Dominic Raab: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me at this point in the debate. I beg the patience of the House in making my maiden speech, and pay tribute to and commend the maiden speeches made by hon. Members on both sides of the House. For new Members such as me, this is a humbling experience. For me, it is especially daunting, as my predecessor, Ian Taylor, did such a good job over the past 23...
Dominic Raab: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and may I take this opportunity to welcome you to your elevated status in the Chair? I commend hon. Members on both sides of the House for their maiden speeches, and welcome the Home Secretary and other Home Office Ministers to the Dispatch Box. I wholeheartedly support the Bill for three reasons, the first of which is basic principle: I believe in a country...
Dominic Raab: If he will review the extent to which the local authority funding formula accurately measures the funding requirements of local communities.
Dominic Raab: I thank the Minister for his response. One ward in Elmbridge has double the national average of child poverty, yet we get back just one third of the national average of funding for local services. Will he consider the local funding formula as part of the local government finance review to ensure that it is based on a truly objective assessment of local needs?
Dominic Raab: The coalition programme for government pledges to incentivise local business growth. Will that involve giving local authorities back a greater share of the tax revenue raised locally from business rates?
Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on reducing levels of unemployment.
Dominic Raab: What plans does the Justice Secretary have to reform drug rehabilitation in our prisons, so that we see fewer offenders languishing on methadone prescriptions than under the previous Government, and more going clean on abstinence-based programmes?
Dominic Raab: This is a crossroads Budget; it sets not just the terms of the next fiscal year, but the policy direction that will determine Britain's economic competitiveness in the years that lie ahead. The debt crisis was exacerbated, not created, by the banking crisis. The epic challenge we face today is the result of reckless state spending from 1997. In 1999, the OECD calculated that the British state...
Dominic Raab: I will not mention three specific projects now, although it would be very easy to do a trawl and find far more than three. The previous Government spent billions on quangos, public relations, management and marketing. The basic point, however, is that for far too long the nation has failed to cut its coat according to its cloth, and that must end. Unless we tackle the legacy of debt that we...
Dominic Raab: What steps his Department is taking to increase participation by local people in NHS decision making.
Dominic Raab: NHS managers have justified cuts in community hospitals in Walton, Cobham, Molesey and other parts of the country on efficiency grounds, but in 2009, because of targets, almost 1 million patients were discharged and then readmitted within 30 days, at a cost of £1.6 billion. What plans has the Secretary of State to strengthen local democratic control over community hospitals and the vital...
Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects the local government finance review to (a) commence and (b) conclude.
Dominic Raab: To ask the Attorney-General in relation to how many defendants charged with criminal offences the Crown Prosecution Service has applications for the removal of the jury under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 pending.
Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) people and (b) foreign nationals were subject to a control order in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007, (iv) 2008, (v) 2009 and (vi) 2010 to date.
Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals are subject to a control order.
Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of proposed deportation extradition or other transfer of foreign nationals from the UK have been stopped by the UK court or her Department wholly or partially on (a) any legal ground, (b) human rights grounds relying on Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), (c) human rights grounds relying on...
Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals who are in prison or who have been convicted of a criminal offence but are not serving a custodial sentence are the subject of proceedings for deportation, extradition or other transfer to their country of nationality.
Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) with which countries the UK has a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the return of foreign nationals without the risk of torture or other inhuman and degrading treatment; (2) with which countries the Government is negotiating with a view to signing a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the return of foreign nationals...
Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people suspected of offences related to terrorism were held in pre-charge detention for more than 14 days in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008, (e) 2009 and (f) 2010 to date.
Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people suspected of committing offences relating to terrorism have been held for 28 days in pre-charge detention and subsequently convicted of the offence for which they were detained.