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I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this important debate. He is making a really strong speech. Yesterday, I spoke to Sue Place, the chief executive officer of the Balsam Centre in Wincanton, which runs Conkers Community Nursery. She has seven infants with special educational needs in her care, but...

Member
Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
6 February 2024
Reference
745 c63WH
House
House of Commons

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, that decisions on the felling of roadside trees should remain a matter for local determination, and I support Amendment 257E. It is right that the Secretary of State should have to consult extensively with local authorities before he issues guidance...

Member
Viscount Trenchard (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
12 July 2021
Reference
813 cc1634-7
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. First, I would like to address the reintroduction of native species. Down in Devon, we have seen the relatively successful and very interesting reintroduction of beavers—ironically, in the River Otter. That has had some success but also some...

Member
Earl of Devon (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
9 July 2020
Reference
804 cc1281-2
House
House of Lords

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to give my maiden speech. I will begin by giving my heartfelt thanks to the people of Ealing North for putting their trust in me, and I would like to thank one resident of Ealing North in particular: Mr Steve Pound.

Every morning...

Member
James Murray (Labour; Cooperative Party)
Type
Maiden speech
Date
16 January 2020
Reference
669 cc1209-1212
House
House of Commons

It is with great pleasure and some humility that I rise to make this, my maiden speech. I have found the House to be a welcoming place that I am proud to be part of. Over the past month, I have at times been awestruck by the kindness, helpfulness and...

Member
Imran Ahmad Khan (Conservative)
Type
Maiden speech
Date
13 January 2020
Reference
669 cc590-817
House
House of Commons

I would appreciate being able to make a bit more progress, because I hope to answer some of the questions that my hon. Friend raised. If I have time, I will of course give way at the end.

We intend to grow woodland cover through the countryside stewardship woodland creation capital...

Member
Therese Coffey (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
7 December 2016
Reference
618 cc95-8WH
House
House of Commons

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I am delighted to have got the Bill to this stage. I put on record my thanks to colleagues who have been supportive at previous hurdles it has jumped, including in Committee.

The Bill is necessary. It is an...

Member
Mark Spencer (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
23 January 2015
Reference
591 cc474-5
House
House of Commons

My Lords, I am most grateful, particularly to the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, for coming to my rescue. Having done that, I hope he will not be disappointed by what I am about to say.

I support the Bill, and certainly the way in which my noble friend on the Front...

Member
Baroness Browning (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
4 November 2014
Reference
756 cc1556-8
House
House of Lords

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

This is an important Bill for solving the problem of health and safety interfering with small charities and community groups that are trying to do the right thing in their community but sometimes get bogged down in the...

Member
Mark Spencer (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
24 October 2014
Reference
586 cc1210-3
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend makes a good point. Let me give him a very good practical example of what he is talking about. As hon. Members will know, I always like to refer to the fantastic area of Great Yarmouth, where I live and which I represent. We recently held an...

Member
Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
24 October 2014
Reference
586 cc1218-9
House
House of Commons

The Coalition Agreement included a commitment to encourage volunteering and involvement in social action. The Government intends that the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill will help to fulfil this commitment by reassuring volunteers (and others) that the courts will consider the context of their actions in the event that...

Type
Commons Briefing paper
Date
8 July 2014
Reference
RP14-38

With other Members of the House, I welcome the hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) to his place. I knew his predecessor well and often heard his views on defence. We did not always agree, but more often than not, we did. I should apologise, because family commitments meant that...

Member
Madeleine Moon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
26 June 2014
Reference
583 cc518-521
House
House of Commons

My Lords, I am pleased to have the opportunity to lead this debate because last month I was incensed to read that Surrey Rugby, part of the RFU, was changing the ethos and rules for children’s mini-rugby, age six to 11, meaning that teams need no longer play to win...

Member
Baroness Heyhoe Flint (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
24 February 2014
Reference
752 cc306-310GC
House
House of Lords

We will hear very shortly from the man in the conker-coloured suit. I look forward to that, as does the House. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will bear with me for a moment.

Member
John Bercow (Speaker)
Type
Oral question time intervention
Date
11 February 2014
Reference
575 c712
House
House of Commons

My Lords, I feel a little like a night watchman in the middle of a timeless test. However, as a former PE teacher, sports journalist, ancient retired sportswoman and with both my parents being PE teachers, I know what a positive impact physical activity can have on our well-being.

The UK...

Member
Baroness Heyhoe Flint (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
17 December 2012
Reference
741 cc1439-1442
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Heyhoe-Flint, for securing this debate and for supporting it with such eloquence and commitment. I would much rather face her across the civilised Chamber of the House of Lords than across a cricket pitch. She is a splendid supporter of active lifestyles...

Member
Baroness Massey of Darwen (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
17 December 2012
Reference
741 cc1442-4
House
House of Lords

I am happy to confirm that that is exactly the case, and that goes to the point that gun crime morphs into knife crime. We saw knife crime morph from something we associated with particular tough, inner-city environments into a real problem across London, Manchester and Birmingham. It is significant...

