Liam McArthur: ...whether it considers that the habitats regulations apply to its plan to develop offshore wind in Scottish territorial waters and, if so, what consideration will be given to the implications for Natura 2000 sites.
Liam McArthur: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the strategic environmental assessment for offshore wind in Scottish territorial waters will spatially identify areas for development, including areas (a) requiring significant protection from development and (b) of search where development is likely to be acceptable, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Liam Fox: May I begin by paying tribute to all our service personnel who have made sacrifices for our safety since we last debated this subject? We extend our condolences to the families and friends of those killed, and we hope that their sadness may be diminished by the pride they take in the courage and commitment of our world-class forces. To those injured, not only do we offer our support, but we...
Liam Byrne: ...Table 9.1 of the annual Public Expenditure and Statistical Analyses (PESA), published by the Treasury in June 2009, sets out the total identifiable expenditure on services by country and region for 2008-09: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/pesa09_chapter9.pdf (Cm7630).
Liam Byrne: The Chancellor of the Exchequer will provide an update on the Government's fiscal position, including forecasts for the public finances, at Budget. The Fiscal Responsibility Act puts a legal obligation on the Government to more than half the deficit over four years and see debt falling by 2015-16.
Liam Byrne: I am pleased that because of the measures that we have taken over the past year, unemployment in my hon. Friend's constituency is not only lower than the UK average, but lower than the average for Yorkshire and the Humber. Thanks to the Government help that has been put in place, the partnerships to which she referred have now delivered more than 350 jobs to the local community. We have no...
Liam Byrne: I am very grateful for your judgment, Mr. Speaker; I shall answer question 4 directly. The Chancellor will provide an update on the Government's fiscal position, including forecasts for public finance, at the Budget. The Fiscal Responsibility Act 2010 puts a legal obligation on the Government to more than halve the deficit over four years and have debt falling by 2015-16.
Liam Byrne: The Government have introduced a significant package of support to help young people into work quickly. This includes the £1.3 billion young person's guarantee of a job, and up to £1,000 for businesses that recruit unemployed young people.
Liam Byrne: I thank the hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) for the consistent way in which they have championed the need for a new hospital in their area. The hon. Gentleman knows that I am in close discussion with the Secretary of State for Health, and we hope to make an announcement on that matter shortly.
Liam Byrne: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is being very generous, for giving way. I wanted to clarify one point that comes from his answer to an earlier intervention. Is he proposing that the Government drops the John Chadwick process and reverts to the process set out by the ombudsman?
Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF aircraft of each type were (a) in service, (b) in the forward fleet and (c) fit for purpose on the latest date for which figures are available.
Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on explosive ordinance disposal (a) training and (b) equipment from (i) his Department's core budget and (ii) the contingency reserve in each year since 2005.
Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library an unclassified copy of the 7th Armoured Brigade Post Operation Tour Report of Op Telic 1.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...wish to join me in offering sincere condolences to the families and friends of Corporal Richard Green of 3rd Battalion The Rifles, Rifleman Jonathon Allott of 3rd Battalion The Rifles, Rifleman Liam Maughan of 3rd Battalion The Rifles, Lance Corporal Tom Keogh of 4th Battalion The Rifles, part of the 3 Rifles Battle Group, and Corporal Stephen Thompson from 1st Battalion The Rifles, part...
For: Aitken, Bill (Glasgow) (Con) Alexander, Ms Wendy (Paisley North) (Lab) Baillie, Jackie (Dumbarton) (Lab) Baker, Richard (North East Scotland) (Lab) Boyack, Sarah (Edinburgh Central) (Lab) Brankin, Rhona (Midlothian) (Lab) Brocklebank, Ted (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Brown, Gavin (Lothians) (Con) Brown, Robert (Glasgow) (LD) Brownlee, Derek (South of Scotland) (Con) Butler,...
Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide the annual figures for defence expenditure that supports his Department's statement that such expenditure has increased by 10 per cent. in real terms since 1997.
Rob Gibson: We can see the work that is being done on the abatement of carbon emissions in land use. A nice addition would be to have support from across the Parliament for investment in retaining peat lands. I am glad that Sarah Boyack, Liam McArthur and I have proposed a motion on that. If we invested about £60 million a year, we would get £120 million back by saving carbon—simply by changing the...
Richard Taylor: ...a gastrointestinal haemorrhage, which proved fatal. The failure to spot it was the result of total diagnostic incompetence, but so far it has been defended through a whitewash, and I am fighting for an external inquiry. The last case, which is very current and very sad, involves a girl of 15 with glandular fever who also had a fatal septicaemia that killed her. Nobody had sufficient...
Liam McArthur: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16666 by Jim Mather on 22 October 2008, what changes have been introduced since 1 January 2009 to the accreditation standards for installers of microgeneration equipment and what the reasons are for such changes.
Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 4 November 2009, Official Report, column 704W, on helicopters, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Woodspring.