Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Third Reading opposed and deferred until Tuesday 19 November ( Standing Order No. 20).
Second Reading opposed and deferred until Tuesday 19 November ( Standing Order No. 20).
The Secretary of State was asked—
For what reasons he has decided to sell the site of HMP Wellingborough.
What assessment he has made of the potential effect of his planned probation reforms on the rate of reoffending.
What steps he has taken to reduce reoffending and relieve pressure on the courts system.
What steps he is taking to ensure that the needs of vulnerable witnesses are properly considered in court.
What steps he has taken to reduce motor insurance fraud to help motorists with the costs of driving.
What steps he has taken to increase the voice of victims in the criminal justice system.
What progress is being made on reducing illegal drug use in prisons.
What steps he is taking to facilitate mutual ownership of probation trusts; and if he will make a statement.
What assessment he has made of the prevalence of mishandling by the Law Society of complaints against solicitors.
What his policy is on the future of the probation service.
What steps he is taking to increase the number of offender behaviour programmes in English prisons.
What his policy is on funding victims services in London.
What assessment he has made of the most recent quarterly statistics on knife possession sentencing under the new offence of aggravated knife possession, published in September 2013.
What steps he is taking to curb the scope and volume of human rights claims.
What progress he has made on his reforms to the treatment of whiplash claims; and if he will make a statement.
What steps he has taken to reduce reoffending and relieve pressure on the courts system.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will update the House on Professor Sir Bruce Keogh’s urgent and emergency care review following this morning’s...
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Last night at 9.9 pm, as the Prime Minister was addressing the lord mayor’s banquet in the City, the Chancellor announced that the autumn statement would be...
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
I inform the House that I have selected the amendment in the name of the Prime Minister.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 41A(3)), That, at this day’s sitting, Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to the Motion in the name of...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 119(11)),
That this House takes note of Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum submitted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, dated 9 October 2013, on a draft Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of...
With your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, and on behalf of my constituents Sam Morris and Mr T. Murugadas and 357 other residents of Ealing North, I wish to present a petition concerning the...
I have a petition signed by 1,000 or so constituents who are concerned that land given to Stoke-on-Trent city council by the Highways Agency to compensate for public open space taken by the A50...
I want to present to the House of Commons a petition from the residents of Barrowford, Lancashire. The petition states: The Petition of residents of Barrowford, Lancashire, Declares that the...
Solar photovoltaic farms are a blight on the English countryside, never more so than in the northern part of my constituency, where up to 300 acres of solar PV farms are being considered. I...
The petition calls on Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service to drop proposals to close our criminal courts, which would leave Dudley the largest town in the UK without a criminal...
May I say, Madam Deputy Speaker, what a pleasure it is to present my first petition under your watchful eye? Last Friday, in the company of Councillor Baljit Singh and Councillor Deepak Bajaj, I...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mark Lancaster.)
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