20 Most Recent Stories From Martin Horwood's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Mon 26th Jul 2010:

Animal Experiments | Home Department | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when each of the overseas establishments approved by her to export dogs for use in scientific procedures to the UK was last inspected...

Thu 22nd Jul 2010:

Environmental Groups | Oral Answers to Questions - Transport | Commons debates.

One voluntary sector organisation that Ministers will want to meet is the Campaign for Better Transport, whose new report, "Smarter Cuts", shows a rather better understanding of the state of...

Tue 20th Jul 2010:

Dangerous Dogs | Commons debates.

Will the Minister give way?

Dangerous Dogs | Commons debates.

I am grateful, given the hour. Is the Minister aware of the Bill proposed in another place by my noble Friend Lord Redesdale, which is intended to tackle some of the issues to do with ownership...

Dangerous Dogs | Commons debates.

Will the Minister give way?

Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament) | Business of the House | Commons debates.

I must first apologise to the hon. Gentleman for having forgotten his speech from last year; I cannot think what erased it from my memory. Is not what makes the UK Youth Parliament so special...

Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament) | Business of the House | Commons debates.

I was in the last Parliament and in fact I hope that it does set a precedent. I am slightly confused, however. In a spirit of honesty and transparency, will the hon. Gentleman clarify whether or...

Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament) | Business of the House | Commons debates.

May I briefly congratulate Oliver Warne, MYP, on his re-election to the Youth Parliament? Does my hon. Friend agree that he and the other youth MPs conducted the debates in this place last year...

Mon 19th Jul 2010:

Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates.

My constituent, Jackie Sallis, acquired her lifelong disability at birth, has tried but invariably failed to hold down a job and has been in receipt of disability living allowance. As regards the...

Thu 15th Jul 2010:

Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions - Communities and Local Government | Commons debates.

The coalition's policy of letting local authorities plan for local housing need is very welcome, but the previous Government's requirement of them to display five years' supply of land for...

Tue 13th Jul 2010:

Local Government Finance | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 6 July 2010, Official Report, columns 4-5WS, on regional strategies, what the...

Tue 6th Jul 2010:

Finance Bill | Commons debates.

I am sure that if my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Lynne Featherstone), who is being attacked in her absence, were here to defend herself, she would do a very good job of...

Finance Bill | Commons debates.

Does the right hon. Gentleman think that taking nearly 1 million people out of income tax altogether, a measure of which the Liberal Democrats are immensely proud, is progressive or not?

Finance Bill | Commons debates.

I have some sympathy with what the right hon. Gentleman is saying, because the Liberal Democrats were also inclined to support a higher rate of CGT. But does he still support that proposal, given...

Thu 1st Jul 2010:

Carbon Emissions (EU Target) | Energy and Climate Change | Commons debates.

One of the most important European initiatives for our future energy supply and the efficient implementation of renewable energy is the European super-grid. The previous Labour Government...

Wed 30th Jun 2010:

Energy Efficiency | Bills Presented | Commons debates.

Indeed. We should be wary that over-complication and over-prescription could risk the defeat of our own objectives, and lead to our prescriptions to the industry for low-carbon homes being too...

Energy Efficiency | Bills Presented | Commons debates.

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. One answer is clearly the green deal, which will incentivise private companies to invest in such training themselves. Apprenticeships...

Energy Efficiency | Bills Presented | Commons debates.

I am sure the hon. Lady is right to emphasise the importance of communication. I was going to go on to pay tribute to the outgoing Administration, and in particular to the right hon. Members for...

Energy Efficiency | Bills Presented | Commons debates.

Not on that one; I am sorry. All the parties, and even the Labour Government in the end, were working on variations on that scheme, but the one that the ministerial team has come up with is truly...

Energy Efficiency | Bills Presented | Commons debates.

I thank the Minister for his statement. He was absolutely right to highlight our collective failure to address energy efficiency adequately, but he seems so keen to do something about it that I...

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