Results 1-8 of 8 for foundation hospital speaker:James Gray

Scottish MPs (Voting Rights) (6 Jan 2004)

Mr James Gray: ...Lothian question, which was so well put forward so long ago, has been highlighted in recent weeks by two or three particular episodes, the first of which was the poorly thought through question of foundation hospitals. The Prime Minister would not have been able to get that policy in place were it not for the support of Members of Parliament from north of the border. Blithely ignoring the...

Scottish MPs (Voting Rights) (6 Jan 2004)

Mr James Gray: ...tend not to vote on purely English matters. That is an honourable self-denying ordinance. However, I understand that there has been some slippage and that Scottish Nationalists recently voted on foundations hospitals.

Scottish MPs (Voting Rights) (6 Jan 2004)

Mr James Gray: The right hon. Gentleman makes an extremely important point. For example, I believe that a clause or two in the Bill dealing with foundation hospitals referred to Scotland. If one were that way inclined, it would be perfectly possible to insert a clause into almost any Bill that applied to Scotland and thereby somehow justified Scottish Members of Parliament voting on it. I am suggesting that...

Scottish MPs (Voting Rights) (6 Jan 2004)

Mr James Gray: ...Almost no Bill passed with regard to England does not have some effect on Scotland. The same applies the other way around, of course. When the Scottish Parliament voted against top-up fees, against foundation hospitals and to allow foxhunting to continue, despite the fact that such matters have an effect here—

Scottish MPs (Voting Rights) (6 Jan 2004)

Mr James Gray: No. The hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Miss Begg) will correct me, I am sure, but am I right that the Scottish Labour party is opposed to top-up fees and to foundation hospitals, but that Scottish Labour MPs came down here and voted in favour of them—or will shortly be doing so on the second issue—here in Westminster? I think that the hon. Lady wants to correct me.

Scottish MPs (Voting Rights) (6 Jan 2004)

Mr James Gray: ...take a keen interest. She now seems to be saying that the Scottish Labour party is in favour of top-up fees for St. Andrews university and for my alma mater, Glasgow university, and in favour of foundation hospitals. I have read the Scottish Labour party manifesto, and I believe that my original presumption was correct; the Scottish Labour party is opposed to those things and has come out...

Scottish MPs (Voting Rights) (6 Jan 2004)

Mr James Gray: My point was not that Scottish Labour Members voted in favour of foundation hospitals, but that they should not have the opportunity here in England to vote in favour of them or against them. These are English matters for English MPs, and it is a constitutional outrage that Scottish MPs come to Westminster to pontificate on English matters when I have no opportunity to go north of the border...

Bed Blocking (Wiltshire) (31 Jan 2001)

Mr James Gray: ...has various consequences. It is only the tip of the iceberg, because we believe that about 60 more people are at home and awaiting assessment. They need to be admitted to Cameron ward in Chippenham hospital because, sadly, they have dementia or similar diseases associated with the elderly. They desperately need admission to the ward, but they cannot even obtain an assessment on whether...