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Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (21 May 2013)

Philip Davies: Chris Huhne and his former wife were released from prison recently after serving just two months of an eight-month sentence. In surveys that I have conducted, an overwhelming majority of my constituents believe that prisoners should serve their sentences in full. Aside from locking them up for longer, Mr Speaker, will the Secretary of State say how long he thinks people should serve in prison...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)

David Cameron: ...was absolutely right. He has won an award from Cancer Research UK, and he is an assiduous Member of the House. However, he does not always pick the winner. I have done a little research. He was Chris Huhne’s agent during his leadership campaign against the right hon. and learned Member for North East Fife (Sir Menzies Campbell), but he did then switch to the Deputy Prime Minister...

Tributes to Baroness Thatcher (10 April 2013)

Conor Burns: ...but a mentor and protectress—someone I loved and cared for very deeply. I first met Margaret Thatcher back in 1992, when she came to support my hon. Friend and neighbour the Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) in Southampton, Itchen, his then constituency. Over the years, she was enormously supportive of my efforts to get elected to this place. I remember that in 2001, she came to...

Written Answers — Justice: Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce (10 April 2013)

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to the prison system of incarcerating (a) Chris Huhne and (b) Vicky Pryce.

Written Answers — Justice: Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce (22 March 2013)

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to the courts system of trying Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce.

Fuel Poverty (Wales) — [Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair] (19 March 2013)

Nia Griffith: ...bottled gas for cooking. More recently, of course, people have been using liquefied petroleum gas, but some areas face a problem because one supplier of LPG gas has a monopoly. I corresponded with Chris Huhne about that matter when he was Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, so I hope that the Minister will be able to continue work to examine LPG competition, particularly when...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Sentencing (Robbery) (19 March 2013)

Barry Sheerman: May I press the Minister on this matter? We know that people serial burglars are not locked up but is it right that Vicky Pryce and Chris Huhne should be imprisoned when it would have been much better if they had been given a community sentence and were working in the community?

Written Answers — Attorney-General: Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce (18 March 2013)

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General what the cost to the Crown Prosecution Service was of prosecuting (a) Chris Huhne and (b) Vicky Pryce.

Backbench Business — New Nuclear Power (7 February 2013)

Martin Horwood: ...investment bank, the carbon floor price and most of the energy market reforms contained in the Energy Bill, as should his predecessor. It may be a bit optimistic to say this now, but I hope that Chris Huhne’s time in this House will be remembered for the great work he did in shaping a greener future for the UK. The Department has chosen a particular method for locking in green...

Defamation Bill: Report (5 February 2013)

Lord Fowler: ...a weakness of intent, have continued to attack Leveson in the most lurid and extreme manner, and often quite inaccurately. Perhaps I may quote from this morning's Sun editorial, commenting on the Chris Huhne case. It states: "Those urging a Leveson law to muzzle the Press should reflect hard on yesterday's ... events", and adds, "No wonder" the Deputy Prime Minister, "backs a law to...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government: Official Visits (17 January 2013)

Baroness Warsi: ...of Hurstpierpoint-June 2012;Minister of State for Universities and Science, Right Honourable David Willetts MP-March 2011;Former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Right Honourable Chris Huhne MP-December 2010;Former Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Right Honourable Greg Barker MP- December 2010; andParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment...

Charities Act 2011 (Amendment): Energy Bill (19 December 2012)

Edward Davey: ...fingerprints of the Leader of the Opposition can be found on the first designs for it, but in the event of a paternity test, I think that the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne) would probably end up on the birth certificate. Its careful nurturing owes much to my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Charles Hendry). Indeed, Members in all parts of the House...

Justice and Security Bill [Lords] (18 December 2012)

...Aidan Burley Conor Burns Mr Simon Burns David Burrowes Paul Burstow Alistair Burt Lorely Burt Vince Cable Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Alistair Carmichael Neil Carmichael Douglas Carswell Rehman Chishti Christopher Chope Mr Kenneth Clarke Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Thérèse Coffey Damian Collins Oliver Colvile Geoffrey Cox Mike Crockart Tracey Crouch Mr Edward Davey David T. C. (Monmouth)...

Energy and Climate Change: Household Energy Bills (13 December 2012)

Edward Davey: This Government are doing everything they can to tackle fuel poverty. My predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), set up the review to look at how we measure fuel poverty, and that concluded that the last Government could not even measure fuel poverty correctly. We are using a whole set of new initiatives, including collective switching, using the power of...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Environmental Protection: EU Grants and Loans (4 December 2012)

Jo Swinson: ...Government's stated policy of no public subsidy for new nuclear generation as set out by the then Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, my right hon. Friend the Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), in his statement to the House on 18 October 2010, Official Report , columns 42-46WS. In relation to (b) the response proposed that the new guidelines should be more supportive to...

Business of the House: Energy Policy (29 November 2012)

Edward Davey: ...my hon. Friend: I believe Members of all parties know what a critical role he played in shaping the Energy Bill that is published today. Along with my right hon. Friend the Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), he worked across the parties to bring these proposals forward, and he deserves a huge amount of credit today. I am determined, having made this agreement in the coalition, that we...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Visits Abroad (12 November 2012)

Gregory Barker: ...to Houston, San Antonio and Atlanta in May 2012, while also visiting New York and Washington DC. The previous Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, the right hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), and I last visited South Africa for the UN climate change conference in Durban at the end of 2011. We also visited Mexico for the conference in Cancun a year earlier. The previous...

[Sir Roger Gale in the Chair] — Ford Motor Manufacturing (6 November 2012) See 2 other results from this debate

John Denham: First, does my hon. Friend agree that it would be good to hear the Minister accede to the request from the right hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne) to make available any notes on discussions with the company in 2008 and 2009? I believe that they would show that Ministers discussed topics such as the future of Swaythling in discussions about EIB loans and so on. Secondly, it would be...

Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]: Energy Market Reform (24 October 2012)

Gavin Shuker: ...clearly believed that by putting indirect pressure on the energy companies, they could get change. The former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, the right hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), gathered the big six together for a Downing street gaggle. That resulted in a series of announcements, but a year down the line, the problems have only got worse. The short term is...

Nuclear Power (4 July 2012)

Charles Hendry: ...cease operation. To do that, we must understand and learn from the lessons of the past on nuclear decommissioning. That is why the previous Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), commissioned a report, which was published in March, by Professor Gordon MacKerron of the university of Sussex, on the history of managing nuclear wastes and decommissioning....