Results 1-20 of 405 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Gordon Banks

Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (12 Nov 2009)

Gordon Banks: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (12 Nov 2009)

Gordon Banks: When will my right hon. Friend respond to the fatal accident inquiry by Sheriff Mackie in our sheriff court? Furthermore, what action does he intend to take to prevent further child deaths from strangulation by loop blind cords?

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

Gordon Banks: What comments can my right hon. Friend offer in relation to solicitors overcharging on miners compensation schemes?

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

Gordon Banks: What estimate he has made of the average annual savings to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs over the next three years arising from the introduction of paperless value added tax returns.

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

Gordon Banks: I thank my right hon. Friend for his answer—and, indeed, my hon. Friend the Member for Vale of Clwyd (Chris Ruane) for lending me his pen earlier. Has my right hon. Friend considered the impact that the changes could have on some small businesses that reach the £100,000 threshold, but for which a paperless VAT return might not bring a saving, but a cost, especially in these hard...

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

Gordon Banks: Predictions today from the EU suggest that the UK economy will grow at a greater rate than many European economies. Does my right hon. Friend believe that that is an acknowledgement that the policies that the Government have followed during the recession and beyond it are and will be the right ones?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Banks: Will my right hon. Friend make a commitment that he will do nothing to make it more difficult for women approaching state retirement age to secure their state pension?

Nato: Topical Questions (20 Oct 2009)

Gordon Banks: Will my right hon. Friend tell me whether he thinks that the pressures on freedom of expression elsewhere in the world have an impact on our own freedoms of expression and our safety in the UK?

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)

Gordon Banks: There has been a lot of talk this afternoon about the number and value of regulations, but surely the point is that regulation must be measured against risk.

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009)

Gordon Banks: I am not against the hon. Gentleman's suggestion—there is a real need for small businesses in particular sectors to know directly what affects them—but does he agree that it means that there would have to be sector points of contact as opposed to individual business points of contact?

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Economic Recovery and Welfare (19 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Banks: My right hon. Friend is taking us by the hand and guiding us through the Conservatives' inability to tackle today's economic crisis. Does he get the same uneasy feeling as I do when I read today's motion? We are not talking about history, but about the here and now—it condemns the Government on what they have done for business and employment. I am speaking from a business background,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Topical Questions (19 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Banks: On cold weather payments, inland areas in my constituency have their temperature measured 30 miles away on the coast, which is neither accurate nor acceptable. What more can the ministerial team do to address that?

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Devolution Settlement (14 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Banks: It is obviously beneficial for the First Minister and my right hon. Friend to have discussions, but does my right hon. Friend think there is any mileage in some of these discussions being held in public?

Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions (9 Jul 2009) has video

Gordon Banks: Liquefied petroleum gas is a vital heating source in parts of my constituency, but in some ways it is a forgotten fuel in terms of regulation. While acknowledging the changes to regulations on estate infrastructure for distribution, which will come into force later this year, what more can be done better to regulate this market so that my constituents get a more competitive deal?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Reforming Financial Markets (8 Jul 2009)

Gordon Banks: With the international implications of the current marketplace, can the Chancellor tell us what discussions he had with international partners before arriving at the content of his statement today?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Jul 2009) has video

Gordon Banks: My right hon. Friend may have seen today's announcement by Diageo on the restructuring of jobs in Scotland, to which the Leader of the Opposition referred. It was mixed news, with 500 job losses over two years but also £100 million of investment, including in my constituency. Will my right hon. Friend do everything he can to negate the loss of these jobs, and will he agree to meet the...

Business of the House (25 Jun 2009) has video

Gordon Banks: Business insolvency is a serious matter, and never more so than nowadays. May we have a debate in Government time to allow us to consider how to improve returns to unsecured creditors, and also how to reduce the fees of insolvency practitioners?