Member
David Lammy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
27 November 2012
Reference
554 cc37-41WH
House
House of Commons

My Lords, I should like to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd, in what one might call a very short interval for non-lawyers to speak. He has pointed to some crucial considerations that need to be borne in mind. I will turn for a moment to Amendments 58 and 59,...

Member
Baroness Williams of Crosby (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
17 July 2012
Reference
739 cc167-8
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market on setting out so clearly the complex scene within the voluntary sector. I am sure that other speakers will highlight particular aspects but there are one or two areas that I want to mention. My noble friend commented...

Member
Baroness Byford (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
21 June 2012
Reference
737 cc1864-9
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I am proud to have been allowed to put my name, as an opposition Front-Bencher, on this amendment, which has been moved so well by the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and spoken to so well by all the other noble Lords. Industrial disease and exposure to toxic substances;...
Member
Lord Bach (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
30 January 2012
Reference
734 c1428-30
House
House of Lords

If I may contribute briefly before the Minister sums up, I would just like to make two points. I have been on a sort of inspection trip of the railways this morning with Theresa Villiers, the Minister for Transport, looking at some work that Network Rail has been doing. There...
Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
4 April 2011
Reference
726 c236-7GC
House
House of Lords

Does the Minister agree that health and safety is sometimes used as an excuse? For instance, schools banning conker fighting is probably more about staff not wanting to clear up all the broken conkers that litter the playground—I remember that from when I was child—than any particular health and safety...
Member
Mark Tami (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660
House
House of Commons

I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) for having brought this important issue before the House. As he points out, it is a great concern of the coalition Government. We think that the balance between enabling events to take place and health and safety...
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c659-60
House
House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman shakes his head. He obviously was not a conker-fighting champion, and it is clear that he carries the burden of that to this day. He should know, however, that conker fighting is a long-established sport in many schools. The notion that we can remove all danger—all possible...
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660
House
House of Commons

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for pointing out that conker fighting can sometimes be done in the wrong way. I well remember the many tricks, some of which have been mentioned in the debate, including baking the conker in advance.
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660
House
House of Commons

Yes, that is a chosen way to try to harden the conker, but I must bring the hon. Gentleman some bad news in that regard: I do not believe that vinegaring conkers does make them sturdy for the purposes of conker fighting. To be fair and balanced, I must add...
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660-2
House
House of Commons

I do not have that sort of information. Since this is all mythical, I am sure that could not have happened in any case, any more than people would have put their conkers in the oven without using protective oven gloves. Obviously, my hon. Friend has great experience in dealing...
Member
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c656
House
House of Commons

I am not going to do that, but I am going to ask my hon. Friend whether he has checked the veracity of that report. He will recall that a story went round the world about a head teacher who had banned children from taking part in conker competitions unless...
Member
Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c654
House
House of Commons

May I say how sorry I am that my hon. Friend did not move his Training Wage Bill? I would have voted for it, as I did for his sovereignty Bill, even though that needed some improvement. His second Bill did not need any improvement at all; I would have...
Member
Peter Bottomley (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c655
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The message from it is that we need to do more preparation to ensure that the next time my Training Wage Bill or similar provision is brought forward, the Government have to face the pressure from employers and from youth organisations, which should...
Member
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c655-6
House
House of Commons

Is it possible that that team used plastic protective gloves when dipping conkers in vinegar to harden the outside in order to get a better chance of winning?
Member
Peter Bottomley (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c656
House
House of Commons

I am grateful to the Minister for allowing me to intervene, given the short time that he has left. Is he aware that Nottingham city council has compensated two previous chief executives that it could not get on with, has sent an executive to the south of France on jollies...
Member
Mark Spencer (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
8 March 2011
Reference
524 c204WH
House
House of Commons

I repeat my earlier plea to the shadow Leader of the House to persuade Nottingham city council to be more transparent. I understand that it hired a cherry picker and labour to have conkers removed from a chestnut tree owing to a supposed health and safety risk on a school...
Member
Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
3 March 2011
Reference
524 c473-4
House
House of Commons

My Lords, as a result of my noble friend Lord Young’s introduction to this debate, it seems to me we ought to amend our Standing Orders to include the phrase ““re-maiden speech””. I thank him for his reappearance and for agreeing to meet me towards the end of his inquiry....
Member
Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
25 November 2010
Reference
722 c1201-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I am full of agreement with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Cameron of Lochbroom, about the need to look into this important issue across the whole of the United Kingdom in an integrated way. Indeed, I would go further and say that it needs a pan-European look,...
Member
Lord Patten (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
21 May 2009
Reference
710 c1482-5
House
House of Lords

My Lords, having listened to noble Lords’ speeches, I think that on reflection I could have spoken yesterday; none the less there are some matters of concern that I should be raising, so I shall do so today. On 20 November a consultation paper was published on improving compliance with...
Member
Viscount Simon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
10 December 2008
Reference
706 c458-60
House
House of Lords

