Results 1-20 of 529 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Greg Mulholland

Business of the House (19 Nov 2009)

Greg Mulholland: I have twice debated the issue of land banking and the mis-selling of green-belt and other land on the basis of unrealistic suggestions about future development. There has been some success since then, but the Financial Services Authority refuses to intervene when the company involved is offshore, regardless of the fact that it is ripping off countless UK investors. Can we have a debate in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (10 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: A constituent's son was tragically murdered. The mother applied for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, but was refused—including help with funeral expenses—because he had had convictions in the past that were nothing to do with his murder. Does the Secretary of State agree that it appears that we place a lower value on life when it comes to those who...

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: The all-party save the pub group has received evidence to show that the Office of Fair Trading decision to ignore the super-complaint from the Campaign for Real Ale is deeply flawed and represents a dereliction of duty by this public body. May we have an investigation and an urgent debate in the House about this very serious matter?

Energy and Climate Change: Energy Pricing (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: What steps he plans to take to prevent energy companies overcharging their customers; and if he will make a statement.

Energy and Climate Change: Energy Pricing (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: Reports show that last year npower changed its tariff year for gas customers three times in 12 months, ensuring that customers were kept on the higher rate for charging longer than advertised and overcharging customers by £100 million. What steps can the Minister take to ensure that a tariff year is a firm 12-month commitment and cannot be changed at the whim of energy companies?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions (3 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: I do not know how many pubs the Chancellor is now barred from as a result of his ill-judged and damaging rise in beer duty, but will he consider the effect of the VAT increase when it returns to 17.5 per cent. in January? In the light of that, will he reconsider the beer duty rises from next April? CAMRA reckons that, combined, they will put another 5p on the price of pint of beer, damaging...

Regional Select Committee (Yorkshire and the Humber) (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that if such a change of membership is put before the House, we should always have an explanation of why one Member is standing down and another is being put forward? Currently, these motions are put forward with no discussion and, given that the Committees are supposed to provide for more local accountability and interest, it is unacceptable not to know why one...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: I commend the hon. Lady for making her points so very powerfully. Does she agree that there is insufficient acknowledgement both of mental health conditions and the fluctuations of many conditions both physical and mental, and that they are simply not taken into account in current assessments?

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: I am pleased to take part in the debate, and after the rather bad-tempered exchange at the Dispatch Box, I shall make it clear that I was asked speak on behalf of my party today and am very happy to do so. I am not apologising for anybody, and I will be here for the beginning, middle and end of the debate, although I might pop out for a cup of tea a little later if permitted. Here we are once...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: Absolutely not. I was saying that there is not even consistently adequate care. I think that we all agree that we must reach a stage whereby all those who need care receive an adequate minimum level of care and know what the state will and will not provide and what they have to provide for themselves.

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: As the hon. Gentleman probably knows, our policy is to move towards a system—originally derived from Wanless and central to one of the options in the Green Paper—of minimum entitlement, on which people can rely. Beyond that, it is for local councils to retain the power to deliver services, hopefully in a much more joined-up way with local health boards, which will be elected under...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: We entirely support the personalisation agenda—we have made that clear all along. Services are best when they are suited to individual needs. I want to mention briefly the important issue that many groups have raised: the potential changes to benefit. I welcome the fact that the Secretary of State has clarified the position on DLA for under-65s, but I echo the worry that that has caused...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: Indeed. It is welcome that at least we now have something from the Conservatives, having had radio silence from them for many years, apart from barbed comments across the Dispatch Box. At least they now have a policy to discuss, even if it is criticised. It is a little rich for the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien) to sit there chuntering when all the Conservatives have is a partial...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: The hon. Member for Blaydon (Mr. Anderson) is right. I have heard a lot from the hon. Member for Eddisbury in debates in this House and outside, and it is extraordinary for him seriously to suggest that his policy will do anything on the wider, important issue of keeping people in their homes. I found it extraordinary that when he was challenged on the Conservative policy for the millions of...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: As the hon. Gentleman knows, we have committed to a form of the Wanless partnership model, and we are very clear that we believe that that is the right approach for moving forward to a system in which everyone receives an entitlement that they can know and understand. The hon. Member for Luton, North will not agree, but my party believes that both the state and individuals have to contribute....

Business of the House (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: In August, in reply to a letter, the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Ipswich (Chris Mole), told me that the Government were reneging on the promise of extra rail carriages on busy west Yorkshire lines in favour of electrification between Manchester and Liverpool and between London and Swansea. When will a Minister come to the House and give a statement to tell the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (29 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: Is the Secretary of State aware of the Campaign to Protect Rural England's "Mapping local food webs" project, which is operating in about 20 locations, including Otley, and is linking local producers, shops and markets? As his constituency is nearby, will he visit those local producers, shops and markets in Otley to see this fantastic scheme working?

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Death Penalty (Global Abolition) (28 Oct 2009)

Greg Mulholland: I will keep to the time that you have set, Mr. Benton. I add my appreciation for the work and leadership of my hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Carmichael) on this issue. Within 18 months of being elected to this place, I dealt with the family of a constituent who faced the death penalty in Pakistan. I pay tribute to colleagues from all parties who have been vocal on this...

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Greg Mulholland: Does my hon. Friend share my frustration that the Government have not sufficiently linked those very arguments about people struggling to pay fuel bills in the recession with the need to tackle climate change? It is particularly disappointing that the Government are moving the goalposts on their targets for fuel poverty and saying that the targets will be in place only as long as it is...

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

Greg Mulholland: My hon. Friend has discussed the cost of compensation, but does he agree that it is high time that the Government told this House and the taxpayer how much has been spent on evading justice over the past 10 years? It is time for the Minister to tell this House that figure today, which I suspect is very large.