Written answers round-up
There are several noteworthy written answers in the latest edition of Hansard. The Opposition has supported the Government’s carbon reduction… Read more »
Theresa May and Business of the House Questions
Questions on the Business of the House of Commons are often fascinating. Harriet Harman is Leader of the House and… Read more »
Peter Ainsworth on Heathrow
Shadow Environment Secretary Peter Ainsworth has raised the issue of Heathrow in the House of Commons, during oral questioning of… Read more »
When is someone an honourable Friend?
This is one for the geeks. In a debate in Westminster Hall (about Internet fraud) yesterday, Dr Richard Taylor –… Read more »
Stephen O’Brien on the buses
Shadow Health Minister Stephen O’Brien has received the following answer about buses. "Mr. Stephen O’Brien: To ask the Secretary of… Read more »
Michael Fabricant on education in Muslim states
Lichfield MP and Opposition Whip Michael Fabricant is good fun. But he has a keen interest in a wide variety… Read more »
James Duddridge on car registration plates
James Duddridge, MP for Rochford & Southend East, introduced a Ten Minute Rule Bill in the Commons today, to relax… Read more »
William Hague on the Congo
Yesterday in the House of Commons Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague asked the Government to make a statement about the… Read more »
Government defeated on DNA
Baroness Hanham’s amendment to the Counter Terrorism Bill, reported on yesterday, was successful by a vote of 161 – 150…. Read more »
Brown’s badly-timed sales of gold reserves cost Britain more than Black Wednesday
Quentin Letts in the Daily Mail: "Black Wednesday, which is frequently raised by Labour as an example of blithering Tory… Read more »
Andrew Lansley on health top-ups
The text of the Shadow Secretary of State for Health’s speech to the Commons earlier.
Baroness Hanham on the DNA database
The House of Lords debates the Counter Terrorism Bill today. Baroness Hanham (a Shadow Home Office Minister) is introducing an… Read more »
Eric Pickles uncovers cost of 2011 Census
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles has received a written answer on the cost of… Read more »
Tory MPs slam Quentin Davies
Quentin Davies, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence, is not wildly popular on the Conservative benches, from… Read more »
Early Day Motions
Update: Brian Binley’s EDM had been tabled very shortly before this post was written, and has since attracted lots of… Read more »