Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Motion made, and Question proposed, that the sitting be now adjourned.—( Bill Wiggin . )
How far should the state step in to regulate the free market and alcohol? If a jumbo jet fully laden with passengers crashed over Britain every fortnight, drastic action would be taken, and that...
A more recent ruling from the Commission in 2010 was even clearer. In answer to a question, the Commissioner for Health said that “the Commission fully shares…the conviction that...
It is a pleasure to open this debate under your chairmanship, Miss Clark. I want to give an apology for my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern), who has just given birth to...
It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Miss Clark. This matter is very close to my son, my daughter and me. I no longer have a commercial interest in it, but the House knows of the...
It is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Ms Clark. It is worth prefacing what I want to say in this debate with a few remarks about the town of Barnsley. It is a proud borough, which is...
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