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Bob Stewart: ...NATO summit. Again, Russia would denounce such a move, but so what? President Putin has asked for it by his actions. He would protest long and hard, but at least it would prove that NATO was not a paper tiger, as some think, and that it has teeth. I wish everyone in the House a really good recess, particularly you, Madam Deputy Speaker, because you have been so nice to me, and even called...
Michaela Boyle: ...Committee described in many ways as I underwent initiation in the lore of the Public Accounts Committee: it is the watchdog; it is the Rottweiler; it is the guardian of the public purse; it is a paper tiger. I do not know why it is seen as such an animal. It is a media glare and a beacon into dark corners. In ways, it is all those things. The Committee is at its best in a system...
Chris Leslie: ...of a credible bail-in mechanism as critical and essential to prevent taxpayers from being on the hook. When the Commission says to the Minister that Parliament needs assurances that bail-in is not a paper tiger—markets need that assurance too—the Bank of England’s role to report on the development and functioning of the bail-in arrangement is an important recommendation. I hope that...
Peter Weir: ...would be left? Well, there would be an annual report on special advisers and a code of conduct — not even a code of appointments because that is contained in clause 6. We would be left with a paper tiger of a Bill. It is clear that, rather than simply gut the Bill by way of those particular pointless amendments, the more principled stance would simply have been to oppose the Bill...
Kelvin Hopkins: ...my time in Parliament, I was involved in the trade union movement, in which I have a strong interest, and my feeling is that the agency and fundamental rights in the European Union are a bit of a paper tiger when it comes to defending workers’ rights. As I said when I intervened, I want fundamental rights to be strengthened. Whether they are strengthened by legislation in this Parliament...
Margaret Ritchie: ...part of the campaign in recent years, and to this end the Bill is welcome. Having accepted that such an adjudicator is necessary, it is vital that it should be adequately empowered and not become a paper tiger. The adjudicator must have robust powers of investigation and enforcement to hold to account the organisations engaged in bad practice. A primary concern is that we should endow the...
Edwin Poots: ...a sentence of up to life imprisonment. To that extent, those who are engaging in the Marie Stopes clinic would be well advised to observe the law. Some journalists might think that the law is a paper tiger, but that is because it has been largely observed. If some people think that they can get away with not observing the law, they may find that it is not a paper tiger but one with a...
Yvonne Fovargue: ...the money they get in, which I support. Amendment 90 addresses the power to suspend, which is so important in the interim period because we do not want the Office of Fair Trading to be seen as a paper tiger and for companies to rise up and think, “I’ve got two years before anyone will act against me.” The OFT has said that it can take more than two years to investigate a company and...
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen: ...; it is as powerful or as feeble as its member states want it to be. When nations put national interests and primitive rivalries before collective security and collective action, NATO becomes a paper tiger in an increasingly complex and dangerous international jungle. As we can all now see, things are not over. Defections from the Gaddafi regime there will be, and the more the better-and a...
Andrew Tyrie: ...I am about to conclude. Any new bail-out mechanism, however, may itself lack credibility in the absence of a common European fiscal policy. That is why the discovery that the no bail-out clause is a paper tiger will remain an enduring problem for the eurozone's stability, a problem from whose consequences the UK will certainly not be immune.
Simon Hughes: ...of the country. However, for one user in one place I would like the Minister to say whether she supports the range and variety of options that exist now, or whether she agrees that Ofgem has been a paper tiger—a toothless wonder—in trying to ensure that the utility companies serve their customers rather than themselves. There are many people, as Margaret Erskine discovered, who...
Lord Ramsbotham: ...and insurers, who in turn have a poor understanding of the Act, leading to their inadvertently asking questions to elicit information which may result in illegal discrimination. The Act is a paper tiger in this context because the consequences of contravening it are minimal. Finally, the Act is confusing within the criminal justice system itself, among prison officers, probation officers,...
Greg Clark: .... Initially, his response-I think it was last November, but he will correct me if I am wrong-was to summon the energy companies in to growl at them in some fierce way, but he has proved to be a paper tiger, because nothing has happened and he has done absolutely nothing to protect consumers' interests. Ofgem has today published a report that says that "customer bill increases have...
Baroness Howells of St Davids: ...access the professional legal resources necessary to obtain justice through the judicial system? I suspect not. I find the Bill not fit for purpose in this area; I think that the words would be "a paper tiger". The belief that the tribunal system is a quick and easy solution for redress for a person who feels that they have been discriminated against is false and erroneous. Companies...
Lord Taverne: ...—widespread. It refuses to consider complaints by third parties. It has ruled that it is not concerned with unfairness of reporting. Do the Government not recognise that the PCC has proved to be a paper tiger on crucial issues in the past few years, should be much more robustly independent of Fleet Street, and much more effective in protecting the individual from abuse by a very powerful...
Paul Holmes: ...of the debate in Committee involved 15, 16 and 17-year-olds carrying guns and knifing each other, this legislation does not apply to anybody under 18 and, as has been said, is therefore a toothless paper tiger. Liberal Democrats believe that, as I argued in Committee, for such serious restraints on people's liberty, which potentially amount to control orders, a criminal standard of...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester: ...those with other disabilities—come across examples where the legislation does not yet seem to have made much difference, leading to some disabled people calling the Disability Discrimination Act a paper tiger. Nowadays, for example, we expect public buildings to be accessible to wheelchair users and others with mobility problems as a matter of course, but there are still all too many...
Edward Davey: ...His ruling was that it was "Simply, it would appear, to make assurance doubly sure for those in the United Kingdom that remain determined to see the charter as a ravening beast, when it is really a paper tiger."
Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ..., Lord Bledisloe, and others asked about the role of the Government as regards extending the date. It will be for another place to decide; it is not in my hands at all. I am not seeking to wave a paper tiger. Noble Lords are right: it is possible to extend, but the difficulty in considering extension is that it is in order to achieve something. I have to make it clear to noble Lords on all...
Andrew Stunell: ...goes wrong, anything that the independent commission does will be stuck in a cul de sac. Will the independent commission have the power to refuse a project, or will it merely be a rubber stamp or a paper tiger? Unless it has the capacity to refuse a project despite what the Government or the House might have said about national objectives, its credibility and that of the whole system will...