Results 1-20 of 887 for speaker:Susan Kramer

Written Answers — Transport: Olympic Games 2012: Aviation (12 Nov 2009)

Susan Kramer: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether any changes are planned to the night flight regime at Heathrow Airport (a) during and (b) after the London 2012 Olympics.

Written Answers — Transport: Olympic Games 2012: Helicopters (12 Nov 2009)

Susan Kramer: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether any changes are planned to the level of helicopter activity permitted over London (a) during and (b) after the London 2012 Olympics.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Licensing Act 2003 (9 Nov 2009)

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what timetable he has set for a public consultation on exemptions from the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003 for low risk live entertainment.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Parents: Training (3 Nov 2009)

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many parents have attended a parenting course for separated parents under the provisions of the Children and Adoption Act 2006; and what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of such courses since December 2008.

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

Susan Kramer: I thank the right hon. Lady very much for outlining these circumstances. Will she comment on the fact that the Sri Lankan Government frequently use the argument about land mines and use the need for demining as their reason for not releasing people from the camps? Surely that is an area where the international community could ensure that there was no question but that demining capacity was...

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

Susan Kramer: In condemning the third runway and expansion at Heathrow, my hon. Friend anticipated my point, but does he agree that it is imperative that we hear from the Conservatives some condemnation of the "Boris island" estuary airport, which would be a climate change and environmental disaster on an even worse scale?

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

Susan Kramer: I shall also try to be brief, because the hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright) said so much of what I wish to say, but said it a great deal better than I could ever have said it. I first wish to congratulate EMAG. I am incredibly conscious of the many members of the action group and their appointed leadership who took the difficult decision to put themselves at risk and raise the...

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

Susan Kramer: I very much agree with the hon. Lady's comments. I also say to the Exchequer Secretary that we saw today a repeat of some of that attitude when the ombudsman's timetable for delivering compensation to injured Equitable Life policyholders was questioned.

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

Susan Kramer: I can only agree with the hon. Gentleman. On the ombudsman's timetable, the Government's response to the ombudsman's recommendations, published in January 2009, states: "The Ombudsman has said that the scheme"— the compensation scheme— "should be established within six months of any decision being taken to set it up"— the ombudsman would have assumed that that meant summer...

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

Susan Kramer: I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. Everything that we do has the potential to create a precedent. I and, I suspect, many other hon. Members would like the ombudsman's role to be accepted and strengthened, rather than weakened dramatically. I want quickly to raise a second issue. What, for most of my constituents, goes to the heart of the matter is the issue of "disproportionate...

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

Susan Kramer: The hon. Gentleman speaks with great common sense and reflects the voices in the letters and representations that I have received.

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

Susan Kramer: I am glad that the judicial review has been raised, and I agree with my hon. Friend. I do not want to repeat the comments about the judicial review made by my distinguished neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable), in his opening speech, because he summed up most of the situation extremely effectively. However, I want to point to one issue raised on the Floor: the...

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

Susan Kramer: I think the Minister is going to receive another letter from the ombudsman for again misrepresenting what she said in her report about a process that she recommended could be completed within two years as a mechanism for compensation. Does the right hon. Gentleman accept that the term "disproportionate", as he describes it, applies simply to the different impacts on different classes of...

Written Answers — Transport: Waterloo Station (21 Oct 2009)

Susan Kramer: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what progress has been made on negotiations for franchise commuter train services arriving at and departing from at platform 20 at London Waterloo station; and when he expects those negotiations to be concluded.

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Academies (12 Oct 2009) has video

Susan Kramer: Will the Secretary of State please give an assurance that where an academy is in process, but that process has not been completed—I am thinking of Sheen school in my constituency—funding will remain committed to it and will not be removed under any deficit-cutting programme?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: River Thames: Pollution (9 Sep 2009)

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the level of risk to the health and safety of swimmers and boaters from the discharge of sewage into the Thames in the area of Mogden, Isleworth on 3 July 2009.

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Equitable Life (21 Jul 2009)

Susan Kramer: (Urgent Question): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the parliamentary ombudsman's follow-up report on Equitable Life and to clarify the work of Sir John Chadwick on a payment scheme.

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Equitable Life (21 Jul 2009)

Susan Kramer: The Minister will be very aware that Equitable Life policyholders have been quite dismayed, having heard the ombudsman's judgment that the injustice will not be remedied whatever the outcome of the work yet to be done by Sir John Chadwick—referring to the injustice due to maladministration. Will the right hon. Gentleman review the remit given to Sir John Chadwick? The Minister will also...

Written Answers — Transport: Slough-Windsor Railway Line (21 Jul 2009)

Susan Kramer: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what discussions he has had on the upgrade and expansion of the Windsor and Eton Riverside commuter rail line to take 10-carriage trains.

Written Answers — Transport: Waterloo Station (21 Jul 2009)

Susan Kramer: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he expects platforms 21 to 24 at Waterloo station to receive domestic rail services; and if he will make a statement.