Results 1-10 of 10 for hunting speaker:Liam Fox

Opposition Day: [7th Alloted Day] — Royal Navy (26 Feb 2007)

Liam Fox: ..., it was decided to reduce the number of attack submarines "over the next few years from 12 to 10" and the destroyer and frigate fleet from 35 to 32. It was also decided that "22 modern Sandown and Hunt class mine-hunters would be sufficient rather than 25 as previously planned". The then First Sea Lord reluctantly accepted those reductions, given the promise of new carriers. The case for...

Government Targets (7 Jul 2003)

Dr Liam Fox: ...wards: "Is it beyond the . . . wit of the Government and the health administrators to deal with that problem?"—[ Official Report, 19 November 1996; Vol. 285, c. 832.] In January 2000, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, then a Health Minister, said that mixed wards are "wholly unacceptable. We are committed to ensuring that those wards . . . disappear by 2002".—[ Official Report, House...

Written Answers — Health: Health Care Design Teams (25 Jun 2002)

Dr Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 16 May 2002, Official Report, column 857W, on the design champion, what form Lord Hunt of Kings Heath's personal mentoring of four health care design schemes takes.

Written Answers — Health: Design Champion (16 May 2002)

Dr Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reasons were for the selection of Lord Hunt of King's Heath as the Department of Health's Design Champion.

Orders of the Day — Human Reproductive Cloning Bill[Lords] (29 Nov 2001)

Dr Liam Fox: I take the Minister's nod as assent to my proposition. The Bill is at best a stop-gap measure, to use the term of Lord Hunt in the other place. Even if the Government win their appeal, it is obvious that many issues will remain to be tackled, so they will still need to introduce primary legislation. The intervention of the hon. Member for Bolton, South–East (Dr. Iddon) was instructive....

Public Bill Committee: Health and Social Care Bill: Clause 14 - Abolition of community health councils in england (30 Jan 2001)

Dr Liam Fox: ...the way that they have been to the embarrassment of this and previous Governments. A number of distinguished people have served on CHCs. It will be interesting to hear the views of the noble Lord Hunt—one of the first secretaries appointed to the CHCs in 1975—as he turns executioner for the organisations that he once championed. It will be interesting to listen to his...

Mental Health (20 Dec 2000)

Dr Liam Fox: ...for legislation on the subject—the Opposition would have supported that. If the public are at such risk, they might want to ask the Government why they make time available for banning fox hunting or considering the plant varieties legislation, but not for much-needed mental health legislation. There are a number of specific matters on which I would like the Secretary of State to...

Orders of the Day — Health and Social Security (7 Dec 2000)

Dr Liam Fox: ...promises has resulted in unparalleled disillusionment. We all remember the slogans: "24 hours to save the NHS", "Health to be an early priority" and "Things can only get better". According to Lord Hunt this summer, things had got better. He said that the reforms set out in the NHS Plan will ensure that the NHS will be in the best position ever so each patient receives the care they need...

Orders of the Day — Health and Social Security (7 Dec 2000)

Dr Liam Fox: ...do not want to give the impression that the House's priorities are distorted. For example, Liv O'Hanlon, director of the Adoption Forum, has said: We wouldn't like to think—given fox hunting is on the legislative agenda but not adoption—that the Government believes children are less important than nice little furry animals. The House needs to send out a clear message about its...

Conygar Quarry, North Somerset (8 Dec 1997)

Dr Liam Fox: ...by, has to be seen to be believed. Hon. Members will agree that an issue's importance can be measured by the size of one's postbag. I dealt with about five times as many letters about the quarry as about hunting. Avon county council's conditions were not welcome, but they were accepted. That says much for the patience and understanding of the people who live nearby. They were willing to...