Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions EU meetings at ministerial level have taken place where the UK has been represented solely by an official of the UK Representation in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to draw the attention of relevant parliamentary committees to European Council A points in advance of them being signed off; what plans he has to publish agenda issues in advance of Council meetings; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress has been made on the audit of the (a) competences and (b) membership costs of the EU; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has met representatives of the Nobel Peace Prize Award Committee in an official capacity; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of measures in the EU's Radicalisation and Recruitment Action Plan (a) prohibited within the UK and (b) encouraged within the UK by the EU; and if she will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what involvement her Department has had in the development of a European investigation order; and if she will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the level of substance misuse rates for each (a) police force and (b) probation trust area; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of benefit claimants are non-UK nationals who have not contributed through tax payments prior to receiving benefits, excluding asylum seekers whose cases have been upheld; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: First, may I apologise for not having been in the Chamber for long? I urge the hon. Gentleman to pick up on the issue of how schools deal with people who want to be apprentices. The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee has just undertaken a report on the subject, and that theme came up time and again. It is in all our interests to ensure that what has been described does not happen. We...
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on future UK participation in the Common European Asylum System; and if she will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of (a) immigrants to the UK and (b) foreign nationals awarded British citizenship in each of the last five years; what the country of origin was of the 10 countries with the largest number of people in each such category; and if she will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of unemployment benefit claimants were from each other EU member state in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what account he takes of passenger-to-seat ratios when appraising bids for rail franchises; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to improve average journey times by train between London and Northampton; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which (a) lines and (b) routes have the (i) highest and (ii) lowest ratios of passenger-to-seats on the national rail network; and if he will make a statement.
Brian Binley: I remember well those long-gone days when we were told that monetary union would bring strength to the EU, be enduring and serve to bring our economies together. By golly, how time does fly, and how truth changes the vision. Recent experience has shown that political ambitions exceeded economic reality, and fault lines were built into the single currency from the start. Structures have been...
Brian Binley: rose —
Brian Binley: I am grateful and I understand why my right hon. Friend gave way to a much more distinguished Member than me. Let me refer to the issue of infrastructure—not only of utilities, but housing. I know that my right hon. Friend is very aware of the need to build on brownfield sites first, so can he tell me what work his Department is doing to ensure that, when planning permission is given,...
Brian Binley: I welcome the Secretary of State’s willingness to update us on the continuity of service on the west coast main line once the current franchise expires on 9 December. Has he noted recent reports suggesting that capacity could be reached well before 2026, undermining continuity of service? Consequently, will he bring forward plans for HS2, even though he said he would not talk about them today?
Brian Binley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the letter from the hon. Member for Northampton South on commuted sums for river maintenance, if he will consider the evidence now available for missing final accounts with a view to replacement of the funding granted under the New Towns Act 1965 for the expansion of Northampton.