Tue 27th Jul 2010:

NHS | Health | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultation he undertook with patients' representatives prior to the publication of the Health White Paper.

Mon 26th Jul 2010:

General Practitioners | Health | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of doctors working in GP practices in England are partners in the practice where they work.

Crossrail: Finance | Transport | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what private sector funding was provided towards the cost of Crossrail in 2009-10.

Clause 3 - Application for Academy order | Bills Presented - Local Referendums Bill | Commons debates.

I shall say a few words before putting amendment 8 to the vote. Ministers have been fairly quiet throughout the large part of this debate, and I cannot be alone in sensing a certain embarrassment...

Clause 3 - Application for Academy order | Bills Presented - Local Referendums Bill | Commons debates.

Does it not follow that trying to get academy status by September must be nonsense? Can my hon. Friend sketch out an indicative timetable that includes application, the funding agreement-which is...

Clause 3 - Application for Academy order | Bills Presented - Local Referendums Bill | Commons debates.

I do not want to accuse the hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) of complete nonsense, but the gist of amendment 8 is a procedure for dealing with an objection. If a governor disagrees,...

Clause 3 - Application for Academy order | Bills Presented - Local Referendums Bill | Commons debates.

The right hon. Gentleman is sketching out various alternatives to a more democratic arrangement. I understand his argument, but is he not also making an overwhelming argument not to proceed in...

Clause 3 - Application for Academy order | Bills Presented - Local Referendums Bill | Commons debates.

I am arguing simply that we should be at least as permissive as Baroness Thatcher was in 1988. My hon. Friend argues that we should be more permissive, but the Government are arguing, and anyone...

Clause 3 - Application for Academy order | Bills Presented - Local Referendums Bill | Commons debates.

My hon. Friend suggests a cynical intention on the part of Ministers and I hesitate to endorse that. People must reach their own conclusions as to whether such an intention is present. Is anyone...

Clause 3 - Application for Academy order | Bills Presented - Local Referendums Bill | Commons debates.

That was very quick off the mark. I anticipated that point being made, but a change in governance is quite as significant as a change in admissions, and most parents would think so.

Clause 3 - Application for Academy order | Bills Presented - Local Referendums Bill | Commons debates.

When were elected this May-God, it seems years ago-we all knew that there was some prospect that politics in this place might never be quite the same again. Many of us, frankly, welcomed that....

Clause 3 - Application for Academy order | Bills Presented - Local Referendums Bill | Commons debates.

I beg to move amendment 8, page 3, line 11, at end insert- '(1A) In the case of a member or members of a governing body objecting to an application under subsection (1), there shall be a ballot...

Thu 22nd Jul 2010:

General Practitioners: Manpower | Health | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs are working in the NHS; and how many are expected to be working in the NHS in 2015.

General Practitioners: Bureaucracy | Health | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's latest estimate is of the proportion of GPs' working time which is spent on administration.

Doctors: Foreign Workers | Health | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors working in GP practices in England are foreign nationals.

Clause 2 - Payments under Academy agreements | Bills Presented - Fixed-term Parliaments Bill | Commons debates.

The hon. Gentleman is not naturally credulous, but did he not see what happened to Building Colleges for the Future under the last Government? Why does he think anything different would have...

Clause 2 - Payments under Academy agreements | Bills Presented - Fixed-term Parliaments Bill | Commons debates.

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Clause 2 - Payments under Academy agreements | Bills Presented - Fixed-term Parliaments Bill | Commons debates.

Earlier, I was listening carefully to the hon. Member for Halton (Derek Twigg), who suggested that a school could not henceforth get capital funding unless it was prepared to be an academy....

Wed 21st Jul 2010:

NHS: Costs | Health | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his Department's estimate is of the redundancy costs which will arise from the proposed abolition of (a) regional health authorities and (b)...

Clause 1 - Academy arrangements | Delegated Legislation | Commons debates.

Speaking for the non-secular wing of the Liberal Democrats, I should like to say a few words about amendment 42. It appears to narrow the range of schools that can become academies. I think that...

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