Results 1-20 of 560 for speaker:Karl Turner
- Written Answers — Home Department: Community Resolutions (10 June 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the use of community resolutions for offences of serious violence.
- Written Answers — Transport: Ferries (3 June 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many UK-flagged ferries operate in UK waters.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Legal Aid (21 May 2013)
Karl Turner: The Justice Secretary knows full well that his plans for price competitive tendering in criminal legal aid are completely opposed by the profession. They are unworkable. Will he now sit down with the chairman of the Criminal Bar Association and discuss a way forward out of this mess?
- [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] — UK City of Culture 2017 (21 May 2013)
Karl Turner: It is a pleasure to speak in this very important debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Southend West (Mr Amess) on securing the debate and I also congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth), because I know he has been trying to secure such a debate for many weeks.My hon. Friend will probably mention the fact that a king has been found in Leicester...
- [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] — UK City of Culture 2017 (21 May 2013)
Karl Turner: I absolutely agree—my right hon. Friend is completely right about that. I was going to address the issue of digital creation, but now I need not say any more about it. There seems to be an imbalance whereby other northern cities have capitalised on cash for arts, and I hope that a successful bid for the prestigious city of culture title will rebalance that situation a little for Hull. I...
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
Karl Turner: rose—
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
Karl Turner: I suspect the right hon. Gentleman remembers that he visited my constituency last year to see the plans for a major new facility for Siemens to manufacture offshore wind turbines. Will he advise his Back-Bench Tory colleagues whether he thinks an in/out referendum would encourage Siemens to say yes or no?
- Written Answers — Transport: Ferries: Registration (14 May 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vessels with valid licences to operate in the UK ferry sector are registered under (a) non-UK and (b) non-EU flags.
- Written Answers — Transport: Shipping (14 May 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of seafarer (a) ratings and (b) officers working on vessels registered under the (i) UK and (ii) Red Ensign Group flag were (A) UK nations, (B) non-UK nationals and (C) non-EU nationals in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Written Answers — Transport: Shipping: Conditions of Employment (14 May 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the total number of commercial vessels over 500 gross tonnage working on routes to and from UK ports that will not be covered by laws implementing the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 after the Convention comes into force.
- Written Answers — Transport: Shipping: Registration (14 May 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the ships over 500 gross tonnage working on commercial routes to and from UK ports were registered under (a) non-UK and (b) non-EU flags in each of the last five years.
- Written Answers — Transport: Tonnage Tax (14 May 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many new training roles for UK seafarers were created under the approved core training commitments submitted by company groups that qualified for the tonnage tax scheme for 2012-13.
- Written Answers — Justice: HM Courts and Tribunals Service (14 May 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has for commercialisation of HM Courts and Tribunal Services.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Floods: Insurance (13 May 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent steps he has taken in respect of flood insurance.
- Business of the House: Rehabilitation of Offenders (9 May 2013)
Karl Turner: When probation officers dared to criticise the Secretary of State’s bonkers plans, he put a gagging order on them. When the chairman of the Criminal Bar Association criticised the Secretary of State’s bonkers ideas for criminal legal aid, he refused to meet him. Is it criticism he cannot stand, or engaging with the professions within the justice system?
- Business of the House: Rehabilitation of Offenders (9 May 2013)
Karl Turner: They told me.
- Business of the House: Rehabilitation of Offenders (9 May 2013)
Karl Turner: You’re telling fibs.
- Business of the House: Rehabilitation of Offenders (9 May 2013)
Karl Turner: Yes, please, Mr Speaker. I withdraw it.
- Business of the House (25 April 2013)
Karl Turner: The Lord Chancellor recently announced plans to introduce price-competitive tendering in criminal legal aid. The plans are ill thought through and will destroy the criminal justice system and the criminal law profession. May we please have an urgent debate in the next Session on that very important topic?
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing (25 April 2013)
Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of housing benefit who are disabled are liable for the under occupancy penalty.