Results 81–100 of 3813 for speaker:George Freeman

Further and Higher Education (Access) Bill ( 4 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: I am sorry; I did not make myself clear. I meant regulating universities further through my hon. Friend’s Bill, which would further complicate the matter and require them to be guided by the words in the Bill. If it became law, it would place on them a duty to choose only on the basis of merit, as he has defined it. Can we not just trust them to work with the Government? Does not the fact...

Further and Higher Education (Access) Bill ( 4 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way yet again. Everyone in the House will agree that the educating of thickos, rich or otherwise, is not the role of our universities. However, does he believe that an important role for universities is to develop leadership? In that education sector, are we not sometimes in danger of over-emphasising purely academic criteria? Would we want clause 3...

Written Answers — Treasury: Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund ( 7 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what plans he has for the future use of revenues raised through the aggregates levy following the closure of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund; (2) what plans he has for the future funding of environmental projects following the closure of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund.

Royal Assent: Fuel Prices and the Cost of Living (16 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Royal Assent: Fuel Prices and the Cost of Living (16 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: Will the hon. Lady give way on that point?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Manufacturing (22 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: Does my right hon. Friend agree that, as we see signs that business confidence in the economy is being restored, tomorrow’s Budget presents a key opportunity to support the high-technology entrepreneurs who put their own wealth at risk in starting the businesses of tomorrow?

Rural Broadband (23 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: I thank my hon. Friend for giving way, and pay tribute to his leadership in this important field. He mentioned the Treasury, and I wish to speak about the payback potential of such investment. As with so many infrastructure matters, the payback is enormous, and I urge the Minister to make the case to the Treasury. The Chancellor gave a stunning Budget today, outlining investment in East...

Amendment of the Law (28 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: Has the right hon. Lady noticed the International Monetary Fund’s recent figures showing that Britain is running interest rates 3% lower than those in countries with similar deficits to us? Is that not a fundamental result of our programme for the deficit?

Amendment of the Law (28 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: Will the hon. Lady give way?

Amendment of the Law (29 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: Does my hon. Friend agree that the honest answer to the question put thrice by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East (Emma Reynolds) is that if we were guilty of anything, it was to fall for the same lie that the British public fell for—to believe that new Labour had become the party of economic competence and that in government it could be trusted with the public finances?

Amendment of the Law (29 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: “Rescue, rebalance and recover”. No, Mr Deputy Speaker, I have not got hold of a copy of the late George Best’s doctor’s notes, nor a copy of the advice from the right hon. Member for South Shields (David Miliband) to his younger brother after a mauling at Prime Minister’s questions. I refer to the three words that the Chancellor used at the beginning of his Budget statement last...

Business, Innovation and Skills: Life Sciences (31 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: What steps he is taking to support the commercial development of life sciences through industry partnerships.

Business, Innovation and Skills: Life Sciences (31 Mar 2011)

George Freeman: I thank the Minister for his reply and congratulate him on his commitment to business. Last week’s Budget set out a clear strategy for growth based on science, innovation and enterprise, particularly in my area, the biotech corridor between Cambridge and Norwich. Does he agree that the challenge is to ensure that our leading research institutes link up with industry so that our science is...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Red Diesel (12 May 2011)

George Freeman: What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effects on British farmers of planned EU changes to rates of duty on red diesel.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Red Diesel (12 May 2011)

George Freeman: I thank the Minister for that reassuring answer. The EU draft proposal to remove the tax exemption on agricultural red diesel sent shockwaves through farming communities in my constituency and across British agriculture. After a decade in which the Labour party put up duty on red diesel four times, may I urge him to make the strongest representations across Whitehall and show that it is we on...

Backbench Business — [27th Allotted Day]: Rural Broadband and Mobile Coverage (19 May 2011)

George Freeman: While my hon. Friend is on the subject of investment in broadband paying for itself, does he agree that part of the significance of the measure—the Government are to be congratulated on the investment—is that every pound that we spend on rural broadband will pay back UK plc in spades? In my constituency, where coverage is extremely poor, communities are waiting for the opportunity to...

Backbench Business — [27th Allotted Day]: Rural Broadband and Mobile Coverage (19 May 2011)

George Freeman: I believe that in a previous existence the hon. Gentleman used to advise the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Mr Brown) when he was Prime Minister, and I was wondering how much of the £20 billion-odd that the former Government raised through the sale of 3G licences was reinvested in the rural broadband network. If a little of that money had been invested, would we not be in...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Common Land (23 May 2011)

George Freeman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessment he has made of the effects of town or village green applications on rates of construction of new affordable housing; and if he will make a statement; (2) what recent representations he has received on town or village green applications; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Common Land (23 May 2011)

George Freeman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many town and village green applications were made in each of the last five years; what proportion of applications were successful in each such year; what the average length of time taken was to process an application in each such year; and if he will make a statement.

Royal Assent: Eurozone Financial Assistance (24 May 2011)

George Freeman: Does my hon. Friend not agree that when the Conservatives were last in office they established a firm veto in precisely this context? That veto was given away in 2001 by the Labour party, and the present Government are now being forced to implement a decision that was sneaked through by Labour in the dying days of its Government.


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