Results 121–140 of 3000 for speaker:Huw Merriman

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day] — Student Maintenance Grants (19 Jan 2016)

Huw Merriman: The hon. Lady talks about the sons and daughters of those in poorer professions, such as dinner ladies and so on. Why can those people not take out loans, make a great success of themselves and pay them back? Why are they different? They should not be different because they are special people.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Children and Young People: Access to Sport (21 Jan 2016)

Huw Merriman: What plans he has to ensure that all children and young people have access to sporting activities.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Children and Young People: Access to Sport (21 Jan 2016)

Huw Merriman: I thank the sports Minister for her question and I wish her well with her maternity. I am aware that she will have other notable diary commitments, but I would like to invite her and other parliamentary colleagues to join me, the BBC and ITV on 2 February for the parliamentary launch of the Six Nations rugby season. Does she agree that free-to-air sports, underpinned by the listed events...

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day] — Housing Benefit and Supported Housing (27 Jan 2016)

Huw Merriman: Since my election in 2015 I have worked closely with my main housing association in Bexhill and Battle, AmicusHorizon, which I believe does a superb job in looking after its tenants. Getting more people into homes was a key election priority for me: we have a huge shortage of properties in my constituency and I am pleased that this Government have set out their ambition of delivering 1...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Huw Merriman: This morning my train to London Bridge got me in on time. Does the Minister agree that, as well as being negative when things do not work, we should adopt a positive attitude to our rail franchises when they get it right, as they do on most days?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Pensioners’ Incomes ( 1 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: What steps he plans to take to maintain the level of pensioners’ incomes during this Parliament.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Pensioners’ Incomes ( 1 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: Given that 28% of my constituents are over 65, compared with a national average of 17%, the Minister’s answer is welcome news indeed. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that pensioners claim all their state entitlement?

Equitable Life (11 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) for initiating the debate, and I have been asked by my constituents to thank him for everything that he has done on their behalf over the years. In 2010, when standing for election in North East Derbyshire, I engaged with many Equitable Life policyholders. They were your constituents, Madam Deputy Speaker, and they were full of...

Equitable Life (11 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: I was elected on the basis that there would indeed be a budget surplus. I think that it would be wrong of me to stand up and try to proclaim—this was mentioned earlier—that £2.6 billion could be found down the back of the sofa. If only it were that easy. I also believe in being direct and straight with my constituents, and I hope that the hon. Gentleman thinks that I am doing so now. I...

Equitable Life: Recreational Sea Bass Fishing (11 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: Will my hon. Friend give way?

Equitable Life: Recreational Sea Bass Fishing (11 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. Does he agree that, as those of us with coastal constituencies know, there is real anger about this interference? Does he also agree that we need to send a message from this House that we want locally line-caught sea bass back on our menus?

Community Pharmacies — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] (23 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas) on introducing this important debate. Some 28% of my constituents, across our 200 square miles of East Sussex, are over the age of 65. Losing our pharmacies would affect all my constituents, but I am particularly concerned about the impact on the elderly and...

Community Pharmacies — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] (23 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: Much as I prefer to disagree with everything that is said on Twitter, I could not disagree with that particular scientific survey.

Community Pharmacies — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] (23 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: I very much agree my hon. Friend’s point, and I can give another two reasons why pharmacists are so important. Like the post offices, our pharmacists also act as the eyes and ears for the welfare of certain vulnerable constituents. As a staple part of our village and town centres, pharmacies provide the footfall that allows our pubs, restaurants and shops to survive in an increasingly...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (24 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: Last Friday, I made separate visits to three families, all of whom have a child suffering from acute mental health difficulties that the families felt had not been adequately assessed at the early stages by child and adolescent mental health services. Colleagues from across the Chamber will be all too familiar with such visits. I welcome the Prime Minister’s recent commitment to reform...

Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day] — Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women (24 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: In the past few months I have met a number of constituents who have been impacted by these changes. They detailed how the increases in the state pension age have had an impact on them owing to their being on the wrong side of the dateline. I have every sympathy with them, and I understand their frustration. I spoke during the Back-Bench business debate on this matter on 7 January, and I...

Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day] — Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women (24 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: I absolutely do. When it comes to footing the bill, I also have concerns about another age group in my constituency—those in their 20s and 30s. They are sometimes referred to as the packhorse generation because they are saddled with debts from university, which I, and many others of my age group and those older than me did not have to endure; they are less likely to be in receipt of...

Business of the House (25 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: I was perturbed to hear today that BBC Radio 5 Live could be moved to online content only. While this would relieve the nation from the embarrassment of colleagues in this House playing—to give it a more tasteful title—kiss, marry or avoid on “Pienaar’s Politics”, it could deprive the nation of an outstanding sports and news radio broadcaster. May we therefore hold a debate in this...

Uk Steel Industry (29 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this important debate on the UK steel industry. I would be the first to acknowledge that the constituency of Bexhill and Battle has not, to the best of my knowledge, made a large contribution to the steel industry. However, as my name suggests, my father and those who came before him hailed from south Wales, where the industry has...

Uk Steel Industry (29 Feb 2016)

Huw Merriman: I accept that point. This issue extends to the whole of the UK, including the constituency that I serve. The steel industry has experienced challenges that are, as the Financial Times put it recently, akin to a perfect storm. First, since 2000, there has been massive growth in the volume of steel that is produced internationally, particularly by China. Secondly, the recent slowing of global...


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