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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: ...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 during...

Tributes to Baroness Thatcher (10 April 2013)

Conor Burns: ...said what I suppose for him was a grudging compliment—“I suppose that is something of a coup.” Margaret came down to Eastleigh again in 2005; alas, it was not to be, and Chris Huhne won. In January 2010, in the run-up to the general election, Lady Thatcher came to what turned out to be the last dinner she ever had outside her home or the Ritz. She came to do an event for...

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: ...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 people...

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.

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill (11 March 2013)

Mike Thornton: ..., I am still trying to absorb all the help and advice they have given me, and I am not exactly sure who has given me what, I am afraid. Let me pay tribute to my immediate predecessor, Christopher Huhne, whose contributions must not be overshadowed by recent events. He was a dedicated constituency MP, and throughout the constituency I have met thousands of people who are extremely grateful...

Backbench Business — New Nuclear Power (7 February 2013)

Martin Horwood: ...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 investment: the...

Business Before Questions: New Writ (7 February 2013)

...to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough constituency of Eastleigh in the room of Christopher Murray Paul Huhne, who since his election for the said Borough constituency has been appointed to the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and...

Defamation Bill: Report (5 February 2013)

Lord Fowler: ...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 silence...

Written Answers — Health: Health Services (5 February 2013)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of out-of-hours NHS services run by private companies and run directly by NHS organisations.

Written Answers — Transport: Car Tax (4 February 2013)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate how many foreign vehicles that have been in the country for more than six months are not registered for UK road tax.

Written Answers — Transport: Car Tax (4 February 2013)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he plans to take to ensure that foreign vehicles pay road tax after being in the UK for more than six months.

Written Answers — Transport: Large Goods Vehicles (4 February 2013)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to introduce a free dated road disc for goods vehicles registered abroad that would expire six months after entry to the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Transport: Motor Vehicles: Registration (4 February 2013)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure that foreign vehicles are registered with the DVLA after being in the country for six months.

Written Answers — Treasury: Retail Prices Index (24 January 2013)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to change the indexation basis of new issues of index-linked gilt-edged securities following the review by the Office of National Statistics of the retail price index.

Bill Presented — Voting Age (reduction to 16) Bill: Energy Efficiency (Houses in Multiple Occupation) (23 January 2013)

Alan Whitehead: ...properties have a minimal decent standard of energy efficiency, and it will no longer be possible to let any homes that are on the lowest energy efficiency levels, F and G. An article headed “Huhne gets tough on landlords of draughty homes” included the statement that “the government will make it unlawful to rent out” a home “which has less than an...

Written Answers — Education: GCE A-level (23 January 2013)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils from maintained schools and sixth form colleges achieved three A grades or better at A-level in each of the last five years.