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Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (Continued) (23 Nov 2009)

Lord Steel of Aikwood: ...faith in a new one? As for the Conservative Party, we remember on the last occasion when we debated my Bill a moving speech from the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, who said that he was off to see Mr David Cameron to make sure that this matter would receive priority attention. We were all deeply moved by this. There has been a deafening silence since and the press continues to report Mr...

Queen's Speech — Debate (2nd Day) (19 Nov 2009) See 3 other results from this debate

Lord Astor of Hever: ...I have been patron of the Conservatives in Paris for seven years and I cannot remember being approached, as I have been on numerous occasions this year, by so many French politicians asking to meet David Cameron and other senior members of my party. Our defence debate earlier this month proved that Afghanistan remains the greatest challenge confronting our nation. The noble Baroness, Lady...

Scottish Parliament: Question Time — Scottish Executive — General Questions: All Wales Convention (19 Nov 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Aileen Campbell: ...'s final report? He will be aware of the consensus in Wales in favour of a referendum to decide the country's constitutional future. Does he agree that it is untenable for politicians such as David Cameron to support a referendum on the constitutional future of Wales while opposing a referendum in Scotland?

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009) See 9 other results from this debate

Barry Gardiner: ...what is now seven hours in the Chamber without a break, I feel for the first time that it is quite likely. We now know that it is Lord Strathclyde and not the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) who will be leading the Opposition charge in the next general election. Any piece of progressive legislation that the Labour Government introduce may be struck down by the noble Lord who...

Welfare Reform Bill: Commons Amendments (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Freud: ...it. I can console them with this thought: in this area, it may matter considerably more who are in government in six months or so than whether this protection is explicit in the legislation. As David Cameron concluded in his remarkable speech on Monday, the Conservatives, not Labour, are best placed to fight poverty in this country. I can assure noble Lords that if we are in a position to...

Skills for Growth — Statement (11 Nov 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Mandelson: ...The figures show a significant increase in the number of young people in full-time education, which indicates that the Government's guarantee is working. As for the noble Lord's commendation of Mr David Cameron's "remarkable" speech last night, the last time that we heard a Conservative Leader of the Opposition pronouncing that government is the source of all our problems in our economy...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Nov 2009) has video See 7 other results from this debate

David Cameron: I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Serjeant Phillip Scott, Rifleman Philip Allen, Rifleman Samuel Bassett, Warrant Officer Class 1 Darren Chant, Sergeant Matthew Telford, Guardsman James Major, Corporal Steven Boote and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith. As the Prime Minister said, on this Armistice day we should remember all those servicemen and women who have given their lives in...

Armed Forces: Future Defence Policy — Motion to Take Note (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock: ...with his complete support for the noble Lord, Lord King. If, heaven forbid, we were to see the return of a Conservative Government, with all the cuts threatened by the leader of the Conservatives, David Cameron, there would be a lot more screaming and squealing about cuts in the defence budget and many other budgets. This is just one more area that would be jeopardised by the return of a...

Scottish Parliament: Supporting Families (5 Nov 2009)

Des McNulty: ...that the Conservatives, whose support for families was miserly and half-hearted throughout the dark days of the Thatcher and Major Governments, should suddenly make the family a policy priority. David Cameron wants to swing his axe on public spending and George Osborne is positively slavering in anticipation of the opportunity to slice budgets across every part of the public sector, yet we...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video See 5 other results from this debate

John Bercow: Order. I do not think that we need to go into that today, Prime Minister. I call Mr. David Cameron.

Welfare Reform Bill: Third Reading (3 Nov 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Freud: ...be enacted, but that must not be allowed to become an excuse for inaction. Noble Lords will remember from Committee that the leader of the Conservative Party, my right honourable friend David Cameron, made it clear in his response to the Royal British Legion that, should this Government fail to act, a Conservative Government led by him would do so instead. Putting that to one side, we are...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: European Council (2 Nov 2009) has video See 1 other result from this debate

David Cameron: May I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, killed in Afghanistan at the weekend? We owe a debt of gratitude to him and his family that we must never forget. In Afghanistan, now that Hamid Karzai has been confirmed as President, will the Prime Minister ensure that our support for the Karzai Government is not a blank cheque, but is contingent on serious...

Scottish Parliament: First Minister's Question Time: Secretary of State for Scotland (Meetings) (29 Oct 2009)

Annabel Goldie: ...McMillan of CBI Scotland said: "At the moment there are more harmful things for business than positive ones from the Scottish Government. The SNP is talking the talk, but not walking the walk." David Watt, head of the Institute of Directors in Scotland, criticised the treatment of Diageo, and Liz Cameron of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce expressed concern that growing the Scottish...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video See 5 other results from this debate

David Cameron: May I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Corporal James Oakland and Corporal Thomas Mason? They died serving our country and our thoughts should be with their families and friends. As the Prime Minister said, we should also think of those six UN aid workers who were killed in that dreadful attack in Kabul. Before I get on to other questions, may I welcome the Government's complete...

Welfare Reform Bill: Report (2nd Day) (27 Oct 2009)

Lord Freud: ..., we welcome this as an important step to cutting pensioner poverty. We are pleased to take on trust what the Minister said about the commitment to making this change. My right honourable friend David Cameron has pledged to support this change, and I will be pleased to inform him of what is effectively cross-party support for the amendment. I am sure, although I would not expect the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video See 6 other results from this debate

David Cameron: The planned strikes at the Royal Mail will be bad for the economy and business, bad for customers and, above all, bad for all those who work for the Royal Mail and care about its future. Will the Prime Minister condemn these strikes and join me in sending a direct message to the trade union to call this strike off?

Nato: Marine Accident Investigation Branch (Reports) (20 Oct 2009)

David Cairns: ...19 December 2007, the Greenock-based tug, the Flying Phantom, sank in thick fog in the River Clyde with the loss of three of her crew. The dead men were Eric Blackely, aged 57, from Gourock; Robert Cameron, aged 65, from Houston in Renfrewshire; and the skipper, Stephen Humphreys, from Greenock, who was just 33 years old. There was one survivor: Brian Aitchison, from the borders. In the...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Lisbon Treaty Referendum (20 Oct 2009)

Simon Hamilton: ...neither are the people of the United Kingdom; it is the Conservative Party that is confused. One need only look at the mess that it has got itself into over recent weeks to see that. For example, David Heathcoat-Amory said of David Cameron: “He simply can’t fudge his way through this”. On the other side, David Curry said of the treaty: We should accept it.” In...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Lisbon Treaty Referendum (20 Oct 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Alastair Ross: ...power to the European Union. Despite manifesto commitments by the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, the people of the United Kingdom have not had that opportunity. As we have heard, as David Cameron prepares to take over Number 10, he is positioning himself to deny a referendum. Some in his party, such as Daniel Hannan, other MEPs and, indeed, other MPs, take a different view. David...

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] — Sure Start (15 Oct 2009)

Dawn Primarolo: ...protecting Sure Start?" His answer was: "I'm not protecting other areas. I'm not going to go into specific details of individual programs but I've made a positive decision and this is part of the choice that David Cameron and the modern Conservatives have made to protect health spending, to protect international development spending because we think those are important commitments for the...