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Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill (10 June 2013) See 5 other results from this debate

Jeremy Browne: ...hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz), and my hon. Friends the Members for Cambridge (Dr Huppert) and for Witham (Priti Patel) and others. The shadow Home Secretary described the Bill as a Christmas tree Bill, and suggested some extra baubles she wished to hang on to what she had already described as a cluttered Bill. It was perhaps surprising to some Members that Labour seems to have...

Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)

Chuka Umunna: Before I start, I should just say that I understand that my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mr Wright) and the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the right hon. Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable) shared a birthday yesterday. I just want to wish them a belated happy birthday so as to start on a positive note before moving on to the Government’s record since...

Business without Debate: Clause 56 — Commission for Equality and Human Rights (16 April 2013)

Chuka Umunna: It is good to see you back in your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. Before I turn to the four issues covered by this group of amendments, it is worth revisiting the supposed purpose of the Bill. It is supposed to be an enterprise Bill that will generate growth. It was referred to as a Christmas tree of a Bill when it left us, but it has since become something of a forest. Let me deal with each of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Clause 46 — Short title, commencement and extent (18 March 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Yvette Cooper: So, at this late hour, we finally reach the Third Reading of the Crime and Courts Bill and gather to bid it farewell and send it on its way back to the other place. I have to say that it is lovely to see the Home Secretary in her place. We missed her last week—at least on this side of the House—and now that she is here, perhaps she would care to intervene and tell us what her...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme) ((No. 3) (18 March 2013)

Chris Bryant: .... It may be important to have more than one day’s debate on a long and contentious Bill, particularly a Bill such as this, where the Government are rewriting large chunks of it, or on a Christmas tree Bill that has baubles, tinsel and fairies on top. However, if there are statements or other business, that trammels up the debate on Report. All too often, Whips will try to make sure...

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2): New Clause 18 — Sanction for and trial in relation to drink driving (13 March 2013)

Stella Creasy: I speak on behalf of the Opposition on this collection of amendments. The Bill has been called a Christmas tree because of the number of different issues that have been tacked on to it. This selection of amendments feels a little like a series of tinsels and baubles and some fairy lights, but when those are all put together, they create the Crime and Courts Bill. Before turning to our...

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2): New Clause 3 — Modification of NCA functions (13 March 2013)

Jeremy Browne: .... That detailed scrutiny process may be more comprehensive and may contain more provision for amendment and scrutiny than attaching an item of primary legislation into an overarching so-called Christmas tree Bill at another stage. There is a danger of the House underestimating the degree of scrutiny that will be available to Members, and the Government would certainly wish such a serious...

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2) (13 March 2013)

Chris Bryant: ...motion should be. That makes it very difficult for ordinary Members of the House to know whether they support the business for the following day, and whether they want to amend it This is a Christmas tree Bill, and Christmas tree Bills have a terrible habit of gaining not only an awful lot of baubles and tinsel but a fairy on the top as well. There are 29 pages of Government...

Public Bill Committee: Crime and Courts Bill [Lords]: New Clause 3 - Child maltreatment (12 February 2013)

Stephen McCabe: ...right hon. Friend is drawing to a close, but in the event that he is, let me press the point that the Clerks have made it clear that the Bill, which my right hon. Friend previously referred to as a Christmas tree Bill, is the perfect vehicle for making this change, and there are precious few other opportunities in the parliamentary schedule to do so. If this is a pressing matter, it is...

Public Bill Committee: Crime and Courts Bill [Lords]: New Clause 2 - Regional organised crime task forces (12 February 2013)

Paul Goggins: I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The great thing about this Christmas tree Bill is that we fly from one subject to another with great variation and speed; my own comments will be speedy. The intention behind new clause 2 is to press the Minister to share with the Committee his thinking about the framework for tackling organised crime at a level between the national and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (14 January 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Alan Beith: It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr Straw), a former Home Secretary who always brings a refreshing frankness to the proceedings. I do not agree with him on his last point. I think that the Government were right to move away from the idea of the Lord Chancellor sitting on the panel that makes the crucial appointments to the top of the judiciary. I do not think...

Bee Population — Motion to Take Note (10 January 2013)

Lord Selsdon: My Lords, one of the great privileges of being in your Lordships' House is that when one speaks late in the list, one gets the feeling of being an outpatient at some form of university college hospital where you are bound to learn. You also get a dry feeling in your throat while you are waiting to speak. The answer to that is very simple: you should wiggle your toes, and just before you come...

Financial Services Bill: Committee (9th Day) (24 October 2012)

Lord Sassoon: First, my Lords, these clauses fall properly in the Bill because essentially we are giving powers to the Bank of England to resolve things. I would not like to leave the thought that we were somehow using the Bill as a Christmas tree to add on other unrelated things; this is definitely related to the purpose of the Bill because we are talking about the powers of the authorities. Secondly, the...

Traveller Sites (Dorset) (12 March 2012)

Conor Burns: I begin by again congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Mr Syms) on securing this debate and apologise for arriving a moment late. This afternoon I travelled up from the constituency of Bournemouth West, which I have the honour of representing, after attending the opening of a visitor facility in a café at the Cherry Tree nursery by Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal....

House of Lords Reform Bill [HL]: Report (10 February 2012)

Lord Steel of Aikwood: My Lords, this is an important alteration to the Long Title for the following reason. We have talked already about what happens when the Bill goes to the other place. Removing the words "and for connected purposes" means that the Speaker in the other place will find it much easier to rule out vexatious amendments which seek to hold up the legislation. If we leave that in the Long Title, the...

Scotland Bill: Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) (2 February 2012)

Lord McCluskey: My Lords, I will comment in greater detail on the matter of certification. The lawyers among us will recognise that it arises in relation to various amendments, including Amendments 72B, 72C and 72D. The report of the review group that I chaired deals with the matter in paragraphs 35 onwards. No doubt the noble and learned Lord the Advocate-General has had a careful look at what was said...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Northern Ireland Assembly (31 January 2012)

William Humphrey: Like my colleague Mr Girvan, I too support the Bill and the Minister’s amendment. This is a Bill to address the temporary downturn in our economy. Of course, since our previous debate we have heard that the United Kingdom is on the verge of a double-dip recession. Therefore, it is important, as I said last week, that this local Administration deal with the local issues that face local...

Scotland Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (26 January 2012)

Lord Wallace of Tankerness: My Lords, it has been amply demonstrated by the remarks of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Boyd, that, as things currently stand, whole Bills can be delayed-possibly for months-should only a single provision be referred to the Supreme Court to determine whether it was within legislative competence. Section 33 of the Scotland Act 1998 contains a power to allow the law officers to refer Bills...

EDUCATION BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 2): Clause 8 — Functions of Secretary of State in relation to teachers (14 November 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Kevin Brennan: As always, the hon. Gentleman makes a thoughtful point but, as you have confirmed, Mr Speaker, it unfortunately falls outside the scope of the Bill. Lords amendments 16 and 17 deal with Ofqual’s enforcement powers, which the Minister mentioned earlier. The Labour Government began the reform of the examination system in 2007 with the “Confidence in Standards” White Paper. It...

Protection of Freedoms Bill: Second Reading (8 November 2011)

Baroness Hamwee: ...blags information he can treat it as a business expense so, far from there being a deterrent penalty, the taxpayer is actually subsidising the activity. The Bill will be referred to as a Christmas tree Bill and it remains to be seen what baubles will be hung on it. I suspect that the Minister will be very cautious about getting out a piece of mistletoe and-I am searching for a...