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700 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.228.5 | Clearly, the police officer must hold the reasonable belief at that time, as I think my right hon. and learned Friend has accepted. Paragraph 2 of schedule 1 states that the paragraph applies where “a constable has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person— (a) is there with the intention of leaving” the UK “for th... | James Brokenshire | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Clause 1— Seizure of passports etc from persons suspected of involvement in terrorism | Clearly, the police officer must hold the reasonable belief at that time, as I think my right hon. and learned Friend has accepted. Paragraph 2 of schedule 1 states that the paragraph applies where “a constable has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person— (a) is there with the intention of leaving” the UK “for th... | 0.303145 |
701 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.229.0 | The Minister has tried to reassure the House that the clause and schedule provide sufficient safeguards. I still worry about the safeguards that are in place for those people who are aggrieved and feel they have a case that they wish to draw to the attention of the authorities. Under amendments 10 and 11, an individual... | David Hanson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Clause 1— Seizure of passports etc from persons suspected of involvement in terrorism | The Minister has tried to reassure the House that the clause and schedule provide sufficient safeguards. I still worry about the safeguards that are in place for those people who are aggrieved and feel they have a case that they wish to draw to the attention of the authorities. Under amendments 10 and 11, an individual... | 0.272459 |
702 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.229.1 | Question put, That the amendment be made. The House divided: Ayes 227, Noes 307. | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Clause 1— Seizure of passports etc from persons suspected of involvement in terrorism | Question put, That the amendment be made. The House divided: Ayes 227, Noes 307. | 0.210997 |
703 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.229.3 | Question accordingly negatived. | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Clause 1— Seizure of passports etc from persons suspected of involvement in terrorism | Question accordingly negatived. | 0.235383 |
704 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.233.1 | I beg to move amendment 8, page 11, line 3, at end insert— (iii) any information beyond that which is necessary to allow the identification of the user from the public Internet Protocol address.” This amendment would make it explicit that the extra data retention provided for in Clause 17 does not extend beyond that wh... | Diana Johnson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Clause 17— Retention of relevant internet data | I beg to move amendment 8, page 11, line 3, at end insert— (iii) any information beyond that which is necessary to allow the identification of the user from the public Internet Protocol address.” This amendment would make it explicit that the extra data retention provided for in Clause 17 does not extend beyond that wh... | 0.364144 |
705 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.235.0 | I am grateful to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) for raising these important issues. This is a complex and technical area, and I am grateful for the opportunity to return to some of the points that we discussed in Committee. Communications data—the who, where, when and how of a communicatio... | James Brokenshire | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Clause 17— Retention of relevant internet data | I am grateful to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) for raising these important issues. This is a complex and technical area, and I am grateful for the opportunity to return to some of the points that we discussed in Committee. Communications data—the who, where, when and how of a communicatio... | 0.353086 |
706 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.237.0 | I am grateful to the Minister for going through this very technical part of the Bill. I think it is helpful to have heard that explanation on the Floor of the House. I do not wish to press the amendment any further at this stage, although I think that it might be returned to in the other place, and so I beg to ask leav... | Diana Johnson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Internet Communications (Regulation) | Clause 17— Retention of relevant internet data | I am grateful to the Minister for going through this very technical part of the Bill. I think it is helpful to have heard that explanation on the Floor of the House. I do not wish to press the amendment any further at this stage, although I think that it might be returned to in the other place, and so I beg to ask leav... | 0.345493 |
707 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.237.3 | Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | DELEGATED LEGISLATION | Business without Debate | Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), | 0.294715 |
708 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.237.5 | That the draft Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Trading Fund Order 2015, which was laid before this House on 6 November, be approved.—(Mark Lancaster.) Question agreed to. | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | DELEGATED LEGISLATION | Government Trading Funds | That the draft Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Trading Fund Order 2015, which was laid before this House on 6 November, be approved.—(Mark Lancaster.) Question agreed to. | 0.327615 |
709 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.237.6 | With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 5 and 6 together. Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), | Lindsay Hoyle | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | DELEGATED LEGISLATION | Government Trading Funds | With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 5 and 6 together. Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), | 0.282998 |
