Results 1-20 of 303 for in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates' speaker:Laura Sandys
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Probation System (21 May 2013)
Laura Sandys: What recent progress he has made on reform of the probation system.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Probation System (21 May 2013)
Laura Sandys: As the Minister knows, there is great concern in the North Thanet and South Thanet constituencies about people on probation being located next door to vulnerable people, and also people with criminal backgrounds. Is this the right location? Should there be more risk assessment of where people on probation are relocated with their rehabilitation programmes?
- Business of the House (9 May 2013)
Laura Sandys: I am sure that the House agrees that we must protect our national assets, one of which is fishing quota. Currently, small fishermen are trying to wrestle back—on behalf of the Government in many ways and on behalf of citizens—the fishing quota that has been “appropriated” by other quarters and interests. May we have a debate on this issue as soon as possible?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Neighbourhood Planning (18 March 2013)
Laura Sandys: What steps his Department is taking to support neighbourhood planning.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Neighbourhood Planning (18 March 2013)
Laura Sandys: Communities in Sandwich, Ramsgate, Broadstairs and Margate are keen to take up local neighbourhood planning. What would you say are the critical success factors, and what are you giving local authorities to support these communities develop exciting new planning?
- Women and Equalities: Horsemeat (14 February 2013)
Laura Sandys: Looking to the future, we really have to put the consumer at the heart of food safety and food health. When we bring forward the review of EU labelling, can we ensure that my constituents are able to understand what is in their food and do not need a degree in food science to know what they are eating?
- Opposition Day — [17th( )Allotted Day] — Horsemeat (12 February 2013)
Laura Sandys: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott). In many ways, I shall continue the theme that she has introduced, albeit possibly from a different perspective. There are many other Members who know a lot more than I do about traceability and supply chain management, but I have done quite a lot of work on the food system as a whole. Let us be...
- Opposition Day — [17th( )Allotted Day] — Horsemeat (12 February 2013)
Laura Sandys: I think that that is a false choice. The issue is that we have stopped valuing, understanding and being able to use food. One thing has been a huge asset: this week, the Secretary of State for Education announced that food preparation and food cooking will be part of the national curriculum. Through such moves, we are creating a more resilient public. We cannot get away from the fact that...
- Epilepsy (29 January 2013)
Laura Sandys: As the Minister rightly recognises, epilepsy has been a Cinderella condition. It has been ignored and has not received the profile that the numbers warrant. He is saying that there will be a step change in how the Department looks at the condition. Will he ensure that there is an understanding of what outputs we expect and that there are barometers to measure them, particularly given that the...
- Epilepsy (29 January 2013)
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- Epilepsy (29 January 2013)
Laura Sandys: It is excellent that the hon. Lady was able to secure this debate, particularly in the light of the recent report. As an epileptic, I find that one of the issues we face is that although the condition affects half a million people there is a stigma around it, and that has stopped clinicians and society in general addressing the underlying issues we face. It is incredibly important that we...
- Epilepsy (29 January 2013)
Laura Sandys: I welcome this debate, because the hon. Lady is covering a very wide spectrum of issues. She said at the beginning that a third of people with epilepsy do not have the right treatment, are not on the right medicine or have not seen the right specialist, and that is the Minister’s responsibility. Some of the other problems she mentioned, such as seizures at work and people not being on...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (22 January 2013)
Laura Sandys: While progress is slow in Somalia but things are improving considerably, what does the Foreign Secretary feel about the impact of the London conference almost a year ago?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (16 January 2013)
Laura Sandys: The residents of Thanet enjoy burgers but also love horses. They will have been shocked to hear this morning that they might have been eating horsemeat. Will the Prime Minister assure us that he and his Government are doing a lot to reassure the diners of Thanet?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: EU Fisheries Negotiations (8 January 2013)
Laura Sandys: I congratulate the Minister on behalf of myself and the fishermen of Ramsgate. Will he elaborate on the impact of the settlement on the under-10 metre fleet, in particular in the channel?
- Bill Presented: Animal Welfare (Exports) (13 December 2012)
Laura Sandys: I thank the hon. Members for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim Fitzpatrick) and for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) for co-sponsoring the debate. I also thank all other Members, from farmers to animal campaigners, who took part in it. We have had a full spectrum of views, but we have been bound together by our common purpose of considering animal welfare. I thank the hon. Member for Ogmore (Huw...
- Bill Presented: Animal Welfare (Exports) (13 December 2012)
Laura Sandys: I thank the Minister for all the work he is doing, but what he outlined before the intervention by my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Miss McIntosh) was the lack of clear accountability and the Department’s lack of ability, as the competent authority, to unravel the different layers of licensing and the different regimes under which licences and competencies are managed....
- Bill Presented: Animal Welfare (Exports) (13 December 2012)
Laura Sandys: I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of live animal exports and animal welfare. It is a great pleasure to open this debate, which was requested by a cross-party group of Members. I want first to thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting us a debate on this extremely important issue. It is an extraordinary thing: Britain can have extreme pride when it comes to...
- Bill Presented: Animal Welfare (Exports) (13 December 2012)
Laura Sandys: I am sure the horses and sheep would have had something to say if it had been. That legislation was not only about animal welfare, but about more effective agriculture—I am concerned about how effective a plough drawn from the end of a horse’s tail would be. Even Cromwell decreed through parish rights that “No Man shall exercise any Tyranny or Cruelty towards any brute...
- Bill Presented: Animal Welfare (Exports) (13 December 2012)
Laura Sandys: The trade used to be out of Dover, but there was an issue with berths and some of the animal transport boats. Indeed, there was an issue before I entered this House whereby the ferry operators banned the trade on their ferries. As a result, a specific transportation mechanism was needed, but we are talking about a ship that is not equipped to go across the channel, despite our regulators...