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Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances (12 Nov 2009)

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to reduce the backlog in processing visa applications.

Bill Presented: Mobile Network Roaming Capabilities (11 Nov 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a duty on mobile network operators to introduce automatic roaming capabilities between mobile telephone networks in the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. Just about every Member of the House has a mobile phone, some more than one. Imagine, Mr. Speaker, if yours stopped working, and if the lights and buttons still...

Written Answers — Defence: Hebrides Range (2 Nov 2009)

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if his Department will compensate Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Council of the Western Isles) for the money it spent supporting a taskforce to oppose the proposed plans to downgrade the Hebrides missile ranges.

Written Answers — Defence: Hebrides Range (2 Nov 2009)

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the Government spent on its consultation over plans to downgrade the missile range and its associated sites on the Western Isles.

Written Answers — Treasury: Fuels: Scotland (2 Nov 2009)

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on proposals for a fuel duty derogation for island communities in Scotland.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Internet (28 Oct 2009)

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of internet users in each local authority area whose internet access is via (a) dial-up modem, (b) asymmetrical digital subscriber line and (c) cable in 2008-09.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 117 — Grounds for designation of MCZs (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: One minor point is that the science is often not unchallengeable, but the question that often arises, particularly in my coastal area, is who commissions it. There is an inequality of resources available to fishing communities to challenge the science, which is often driven by conservation bodies.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 117 — Grounds for designation of MCZs (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: I am listening to what the hon. Gentleman is saying about eco-systems, but does he accept that they are, of necessity, dynamic with cycles of years and sometimes decades, so they are not fixed in time? Duff science often creates the understanding or belief that ecosystems are fixed in time, and are the same over years and decades.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 117 — Grounds for designation of MCZs (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: Will the Minister give way?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: Will the Minister give way?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: Will the Minister give way?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: If that situation were to arise, would the hon. Gentleman agree that the MCZ should be declared null and void almost immediately?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: rose—

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: A marine conservation zone implies a degree of protection, so the question arises, "From whom is it to be protected?"

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: The hon. Gentleman mentions MCZs. Can he envisage a time when fish are protected from creatures such as seals, and when some limitation by whatever method might be put on seal numbers in some areas?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus MacNeil: I would like to speak in support of the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) and against the CFP. The hon. Gentleman has mentioned the CFP a couple of times. He refers to its shortcomings, yet I understand that he is supportive of it. What does he want to do to limit its effects on fishermen? Would he support an extension of national control up to 199 miles, thereby rendering the CFP...