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Private Members’ Bills — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Questions: If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.; If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.
William Hague (Conservative, Centre-right): There was necessary consideration of whether a money resolution was needed for that Bill. The House authorities have confirmed that no money resolution is needed for the Bill to enter Committee and I have now instructed officials to table the motion that will facilitate the establishment of another Committee so that the Bill can proceed.
Private Members’ Bills — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Questions: If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.; If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.
David Nuttall (Conservative, Centre-right): As the Leader of the House will be aware, the Procedure Committee recommended, as part of its inquiry into private Members’ Bills procedure, that if a money resolution has not been tabled by a Minister within three weeks of Second Reading, a written ministerial statement should be made setting out the reasons for the delay. Does he think that that would be a sensible change to introduce?
Private Members’ Bills — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Questions: If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.; If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.
William Hague (Conservative, Centre-right): I am certainly aware of that recommendation of the Procedure Committee, and my hon. Friend is right to remind the House of it. There may be a variety of views in the House on it. It is important for Ministers to explain why, in one way or another, when a money resolution is not granted, as I have done for the Bills in question during this Session.
Private Members’ Bills — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.; If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.
William Hague (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Were a money resolution required on that or any other Bill, the Government must also have regard, in granting a money resolution, to whether huge expenditure could be involved. It would therefore be irresponsible for any Government to say that they would always grant a money resolution under any circumstances.
Private Members’ Bills — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Questions: If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.; If he will review the effectiveness of the procedure for tabling money resolutions for private Members’ Bills; and if he will make a statement.
William Hague (Conservative, Centre-right): There are quite a lot of outstanding reports from the Procedure Committee, as the hon. Gentleman knows well. I have been taking stock of them recently, and I certainly intend that a very large proportion of them will be debated in the House shortly, before Dissolution—I will announce in due course in what order—so that consideration can be given to the many changes that the Procedure Committee has recommended
Backbench Business Committee — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
Anne McIntosh (Conservative, Centre-right): May I, too, welcome the excellent work of the Backbench Business Committee, which has chosen debates that the hon. Member for North Tyneside (Mrs Glindon) and I have asked for on a number of reports by the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs? The strength of the Backbench Business Committee is that its time is for debating purposes, but will my right hon. Friend the Deputy Leader of the House consider the possibility of a debate either selected by the Backbench Business Committee or in Government time on how the House deals with the scrutiny of European Union matters? When an implementing regulation comes before the House, hon. Members should be allowed to amend as well as just debate it.
Private Members’ Bills — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Questions: If he will make more time available in Public Bill Committees and on the Floor of the House for consideration of private Members’ Bills.
William Hague (Conservative, Centre-right): No; in July 2012 the House voted against a proposal to consider private Members’ Bills on Tuesday evenings, following a report from the Procedure Committee. In its subsequent report on private Members’ Bills, that Committee assessed the timing for consideration of those Bills but did not recommend a significant increase in the total amount of time available.
Private Members’ Bills — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Questions: If he will make more time available in Public Bill Committees and on the Floor of the House for consideration of private Members’ Bills.
William Hague (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman has not had that chance in 23 years. I am sure that whatever he introduced would have been brilliant, and the nation has been deprived of that legislation. However, many hon. Members across the House are fortunate enough to be able to do that—22 private Members’ Bill have attained Royal Assent so far in this Parliament, and I am sure there will be others during this Session. These questions are for the Procedure Committee and, as I said, it has reported on private Members’ Bills but did not recommend a significant increase in the time available.
Parliamentary Digital Service — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. It has been brought to my attention that following the Division yesterday on the ten-minute rule motion in which he acted as a Teller for the Noes, the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) was listed as a supporter of the Bill, then introduced by the hon. Member for Selby and Ainsty (Nigel Adams). A Member whose name is to be announced as a supporter of a Bill should not vote or tell against the introduction of that Bill. That is contrary to the well-established principle of this House that a Member’s vote must agree with his voice. In line with previous rulings from this Chair, I must give directions that the hon. Member’s name be removed from the list of supporters of the Bill, and that the Journal be corrected accordingly
Child Abuse Inquiry — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I recognise that survivors will rightly be concerned to ensure that the panel inquiry is established on the basis on which they wish it to be established, with a chairman, and that it gets on with its role. As the hon. Gentleman will be aware, when the inquiry was first established, it was based on the model that we had used for the Hillsborough inquiry, which had been very successful. We felt that that was an appropriate model to use in the circumstances. In discussions with survivors and others, however, it became clear—particularly from the survivors—that they felt that statutory powers were needed, which is why I have indicated that when the inquiry continues under a new chairman, it will do so on a statutory basis.
Child Abuse Inquiry — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): I think my right hon. Friend said that she had received 150 nominations for the post of chairman. Given that we have now moved on from that long list, will she tell us how short the shortlist is from which she is now operating?
