Results 1-20 of 269 for speaker:Mark Menzies
- Written Answers — Justice: Employment of Ex-offenders (21 May 2013)
Mark Menzies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to assist ex-offenders into employment.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (18 April 2013)
Mark Menzies: I commend the Minister on the work that is being done on rolling out superfast broadband, but this week I have heard from some constituents who are concerned about possible delays in rolling out superfast broadband to rural Fylde. May I have an assurance that the Minister will look into this and that we will get some transparency from BT to ensure that we have reassurances for rural areas?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Dementia (16 April 2013)
Mark Menzies: What steps his Department plans to take to improve dementia diagnosis rates and to reduce regional variations in such diagnoses.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Dementia (16 April 2013)
Mark Menzies: What steps is my right hon. Friend’s Department taking to ensure that GPs are adequately supported, so that his ambitious targets for dementia diagnosis are met?
- Tributes to Baroness Thatcher (10 April 2013)
Mark Menzies: I will keep my remarks short as many other hon. Members wish to contribute. I should like to focus on one specific policy that affected my life. Having listened to my hon. Friend the Member for North Warwickshire (Dan Byles), I know that this is not unique. My mother was widowed at an early age and forced to raise me on her own. She was a Labour voter. She worked in a factory and she was a...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (21 March 2013)
Mark Menzies: The north-west is at the heart of Britain’s aerospace industry, and I welcome this week’s announcement of the £2 billion aerospace technology institute. May I urge the Minister to consider the Warton enterprise zone in my constituency as a potential location for it?
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Office for Unconventional Gas and Oil (21 March 2013)
Mark Menzies: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Office for Unconventional Gas and Oil maintains dialogue with people in those areas proposed for shale gas development.
- Written Answers — Transport: West Coast Railway line (18 March 2013)
Mark Menzies: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations his Department has received on the Blackpool to London West Coast Mainline train stopping at Kirkham; and if he will make a statement.
- Falkland Islands Referendum (12 March 2013)
Mark Menzies: Will my hon. Friend give way?
- Falkland Islands Referendum (12 March 2013)
Mark Menzies: My hon. Friend is making a powerful point in this debate. The people of the Falkland Islands have spoken and we must respect that. They should not feel intimidated, but if they do feel intimidated, the RAF, flying Typhoon aircraft built in west Lancashire, is more than capable of looking after their security.
- Written Answers — Treasury: Inheritance Tax (11 March 2013)
Mark Menzies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on extending to siblings who live together the same inheritance tax rights as couples who live together; and if he will make a statement.
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]: New Clause 1 — Exception for suppliers with high turnover (26 February 2013)
Mark Menzies: My hon. Friend’s new clauses—on the £500 million and £1 billion thresholds—are incredibly sensible. We are talking about companies such as Procter & Gamble, Heinz, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Mars, Kellogg’s—multi-billion dollar, multinational corporations—and it would be indefensible for a groceries adjudicator to spend its time on them,...
- Engineering Careers (13 February 2013)
Mark Menzies: I urge the Minister to consider working closely with schools, colleges and universities in areas where enterprise zones are developing and to focus on apprenticeships, particularly in engineering, in those areas.
- Engineering Careers (13 February 2013)
Mark Menzies: It is important to note that my hon. Friend is not too old at all: she cares passionately about apprentices and is a very strong role model. In the north-west yesterday, BAE Systems, whose headquarters for military aviation are in my constituency, announced 70 engineering and business apprentices. I know from working with these young people that they are absolutely top quality, and they are...
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (5 February 2013)
Mark Menzies: I am a Catholic and religious freedoms are very important to me, as is my religion, but so too are equality and tolerance. I think that the Bill protects both those things. I came here to abstain, but I have listened to the debate like I have listened to no other, and it is now my intention not to abstain, but to support the Bill .
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Green Deal Scheme (31 January 2013)
Mark Menzies: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent progress he has made on the Green Deal.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions (29 January 2013)
Mark Menzies: What assurances can the Minister give me that if shale gas production is given the go-ahead in Fylde it will not be just the Treasury or the company that will benefit, and that substantial benefits will flow to the local community?
- Written Answers — Treasury: Shale Gas (29 January 2013)
Mark Menzies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal steps he plans to take to ensure that local communities benefit financially from any extraction of shale gas.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Staff (24 January 2013)
Mark Menzies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to pay compensation under his Department's work force management redeployment package for (a) mobile and (b) non-mobile grades who decide to travel outside of their mobility conditions of service travelling time to Peel Park.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Algeria (21 January 2013)
Mark Menzies: I join others in congratulating the Prime Minister on the level-headed way in which he has handled this. Algeria is a proud country that wants to strengthen its relations with the United Kingdom. Can the Prime Minister assure me that everything will be done to strengthen and deepen that relationship at a time when Algeria needs us most?