Results 1-20 of 302 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Douglas Carswell

Nato: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (20 Oct 2009)

Douglas Carswell: This debate, I believe, illustrates what is so wrong with our constitution and demonstrates how dire things are, not because of anything that is being said, but by the manner of the exchange. Look how barely attended the Chamber is! We debate our constitution, yet the people's tribunes are not here. Whips scurry around outside desperate to gather enough speakers to try to keep things ticking...

Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries) (13 Oct 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the recall of Members of the House of Commons in specified circumstances; to provide for the holding of primary elections in such circumstances; and for connected purposes. It is not easy in the current climate to recall the emotions that we felt as new MPs or that mingled sense of pride and awesome responsibility...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Speaker's Statement (18 May 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: Further to that point of order, Mr. Speaker. As you will be aware, Members on both sides of the House have now tabled a substantive motion calling for a vote of no confidence in you. When will Members be allowed to choose a new Speaker with the moral authority to clean up Westminster and the legitimacy to lift this House out of the mire?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Illegal Immigrants (23 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: What recent estimate she has made of the number of illegal immigrants resident in the United Kingdom.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Illegal Immigrants (23 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: Ministers will recall that many thousands of illegal migrants were found to be working in the security industry, yet last month it was revealed that a mere 35 had been removed. Will the Minister specifically update the House on how many more have been removed since?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Citizens' Pension (16 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: If he will consider the merits of introducing a pensions system in the UK based on the principles of the citizens' pension system in New Zealand.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Citizens' Pension (16 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: Given that the Minister has ruled out the citizens' pension on the grounds of its extraordinary cost, does she agree that it is pure fantasy politics for the Liberal Democrats to pretend that it is a feasible alternative?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Topical Questions (16 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: I am told that the other week all the jobcentres in my constituency had only a dozen or so jobs available, yet many hundreds of local people were looking for work. What do Ministers propose to do—rather than just say—to help those people back into work and to stem the rising tide of unemployment in Essex?

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: Does the hon. Gentleman believe that protectionist procurement sometimes means that our soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq do not have the equipment that they would otherwise have, and does he consider that acceptable?

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that one reason why there has been such a big increase in the use of urgent operational requirements to procure is precisely that the armed forces find that by procuring through urgent operational procurements they are free from any of the protectionist constraints inherent in the defence industrial strategy?

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: This is the first time that I have taken part in a debate on the work of the Public Accounts Committee. Indeed, I am a new member, having only recently joined the Committee. I am extremely pleased to be on the PAC. From the short time that I have been on it, I sense that it is a Committee whose members think, act and speak foremost as Members of the legislature; only secondarily do they take...

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: Absolutely. I welcome any initiative from any part of the House—this is a cross-party issue, not a partisan one—to ensure that this legislature is better able to hold the Executive to account on how they spend our money. Once upon a time there was genuine scrutiny. Indeed, as some people may know, a war was once fought over the extent to which the House was able to vote to approve...

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: I am and always have been a staunch advocate of off-the-shelf defence procurement. I believe that we do not have a choice between spending on the building and supply of British equipment paid for by the British taxpayer in the UK or paying a little less by buying overseas—ultimately, it is a choice between whether we have the equipment or not. Too often we spend tax pounds on defence,...

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: I personally believe that we could get better bang for our buck if we spent more of the £34 billion that we spend on defence on buying the best equipment for our armed forces, sourced from wherever in the world. By buying protectionist equipment, we deny our armed forces the equipment they so desperately need in Afghanistan and Iraq. I have spoken in the House before about the high price...

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. If people believe that the primary purpose of the British defence budget is to create jobs in Britain, I believe that they do a disservice to our armed forces, whom we ask to make such big sacrifices on our behalf. I believe that in order to reform how the legislature does its job, it would be good if the Public Accounts Committee, and perhaps all...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: High-Speed Rail Services (10 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: What plans he is making for high-speed rail connections between London and the north of England.

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: High-Speed Rail Services (10 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: Does the Secretary of State not agree that "the time is right now for us to start thinking about high-speed rail as an alternative to air transportation", to quote the new US President, Barack Obama?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Banking Industry (12 Feb 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: Can the Chancellor please tell the House what the point is in having a Financial Services Authority at all if the Government were either unaware of its concerns about HBOS, or unwilling to make sure that action was taken?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Topical Questions (2 Feb 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: The Government have admitted that unemployed people entitled to support with mortgage interest payments have on occasions received less than they should have done, owing to a computer glitch. How many people have been underpaid and by how much, and can the Minister now give an undertaking that not one of those affected will lose their home?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Jan 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 21 January.