Results 1-20 of 779 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Anne Milton

Territorial Army (26 Oct 2009) has video

Anne Milton: Ssh, ssh, ssh. We want to hear the Minister.

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

Anne Milton: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there are two emotions? The first is the anger of the policyholders, who are angry that they have been let down by a system that they believed in, and the second is the one that he is talking about, namely trust. There has been a huge loss of trust, not only in the Government, but in the ability of those in this House to bring such matters forward, as the...

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

Anne Milton: Does my hon. Friend agree that this is actually all very simple? A lot of hon. Members will make speeches today, but what my constituents want to know is what they are going to get, when, and what the calculation is based on.

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

Anne Milton: Can the Chief Secretary clarify what he means by "speedily"? My constituents watching the debate on television will want clarification. We have had too many of those words. They are still waiting.

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

Anne Milton: I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way a second time. I would like a time scale. I would like a date—one month, two months, three months? "Speedily" is not good enough.

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

Anne Milton: Dates.

Nato: Refugee Camps (Chad) (20 Oct 2009)

Anne Milton: How do the Government intend to integrate UN resolution 1888 on women, peace and security into the existing framework of the national action plan on resolution 1325?

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Alcohol-related Mental Health Services (13 Oct 2009) has video

Anne Milton: The Department of Health's policy guideline on dual diagnosis talks of teams with specific expertise in dual diagnosis being developed and better co-ordinated. That was produced seven years ago, but anecdotal evidence from Northumberland and elsewhere suggests that little improvement has been made; indeed, people with schizophrenia have a 10 per cent. higher than average risk of having an...

[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] — Health Care (Shropshire) (14 Jul 2009)

Anne Milton: Ten minutes.

[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] — Health Care (Shropshire) (14 Jul 2009)

Anne Milton: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Mr. Dunne) on securing this debate. He has clearly spent a lot of time participating in marches around his constituency. He talked about 4,000 people marching in protest at the threats to Bridgenorth hospital, and he mentioned Bishops Castle community hospital. It was encouraging to hear him talk in such glowing terms about the community...

[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] — Health Care (Shropshire) (14 Jul 2009)

Anne Milton: The Minister will have a chance to address the points when he replies to the debate. [Interruption.] Okay, I will give way.

[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] — Health Care (Shropshire) (14 Jul 2009)

Anne Milton: I certainly did not mean any discourtesy to the Minister. I was driven by frustration over the lack of clarity. By implication, I do not think that we are all being very dim either. None the less, we need more clarity. The Minister has not explained why the money is not being spent at the rate at which it was originally intended to be spent. As for community hospitals, I certainly have one in...

Bill Presented: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [ Lords] (23 Jun 2009)

Anne Milton: Will the hon. Lady join me in explicitly thanking all our constituents? My constituency is quite a long way from the sea, but I have nevertheless been contacted by many constituents, and also by non-governmental organisations and bodies such as the WWF. They have all made this the significant occasion that it is, and caused us all to join together to seek to bring about the successful...

Bill Presented: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [ Lords] (23 Jun 2009)

Anne Milton: Does the hon. Gentleman agree with the huge number of constituents who have contacted me on this issue? They have said that we will miss an opportunity if the Bill is not strong enough, particularly in relation to marine conservation zones.

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Anne Milton: I was always aware of the danger that this morning's speeches would sound a little more like an Oscar ceremony than anything else, and I am afraid that I will only add to that. None the less, I say to my children and to my colleagues that when one does something well, one should be proud of it. It should be used as an opportunity to understand better how one can do things better in future. I...

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Anne Milton: The hon. Lady makes an excellent point, and, as she rightly says, some of the groups of people whom we are talking about are very hard to reach. That is where training and raising community awareness comes in; I will mention training later. If we look back 20 years, we realise that there are many issues that we, as a community and as individuals, simply were not aware of then. That can...

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Anne Milton: I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Of course, it is pretty shocking when one hears of a teacher saying that, but one will hear the same story from families and charities working with, say, children with epilepsy. Children with epilepsy will have absences, will be low academic achievers, and may well be 12, 13, 14 or 15 before anybody realises that they were not just staring out of...

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Anne Milton: I thank my hon. Friend for re-emphasising that important point about the gap between the group of services available and the unmet need. The two are not necessarily in line with each other. If commissioning is done well, what a rocky ride that can be for government at all levels, but we will never get commissioning right in any area of local government or in the health service until we start...

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Anne Milton: My hon. Friend makes yet another excellent point. If I recall correctly, my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt), who is not in the Chamber today, introduced a ten-minute Bill on exactly that point a couple of years ago, when he was shadow Minister for People with Disabilities. He pointed out the huge complexity of some forms, which would defeat many of the brightest of...

[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] (9 Jun 2009)

Anne Milton: Will the Minister give way?