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Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part]: Olympic Legacy (29 Oct 2008) has video

Alistair Burt: Does the Culture Secretary accept that, because of the decline in spending on sport after the raids on the lottery, it is the role of my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt)—

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — HIV/AIDS (11 May 2006)

Alistair Burt: ...members of the Committee and hon. Members who speak about the topic never ceases to amaze me, not least the contribution of my new colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt). Every now and again, contributions come along that make one appreciate politics in general and the fact that one's own party is in good hands for the future, and do much to contribute to...

Child Support Agency (9 Feb 2006)

Alistair Burt: I appreciate more than many the difficulties that face the Secretary of State and Lord Hunt, the Minister responsible for the CSA. There was a collective failure in the House to scrutinise the original proposals and intentions, and since then there has been a collective failure to breathe life into a corpse. No matter how hard agency staff have tried, I agree with the bottom line suggested by...

Regional Government (30 Jun 2004)

Mr Alistair Burt: .... In all fairness to the Deputy Prime Minister, in the light of that response the ODPM decided not to propose a referendum on an elected assembly in the eastern region. That is marvellous, but the hunt is on. Who was that one person in the six counties? I am announcing today a search to find that one individual in the six-county area who stood shoulder to shoulder with the Deputy Prime...

Bed Blocking (Bedfordshire) (23 Jan 2002)

Mr Alistair Burt: ...'s 2002-03 allocation is some 4 per cent. less than we ought to receive, equivalent to an £18.5 million gap. Those figures will not be unfamiliar to the Minister, coming as they do from a letter to Lord Hunt of Kings Heath from Lesley Watts, the acting chair of Bedfordshire health authority. She points out that this small county, despite all the odds, has worked very hard to provide...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (22 Jun 2001)

Mr Alistair Burt: .... I will not stretch the credulity of the House with descriptions of an epic boyhood in Bedfordshire, and how I dipped my toes in the River Ivel and listened to the distant halloo of the Oakley hunt. It will not have escaped hon. Members' attention that my childhood home was Bury in Lancashire, which I was proud to represent here for some 14 years. It is with grateful thanks to the good...