Results 1-20 of 638 for speaker:Andrew Pelling

Business, Innovation and Skills: First Capital Connect (12 Nov 2009)

Andrew Pelling: Will the Minister take a constructive initiative on this issue? East Croydon commuters cannot use their First Capital Connect tickets on Southern railways. Will he talk to First Capital Connect, if there are issues to do with compensation to Southern, so that we can find an easy way to increase capacity in that way?

Written Answers — Home Department: Public Order Offences: Members (12 Nov 2009)

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any hon. Members have details about them recorded on the National Public Order Intelligence Unit database.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Nov 2009) has video

Andrew Pelling: We have seen our normal weekly clash. Would it be nice to have all the party leaders on the same political platform at the next general election by having, at the same time, a referendum on European Union membership? After all, that would release the poison, and relieve the distortion, that this unanswered question puts into British politics.

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum (11 Nov 2009)

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of asylum seekers who will present at the UK Border Agency in Croydon once it becomes the central place of presentation.

Rape Crisis Centres (10 Nov 2009)

Andrew Pelling: Does the Minister have a view on those women who have no recourse to public funds because of their migration status, and on how rape centres should be better provided for to deal with their needs?

Rape Crisis Centres (10 Nov 2009)

Andrew Pelling: The hon. Lady is returning to the issue of funding and costs, which she mentioned at the start of her speech. We are fortunate in Croydon because we have a rape crisis centre, which has recently benefited from an additional grant of more than £250,000 from the London Mayor. Croydon is unusual in that respect because there are really only two such centres in London. Does that not...

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Education: Young Offenders (10 Nov 2009)

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent (a) in total and (b) per inmate on education for inmates of young offender institutions in 2008-09.

Olympics: FOI Request (Immigration) (9 Nov 2009) has video

Andrew Pelling: There are no more Conservatives who would be able to answer such a question. Will the Minister accept, however, that the shadow Home Secretary put the question in the context of the Home Secretary's desire to have a much more open, tolerant debate about the issue of migration, which is healthy in terms of trying to ensure that people do not vote for extremist parties at the next election? In...

Written Answers — Justice: Young Offender Institutions (9 Nov 2009)

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his estimate is of the monetary value of the (a) fixed and (b) working capital contained in (i) prisons and (ii) young offender institutions (A) in total and (B) per person in custody in each case; and what methodology is used to calculate the values of land and buildings for these purposes.

Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Young Offender Institutions (3 Nov 2009)

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent (a) in total and (b) per inmate on healthcare for inmates of young offender institutions in 2008-09.

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (28 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew Pelling: Will the Minister give way?

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (28 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew Pelling: Will the Minister give way?

Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) — [Dr. William McCrea in the Chair] (28 Oct 2009)

Andrew Pelling: The hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) said that it was important that we also discuss what sanctions and leverage we have. Again to use my constituent as a proxy to argue the Sinhalese case: "Hasn't the British Government learnt we don't care about you? We have wealthy and powerful friends all over the world." What leverage does the hon. Gentleman think we as a nation...

Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) — [Dr. William McCrea in the Chair] (28 Oct 2009)

Andrew Pelling: The right hon. Lady mentions constituents both here and in Sri Lanka, but it can sometimes help to give the view of Sinhalese constituents. Although it is a challenging question, it is worth asking. An e-mail criticising what I said at the rally last weekend, stated: "All you care about is the nearly 50,000 Tamil votes in Croydon." The right hon. Lady gives a stark picture of the situation in...

War Memorials (21 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew Pelling: I am delighted that the hon. Lady has initiated this debate. She has mentioned schools. The issue of war memorials in schools has a particular resonance at a time when the country is involved in conflict. I have been lobbied by Mr. Michael Lyons of the Royal British Legion in New Addington, in Croydon, about the efforts being made to preserve school memorials when demolition is planned. A...

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)

Andrew Pelling: The hon. Gentleman is speaking out very loudly on behalf of small businesses and is quite rightly saying that the Government should not distort the market. However, the Government have a role in regulation. Many big businesses are doing well in tapping the capital markets, but small businesses are not able to do so. Would it be better if the Government were less demanding in trying to get the...

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)

Andrew Pelling: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Pupils: Epilepsy (12 Oct 2009)

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will collect information on (a) levels of epilepsy in schools and (b) educational attainment of pupils with epilepsy.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Special Educational Needs (14 Sep 2009)

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when Ofsted plan to report on their review of special educational needs.