Results 101–120 of 700 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Kali Mountford

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Management of the National Health Service ( 9 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: I accept that, and my constituents want the choice. However, they do not want the option that is being presented to them, after a lengthy consultation, by the PCT. The PCT received a petition with 50,000 signatures and 2,000 postcards from my constituents—the proposal covers three constituencies—and a different petition with 30,000 names. Despite that, it came to its bizarre conclusion...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Management of the National Health Service ( 9 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: The hon. Gentleman needs to think again about how he presents his argument —[ Laughter. ] Well, Opposition Members laugh, but they are misrepresenting the case. It is the primary care trusts who are charged with the task of consulting the hospital trusts and making the decisions. It was a clear decision by the Government that such decisions should be made locally, and that is where the next...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Management of the National Health Service ( 9 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: My hon. Friend said that he will come on to GPs' extra responsibilities, and I should like to correct an embarrassing slip of the tongue. I remind the House of what happened under GP fundholding, and the difference that we see in current GP practices.

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Management of the National Health Service ( 9 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: My right hon. Friend is giving a fascinating insight and a comparison between what we inherited in 1997 and the improvements now, but he is comparing like with like. Is it not the case that the range of treatments available in the NHS has extended, and that the cost of some of the new treatments, certainly in the early stages, is exorbitant but necessary? Has he done any analysis in the...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Management of the National Health Service ( 9 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point about the commissioning process. But does he prefer practice-based commissioning, which would surely cost even more?

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Management of the National Health Service ( 9 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: I am somewhat surprised to see the Opposition in today's debate blocking the reform that is so badly needed. Opposition Members used to talk in the past about the reforms that needed to be made to secure value for money. My right hon. Friend has pointed out some very good examples of where change has taken place with minimum disruption. It is important to assure people working in the NHS...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Management of the National Health Service ( 9 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way at this point. He talks about NHS funding, but can he tell us who would benefit most from his own rule of providing funding only from the proceeds of growth: patients or staff? Has he made it clear to the country that that would mean cuts for the NHS?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Lone Parents ( 8 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: What plans he has for further measures to encourage lone parents into work.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Lone Parents ( 8 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that answer and glad to have the opportunity to be the first to congratulate him on his new post. When he was reading the briefs that he must have had to read this weekend, did he have the opportunity to read the report of the Westminster Hall debate on 2 March during which my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Margaret Hodge), then the Minister...

Deportation and Removals ( 3 May 2006)

Kali Mountford: On the subject of soundbites, will my right hon. Friend guard against the soundbites—the murmurings about meltdown—that I have heard from Opposition Members? Will he also guard against calls for action from a party that, while it was in power, took no action whatever, collected no figures and cut 2,000 Home Office jobs? I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his announcement today. When...

Business of the House (27 Apr 2006)

Kali Mountford: Will this House have an opportunity to look at the review of sentencing for domestic violence offenders? Many victims of domestic violence will have heard expressions of remorse 34 times before the offender is finally brought to some form of justice. Although it is important to make sure that offenders learn how to manage conflict without resorting to violence, is it not also important that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: Students (Career Choices) (27 Apr 2006)

Kali Mountford: Yorkshire Forward is investing a large amount of money in universities and technical textiles, but one of the problems in trying to advance an important industry for our area is that some schools have not really geared up for the new industries of the future. What can be done to co-ordinate work in schools so that they are properly skilled to take advantage of the work being done in universities?

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (16 Mar 2006)

Kali Mountford: Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (16 Mar 2006)

Kali Mountford: Does the Home Secretary recall that when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury was a Home Office Minister he told this House that it was absolutely clear that ID cards would start on a voluntary basis, leading to compulsion? Indeed, such statements were made before the general election and therefore must be taken into account as part of the manifesto. Does that not make this House's position...

Occupational Pensions (16 Mar 2006)

Kali Mountford: In my view, ordinary people's typical behaviour when making what they perceive as an ordinary decision in ordinary circumstances is at the heart of the matter. Will my right hon. Friend therefore further consider how those people can be quickly supported through the financial assistance scheme, so that those who are retiring imminently or fairly soon have some assurance about their immediate...

Business of the House (16 Mar 2006)

Kali Mountford: May I tell my right hon. Friend that thousands of my constituents suffered from a loss of gas supply in sub-zero temperatures last week? Although the community and those involved with the emergency plan pulled together marvellously—many people are to be congratulated on ensuring that those who were vulnerable were warm and fed—many important matters now arise, not least with the...

Lone Parent Employment ( 2 Mar 2006)

Kali Mountford: It is a pleasure to take part in this debate, especially with the hon. Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell), because he and I have debated these issues many times. I want to start if not where the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) left off, then at least on a point that he mulled over: that of Beveridge and people's social attitudes, particularly to women in the labour market. I should like to...

Lone Parent Employment ( 2 Mar 2006)

Kali Mountford: According to Helen Bee's book, "The Developing Child", there would never be a right place. I studied that book in the 1980s, when there was a real change in attitude to child development. It could easily be said that a child might be in some sort of care, outside the home, from birth. There is no reason why, if we make decisions on the basis of the development of a child, there has to be an...

Lone Parent Employment ( 2 Mar 2006)

Kali Mountford: It is true that they are matters of concern, although I have not really understood the hon. Gentleman's point about changes at Jobcentre Plus. Perhaps he will enlighten me. Was he talking about the introduction of interviews or structural change at Jobcentre Plus? [Interruption.] I shall assume that he means the changes in respect of interviews. I do not think that such concerns are always...

Lone Parent Employment ( 2 Mar 2006)

Kali Mountford: The hon. Gentleman has advanced these arguments before. I recall his previous statements about the parent's shopping bag, and being able to make sure that a certain set of goods can be bought. If I recall correctly, he acknowledged that that could be a costly way of ensuring that a family has enough to eat and sufficient shelter. Has he thought that policy through further and come to some...


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