Results 1-20 of 57 for in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates' speaker:Chris Kelly

Business of the House: Sittings of the House (Wednesday 17 April) (16 April 2013)

Chris Kelly: Welcomed.

CCTV: European Council (11 February 2013)

Chris Kelly: I heartily congratulate my right hon. Friend who has shown that he is an adept negotiator and demonstrated resilience without the need to wield a handbag. Can he suggest any ways to improve EU negotiations so that they do not involve all-night sittings that are designed to wear down Heads of Government?

Bill Presented: The Economy (11 December 2012)

Chris Kelly: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this important debate, not least because I was otherwise due to serve on a Public Bill Committee. I draw the House’s attention to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I will restrict my remarks to how I see the autumn statement benefiting and assisting the economy in my own region. Many businesses...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: European Council (26 November 2012)

Chris Kelly: I congratulate my right hon. Friend on once again doing the right thing by the hard-working taxpayers of Dudley South, unlike Labour. Is bamboozling and attempting to bully Heads of Government during such negotiations while depriving them of food and sleep for days at a time really any way to run a union of nation states?

European Union Free Movement Directive 2004 (Disapplication): Multiannual Financial Framework (31 October 2012)

Chris Kelly: I know that my hon. Friend has a great deal of empathy with the private sector. The private sector is the engine of growth in our economy and it becomes more efficient every year, but does my hon. Friend agree that in Brussels the only thing that increases is the appetite for our money?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (24 October 2012)

Chris Kelly: Will my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming the good news that there has been a 13% fall in recorded crime in the west midlands over the past 12 months, and congratulating West Midlands police and the Dudley local policing unit on their performance? Robbery is down by 31% and house burglaries are down by 29% in my area. Does not that fall in crime show that police reform is working?

Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: New Clause 14 — Civil liability for breach of health and safety duties (16 October 2012)

Chris Kelly: I thank the Minister for his speech. Does he agree that the managers of companies who are acting reasonably will be freed up to go out and win more export business, including those in the manufacturing and engineering companies in my constituency of Dudley South?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (12 September 2012)

Chris Kelly: Does my right hon. Friend agree with Kevin O’Toole, the managing director of Eurocraft Enclosures Ltd in Dudley, who contacted me about the Government’s plans to sweep away unnecessary health and safety red tape to say: “At last years and years of regulation are being replaced by a simple concept called common sense”? Is it not common sense to remove the headache of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: NHS Performance (17 July 2012)

Chris Kelly: What assessment he has made of the performance of the NHS in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: NHS Performance (17 July 2012)

Chris Kelly: I thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. Will he confirm that the numbers of people waiting over 18 weeks, over 26 weeks and over 52 weeks for treatment are now at their lowest-ever levels—lower than when Labour was in office? Will he also confirm that that gives the lie to Labour’s claims that waiting lists are increasing?

Petitions: Independent Pharmacy Provision (Brierley Hill, Dudley) (16 July 2012)

Chris Kelly: It is my pleasure to present this petition when the Minister of State, Department of Health, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Mr Burns), is on the Front Bench. I was recently contacted by Vijaykumar Lad of Kingswinford, the proprietor of Ian McArdle’s, the independent pharmacy in Brierley Hill, which has been trading for more than 40 years. Mr Lad is concerned about the...

Bilateral Trade (Israel) (13 June 2012)

Chris Kelly: On that very point, will my hon. Friend join me in welcoming Israeli high-tech firms partnering with British manufacturers? For example, Eurocraft Enclosures in my constituency of Dudley South has partnered with ECI Telecom to provide the technological internals that are encased in high-quality British engineering. That is providing jobs in my constituency. Does he agree that that is an...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Clean Water and Sanitation (23 May 2012)

Chris Kelly: What support his Department provides for clean water and sanitation in developing countries.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Clean Water and Sanitation (23 May 2012)

Chris Kelly: I welcome the Department’s commitment to doubling the provision of water and sanitation so that it reaches 60 million people, but will my right hon. Friend assure me that sufficient priority is now being given to sanitation? Too often in the past, priority has been given solely to the provision of clean water.

Amendment of the Law (26 March 2012)

Chris Kelly: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this important Budget debate. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham), a fellow west midlands Member. Before I begin my remarks, I wish to draw the House’s attention to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I am company director. I broadly welcome this...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Metal Theft (1 March 2012)

Chris Kelly: What assessment she has made of the implications for her policy on waste of the Government’s strategy on metal theft.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Metal Theft (1 March 2012)

Chris Kelly: Does the Secretary of State share my view that scrap yards that knowingly facilitate this crime are just as responsible as those that actually commit the theft? In line with that, will she make sure that this important clampdown is pursued with vigour, as urged by the widely supported all-party parliamentary group on combating metal theft?

Financial Institutions (Reform): Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance (29 February 2012)

Chris Kelly: Will my hon. Friend encourage people who wish to find out more to visit the European Scrutiny Committee’s website at www.parliament.uk/ESCOM?

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Burdens on Business (29 February 2012)

Chris Kelly: What recent discussions she has had with (a) ministerial colleagues and (b) others on measures to reduce administrative burdens for businesses in Wales.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Burdens on Business (29 February 2012)

Chris Kelly: The UK Government are scrapping new regulations that would have cost businesses more than £350 million a year and are radically reforming the planning system in England. Many such decisions are devolved to the Welsh Government, but would my right hon. Friend like Labour Ministers in Cardiff to follow suit?