Results 1-20 of 660 for speaker:Mark Hunter

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Biofuels (27 Oct 2009)

Mark Hunter: I would like to take a slightly different tack. The Minister has spent the past few minutes talking optimistically about the future for biofuels, which is good to hear. The whole debate has been conducted in a non-partisan manner, and I am particularly grateful that he accepted my earlier point about the 20p duty differential. However, despite his generous offer to forward that to the...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Biofuels (27 Oct 2009)

Mark Hunter: Does the Minister understand that most producers of biodiesel from waste products produce between 2,000 and 20,000 litres a day and that the UK's biodiesel production is heavily reliant on that 20p reduction in duty?

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Biofuels (27 Oct 2009)

Mark Hunter: Let me say what a pleasure it is to have the opportunity of contributing to the debate under your chairmanship, Mr. Taylor. I also want to compliment the hon. Member for St. Albans (Anne Main) on securing this important debate. This is not the first time that the House has addressed these issues, and I dare say it will not be the last. In June last year, I contributed to a debate in...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Biofuels (27 Oct 2009)

Mark Hunter: The hon. Lady makes a fair point. When I introduced the distinction between first and second-generation biofuels, I said that I do not think that it is widely understood by the great public out there, who have many other concerns to occupy them. It is an important distinction, and I think that more could be done. I look not only to the Government, but to industry and to all of us. We share...

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

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

Mark Hunter: I am grateful to the Minister for giving way; he has been generous in doing so. All who are concerned on behalf of their constituents about the issue will not be surprised at what I suspect will be the fury of the many thousands of people who will have looked in on this debate and, frankly, expected and hoped—despite all the odds—for a little better from the Government. Has the...

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

Mark Hunter: I am happy to, because the point was made before: the question is not about having to review 30 million individual cases, but about reviewing policyholders' different levels of policy. With respect, the Minister is making a fatuous claim.

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

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Business of the House (15 Oct 2009) has video

Mark Hunter: Notwithstanding the progress of the Autism Bill, which is, of course, a hugely important step forward, the National Autistic Society has launched its "Don't write me off" campaign, which seeks to raise issues to do with making the system fairer for people with autism. Given that only 15 per cent. of adults with autism have full-time jobs and nearly 80 per cent. of those who are on incapacity...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Oct 2009) has video

Mark Hunter: The RAF has identified the need for three further aircraft to replace Nimrod R1 spy planes. New Nimrods, built in my constituency in Woodford, in which the Government have already invested £3.6 billion, are ideal for the task. Will the Prime Minister therefore explain why his Government have chosen instead to buy 40-year-old American aircraft and how that ties in with his commitment to...

Written Answers — Transport: Railways (12 Oct 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to paragraph 16 of the High Level Output Specification Plan Update of July 2008, if he will publish an updated version of the table showing the proposed plan to indicate (a) with which operators, and for how many additional charges contracts have been agreed and (b) with which operators, and for how many additional rail...

Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Greater Manchester (12 Oct 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assumptions on economic growth in Greater Manchester his Department used in determining the number of additional rail carriages to be allocated to rail operators serving Greater Manchester.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Insolvency (12 Oct 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department takes to recover funds from disqualified directors after their companies have been declared insolvent; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Insolvency (12 Oct 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what responsibility his Department has for the (a) investigation and (b) bringing of legal proceedings against directors of insolvent companies in circumstances in which there is evidence of misfeasance during the winding up of the company in question; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Insolvency (12 Oct 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department releases to company creditors Insolvency Service reports on the actions of disqualified directors; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Road Traffic Offences (21 Jul 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) between 17 and 24 years, (ii) between 25 and 30 years, (iii) between 31 and 35 years, (iv) between 36 and 40 years and (v) over 40 years have been (A) charged with and (B) convicted of failing to comply with an instruction given by a traffic signal in each year since 1997.

Written Answers — Health: Driving Under Influence (21 Jul 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many drug-related finished hospital admissions with a primary or secondary diagnosis of road traffic accidents there have been for (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 18, (ii) between 18 and 25, (iii) between 26 and 30, (iv) between 31 and 50, (v) between 51 and 70 and (vi) over 71 in each (A) region and (B) primary care trust area in each...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Greater Manchester (21 Jul 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people resident in each local authority area in Greater Manchester (a) applied for and (b) enrolled on a course in a higher education institution in each year since 1997.

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Accidents (20 Jul 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will use the powers under section 180 (1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to provide for the establishment of investigations on the same basis as those conducted by air and rail accident investigation branches in order to determine the underlying causes of road traffic accidents.

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Safety (20 Jul 2009)

Mark Hunter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the Second Special Report from the Transport Committee, HC 422, Further Government Response to the Eleventh Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2007-08, whether his Department has decided upon the creation of an anonymised database of selected information from police investigations which is not available from the...