Child Abuse Inquiry — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have brought that list down, and it is now quite a short list. I will not give the House any more details at this stage because I have undertaken that we will discuss this matter with the survivors and their representatives. I believe that that is an important first step.
Child Abuse Inquiry — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Work is being actively done to look at that file to see whether it is a duplicate. I have made it clear to the House that I intend to take a decision on the chairmanship and the nature of the inquiry by the end of January and that shortly after that I intend to report to the House on that matter. [Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman might recognise that the end of January is only about a week away. Shortly after that, I intend to come to the House to make a statement, in which I will include the issue that he has raised.
Child Abuse Inquiry — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to give that undertaking. When we set up the initial panel, we ensured that survivors were on it to give their experience. I am very happy to give the undertaking that there should be survivors and/or their representatives on the panel inquiry as it goes forward. Another issue that we have been considering, and that the new chairman will wish to consider, is how to ensure that we have the maximum ability to work with survivors. As membership of the panel will be limited, we may have to do that through groups that are advising the panel and that are additional to it.
Draft Scotland Clauses — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
George Young (Conservative, Centre-right): The coalition Government have moved with commendable speed to meet the aspirations of the Scottish people, and I welcome the statement. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Government should now move with equal speed to meet the aspirations of the English?
Draft Scotland Clauses — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
David Gordon Mundell (Conservative, Centre-right): As has already been made clear from the Dispatch Box, the proposals for Scotland are stand-alone proposals that will proceed whatever arrangement is reached for other parts of the United Kingdom. My right hon. Friend the Leader of the House has published a Command Paper setting out various options in relation to England, which I am sure will continue to be the subject of vigorous debate in the House.
Draft Scotland Clauses — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
David Gordon Mundell (Conservative, Centre-right): I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and I think that most people in Scotland would agree with his sentiments. However, it is always important to make it clear in such discussions in this Parliament, in case they are misrepresented, that this is a stand-alone package of measures that will be implemented regardless of where the debate in England, Wales and Northern Ireland goes.
Draft Scotland Clauses — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Housing
David Gordon Mundell (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree with the hon. Gentleman. If he refers to pages 50 and 49 of the Command Paper, he will find a good summary of the benefits for which full responsibility will be devolved to the Scottish Parliament, and of the measures related to universal credit. Although universal credit will remain reserved, as was agreed by all five parties to the Smith commission, the housing element will be subject to Scottish Government engagement The hon. Gentleman is right that with their new powers, the Scottish Government will now have a responsibility and will need to explain whatever decisions they take to the people of Scotland.
Draft Scotland Clauses — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
David Gordon Mundell (Conservative, Centre-right): I thought the hon. Gentleman was asking me to join the Scottish Labour party, which I understand I can do for just £1 at the moment. Although I do not seek to endorse any particular policy of the Scottish Labour party, I welcome a debate on these issues in Scotland. We need a debate on the use of the powers and the difference they can make in Scotland, not simply a debate on the powers themselves.
Draft Scotland Clauses — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
David Gordon Mundell (Conservative, Centre-right): The Scottish Affairs Committee is to be commended for its work on the impact that the falling oil price would have on the figures given in the Scottish Government’s White Paper. My hon. Friend is quite right to highlight that black hole The position on the Barnett formula is quite clear: the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the leader of the Liberal Democrats have made it absolutely clear that the Barnett formula will continue.
House of Commons Governance — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): It is important that our proceedings are always intelligible to those beyond the Chamber who are listening. Therefore, I know that the right hon. Gentleman will want it to be made clear that the significance of the pairing Whip in this context is that the pairing Whip gives him permission to go away when he wishes to do so.
House of Commons Governance — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
Bernard Christison Jenkin (Conservative, Centre-right): As a traditionalist, perhaps, neither do I want to see business as usual The right hon. Gentleman’s findings are a great opportunity for a big change in the culture—by which we mean the attitudes and behaviour—of people throughout the organisation so that, in cases such as that of the gym, there is somebody who is clearly accountable for such decisions and wants to take responsibility for making them. The lack of trust that the current structure has generated needs to change, and I think he has come up with the right solution. Some structures can be set up in such a way as to generate mistrust, but he has chosen a structure—not entirely one of my choosing, I accept—that will create the opportunity to generate real trust and accountability throughout the organisation.
House of Commons Governance — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
William Hague (Conservative, Centre-right): On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I hope that it is appropriate for me to inform the House that, while we have been having this debate, news has emerged that Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, Leon Brittan, has passed away. Many of us who have known him for a long time will know that he had been ill for many months, but this is a sad moment to receive this news. He was my predecessor as Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks), which is why I particularly want to pay tribute to him as a former Member of this House and former Home Secretary. He was a kind, assiduous and brilliant man, and I know that the whole House will join me in sending our deepest condolences to his wife, Diana, at this difficult time.
