Thu 3rd Jul 2008:

Speed Limits: Signs and Markings | Transport | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what her policy is on the use of repeat or reminder speed limit signs.

Tue 17th Jun 2008:

Polyclinics | Opposition Day - [14th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

The hon. Gentleman has said much about the new facilities. Can he tell us something about the effects they are having on his local hospitals?

Wed 21st May 2008:

Rail Network | Westminster Hall debates.

I thank the Minister for that information. In fact, my informant, who fairly clearly worked out the figures, is the supplier of the carriages. However, to revert to a previous point the Minister...

Rail Network | Westminster Hall debates.

I am pleased that the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Glasgow, South (Mr. Harris) will respond to this debate because he understands railways very well; he is...

Tue 20th May 2008:

New Clause 1 - Amendment of the law relating to abortion | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I do not dispute that, but one can always have exceptions to legislation. We have always set a limit for exceptions, and that is not an argument against a general lowering of the point of...

New Clause 1 - Amendment of the law relating to abortion | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I have discussed clinically troubled pregnancies, and I presume that that covers the maternal factor. I see no reason why the Committee must use the same definition as clinicians. The moral...

New Clause 1 - Amendment of the law relating to abortion | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I want to make it clear, as my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon (Dr. Harris) did, that I stand here as a Liberal Democrat but not for the Liberal Democrats; I speak in a...

New Clause 1 - Amendment of the law relating to abortion | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

The hon. Lady may not know that the recent drafts of the EPICure 2 study show a difference from the Trent study. They show an increased viability beyond 20 weeks.

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Is there not another side to the argument? The hon. Gentleman warns about neglecting the needs of the child, but does he agree that no one who supports a clause that calls for supportive...

Mon 19th May 2008:

Clause 4 - Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Does my hon. Friend not accept that the hamster test does not give a rationale for extending the life of hybrids to 14 days? That is something different, and it needs a different ethical...

Clause 4 - Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

The hon. Gentleman mentioned tight regulation by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. What proposals has the authority actually turned down?

Clause 4 - Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I am sure that hon. Gentleman will be aware of the briefing from the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Royal Society, the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council, which we have all...

Thu 15th May 2008:

Public Accounts | Points of Order | Commons debates.

The Government are making appreciable progress in that area, but the remarks of the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh) about efficiency and getting value for money are more appropriate to...

Public Accounts | Points of Order | Commons debates.

I rise as a bit-part player in our Treasury team and also as a member of the PAC. In preparing for the debate I thumbed through the whole back catalogue of PAC reports, and was struck by the...

Tue 13th May 2008:

[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] - Supermarkets | Westminster Hall debates.

I congratulate the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Mr. Field) on introducing the debate and on avoiding some of the mis-nostalgia that surrounds it. I can certainly remember...

Mon 12th May 2008:

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Avoiding any controversy, may I begin with six unquestioned and unquestionable truths? First, it is uncertain whether important therapies will come from embryonic stem cell research. Secondly, if...

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Does the hon. Gentleman not accept that although adult stem cell research is morally unproblematic, there is a distinction to be drawn here? Embryonic stem cell research is clearly morally...

Tue 29th Apr 2008:

Primary Care Trusts (Exceptional Cases) | Westminster Hall debates.

Will the Minister give way?

Primary Care Trusts (Exceptional Cases) | Westminster Hall debates.

I am just illustrating a case, not trying to solve the problem for the hon. Gentleman. We want a variety of opinions to come into an assessment, but we do not want the whole issue to be entirely...

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