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Bill Presented: Clause 45 — Meaning of "qualifying trigger" (9 Nov 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: rose—

Bill Presented: Clause 45 — Meaning of "qualifying trigger" (9 Nov 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: I am grateful. May I bring the Minister back to the wording of the Bill? Surely the difficulty here is not that we are asking for new law that would make sexual infidelity of itself and solely a qualifying trigger in this context; rather, the problem is that the Bill provides that a thing done or said that constitutes sexual infidelity is to be disregarded. The Minister would be right if the...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Attendance Allowance: Appeals (5 Nov 2009)

Jeremy Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps she is taking to reduce the length of time it takes to process an appeal against an attendance allowance decision for those cases affected by the European Court of Justice decision in Commission of the European Communities v. the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, C-299/05, of 18 October 2007.

Written Answers — Health: Drugs: Side Effects (5 Nov 2009)

Jeremy Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is available to GPs and pharmacists on the chemical composition of (a) generic and (b) branded drugs to enable risks of adverse reactions to be taken into account when prescribing.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: New clause 20 — Lords Justices of Appeal (4 Nov 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: Is not the central thesis of the argument put forward by my hon. Friend the Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) that if it ain't broke, don't fix it? The problem here is that the Government have embarked on a programme of constitutional reform with regard to the judiciary that they did not need to start and that they have no idea how to finish. The Minister cannot possibly argue...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: New clause 20 — Lords Justices of Appeal (4 Nov 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: Given that the Government's intention in setting up the JAC was to encourage those who would not otherwise come forward to seek judicial office, does my hon. Friend share my view that any obstacle to those potential applicants is to be regretted? Is it not at least possible that the written test is one of those obstacles?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: New clause 20 — Lords Justices of Appeal (4 Nov 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: Does my hon. Friend agree that this issue is part and parcel of the problem with the Government's overall approach to constitutional reform, whereby they start down a road with no clear idea of their destination? The later provisions of the Bill will show that the same thing is happening to the House of Lords as happened to judicial appointments.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: New clause 20 — Lords Justices of Appeal (4 Nov 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: In the context that my hon. Friend is correctly describing, is it not all the more important to ensure that money already being spent within the legal system is being spent wisely, which is why we are interested in the specific workings of the JAC?

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: May I ask the Minister to add something else to the list, namely schools? He is rightly focusing on dealing with young people and giving them the right messages about the consequences of their antisocial behaviour. However, must it not also be the case that bad behaviour must have consequences in schools and that young people should understand that clearly? Is it not important to look at...

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

Jeremy Wright: I understand, of course, that a large part of this debate will be about how we pay for care. However, does the Secretary of State agree that it is equally important to talk about what we are paying for? I welcome entirely what the Green Paper says about standardised assessments. Multiple assessments are not only wasteful financially but extremely distressing. Will he also address...

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

Jeremy Wright: The right hon. Gentleman mentioned that the issue will effectively be a problem for the next Parliament. Regrettably, it has come before this Parliament at its end rather than its beginning, but we are where we are. He mentioned dementia, and he knows that that is growing as fast as, if not faster than, the other problems that he has described. He knows, too, that people with dementia are...

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: My hon. Friend is making a very good case. Does he agree that one of the other problems in this country is the closeness in time between Halloween and 5 November? There has been an increase in trick or treating, and fireworks are being used in that activity. That is particularly distressing, especially for the elderly who are coming to fear this time of year for all the wrong reasons.

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the difficulties for animal owners is the unexpected use of fireworks? If we have an organised display on 5 November, everyone knows that they have to prepare their pets and horses for the event, but when they do not know that the fireworks are coming, they cannot do the necessary preparation and look after their animals properly.

Business of the House: Fireworks Safety (29 Oct 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: May I take the Minister back to a point he made earlier in reference to what we are discussing now? Is it not the case that often people will go to an organised display, but will also have fireworks displays in their back gardens? The problem is that the fireworks season now extends to about a quarter of the year. We need to start saying to people that it might be nicer if they were...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Caring for the Elderly (15 Jul 2009)

Jeremy Wright: As part of the review, could we reflect what is one of my frustrations and, perhaps, one of the Minister's? In such debates, we always refer to older people as a drain on the nation's resources, not as contributors to them. May we please reflect the fact that older people make a huge contribution to the child care needs of a variety of families and to the charitable sector, and recognise at...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Caring for the Elderly (15 Jul 2009)

Jeremy Wright: rose—

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Caring for the Elderly (15 Jul 2009)

Jeremy Wright: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. Does he agree that there may well be some merit in the Government's argument that the subject cannot be rushed? It involves the need for cross-party consensus. However, does he also agree that the real question is what has happened in Government between the publication of the Wanless review in 2006 and the publication this week of a series of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Care and Support (Reform) (14 Jul 2009)

Jeremy Wright: The Secretary of State referred to the wish to see a system that "ends the cruel lottery of older people facing financial hardship" because they happen to get dementia rather than cancer, for example. I applaud that sentiment, but he must know that one of the main reasons for that distinction is that those who have dementia are considered to have social care needs, not health care needs. In...

Bill Presented: Carers (11 Jun 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Upminster (Angela Watkinson) and I substantially agree with many of her points. Indeed, I agree with a great deal of what all contributors to the debate have said—including the Minister, who opened it and whom I am delighted to see still in his place. He knows better than most that this policy area requires consistency of...

Bill Presented: Carers (11 Jun 2009) has video

Jeremy Wright: I entirely agree, and I think that the lady my hon. Friend describes is one of those whom we should try harder to reach and offer the sort of support that we all want carers to receive.