Results 1-20 of 521 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Brian Binley
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Green Belt (27 Oct 2009) has video
Brian Binley: What steps the Government are taking to protect green belt land from development; and if he will make a statement.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Green Belt (27 Oct 2009) has video
Brian Binley: I am sure that, like me, the Minister welcomes the display of people power which overwhelmingly rejected a ludicrous proposal to build 18,000 homes on greenfield land south of Northampton without any real thought being given to infrastructure or, indeed, to job growth. Will he now tell us when he will scrap the quango which the Government set up five years ago, and restore planning powers to...
- Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Equitable Life (21 Oct 2009) has video
Brian Binley: On 15 January, the Chief Secretary stated that policyholders would be paid. Why have not the Government done any contingency work at all on this matter? Why did they not start the process much earlier? Will he cut to the chase and tell us what disproportionality of suffering really means? People out there are bewildered and horrified by the Government's approach.
- Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Equitable Life (21 Oct 2009) has video
Brian Binley: Does the hon. Gentleman agree with the many constituents of mine who are horrified that this Government have denied them justice by refusing to set a timetable for payment and, specifically, by not defining what "disproportionality of suffering" actually means? Does he further agree that the Minister should set people's minds at rest on those two issues today? If he does not do so, would we...
- Nato: Royal Mail (20 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: Concern is growing that the Secretary of State is deliberately antagonising the union to commit suicide, to pave the way for full privatisation on the basis that privatising a third of the business is almost impossible to achieve. Will the Minister explain why that concern is not justified?
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: I shall concentrate on one issue only: the plight of the small and medium-sized enterprises sector. I am sure that it will not surprise many of my hon. Friends, but that is where I am and that is where I stay. I do so for three reasons. First, the sector has the greatest potential for jobs growth—given the right support—in the country. The House will know that in 10 years, the...
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: The hon. Gentleman misses my point. I said that there was a cut in the private sector and an increase in the public sector. The balance is out of kilter.
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for his contribution. He makes my point with greater clarity than I was clearly able to. For every person who becomes unemployed, two or three other people fear for their jobs, and that adds to a tremendous feeling of uncertainty. It means that less money is circulating, which adds to financial constrictions—and therein lies another problem.
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: That is absolutely right. It is the same with regulation—such things impact much more heavily on the SME sector than on any other, particularly on the smaller businesses. Let us look at the credit crunch and financial constrictions. The CBI's report said that the second quarter of this year showed an improvement in credit, although it was largely driven by the largest firms with more...
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: I am grateful for your correcting me, Madam Deputy Speaker, but you know that I get carried away because I am so excited about this subject.
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: I will do my very best. Do hon. Members know that only 52 businesses have been covered by the much-vaunted trade credit insurance scheme? That is one for every 13 constituencies. I hope that you have one in yours, Madam Deputy Speaker, because the chances are that I do not have one in mine. That is a total indictment of this Government.
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: No, I will not. My time is running out, and I have been rather generous. The Government schemes are not working and the banks are not lending. I referred to examples that I have could have used, which I will send to the Minister. Why are banks not understanding the problems of small and medium-sized businesses? It is very simple: because the guy in the middle at area and regional level is...
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: I meant to say Ministers need to take the message on board, Madam Deputy Speaker. SMEs are suffering. They are not getting the money, and all the Government promises in the world do not count for aught in the sector. We want to see action, which means these people in the Government getting out to understand what it is all about.
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: I am slightly concerned about this comparison. Does the hon. Gentleman feel that Scottish citizens would be willing to pay about £6 for every pint that they have? That is the level of taxation that has been necessary to keep Norway going.
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: I am listening to the hon. Gentleman with great interest. Does he understand that in order to invest, companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, need working capital, and they are being starved of it at the moment?
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: Back to the 1930s.
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)
Brian Binley: Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
- Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009) has video
Brian Binley: The Minister is always most kind in giving way, and I am always grateful. If the Government have been so generous to the private sector, why has the private sector shed 1 million jobs over the past 15 months while the public sector has increased by 300,000 jobs?