Results 161–180 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:Mark Menzies

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Devolved Government (10 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: I congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing £350 million for the Belfast city deal, but does she agree that it is vital that we do similar for Londonderry?

Exiting the European Union (Sanctions) ( 9 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: I rise to support the Government’s statutory instrument on sanctions on Venezuela. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Latin America, and as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy for a number of countries, including Colombia, I have seen at first hand the brutality and human rights abuses that the Maduro regime has inflicted on its own citizens. Some 3.6 million of them have now...

Exiting the European Union (Sanctions) ( 9 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: Let us move on with the need for sanctions against Venezuela. That regime has not entered hardship as a result of the oil price collapse; it has entered hardship because, not just under Maduro but under Chávez—[Interruption.] The hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman) shakes her head, as though it is all down to the oil price collapse. It is not; it is down to the fact that...

Exiting the European Union (Sanctions) ( 9 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: The hon. Gentleman is 100% on the money. That is the inconvenient truth that many Opposition Members fail to recognise, because massive abuses were committed well before the collapse in the oil price, and it is one of the reasons why sanctions are needed.

Exiting the European Union (Sanctions) ( 9 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Not only has the volume of oil produced collapsed, but many of the oil workers who would have produced the oil have fled the regime. Their families are living in absolute penury as a result of years of neglect and economic mismanagement. The hon. Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes) was quite right to point out the extreme wealth that is being...

Exiting the European Union (Sanctions) ( 9 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I hear your guidance and I know that there is much pressure on our time. I encourage the Government to enact this statutory instrument on sanctions for Venezuela and to ensure that, while we are still a member of the EU and while we have reach through the United Nations, we ensure that the sanctions regime targets those in the military and the senior members of...

Exiting the European Union (Sanctions) ( 9 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: Absolutely. That point stands well on its own. This should be an opportunity for the House to come together and send a message of solidarity to Juan Guaidó and the democratically elected members of the Congress, which Maduro has now sought to supersede with his own puppet arrangements. The suffering in Venezuela is something that no one should ever have to experience, and any sanctions must...

Exiting the European Union (Sanctions) ( 9 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: Can the hon. Gentleman give an example of anyone in this House “cheering with delight” when people in Venezuela are starving? Let him give me one example. That was an outrageous comment.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Venezuela ( 2 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: What discussions he has had with the Lima group on the political and security situation in Venezuela.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Venezuela ( 2 Apr 2019)

Mark Menzies: Throughout my visits to the region, it has become abundantly clear that the humanitarian situation in Venezuela is having a huge impact across Latin America. What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to address the consequences of the continued political humanitarian abuse?

Permitted Development and Shale Gas Exploration (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Menzies: It is a great privilege to be able to speak in a debate of such importance to my constituency. I thank the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for applying to the Backbench Business Committee for it. It follows in the path of a similar debate that I held in Westminster Hall at the end of last year. That debate, too, was heavily oversubscribed. I will therefore focus my comments on one or...

Permitted Development and Shale Gas Exploration (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Menzies: That is why I called the Westminster Hall debate last year and why I am on my feet today. It is absolutely critical that permitted development, which has a place in our planning system, is for, say, a small extension to a bungalow or a conservatory, not for an enormous industrial estate that will produce tens of thousands of tonnes of pollutants, have thousands of vehicle movements per year,...

Permitted Development and Shale Gas Exploration (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Menzies: I absolutely agree. The Minister has a difficult decision to make, because the planning system for shale gas simply cannot continue as it is. After various appeals, the planning process for Preston New Road and Roseacre has been going on for years. It is not good for local communities to have this hanging over them, nor does it favour local democracy, because the powerful can hire lawyers and...

Permitted Development and Shale Gas Exploration (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Menzies: Absolutely. Time is against me, so I will not give way again. It is important that the Secretary of State bears in mind the concerns raised by local communities and Members such as me, and that we work together in a constructive way to ensure that permitted development is taken off the table, because it is not a sensible route to go down. The planning system must be reformed to ensure that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners: Ordination of Women: Priesthood (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Menzies: To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to mark the 25th anniversary of women’s ordination to the priesthood.

Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners: Ordination of Women: Priesthood (28 Mar 2019)

Mark Menzies: Throughout 2018, celebrations were rightly held in honour of the centenary of the women’s vote. What plans does the commission have to carry on in that vein for the 25th anniversary of women’s ordination to the priesthood?

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Employment Level (11 Feb 2019)

Mark Menzies: What assessment the Government has made of trends in the level of employment since June 2010.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Employment Level (11 Feb 2019)

Mark Menzies: Recent figures show that unemployment in my constituency continues to fall. What plans does the Secretary of State have to reduce it further by working with businesses and further education colleges to ensure that young people have the skills needed for today’s workplace?

Education Committee: Antisocial Behaviour ( 7 Feb 2019)

Mark Menzies: rose—

Education Committee: Antisocial Behaviour ( 7 Feb 2019)

Mark Menzies: Just for the record, the Bonny Street police station in Blackpool is indeed crumbling—it is an absolute disgrace—but a shiny new replacement has already opened, probably around six months ago, right on the edge of my constituency. I hear what the hon. Gentleman is saying in his stout defence of the Labour police and crime commissioner, but perhaps the Bonny Street police station in...


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