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Legislation: Complexity — Question for Short Debate (19 June 2013)

Lord Bates: ...—and so the circle goes on. There are other drivers. The 24-hour news culture demands that something must be done every day. There are also a huge number of lobby organisations, such as trade unions, trade bodies and charities, all of which are well resourced and able to demand changes in the law to suit their particular concerns. We should have one thing uppermost in our mind. Every...

National Media Museum (19 June 2013)

George Galloway: ...of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport at least, not to be as severe as planned. We are told in authoritative media briefings that 10% has been reduced to 5%, but, as the late and lamented trade union leader Alan Fisher once said, 5% of bugger all is bugger all. Five per cent. off our shrunken budget will be a serious blow none the less, so my first question to the Minister, which...

Opposition Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Arts and Creative Industries (19 June 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Emma Lewell-Buck: ..., serving as the finishing line for the tens of thousands of runners who participate in the great north run. It is a town with a proud history of political organisation and vibrant community and trade union activity. It is a town that knows the dignity and reward that work brings and understands the duty we each have to provide not just for ourselves and our families, but for the world...

SMEs (Middle East and North Africa) (19 June 2013)

Daniel Kawczynski: I completely agree. We have seen what happens in countries such as Mali. When we are not present, not trading with them and not on the ground, a vacuum is left for others to fill, and the costs involved in sorting out the mess are greatly increased. I met the President of Niger when he came to the Foreign Office. He informed me that bilateral trade between Niger and the United Kingdom was...

G8 Summit — Statement (19 June 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Lord Brittan of Spennithorne: Will my noble friend agree that the last time a serious attempt was made to reach a wide-ranging trade agreement between the United States and the European Union it foundered on the absolute refusal of the US regulatory agencies to agree to any degree of mutual recognition, let alone harmonisation, and that unless at the very highest level action is taken to deal with that blockage, this...

G8 (19 June 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Edward Miliband: ...pledge of 0.7% aid as a proportion of national income and does he further agree with me that we should be using all the moral force that we gain from that position to urge others to follow suit? On trade, we welcome and support the launch of negotiations on a free trade agreement between Europe and the United States. Will the Prime Minister confirm that he will tell all his colleagues,...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Public Sector: Procurement (19 June 2013)

Jo Swinson: ...in 2010 to make certain that it is illegal. Any business, whether it works on public contracts or not, should comply with the law of the land. We expect them not to break data protection law, trade union law or the Blacklists Regulations when planning or undertaking work for the public sector or anywhere else. Since the Opposition debate on blacklisting on 23 January 2013, Official...

Energy Bill — Second Reading (18 June 2013)

Lord Roper: ...I think, a little more complex than he described. Given the complexities and the length of this Bill, I have begun to regret that just over a year ago, when I ceased to be chairman of the European Union Committee and I decided to take up a new subject from scratch, I chose energy. Given what we have come to, I think it may have been a problem, but I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord,...

Public Bill Committee: Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill: Examination of Witnesses (18 June 2013) See 2 other results from this clause

John Randall: I think they will behave in the same way as the trade unions, which work in sectors where there are now pay review bodies. They will develop the expertise in submitting persuasive evidence. They have a good research team that will enable them to do that. What I would say to them is that if you look back over the past 30 years of pay determination, there has been a marked move...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 198 - Climate change levy: supplies subject to carbon price support rates etc (18 June 2013)

Sajid Javid: ...from cleaner, cheaper and more reliable sources of low-carbon energy. Amendment 148 would commit the Government to publishing a report on the impact of the carbon price floor and changes to the European Union emissions trading scheme—ETS—within a year of the Bill’s enactment. The Government continually monitor the impact of policies, and all tax policies are kept under...

Common Agricultural Policy: Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union (18 June 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

William Cash: ...shadow Minister should have said, in parenthesis, that he did not really want to go into—I paraphrase—the rather self-indulgent ruminations on institutional differences with monetary union and the like. I am certain that if the primacy question were properly explained to the hon. Gentleman and Opposition Members, they would appreciate that it is fundamental. I pay tribute to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Turkey (18 June 2013)

John Healey: The Minister’s words were subdued. Is he not shocked to see this increasingly modern, secular and economically successful country arresting young people for using Twitter, blocking trade union demonstrations with riot police and now threatening to use the army on the streets against its own citizens? Will he and the Foreign Secretary now publicly urge the Turkish Government to respect...

Written Answers — Transport: Maritime and Coastguard Agency (18 June 2013)

Stephen Hammond: ...quality and much more demanding roles. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) expects soon to finalise proposals for terms and conditions for these new jobs and to undertake negotiations with trade unions as part of the planned process to deliver the new HM Coastguard structure in line with the blueprint the Government published in November 2011. Throughout this process the MCA will...

Written Ministerial Statements — Culture Media and Sport: Telecommunications Council (18 June 2013)

Edward Vaizey: ...growth and jobs, particularly for young people. She went on to say that the telecoms sector is too fragmented across member states and there are too many barriers that prevent cross-border trade in digital goods and services. My intervention noted that the UK welcomed the idea of a further integrated single market in telecoms in principle, including the proposal for a telecoms passport...

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Foreign Affairs/General Affairs Councils (18 June 2013)

David Lidington: I will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 24 June and the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 25 June. The Foreign Affairs Council will be chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, and the General Affairs Council will be chaired by the Irish presidency. The meetings will be held in Luxembourg....

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Swaziland (17 June 2013)

Mark Simmonds: We are aware of the calls by civil society and trade union groups including Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), for the Commonwealth to bring Swaziland under the scrutiny of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group for its failure to adhere to the Harare Declaration. To mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 state of emergency in Swaziland, ACTSA recently launched a campaign asking the UK to...

G8 Summit — Motion to Take Note (13 June 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: ...Minister and Foreign Secretary in recent weeks has been outstandingly clear: our national interests rest in international co-operation and in remaining a full and committed member of the European Union. I have heard no such clear statement from any member of the shadow Cabinet. If we are to have responsible opposition, we also need a clear indication from the Labour Party of its commitment...