This is going to sound very trivial, but it is actually quite important to our landscape and countryside. May we have a debate on conkers or, perhaps more properly, on invasive pathogens on native British trees? Horse chestnuts are being assailed by Phytophthora, leaf miner caterpillar and, most seriously of...
Member
David Heath (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Business question
Date
13 November 2008
Reference
482 c961
House
House of Commons

I salute the wise burghers of Blackburn. I hope that my own council will take note of their prompt and wise action and will repeat it immediately following the debate. Let me quote from one of the people who go around staking the gravestones in my area, Mr. Jack Sills:"““The...
Member
Lord Mann (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
5 November 2008
Reference
482 c130-1WH
House
House of Commons

I am a great believer in children and adults alike experiencing the excitement of science and the discoveries that it can bring, to the benefit of our society. That is brought about in a number of ways. For 29 years, I trod the boards and toured the country, as well...
Member
Brian Iddon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
475 c487-9WH
House
House of Commons

Traditionally, the Adjournment debate is the graveyard slot in the House of Commons day, so I am glad my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann) has been able to make a lively contribution to it. I congratulate him on securing the debate, as this is a serious issue....
Member
Mike O'Brien (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
6 May 2008
Reference
475 c681-4
House
House of Commons

I am grateful for the support that the order has received from the three noble Lords who have spoken. The noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, talked about the progress that we have made since 1974 on health and safety, and about the important role that the commission and the Health and...
Member
Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
25 March 2008
Reference
700 c85-6GC
House
House of Lords

The Grand Committee will be extremely grateful to the Minister for introducing this non-contentious order in his usual careful way. It is, as he said, laid under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, which we on this side of the Committee believe is not used nearly enough. Plenty of...
Member
Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
25 March 2008
Reference
700 c83-5GC
House
House of Lords

I wish to begin my remarks tonight by paying tribute to the four firemen who tragically lost their lives a few days ago. I commend the valued efforts of their colleagues and others in searching for the bodies, so that their loved ones may at last have closure. I pay...
Member
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
6 November 2007
Reference
467 c74-7
House
House of Commons

This is not an easy area and the Committee is not suggesting that. Our conclusion was that it is important to communicate risk in a way that people can understand, and we compared different types of risk in that way. The problem that the Government and all political parties have...
Member
Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
9 July 2007
Reference
462 c1213-4
House
House of Commons

My Lords, I suppose that I should not be surprised that the noble Lord, Lord Warner, spent half his time talking about health—after all, the Department of Health is his ministry—but I intend to take a more general approach and leave most of the health issues to my noble friend...
Member
Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
21 November 2006
Reference
687 c247-50
House
House of Lords

All I can say to the right hon. Gentleman is that the Leanne Wood memo must have come as manna from heaven to him. Apart from the memo, what evidence has he of that so-called systematic abuse? We heard from the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) that people in...
Member
David Jones (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
30 January 2006
Reference
442 c118
House
House of Commons

: Notwithstanding what I thought was a brilliantly deadpan and ironic speech from the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. David), the highlight of the debate came 40 minutes ago when the right hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife (Sir Menzies Campbell) came into the Chamber, realised that he was...
Member
Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
30 January 2006
Reference
442 c118-9
House
House of Commons

My Lords, there is a point to this. Its chorus was,"““Accidents will happen, when you least expect them,""““Accidents will happen, time and time again””." No one could have anticipated the explosion at Buncefield. Although it could have been much worse, it still caused serious injury to one person and minor...
Member
Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
26 January 2006
Reference
677 c1308-10
House
House of Lords

moved Amendment No. 15:"After Clause 1, insert the following new clause—" ““INTERPRETATION OF CLAIM IN PART 1    For the purposes of this Part, ““claim”” shall mean a claim for damages for personal injury or death but shall not include a claim— (a)   in respect of, or consequent upon, personal injury arising out of,...
Member
Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
20 December 2005
Reference
676 c245-8GC
House
House of Lords

I am grateful to the noble Lord. I said earlier that I sit at his feet in terms of his knowledge and ability, not only as a lawyer but also as a politician. So why would I be at all surprised that the noble Lord would know precisely what I would suggest by way of...
Member
Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
15 December 2005
Reference
676 c222-3GC
House
House of Lords

moved Amendment No. 9:"Page 1, line 11, at end insert ““, or" (   )   produce consequences that the defendant might reasonably regard as being contrary to the public interest.”” The noble Lord said: Amendment No. 9 is tabled in response to the challenge that I had not known the Minister was going to give me. I had...
Member
Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
15 December 2005
Reference
676 c221-2GC
House
House of Lords

I see a great deal of attraction in the phrase ““public benefit”” in that it is understood; I find it immediately understandable. It seems to me to cover almost every circumstance where this rule should apply. I have severe objections to subsection (2) in Amendment No. 13, which is an entirely inappropriate list. Beyond...
Member
Lord Lucas (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
15 December 2005
Reference
676 c206GC
House
House of Lords

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