwise-are on the ways to avoid disputes developing into more volatile disputes involving terrorism?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Children, Schools and Families Bill (11 Jan 2010) has video
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- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Children, Schools and Families Bill (11 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: I thank the Secretary of State for giving way on this point about accountability and transparency in the family courts. I congratulate the Government on upsetting those on both sides of the debate-the Newspaper Society, by trying to gag people, and the NSPCC with their other proposals. Will the right hon. Gentleman review the detailed proposals in the light of all the representations being...
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Local Government: Accountability (7 Jan 2010)
John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations he has received on accountability mechanisms for local authority (a) strategic partnerships, (b) safeguarding boards and (c) partnership bodies.
- Fiscal Responsibility Bill (5 Jan 2010) has video
John Hemming: Does my hon. Friend share my concern that although the Government have a model of the economy written in Fortran, which they will provide, they will not provide the data that go into the model? Proper scrutiny of what the Government are doing is, therefore, difficult, as is making the right judgments, such as whether we are going too deflationary. Would it not be better if the Government were...
- Written Answers — Justice: Clayton v. Clayton (5 Jan 2010)
John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons the Government plan to reverse the judgment given in Clayton v. Clayton on injunctions.
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information (9 Dec 2009)
John Hemming: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will bring forward proposals to ensure that public bodies which enter into partnership to provide services are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.