I have here a cutting from The Pressin York on 24 April 2010, which says: “David Cameron last night dismissed claims the Tories would put up VAT if they win the election”. That was at the last election. Why should the public believe promises that he makes at the coming election?
How many prosecutions have been initiated by the Serious Fraud Office under the Bribery Act 2010.
I spent more than 10 years arguing for a radical change in the law on bribery, which was passed as the 2010 Act, with all-party support, just before the last election. The OECD, which has criticised us in the past for not doing enough to implement its convention, thinks it is important that from time to time cases are brought before the courts. Will the Solicitor-General assure me that the...
We are down to about 11 minutes each now.
This is a very important debate about the future of local newspapers, and I am pleased to call John McDonnell.
As 10 Members are trying to catch my eye and we have just under two hours until we start the winding-up speeches, that makes something like 11 minutes each.
How many foreign nationals have been released from prison since May 2010.
Thousands of foreign criminals have been released from prison, and the Public Accounts Committee reported just two months ago that the number being deported is now 500 lower than it was in 2008-09 under the previous Government. The last Conservative manifesto said: “We will extend early deportation of foreign national prisoners”. What did the word “extend” mean?
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to visit York before 7 May 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of payments for each type of benefit not paid as a result of sanctions against individual claimants in each year since 2010-11 in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the City of York; and how many claimants were sanctioned in each such year in each such area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet the Chairman of the Trussell Trust before 7 May 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to visit York before the General Election.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent Civil Service jobs there were (a) in total and (b) in each government department and its agencies in (i) the City of York, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber, (iii) England and (iv) the UK (A) in May 2010 and (B) at the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York Unitary Authority area received child and working tax credits in 2009 and in each year since.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what allocation per capita was made by his Department in respect of clinical commissioning group (CCG) services in (a) each CCG in York and North Yorkshire, (b) each region of England and (c) England in each year since the creation of CCGs (i) in cash terms and (ii) at constant prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) beds and (b) full-time equivalent staff there were for mental health services provided within the City of York Council area in 2010 and each subsequent year.
