Results 121–140 of 2133 for speaker:John Greenway

Induced Car Crashes (16 Jan 2007)

John Greenway: I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he agree that fraud is never a victimless crime—particularly insurance fraud—because we all pay through the premiums resulting from the fraudulent claims? Furthermore, does he share my concern that induced accidents are a serious threat to public safety and that innocent people could become embroiled in an accident resulting in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Trafficking of Women (15 Jan 2007)

John Greenway: Having looked at the issue of trafficked women in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, we are encouraged by what the Home Secretary has said about the Government's intention. However, it is a question of leadership. We are not alone in failing to sign the convention and I am convinced that if this country signed, many other countries would follow suit.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (29 Nov 2006)

John Greenway: The flooded homes in Malton and Norton in my constituency, which the Deputy Prime Minister kindly visited during the October 2000 floods, now have the benefit of good flood defences, but there are communities the length and breadth of Britain, including in my constituency, that still do not have the protection that they need. They are exposed to a serious flood risk. He will know that the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: EU Migration Strategy ( 7 Nov 2006)

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made on the implementation of the EU migration strategy "The Global Approach to Migration: priority actions focussing on Africa and the Mediterranean"; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Projects Haven and Scribe ( 6 Nov 2006)

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what procedures he has put in place under Project Haven and Project Scribe to invite applications from ex-service personnel who believe they may be entitled to compensation under the initiatives; (2) what steps he has taken to increase awareness among ex-service personnel of their possible entitlement to compensation under the Project Haven and...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: European Border Agency ( 2 Nov 2006)

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will assess the merits of deploying UK air and maritime assets in order to increase the effectiveness of the European Border Agency (Frontex) in countering the criminal networks responsible for recent influxes of seaborne irregular migrants into Southern Europe.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: European Border Agency (25 Oct 2006)

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether she plans to increase the UK's contribution to the European Border Agency.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Shoreline Management (23 Oct 2006)

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance he has given to local authorities on the appropriateness of including social justice as a material consideration in drafting shoreline management plans; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Post Office Card Account (16 Oct 2006)

John Greenway: I think that the Minister is saying that the 4.5 million people who thought that they had the ability to get their benefits from their post office will still have that ability. Will he make that clear: yes or no? Will he also make it clear that his and other Departments have a commitment to the future of our post office network? One third of the post offices in Ryedale have closed since 1997....

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning ( 9 Oct 2006)

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she has taken to ensure that proper consideration is given to the concept of groups of villages as preferred locations for new housing development at examinations in public of local development frameworks.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning ( 9 Oct 2006)

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities (a) have adopted and (b) plan to adopt a local development framework which provides for a group of villages as a suitable location for new housing in the development plan.

Petitions: Scarborough Hospital (17 Jul 2006)

John Greenway: I present a petition on behalf of the residents of Filey in my constituency, on the future of Scarborough hospital. The petition states: The petition of the residents of Filey, North Yorkshire Declares that proposals by the Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority to review service provision at Scarborough Hospital, together with the Department of Health's instruction to the Scarborough and North...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 13 — Mesothelioma: damages (17 Jul 2006)

John Greenway: The all-party insurance and financial services group was briefed on the matter only last Tuesday. There are some 2,000 asbestosis-related deaths per annum. Average life expectancy after diagnosis of mesothelioma is one to one-and-a-half years. The average settlement is £150,000. We are therefore considering probably £15 billion over five years and perhaps as much as £30 billion over 10 or...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 13 — Mesothelioma: damages (17 Jul 2006)

John Greenway: I, too, thank the Minister for the speedy way in which she has responded to this problem, which dominated Second Reading. She mentioned the ABI, and I am grateful for the changes that the Government have implemented. The new clause is complex, and amends, for example, the financial services compensation scheme. Can she give the House the assurance that all claimants will receive full...

Written Answers — Home Department: Foreign Offenders (29 Jun 2006)

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign prisoners (a) held in UK prisons and (b) released within the past 12 months who were recommended for deportation are citizens (i) of the EU accession countries and (ii) of other EU countries.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (22 Jun 2006)

John Greenway: If he will make a statement on the movement restrictions imposed on fish farms in North Yorkshire.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (22 Jun 2006)

John Greenway: I thank the Minister for his helpful and sympathetic letter yesterday in response to the representations I have made on behalf of a number of my constituents. He acknowledges the adverse impact on businesses, especially those engaged in rearing fish for restocking farms and fisheries. There is a major welfare problem so we need an urgent decision from him about whether, following further...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: BBC (20 Jun 2006)

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what account she will take of HM Treasury's forecast rate of growth of household income in determining the BBC's request for a licence fee increase of 2.3 per cent. above inflation; (2) what account she will take of the licence fee increase agreed in 2001 in determining the appropriate level of the BBC licence fee in the...

Business of the House (15 Jun 2006)

John Greenway: May we have a statement from a Minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the movement restrictions imposed on 33 fish farms in north Yorkshire as a result of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia being found in fish on only one farm some weeks ago? The matter is serious: many of the fish farmers now face ruin and fish cannot be moved to lakes and other watercourses that...

Orders of the Day: Compensation Bill [Lords] ( 8 Jun 2006)

John Greenway: First, I remind colleagues of my entry in the Register of Members' Interests. In warmly welcoming the Bill, I remind the House of the work of the all-party insurance and financial services group, which I have chaired since 1992. For many years, we have taken a close interest in the issues covered by the Bill. In anticipation of the draft Bill, we took evidence last year from a number of...


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