Results 1-20 of 133 for hunting speaker:Mike O'Brien

Written Answers — Health: NHS: Finance (16 Oct 2009)

Mike O'Brien: ...Hospital NHS trust 5.45 5 years 1,476 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS trust 4.86 8 years 279 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS trust 5.50 3 years 572 Rob Jones and A Hunt Orthopaedic NHS trust 4.85 10 years 41 Rob Jones and A Hunt Orthopaedic NHS trust 5.50 3 years 307 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation trust 4.12 18 years 247 Royal Bolton...

Written Answers — Health: NHS: Finance (20 Jul 2009)

Mike O'Brien: ...University Hospitals NHS Trust 3,000 12 November 2007 Capital investment Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Trust 3,480 12 November 2007 Capital investment Rob Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust 500 12 November 2007 Capital investment North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust 700 17 December 2007 Capital investment Southampton University Hospitals NHS...

Written Answers — Health: NHS: Finance (1 Jul 2009)

Mike O'Brien: ...full settlement date( 2) Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 3,000 4.85 15 March 2018 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Trust 3,480 4.86 15 September 2015 Rob Jones and a Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust 500 4.85 15 September 2017 North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust 700 4.88 15 March 2015 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 7,500 4.19 15 March...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Ministerial Duties (20 Apr 2009)

Mike O'Brien: ...Ports Investment Seminar— 30 March 2009 UK Coal Forum— 31 March 2009 Oil and Gas Trade Association Meeting— 1 April 2009 Regional Visit for Severn Tidal— 2 April 2009 Lord Hunt: Low Carbon Cars International Experts Meeting— 27 October 2008 Climate Change Forum Dinner— 17 November 2008 Micropower Generation Council Reception— 10 December 2008 New...

Written Ministerial Statements — Energy and Climate Change: EU Energy Council (15 Dec 2008)

Mike O'Brien: My noble friend the Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) has today made the following statement: "I attended the Energy Council meeting on 8th December. The Council agreed a 'general approach' on the proposed re-cast of the Eco-design Directive, which establishes a framework for the setting of eco-design requirements for energy related...

Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]: Pensioner Poverty (4 Jun 2008) has video

Mike O'Brien: ...fuel companies to provide extra help to the most vulnerable pensioners. After all, last year, they called for more help with rising fuel bills. Indeed, the hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt) said: "we have no opposition to... data sharing when it happens... for a defined purpose".—[ Official Report, 11 June 2007; Vol. 461, c. 600.] Yet last week, the hon. Member for...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Seal Culls (22 Jul 2004)

Mr Mike O'Brien: I spoke to the Canadian High Commissioner in April about the seal cull in Canada. I encouraged the Canadian Government in an adjournment debate on seal hunting to ensure that their monitoring regulations are implemented in practice and do not just lie on the statute book— Official Report, columns 219WH to 222WH. On both occasions, I also made clear this Government's view that we do not...

Seal Hunting (4 Nov 2003)

Mr Mike O'Brien: ...many of us, I am recovering my voice after the flu; I hope that it holds out for this debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Southend, West (Mr. Amess) on securing this debate on Canadian seal hunting. I know how many hon. Members have a view on the subject; it has been a matter of public interest for some time. I welcome this opportunity to give the Government's view on the issue. As...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Ambassadors (1 Sep 2003)

Mr Mike O'Brien: ...Leone Dr. John Mitchiner (Due August 2003) David Jones (May 2000) Peter Penfold (March 1997) Singapore Alan Collins CMG (December 2002) Sir Stephen Brown (March 2001) Alan Hunt (August 1997) Slovakia Roderic Todd (November 2001) David Lyscom (October 1998) Slovenia Hugh Mortimer LVO (January 2001) Solomon Islands Brian Baldwin (May 2001) Alan...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Osama bin Laden (6 Feb 2003)

Mr Mike O'Brien: There have been numerous reported sightings of Osama bin Laden since 9/11. We and our coalition partners will continue to hunt for bin Laden and the other al-Qaeda leaders to bring them to justice.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Osama bin Laden (6 Feb 2003)

Mr Mike O'Brien: It is not possible to identify the specific costs of hunting down Osama bin Laden. This is a key objective in the wider campaign against international terrorism, which involves the whole range of military, diplomatic and intelligence effort and undertaken in co-operation with international partners.

Orders of the Day — Christmas Day (Trading) Bill (16 Mar 2001)

Mr Mike O'Brien: If the right hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I shall not get involved in the hunting debate. The Bill would inhibit the freedom of business to some extent, and Members will have to consider whether that is necessary. The Government have sympathy with the Churches and others who are alarmed at the possible incursion of commercialism into Christmas day. Family life is important, and...

Hunting Bill (27 Feb 2001)

Mr Mike O'Brien: ...comments made by the right hon. Member for Bridgwater (Mr. King) were ill judged. He suggested that the only people who care about foot and mouth disease in the farming community somehow support hunting. His comments were cheap and opportunist in attempting to use the issue of foot and mouth disease to support hunters' views. Views in rural communities are strong on foot and mouth...

Hunting Bill (27 Feb 2001)

Mr Mike O'Brien: ...Government have achieved their objective in promoting it. By that, I do not mean that we, as a Government, are necessarily pleased that the House has decided to adopt the option that would ban most hunting. My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary might have his own views on that. However, as he explained when he opened the Second Reading debate just before Christmas, our aim was to enable...

Hunting Bill (27 Feb 2001)

Mr Mike O'Brien: .... I am grateful to the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington), who led for the Opposition. Like most—although certainly not all—members of his party, he is opposed to restrictions on hunting with dogs. He has advanced the view of people who favour the retention of hunting. I accept that he is at odds with the central purpose of the option on which the House decided, but he...

Hunting Bill (27 Feb 2001)

Mr Mike O'Brien: The right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe), who speaks from the Opposition Front Bench, has voted consistently for a ban on hunting. On Second Reading, my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary expressed his views in relation to these matters. Members have been able to put forward their views as constituency representatives. The outcome may not suit the hon. Member for...

New Clause 1: Disposal of Fallen Stock (27 Feb 2001)

Mr Mike O'Brien: I am familiar with the role of the hunt. Certainly, my hunt takes fallen stock and often deals with it very efficiently; it provides a service to local farmers. I am very familiar with that process, and I am also reasonably familiar with the restrictions that are being applied. I think that I have grasped the hon. Gentleman's point. Is he saying that if the hunt service disappears, that will...

New Clause 1: Disposal of Fallen Stock (27 Feb 2001)

Mr Mike O'Brien: ...people should always be compensated if the law were to remove their livelihood. I gave the very bad example of burglars, which I withdrew during the course of the debate. I in no way wish to compare hunters with burglars. That was never my intention. If the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that I sought to do that, he is traducing me. People who hunt in my constituency—many of whom I...

New Clause 1: Disposal of Fallen Stock (27 Feb 2001)

Mr Mike O'Brien: ...support the measures that my right hon. Friend has put in place, which will be debated at greater length tomorrow. However, that does not mean that we should not proceed with the Bill. The issue of hunting with dogs needs to be resolved. The number of private Members' Bills and the amount of parliamentary time that has been devoted to it in the past 20 years bear witness to that fact. The...

New Clause 1: Disposal of Fallen Stock (27 Feb 2001)

Mr Mike O'Brien: ...being diseased. In such circumstances, hon. Members have asked what we should do about fallen stock. The hon. Gentleman is right to say that there is over-demand for the disposal services that the hunt and others provide to get rid of undiseased fallen stock.