Results 1-20 of 468 for in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates' speaker:Harriett Baldwin
- Business of the House: Royal Bank of Scotland (13 June 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: As the Minister knows, I think the sooner the Government get out of the banking business, the better. There has been a lot of discussion today about the price at which they should do that. What has the Minister been able to discover about the due diligence that was done on the price the Government paid to buy RBS shares in the first place?
- Business of the House (13 June 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: Is it possible to have a debate on capping welfare spending? I personally believe that the best way to do it is to cap benefits at the level of the average wage in this country, but it appears that others in the House believe that pensioners should be the ones who are capped. Pensioners in my constituency are very concerned to hear that.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Topical Questions (4 June 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: The Deputy Prime Minister has made it clear that he is passionate about devolution. Has he had a chance to read the recommendations in the report by his Department’s McKay commission, which address the offsetting consequences of devolution? In this Parliament in Westminster, a lot of legislation is England-only but can be voted on by MPs from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Has he...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Neighbourhood Planning Referendums (3 June 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: What assessment he has made of the results of the neighbourhood planning referendums to date.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Neighbourhood Planning Referendums (3 June 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: Further to that question, will the Minister help my communities, who are very excited about this neighbourhood planning idea? Once the local plan has been submitted, can they still work on developing their neighbourhood plan?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Insurance (16 May 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: I pay tribute to the Secretary of State and his Ministers for the hard work they have been doing. Does the Secretary of State share my frustration over the fact that it seems to be the ABI and the insurance industry—one of our great successes in this country— that are exerting the pressure, and holding out for some sort of subsidy from the taxpayer in order to secure an agreement?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Housing Market (14 May 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: Will the Minister welcome today’s figures showing that the number of first-time buyers increased by 20% this month? Will he also welcome the fact that the Department for Communities and Local Government has shown that 37,000 new homes for social rent were built last year, which is a record since 1997?
- Business of the House: Child-care Ratios (9 May 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: I am so pleased that the Minister is looking at ways to bring down the cost of child care for hard-working families. In her consultation, did she hear from the childminder who has four children who stay until 1 o’clock but who, because of these very inflexible regulations, has to say no the parent who wants to drop off an additional child at 12.30?
- Business of the House (9 May 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: Further to the point raised by the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) about the statement of principles for flood insurance, the current set of principles expires next month, so could we have a statement from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as soon as possible about the principles that will be renewed? This matters to flood-prone constituencies...
- Business of the House (9 May 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: rose—
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (25 April 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (25 April 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: I thank the Secretary of State for the money he has put in for the pinch-point between the A46 and the M5. In other A46 news, a local village has discovered that fibre optic cable runs along it, and has connected some of the local homes to it. Will the Secretary of State consider asking the Highways Agency to publish information on all roads on the network that have fibre optic cable along them?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Devolution (25 April 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: What assessment he has made of the Report of the Commission on the Consequences of Devolution for the House of Commons.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Devolution (25 April 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: I look forward to that response. I would like to know whether the Leader of the House intends to act on those proposals in the next Session of Parliament.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Broadband (18 April 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: Commercial firms and Worcestershire county council are making excellent progress in rolling out superfast broadband in Worcestershire. In addition, villages in my constituency such as Overbury, Little Witley and Martley have come up with innovative rural solutions. Will the Minister welcome an event that I am holding in Pershore on 10 May to demonstrate those alternative technologies to some...
- Tributes to Baroness Thatcher (10 April 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: It is with great humility that I rise today to pay my personal tribute to Baroness Thatcher. I sincerely appreciated the excellent speech made by my colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Mrs Laing), on the role Lady Thatcher played in inspiring so many women in politics. It is a remarkable statistic that only 100 women in the history of this country have become Conservative...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Devolution (26 March 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: When he expects that the report from the commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons will be published.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Devolution (26 March 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: I, too, thank the McKay commission for such an erudite report. The commission outlines a principle: that decisions at UK level with a separate and distinct effect for England should normally be taken only with the consent of a majority of MPs for constituencies in England. Will the Minister argue with her boss, who is a passionate believer in political and constitutional reform, to implement...
- CCTV: Immigrants (NHS Treatment) (25 March 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: The Secretary of State rightly recognises that accident and emergency is a special case, but when I broke my fingers in Brussels I was asked to pay by credit card at the end of my treatment. A lot of people who present at A and E have non-life threatening conditions. Is that something we could do here?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (20 March 2013)
Harriett Baldwin: The civil service union has chosen today to go on strike, but the country does not seem to have ground to a halt. Does the Prime Minister agree that that probably indicates that there is a bit more room to save in terms of public sector spending, so that we can clear up Labour’s debts and get this country back on track?