Results 1-4 of 4 for smoking speaker:David Curry

Public Bill Committee: Planning: Schedule 1 (15 Jan 2008)

David Curry: ...whether the Minister can lift the veil on the sort of people who will be appointed to the commission. It will be like a college of appointed cardinals, so I should quite like to see some white smoke coming up the Minister’s chimney. He talks repeatedly about expertise, but what does he mean? Expertise in what precisely? We must be careful that we do not end up with people who are...

Local Government Finance (6 Feb 2006)

David Curry: ...swell, but no one need feel the slightest bit seasick." At the same time, down in the engine room, the chief engineer is saying that a horrible clanking noise is coming from the engines, and soon smoke begins to appear. The two views of the settlement are totally dislocated. We have just heard the view from the engine room—the northern metropolitan authorities—from the hon....

Local Government Finance (6 Feb 2006)

David Curry: ...the rest of local government has done quite badly—we have to be honest about that. There are tough measures for social services, highways, waste and amenities, and that is accounting for the smoke and mirrors of the Gershon review. Curiously enough, the name "Gershon" did not pass the Minister's lips this evening. The third point, which in many ways is the most important of all, is...

Orders of the Day — Animal Health Bill (12 Nov 2001)

Mr David Curry: ...against the sun and along the river, with the dales on each side. However, then FMD arrived in his constituency and the journey became rather sinister. I could see the pyres alight, with their smoke, and smell them from a long way away. The fields were empty of animals. Above all, there was a terrible sense of claustrophobia. I wondered how FMD could be in Cumbria and Wensleydale, north...