House of Commons Governance — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is being typically clear and precise, but the answer to the first two questions is not quite as clear as he suggests. The Committee’s decision was that the roles could be combined by one person and had been combined by one person in the past—that is the evidence for it—but that now, for reasons of other commitments and the development of the House, they should be separated.
House of Commons Governance — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Julian Murray Lewis (Conservative, Centre-right): Absolutely, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I always care to project my message in as many dimensions in the 21st century as are routinely offered to me. It is a measure of the success of this Committee that at least two members of my party who were greatly exercised a few months ago about every aspect to do with the appointment of the next Clerk are sufficiently satisfied that they have not felt it necessary to attend or contribute to today’s debate. I presume that their satisfaction has been reflected in the sentiments expressed from both sides of the House.
House of Commons Governance — House of Commons, 2015-01-22
Topic: Other
Oliver Heald (Conservative, Centre-right): I had only just heard the news when the right hon. Gentleman delivered it. Let me say for my part that Leon Brittan gave me a great deal of advice and support when I was first embarking on a political career. He was a very kind man, and he gave me so much support. I echo the sentiments expressed by the right hon. Gentleman.
Reserve Forces (Recruitment) — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): I see the right hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Sir Nicholas Soames) has perambulated to a different part of the Chamber, and is not where we are accustomed to seeing him—but I can still see him.
Defence Storage and Distribution Agency — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: When he expects to complete negotiations on the sale of the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency in Ashchurch; and if he will make a statement.
Laurence Anthony Robertson (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for that response and for the interest he has taken in the site. He will be aware that the threat of closure has hung over employees on that site for very many years. Can the redevelopment be moved along as quickly as possible with due regard to the future of those employees?
Ebola — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Derek Gordon Thomas (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister will be aware that personnel from RNAS Culdrose in my constituency sailed with RFA Argus last year as part of the Government’s reaction to the fight against Ebola. What assurances can she give that RNAS Culdrose will continue to be adequately resourced so that it can play a similar role in future crises?
Ebola — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Immigration
Penelope Mary Mordaunt (Conservative, Centre-right): Culdrose is certainly resourced for similar crises. In fact, only recently we deployed further personnel and three helicopters from there to assist in our operations to deal with the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, where they are providing valuable information to the search and rescue operation. My hon. Friend is absolutely right to champion them.
Defence Spending (NATO Target) — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Michael Fallon (Conservative, Centre-right): It is nice to hear so many Opposition Members championing the cause of 2%. I did not hear that quite so loudly during the general election; perhaps I was listening to the wrong people, and perhaps the Opposition were due to explain exactly how they would finance it. Let us be clear what was agreed last September. In response to the threats from Russian aggression and the rise of ISIL—direct threats to us here in western Europe—the United States wants European members of NATO to shoulder a greater proportion of the burden.
Armed Forces Covenant — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Housing
Mark Lancaster (Conservative, Centre-right): Forces Help to Buy gives service personnel the opportunity to get on the housing ladder, not only giving them and their families stability during their military service but helping them form a foundation for future life. I am pleased to say that since April 2014, more than 3,500 service personnel have received funds totalling £53.7 million. A further 1,800 service personnel have had their applications approved fully and are awaiting the completion of property purchases.
Armed Forces Covenant — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nicola Blackwood (Conservative, Centre-right): More than 20,000 skilled men and women, to whom we owe a debt of gratitude, leave the armed forces each year. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that local skills and economic strategies work effectively to realise the full potential of that highly trained, well disciplined and adaptable workforce?
Armed Forces Covenant — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Mark Lancaster (Conservative, Centre-right): All those who join as junior ranks receive key skills training and complete professional apprenticeships. All personnel can access routes to higher and further education, are provided with some financial assistance and are given time to study. All personnel leaving the armed forces—about 20,000 a year—are entitled to resettlement provision to help their transition into future careers I am sure that my hon. Friend is rightly proud that Oxfordshire has led the way in delivering on our community covenant by being the first local authority to change its schools admissions policy to make it easier for the children of service families to secure school places by using base addresses before their postings. I know that she has played a key role in driving that forward, and I thank her for it.
Armed Forces Covenant — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Mark Lancaster (Conservative, Centre-right): The Royal British Legion was recently awarded £10 million LIBOR funding over five years to address long-term hearing issues. Work has already started with key stakeholders, and the Legion aims to launch the fund in early autumn. From summer 2015, the MOD will introduce new hearing protection measures for UK armed forces personnel, which will reduce the number of veterans with service-attributable hearing issues.
Type 26 Frigates — House of Commons, 2015-06-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Philip Martin Dunne (Conservative, Centre-right): As my hon. Friend knows, in February this year the Prime Minister announced the awarding of a contract for the demonstration phase of the Type 26 programme, valued at £859 million, to complete the detailed design for the ship and engage the maritime supply chain to procure essential long-lead items. This is an incremental programme and detailed discussions with the contractors continue. We intend to award a contract for the manufacture phase next year.