Results 1-20 of 84 for in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates' speaker:Rebecca Harris

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Road Congestion (South Essex) (25 April 2013)

Rebecca Harris: What steps his Department is taking to reduce congestion on the road network in south Essex; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Road Congestion (South Essex) (25 April 2013)

Rebecca Harris: We are grateful for the improvements that we have already seen in south Essex, but the Minister is aware of the long-running campaign for a third road off Canvey island, having visited the area himself. Local residents and local business leaders in particular think the case for a third access road is now more compelling than ever in terms of growth, because of the many business developments...

Prayers: Human Rights Act 1998 (Repeal and Substitution) Bill (1 March 2013)

Rebecca Harris: We have heard a superb debate on the moral and philosophical merits of human rights. We seem to have lost our way slightly on looking at the real problem we are facing in this country, which is a disconnect between what our judges are decreeing in our law courts as a result of the Human Rights Act and what the public understand to be common sense. The Bill addresses that issue, and we may...

Prayers: Human Rights Act 1998 (Repeal and Substitution) Bill (1 March 2013)

Rebecca Harris: My hon. Friend is making a very good point in citing evidence from opinion polls, but do we not all know on an anecdotal basis that the European Court of Human Rights, and human rights in general, have, tragically, become a watchword for abuses of the system? Indeed, they have effectively become a joke, and that is very damaging to the whole concept of human rights.

Prayers: Human Rights Act 1998 (Repeal and Substitution) Bill (1 March 2013)

Rebecca Harris: Does my hon. Friend agree that the British public saw no mischief being created in British culture prior to our entering into the convention and that it is only since our entry that they have seen a slew of wealthy barristers getting much wealthier by doing a lot of things that seem to subvert our traditional culture? There was no apparent reason to introduce this convention in the first...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (30 January 2013)

Rebecca Harris: Does my right hon. Friend welcome today’s news that university applications for UK universities are up 3.5% this year and at their highest level ever for disadvantaged students?

Dementia Services (Gloucestershire) (22 January 2013)

Rebecca Harris: Sometimes the problem for carers arises when they reach the point at which they admit that they can no longer look after their loved one who has dementia, because it can be difficult to choose the right kind of care home or environment. The gap at such a point might need to be filled by the voluntary sector or Admiral nurses, as the Minister was describing, to help people to ensure that they...

Dementia Services (Gloucestershire) (22 January 2013)

Rebecca Harris: On that point, does my hon. Friend agree that it is quite often the local voluntary community groups such as the Mickey Payne Memorial Foundation, which was set up by my constituent Caroline Dearson, that are leading the way in spreading best practice, support networks and awareness within their communities?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (14 January 2013)

Rebecca Harris: I want to support some of the many excellent provisions in the Bill, and in particular the inclusion of drug-driving as an offence on which the police can act at the roadside in a proportionate and simple manner. There have been many such cases of which I have been made aware and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon Central (Gavin Barwell) on having campaigned on the issue...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (14 January 2013)

Rebecca Harris: Someone who is apprehended by the police because their driving is impaired by alcohol can have their vehicle taken from them at the roadside, and the new provisions will go a long way towards ensuring that that happens more often with drug-driving and that we can prosecute drug-drivers more readily and more easily. If a person fails a roadside sight test, however, such as that which one needs...

Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Programme) (No. 2): New Clause 5 — Purpose of planning (17 December 2012)

Rebecca Harris: Does my right hon. Friend agree that often what statutory consultees such as the utility companies and the Highways Agency assure people is sustainable for the local infrastructure does not tie up with the reality of people’s everyday existence on the ground?

[Martin Caton in the Chair] — Ford UK (Duty of Care to Visteon Pensioners) (4 December 2012)

Rebecca Harris: Does my hon. Friend agree that the degree to which the affected pensioners, with absolute unanimity, blame Ford for the situation is quite astonishing? I have not had one constituent say that they are disappointed with the management of Visteon. As they stand outside the Ford dealership on Saturday mornings, they unanimously hold Ford responsible.

[Martin Caton in the Chair] — Ford UK (Duty of Care to Visteon Pensioners) (4 December 2012)

Rebecca Harris: Does my hon. Friend agree that this is the crux of the matter—that the employees were persuaded that their pensions would be secure not by some strange private equity financiers or some faceless spivs, but by their long-term employers, their trusted and respected employers, Ford? Does he agree that the moral responsibility for this therefore remains with Ford?

Dyslexia (Prisons) (21 November 2012)

Rebecca Harris: It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to raise this important issue. I am doing so because of a whirlwind or, as some might say, a force of nature, who entered one of my constituency surgeries earlier this year—my constituent, Jackie Hewitt-Main. She came to tell me about a project she had undertaken in Chelmsford Prison, “Dyslexia Behind Bars”. During that project, she...

Dyslexia (Prisons) (21 November 2012)

Rebecca Harris: There is good reason why that information should be collated nationally. I am aware that the Government are moving to a system of payment by results, under which market mechanisms might pick up such issues and ensure that we address them properly.

Dyslexia (Prisons) (21 November 2012)

Rebecca Harris: I absolutely do, and given what I will be saying, I hope that many others will agree with my hon. Friend and me about that. According to the Prison Reform Trust report “No One Knows”, fully half the offenders in British prisons have problems with basic literary skills. It notes: “The most consistent information about the number of offenders with learning difficulties or...

Dyslexia (Prisons) (21 November 2012)

Rebecca Harris: There should be a great deal more scrutiny on all factors, because there are others. In addition to literacy problems, there is a huge number of social factors, as well as the fact that many members of the prison population have had head injuries or personality disorders. If we are to drill down, deal with our re-offending rates and our prison populations and, ultimately, achieve what we want...

Dyslexia (Prisons) (21 November 2012)

Rebecca Harris: The evidence from the insightful review written by my constituent, who is a dyslexic herself, seems to show that it is not working. We are not picking up people and, more to the point, we do not know how to reach them and treat them when we do pick them up. The examples that I have given show not only how important it is to identify dyslexia in prison but why we should improve dyslexia...

Mobile Homes Bill (19 October 2012)

Rebecca Harris: Does my hon. Friend agree that this excellent Bill, by driving out the rogue operators, will allow the legitimate and responsible park owners to have much better businesses, to be much more respected and to do much more to improve and enhance their sites in future?

Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Bill (13 July 2012)

Rebecca Harris: I very much congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing the Bill. I hope that he gets that footnote in history, because if he is responsible for taking even only one family off the housing list or out of temporary accommodation, he will have done a great service to the many people throughout the country, in my constituency and in everyone else’s, who we know are waiting desperately for...