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Tue 22nd Jul 2008:

I suspect that a letter I have received from Christine Glen, the head teacher at Wincanton primary school in my constituency, is typical of many. She uses words such as "fiasco", "incompetent"...

Mon 21st Jul 2008:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether responses to the Youth Justice Board's consultation exercise on the scaled approach will be published in full; (2) when the responses to...

Thu 17th Jul 2008:

May we have a debate on the Government's pharmacy White Paper? There is an awful lot of good in the White Paper, which I would support, but there is also a proposal that would devastate rural GP...

Wed 16th Jul 2008:

They always are.

Thu 10th Jul 2008:

Following on from the point made by the hon. Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle), how will it provide a better service for local businesses, how is it fair to loyal staff and how does it make any...

At the moment, there is a considerable mismatch between the actual cost per mile of running a car and the cost per mile as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for tax purposes. That is...

Tue 8th Jul 2008:

I really cannot understand the Government's argument that there is a lack of clarity about the counsel's role, given that it is set out explicitly in new clause 7, which is in my hon. Friend's...

I fully understand why the hon. Lady wants to accelerate proceedings. I have listened carefully to her, but I do not entirely understand why the apparent desire to finish proceedings at 10...

Mon 7th Jul 2008:

There will indeed be a great deal of anger among people in the farming communities in the west country, not least among those who, like several of my constituents, run closed farms. There are...

Tue 24th Jun 2008:

I simply want to say that I am grateful to the hon. Member for Wakefield (Mary Creagh) and congratulate her on the single-minded way in which she has pursued her campaign for years. I had a...

Was my hon. Friend as astonished as I was that Postwatch could not support the case for any of the many post offices across the county other than the one in Street? Is Postwatch not pointless if...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. His area is very different from mine, but that is a valid point. Let me corroborate what he says by mentioning a constituent of mine who was keen to ensure that...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on securing the debate. He has a pressing issue in the case of Hinton St. George and he is absolutely right to make the case for...

The only one.

Mon 23rd Jun 2008:

The hon. Gentleman was talking about the evidence needed for the Home Secretary to come to a view. Does he recall a previous debate on proscription orders in which I said explicitly that it would...

Thu 19th Jun 2008:

I used to ask almost weekly for a debate on post office closures. It is now too late for my constituency, where nine post offices are to be closed irrespective of the views and needs of local...

Tue 17th Jun 2008:

The hon. Gentleman is correct. The key points are finding the reason behind the reduction in the bee population, seeing what effective measures can be taken to control infestation or infection,...

The hon. Gentleman spent many happy years with me on the Science and Technology Committee. I am not saying that there is such a connection; I am simply saying that there is at least prima facie...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson), not only on securing this debate—I was also trying to secure such a debate but he beat me to it, and I am pleased that he...

Has the right hon. Lady had any recent discussions with her colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions about the growing concerns regarding medical assessments of people with HIV...

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