Thursday, 8 November 2007
On 25 October the House agreed new temporary Standing Orders about time limits on speeches, including special limits for topical debates and, for the first time, limits on Front-Bench speeches....
May I ask the Leader of the House to give us the forthcoming business?
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I wish to apologise to you and to the House for remarks made on "Newsnight" the other evening, in which I suggested, incorrectly, that you were asleep during...
Secretary Ruth Kelly, supported by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary David Miliband, Secretary Hazel Blears, Andy Burnham, Tessa Jowell and Mr. Tom Harris, presented...
Secretary Ruth Kelly, supported by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Hilary Benn, Mr. Secretary Hutton, Ms Harriet Harman, Secretary Hazel Blears and Secretary James...
Secretary John Denham, supported by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Ed Balls, Andy Burnham, Jane Kennedy, Huw Irranca-Davies, Ian Pearson and Bill Rammell,...
[Third Day] Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [ 6 November], That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, as follows: Most Gracious Sovereign, We, Your Majesty's most...
It is a privilege to open this section of the debate on the Gracious Speech. I wish to start by paying tribute to the four firefighters who lost their lives in Warwickshire last weekend: John...
With the leave of the House, I will put motions 5 to 20 together. Ordered,
That Mr Adrian Bailey, Roger Berry, Mr Brian Binley, Mr Michael Clapham, Mr Lindsay Hoyle, Mr Mark Hunter, Miss Julie Kirkbride, Peter Luff, Anne Moffat, Mr Anthony Wright and Richard...
That Mrs Annette Brooke, Ms Dawn Butler, Mr Douglas Carswell, Mr David Chaytor, Mr John Heppell, Fiona Mactaggart, Mrs Maria Miller, Mr Andrew Pelling, Joan Ryan, Mr Barry Sheerman, Mr Andy...
That David Wright be discharged from the Communities and Local Government Committee and Jim Dobbin be added.
That Mr Edward Vaizey be discharged from the Environmental Audit Committee and Gregory Barker be added.
That Mrs Madeleine Moon and Mr Jamie Reed be discharged from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and Dr Gavin Strang and Paddy Tipping be added.
That Mr Wayne David and Nia Griffith be discharged from the European Scrutiny Committee and Mr Adrian Bailey and Keith Hill be added.
That Adam Afriyie, Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods, Mr Ian Cawsey, Mrs Nadine Dorries, Dr Ian Gibson, Dr Evan Harris, Dr Brian Iddon, Mr Gordon Marsden, Bob Spink, Ian Stewart, Graham Stringer, Dr...
That Joan Ruddock be discharged from the International Development Committee and Mr Stephen Crabb be added.
That Nia Griffith and Mark Tami be discharged from the Joint Committee on Human Rights and John Austin and Mr Virendra Sharma be added.
That Mark Tami be discharged from the Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills and Mr Quentin Davies be added.
That Stephen Pound be discharged from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and Kate Hoey be added.
That Chris Bryant, Ian Lucas, Mr Iain Wright and Derek Wyatt be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Nigel Griffiths, Keith Hill, Geraldine Smith and Phil Wilson be added.
That Mr Jim McGovern be discharged from the Scottish Affairs Committee and Mr David Hamilton be added.
That Angela Eagle be discharged from the Treasury Committee and Nick Ainger be added.
That Mr Wayne David be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Alun Michael be added.
That Natascha Engel be discharged from the Work and Pensions Committee and Tom Levitt be added. ——[Liz Blackman, on behalf of the Committee of Selection].
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. —[Mr. Watson.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.