Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Mark Tami.)
First, may I thank Mr. Speaker for granting me this debate on the raising of the pension age? For various reasons, I am retiring at the next general election at the age of 60-after 44 years of...
The debate is about a matter of unashamed local concern rather than major national concern, although it affects not only my constituents in West Dorset, but those of other hon. Members in nearby...
I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce a debate on a matter that is important to me, my constituents and everyone in the east end of London: the level of local employment at the Olympic...
I am enormously pleased to have been here for the last bit of the previous debate, because mine is one of the boroughs concerned. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hackney, North and Stoke...
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