Annual Energy Statement | Oral Answers to Questions - Electoral Commission Committee | Commons debates
I welcome the Secretary of State's statement on the low-carbon economy, particularly his commitment to offshore wind. In the beautiful Blackmore vale in my constituency we face yet another...

Blandford Community Hospital (Dorset) | Petitions | Commons debates
I present a petition in the name of the Blandford community hospital in Dorset. The petition states: The Petition of Mrs Jacqueline Stayt and Mrs Josephine Seath, residents of the North Dorset...

Terrorism Act 2000 (Section 44) | Business of the House | Commons debates
May I welcome the Home Secretary's statement and express some surprise at the shadow Home Secretary's attempt to defend the practice that has been ruled illegal? I remind the House that, in 1949,...

European Affairs | Business of the House | Commons debates
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I shall come on to the role of European scrutiny committees in that respect. He may know that his colleagues in the French Parliament have...

European Affairs | Business of the House | Commons debates
I welcome the Foreign Secretary and the Minister for Europe to the Front Bench. I think that I speak for the whole House-or certainly for this side of the House-in saying that we now have a very...

European Affairs | Business of the House | Commons debates
I am pleased to hear what the shadow Foreign Secretary is saying, but could he explain to the House why under his Administration the funding for the Council of Europe-and, implicitly, for the...