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Peter Bottomley
(Conservative)
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?
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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?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Legislation
Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2010-12
Subjects
Health and safety; Local government; Powers; Local Government Ombudsman
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c656
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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...
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
Subjects
Charities; Finance; Nottingham; Voluntary organisations
Date
8 March 2011
Reference
524 c204WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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...
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
Subjects
Local government finance
Date
3 March 2011
Reference
524 c473-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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....
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
Subjects
Compensation; Codes of practice; Advertising; Accident; Conduct; Bureaucracy; Consultant; Finance; Inspection; Liability; Health and safety; Health and Safety Executive; Employers' liability; Food Standards Agency; Local government; NH; Personal injury; Negligence; Office; School; Small business; Road; Shop; Restaurant; Snow and ice; Ministry of Justice; Conditional fee agreement; Risk assessment; Claims management service; Adventure Activities Licensing Authority; Health and Safety Laws Review
Date
25 November 2010
Reference
722 c1201-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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,...
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
Subjects
Agriculture; Conservation; Finance; Inspection; Disease; Disease control; Research; Beekeeping; Varroosi; National Bee Unit; Bees; Pests
Date
21 May 2009
Reference
710 c1482-5
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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...
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
Subjects
Agriculture; Climate change; Equality; Housing; Fishery; Flood control; Energy; Heathrow Airport; Food supply; Local government; Railway; Public participation; Price; Microgeneration; Transport; Regional planning and development; Road; Seas and ocean; Subsidy; Regional development agency; Bovine tuberculosi; Common agricultural policy; Carbon emission; Bluetongue disease; Greenhouse gas emissions
Date
10 December 2008
Reference
706 c458-60
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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...
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
Subjects
Diseases; Trees
Date
13 November 2008
Reference
482 c961
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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...
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
Subjects
Contracts; Cemetery; Local government; Repairs and maintenance
Date
5 November 2008
Reference
482 c130-1WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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...
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
Subjects
Finance; Science and discovery centres
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
475 c487-9WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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....
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
Subjects
Cemeteries; Safety
Date
6 May 2008
Reference
475 c681-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
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