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Energy Bill — Second Reading (18 June 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Baroness Verma: My Lords, I start by thanking all noble Lords for their contributions in this debate. They have been wide-ranging but very informative. I particularly thank noble Lords who worked with me through the informal scrutiny group. Overall, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, that there seems to be an overall sense of support for the Bill. Of course, there will be plenty of opportunity to...

Sudan and South Sudan (18 June 2013)

Stephen Mosley: I do not know that I agree with that, but my hon. Friend is right that many of the camps are very isolated and difficult to reach. There is some good news, however. A new camp has recently been completed at Ajoung Thok, and it has a very good reputation. The agencies are gradually moving people there from more isolated camps. They can supply them with food and water there, and allow them to...

Railway Services (North Cornwall) (18 June 2013)

Simon Burns: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I will return to that later in my comments. One of the success stories of Britain’s railways is the large number of additional passengers now using them. However, that can bring crowding. As Department for Transport statistics show, train services on the franchise have experienced some of the highest levels of crowding. I am therefore pleased...

Common Agricultural Policy: Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union (18 June 2013)

Greg Clark: ...them in this House, but I want to emphasise very clearly that the UK will not be part of these arrangements, and although leaders at the December 2012 European Council agreed on a more limited work programme than that set out in these reports, they do raise important questions that need to be addressed. The European Council December 2012 conclusions were very clear that any new steps...

Common Agricultural Policy (18 June 2013)

Anne McIntosh: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Minister on giving the House the opportunity to discuss the Committee’s two previous reports on this matter, and it is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ogmore (Huw Irranca-Davies). I congratulate the Minister on the position he has reached in the negotiations, and thank my right hon. Friend the Member for South East Cambridgeshire (Sir James...

Invisible Walls Rehabilitation Programme (HMP Parc) (18 June 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Jeremy Wright: I congratulate the hon. Member for Bridgend (Mrs Moon) on securing this debate. On behalf of Her Majesty’s prison Parc and all the staff who work there, I thank her not only for how she made the case for the Invisible Walls programme, but for her support over a much longer period. The debate highlights an issue at the forefront of the Government’s plans to transform the criminal...

[Martin Caton in the Chair] — Unpaid Internships (18 June 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Ian Murray: It is a great pleasure, Mr Caton, to speak under your chairmanship in such an important debate. I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Salford and Eccles (Hazel Blears), who has done so much in this House and in the country to highlight the plight of unpaid interns and issues relating to the world of work for young people. I thoroughly enjoyed her speech, and the passion with...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: Safeguarding Children (18 June 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The Government is aware of the report. As outlined in the reply to the recent question on this issue, a substantial programme of work, being planned jointly by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, will look at child sexual abuse and exploitation. As part of this work, both named inspectorates will liaise across the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Food: Beef (18 June 2013)

Earl Howe: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is funding local authority sampling for meat speciation by DNA testing as part of the 2013-14 National Coordinated Feed and Food Sampling grants. This will include testing beef products. The FSA is also continuing to work with the food industry to ensure effective assurance controls are in place to check the authenticity of meat products. As part of those...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Sexual Offences: Investigation and Prosecution (18 June 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: A substantial programme of work, being planned jointly by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, will look at child sexual abuse and exploitation. The intention is to specifically address how agencies interact to protect children and ensure that offenders are brought to justice. As part of this work, both named...

Written Answers — International Development: Humanitarian Aid (18 June 2013)

Justine Greening: Our International Citizen Service (ICS) programme will see 7,000 young UK volunteers working on development projects in some of the world's poorest countries over the next three years.

Written Answers — Health: Diabetes (18 June 2013)

Anna Soubry: The NHS Health Check will contribute to preventing and detecting diabetes at an earlier stage. The programme has the potential to detect at least 20,000 cases of diabetes or kidney disease earlier, allowing individuals to be better managed and improve quality of life. It could also prevent over 4,000 people a year from developing diabetes. From April 2013, local authorities are now mandated...

Lethal Autonomous Robotics (17 June 2013)

Alistair Burt: My understanding, having discussed this with officials, is that it is the setting of the parameters that is the human element. For example, once the parameters were set of some existing weapons system that would seek to identify and defend itself against missiles coming at one of our ships in a situation of conflict, plainly an operator would not be needed to press the button each second to...

Town and Country Planning (Temporary Stop Notice) (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013 — Motion to Regret (17 June 2013)

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: My Lords, first, I thank my noble friend for securing this debate. Like other noble Lords who have participated in it, I, too, acknowledge his great commitment in furthering understanding of, and tackling and highlighting, some of the issues faced by the Traveller community in particular. I also thank other noble Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, and, of course, the noble Lord, Lord...

Nato: Iran (17 June 2013)

William Hague: It has to be recognised that Iran has brought its isolation and economic sanctions upon itself, through its own actions. However, the British people have no quarrel with the people of Iran. Our dispute is over Iran’s nuclear programme. It will be difficult to create the atmosphere to address constructively with Iran all the other issues in the middle east that the right hon. Gentleman...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Scotland (17 June 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) which external (a) organisations and (b) individuals his Department has engaged with as part of the Scotland Analysis Programme; and what was discussed at such consultation; (2) how many officials in his Department have been allocated to work on the Scotland Analysis Programme; and at what cost to the public purse;...

Written Answers — Wales: Work Programme (17 June 2013)

Jessica Morden: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what visits he has made to Work programme providers in Wales since the Work programme commenced.

Written Answers — Defence: Cybercrime (17 June 2013)

Philip Dunne: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes information assurance and cyber security very seriously. We continuously work with our suppliers to counter cyber threats. The MOD/Industry Defence Supplier Forum recently endorsed a joint programme to improve supply chain security including work on: measurements and standards, communications, skills, training, and information sharing. QinetiQ North America...

Written Answers — Defence: Reserve Forces (17 June 2013)

Andrew Robathan: holding answer 11 June 2013 As previously announced on 8 November 2012, the Ministry of Defence is investing an additional £1.8 billion over the next 10 years on reserves to increase and develop the trained strength of the reserves and to enhance their capability. It will be spent to increase recruiting and improve retention, to enhance training at all levels, and to provide more and...

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Repairs and Maintenance (17 June 2013)

Norman Baker: The Department for Transport provides funding to local authorities in England (outside London) through the highways maintenance transport capital block grant. Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. Neither revenue nor capital highways...