Results 21–40 of 2100 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Charles Kennedy

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Rural Fuel Rebate (10 Dec 2013)

Charles Kennedy: I thank my right hon. Friend for that reply, and for the helpful way his Department and officials have taken account of local factors that have led to such an upsurge in feedback. Does he agree that one of the real lessons of the previous discount scheme and its success is that, despite a lot of scepticism at home at a European level, when we engage positively and constructively with the...

Tributes to Nelson Mandela ( 9 Dec 2013)

Charles Kennedy: I follow on exactly from the comments of the right hon. Member for Derby South (Margaret Beckett) and her reminiscence but also her mild remonstrance, which is absolutely well made, that we are talking here about a politician. Certainly in the civil encounters with President Mandela in one capacity, and with Mr Mandela post-presidency in other capacities, not only was his sense of humour...

Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Offshore Wind Turbines ( 5 Dec 2013)

Charles Kennedy: What assessment he has made of the potential opportunities for manufacturers in onshore construction of offshore wind turbines.

Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Offshore Wind Turbines ( 5 Dec 2013)

Charles Kennedy: I thank my right hon. Friend for that detailed reply, and I too welcome yesterday’s news, not least given the market uncertainty recently when RWE was forced, for geological reasons, to pull out of the proposed £4 billion north Devon offshore wind farm. The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon), knows that I...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements ( 4 Dec 2013)

Charles Kennedy: In the context of the question from the hon. Member for Bury North (Mr Nuttall)—who is, perhaps, not my hon. Friend on this issue—does the Deputy Prime Minister agree that on Europe, where the coalition is concerned, actions speak louder than words? Does he agree that the Chancellor’s decision some time ago to assist the Irish economy, the Foreign Secretary’s very responsible conduct...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Helicopter Crash (Glasgow) ( 2 Dec 2013)

Charles Kennedy: On behalf of my right hon. and hon. Friends, I thank the Secretary of State for Scotland for his well-judged comments and for the content of his statement, which we all endorse completely. He and I share a strong empathy and ongoing attachment to the city, through the university of Glasgow. I am sure he and others will agree that the sentiment and sense of the song popular down the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Immigration ( 2 Dec 2013)

Charles Kennedy: Will the Minister address that part of his responsibilities in this policy area as they affect would-be foreign students coming to study in this country? On 17 October, he painted a pretty positive picture in a written answer to me on this issue, but that stands in stark contrast to what the UK university sector is saying about a massive loss of income and of international good will for our...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day] — Housing Benefit (12 Nov 2013)

Charles Kennedy: I am grateful to the Minister for giving way—it is characteristically generous of him, particularly because he knows my past record and that I have been unable to give my support to his policy. I have a specific question on how the policy will develop. The Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recommended some time ago that communities of fewer than 3,000 people could be...

Business of the House (11 Jul 2013)

Charles Kennedy: While I do not share the Leader of the House’s view that Mrs Thatcher was a honky-tonk woman, does he share my view, and sense of surprise, that Sir Bill McKay’s report and recommendations found their way into the public prints this week, apparently before there had been any meaningful discussion in the coalition or across the Floor of the House? This is about proposals on English votes...

Energy and Climate Change: Offshore Wind Power (11 Jul 2013)

Charles Kennedy: This is my first opportunity to welcome the Minister to his portfolio—and a very welcome presence he is too—so may I tempt him with some highland hospitality? The Secretary of State will confirm that it can be very good. I invite the Minister to pay a visit to Kishorn Port Ltd in my constituency, which began with the concept of manufacturing offshore wind turbines and has submitted—and...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: Thank you very much indeed, Mr Speaker, for this early opportunity to make what will be a brief contribution to the debate. The debate coincides with ongoing family difficulties at home, so being able to get back to the highlands this evening rather than later is of very great assistance, and I am grateful for that. On that basis, I apologise to those on both Front Benches that,...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: As, indeed, does the voice of the hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in regard to this very issue.

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: Indeed. The hon. Lady has echoed my “Dutch auction” point. I think that many of us in all parties, including the Conservative party, have developed a sense of considerable unease—not least during the past few weeks of British politics, and perhaps during the past week in particular—about some of the siren voices that we are beginning to hear in this context. That is not healthy, it is...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: With all due respect to the hon. Gentleman, I think that is a judgment he must make. I do not want to trawl through a history lesson going back to the days of Maastricht, but the person I blame most on all of this is Tony Blair. He is the one Prime Minister who came into office with the wind behind him, and could have lanced the boil of the European issue for an entire political generation...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: I feel the spectre of Roy Jenkins with his hand on my shoulder as we speak. I say to the hon. Gentleman that in perhaps a more superficial, short-term, opportunistic political way, of which he is such an emblematic representative, one might well rejoice in the difficulties and internecine warfare that is reigniting within the ranks of British Conservatism on the European issue, but the truth...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: I have said before that I was wrong about that, although I would have put the issue of the single currency to a referendum. I criticised Tony Blair because I think he did miss an opportunity early in his premiership, but as for decisions later on, I think that history has proved him more correct than those of us who were urging a different course of action—although the ultimate back-stop...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: I would like to move on from Europe, but not, of course, before the auld alliance has had its opportunity.

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: Well, on the immigration matters, let us see the detail first. We have got some initial inklings and there will probably be quite a lot of detailed and, I suspect, sticky debates to be had on some aspects of how this is going to be done. On Europe, the Prime Minister has made it clear in his letter to his parliamentary colleagues in just the last 24 hours that he cannot go in the direction...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: I give way to another occasional renegade.

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] ( 8 May 2013)

Charles Kennedy: I am not party to the internal machinations of coalition relationships, but the little that my antennae allow me to pick up—the right hon. Gentlemen must know this from his right hon. and hon. Friends—is that more than a few Conservatives, both within government and further afield in the parliamentary party, feel that these damn Liberals are enough of a fly in the ointment as it is, thank...


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