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Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Alistair Burt: ...make little progress. I was in the United States about 12 months ago as an observer for the Harvard induction week for new members of Congress, along with the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson). This traditional neutral and bipartisan affair, which incidentally might lend itself as a style of briefing for new Members of this House in due course, is presented by academics,...

Written Answers — International Development: United Nations: Females (23 Nov 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans there are to consult civil society organisations on the structure and mandate of the new single UN agency for women.

Written Answers — International Development: United Nations: Females (23 Nov 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions his Department has had with the UN Secretary General on the appointment of an Under Secretary General to head the new single UN agency for women; when he expects that post to be filled; and if he will request the UN Secretary General to adopt the selection criteria presented to him by the Gender Equality...

Cyprus (10 Nov 2009) See 2 other results from this Westminster Hall debate

Chris Bryant: ...not overestimate the value of my visiting anywhere, but I am grateful for my hon. Friend's confidence. I intend to visit Cyprus at the end of the month. The hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) asked whether I have met people who are on different sides of the argument. I do not take any side in the argument; I am on the side of those who want to see a settlement. I am happy to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Illegal File Sharing (9 Nov 2009) has video See 1 other result from this debate

Jo Swinson: What plans he has to reduce levels of illegal file sharing; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Corporate Hospitality (9 Nov 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 2 November 2009, Official Report, columns 783-84W, on taxation: corporate hospitality, when his Department plans to publish its guidance on businesses claiming tax back on corporate entertainment in lapdancing clubs referred to by the Minister for Women and Equality in media interviews in September 2009; and what steps his...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video See 2 other results from this debate

Jo Swinson: I very much agree with my hon. Friend about the need to keep the temperature rise to 2°. Does he share my concern that even with stretching targets such as an 80 per cent. reduction by 2015, even with the things that currently seem politically difficult to deliver, that only gives us, according to the science, a 50 per cent. chance of keeping it under 2°, which is already a pretty...

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009) has video

Jo Swinson: As of this week, the footage and clips of what is going on here in Parliament are easily available to search and view on the excellent BBC Democracy Live website, so that the people out there can see the business of the House. The ability to share those clips with their friends or on their own websites is available for the European Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and...

Written Answers — Health: Cosmetics: Health Hazards (5 Nov 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent harm to human health arising from the use of skin-whitening products, with particular reference to products containing the ingredients (a) mercury, (b) kojic acid, (c) steroids and (d) hydroquinone.

Written Answers — Health: Cosmetics: Health Hazards (5 Nov 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned on the effects on human health of skin-whitening products.

Written Answers — Health: Cosmetics: Health Hazards (5 Nov 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions resulted from the use of skin-whitening products in the latest period for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Defence: Territorial Army (2 Nov 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect on operational manpower levels of proposed reductions to Territorial Army training.

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Corporate Hospitality (2 Nov 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish guidance for businesses in respect of their tax liability for corporate entertainment in lap dancing clubs.

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Copyright (29 Oct 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if the House of Commons Commission will (a) place in the Library and (b) publish on the parliamentary website a copy of the Review of the Management of Parliamentary Copyright dated July 2009.

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Death Penalty (Global Abolition) (28 Oct 2009) See 3 other results from this Westminster Hall debate

David Lidington: .... Campbell) spoke, because it is important when we debate capital punishment that we do not give the impression of having got together into a political class that is dismissive of what is still a majority view among the British public. The most recent opinion research that I have seen shows that a majority of the public—fewer than 50 per cent., but still a majority—favour the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Chagos Islands (22 Oct 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to publish in full his Department's response to the European Court of Human Rights on the application made by the Chagos Islanders.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Ilois: Resettlement (22 Oct 2009)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2009, Official Report, columns 605-06W, on the British Indian Ocean Territory, who the interveners are in the case.

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video See 2 other results from this debate

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Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Equitable Life (21 Oct 2009) has video

Jo Swinson: I totally agree with what my hon. Friend says about the detailed work done by the ombudsman. We have an ombudsman to consider such cases and recommend justice. Does she agree, however, that the Government's response undermines the whole office of the ombudsman? Treating this report in such a way could create a precedent for future ombudsman reports being ignored and recommendations being...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Copenhagen Summit (14 Oct 2009) has video See 1 other result from this debate

Jo Swinson: What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the representation of Scottish interests at the forthcoming Copenhagen summit on climate change.