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Problem Estates (30 Jun 2005)

Graham Allen: ..., "They are back on our streets. Now and I can go and say hello, and perhaps start to talk to them." That may lead to information being passed on, and just maybe, later on—if we can crack the climate of fear—to someone becoming a witness. This is the way to crack that climate of fear. I am pushing a big task towards my hon. Friend the Minister. Whenever he talks to his Home...

Sentences (Appeals) (1 Mar 2005)

Mr Graham Allen: ..., on which we would like to capitalise. We are now aware that there is no similar provision for review of leniency of a decision taken by the Appeal Court. We believe that that should be changed. In addition, we believe that a review is necessary, with the intention of allowing not only the prosecution but Members of Parliament to represent—in an agreed and appropriate way—the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change (22 Jul 2004)

Mr Graham Allen: If she will make a statement on progress in arresting climate change.

Wild Birds (4 Feb 2003)

Mr Graham Allen: ...'s effort to slow and check global warming. If left unchecked, it will have catastrophic effects on all species, including human beings. However, in the medium term, we must plan for the impact of climate change, which is likely to alter the mix of species in the United Kingdom, with some habitats moving northwards and the complete loss of other habitats due to the rise in sea levels. Bird...

Common Agricultural Policy (7 Jan 2003)

Mr Graham Allen: Thank you, Mr. O'Brien—or, to judge from your name card, Mr. O'Hara. Has your name changed over Christmas? I want to debate the cost of the common agricultural policy, because those of us who believe in Europe, and I count myself very much in that camp, are mocked by it every day. Its financial cost is high and in the view of those who want to further the European project, its political...

BBC (9 Feb 1995)

Mr Graham Allen: ...ever, a right to privacy which would need to be balanced against the freedom of speech that is also to be found in the convention. Hon. Members from all parties have agreed that the media world is changing rapidly and that, to continue its role as the United Kingdom's public service broadcaster, the BBC will have to change too. In recent years, it has tried to prepare itself for the road...

The Constitution (22 Dec 1988)

Mr Graham Allen: ...more and more people are becoming aware of the reality of our political position and recognise the weakness of our other political institutions faced with an unrestrained Executive. In that new climate, broader constitutional matters are being debated far more than they were two of three years ago. Unfortunately, the debate rarely takes place in the House, and there is hardly a packed...

Elderly Persons (Nottingham) (25 Mar 1988)

Mr Graham Allen: ...exalts greed and admires ruthlessness, the elderly are at best cast aside, and at worst treated as a captive market to be exploited by the new generation of Arthur Daleys created in the competitive climate of Thatcherite Britain. The treatment of our pensioners is a savage indictment of this Government. Let us examine their record on various issues in turn. In 1980, the Government broke...

Prayers: Inner Cities (Policing) (17 Jul 1987)

Mr Graham Allen: ...the prime cocktail that would encourage crime. That is the Government's record. That is what Tory Members have supported night after night in the Lobbies since 1979. They have produced, not the economic climate which Conservatives so often mention, but the social climate in which crime can take root and flourish. Local authorities are another example. They are denied sufficient resources...