710 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.237.8 | That the Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business Names (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3140), dated 26 November 2014, a copy of which was laid before this House on 27 November, be approved. That the draft Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trad... | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | DELEGATED LEGISLATION | Companies | That the Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business Names (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014 (S.I., 2014, No. 3140), dated 26 November 2014, a copy of which was laid before this House on 27 November, be approved. That the draft Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trad... | 0.321773 |
711 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.238.1 | Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mark Lancaster.) | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mark Lancaster.) | 0.295016 |
712 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.238.2 | Today is the first day of the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. Fifteen years ago, at the 2000 show, Bill Gates presented an early version of the tablet computer and Nokia presented a device that had an electronic diary and could make phone calls. Today, many colleagues find their tablet an indispensable tool in ... | Bill Wiggin | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | Today is the first day of the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. Fifteen years ago, at the 2000 show, Bill Gates presented an early version of the tablet computer and Nokia presented a device that had an electronic diary and could make phone calls. Today, many colleagues find their tablet an indispensable tool in ... | 0.332894 |
713 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.240.0 | I place on the record my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a director and shareholder of two telecoms companies. I, too, have to lean out of my window to get a mobile signal at home. Does my hon. Friend agree that the roll-out of certain technologies with wi-fi calling means that the rolling out ... | Nigel Adams | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I place on the record my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a director and shareholder of two telecoms companies. I, too, have to lean out of my window to get a mobile signal at home. Does my hon. Friend agree that the roll-out of certain technologies with wi-fi calling means that the rolling out ... | 0.326309 |
714 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.240.1 | My hon. Friend is absolutely right. He cannot begin to imagine my delight when our new coalition Government chose Herefordshire to be one of the four pilot schemes for the roll-out of superfast broadband. The whole point of a pilot scheme is that one learns from one’s experiment—but oh no, so pleased were the Governmen... | Bill Wiggin | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | My hon. Friend is absolutely right. He cannot begin to imagine my delight when our new coalition Government chose Herefordshire to be one of the four pilot schemes for the roll-out of superfast broadband. The whole point of a pilot scheme is that one learns from one’s experiment—but oh no, so pleased were the Governmen... | 0.307458 |
715 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.241.0 | I apologise for missing the first few moments of my hon. Friend’s remarks. I can bear testimony to the fact that in Fownhope in his constituency, which I visited very recently, one could not only not lean out of a window for a signal but not lean anywhere because there was no signal at all. I very much welcome this deb... | Adam Afriyie | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I apologise for missing the first few moments of my hon. Friend’s remarks. I can bear testimony to the fact that in Fownhope in his constituency, which I visited very recently, one could not only not lean out of a window for a signal but not lean anywhere because there was no signal at all. I very much welcome this deb... | 0.314374 |
716 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.241.1 | I could not be more grateful to my hon. Friend, not only for visiting my constituency but for staying at the Greenman pub, a wonderful place in Fownhope, when he came to see me. He is absolutely right. Despite what everybody who has a vested interest says, the people who go to Fownhope or live there will find that they... | Bill Wiggin | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I could not be more grateful to my hon. Friend, not only for visiting my constituency but for staying at the Greenman pub, a wonderful place in Fownhope, when he came to see me. He is absolutely right. Despite what everybody who has a vested interest says, the people who go to Fownhope or live there will find that they... | 0.331544 |
717 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.244.0 | What a welcome addition to this debate you are, Mr Speaker. The seamless transition from Mr Deputy Speaker to Mr Speaker perhaps reflects the growing importance of this debate. May I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Herefordshire (Bill Wiggin) on securing this debate. If the people who watch our debates... | Edward Vaizey | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | What a welcome addition to this debate you are, Mr Speaker. The seamless transition from Mr Deputy Speaker to Mr Speaker perhaps reflects the growing importance of this debate. May I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Herefordshire (Bill Wiggin) on securing this debate. If the people who watch our debates... | 0.349661 |
718 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.245.0 | I should perhaps have mentioned this during my speech, but is the Minister aware that DEFRA has changed the rules for most farmers, so that all their single farm payments will now be made electronically online? Those people cannot always get a signal, so perhaps money could be made available from DEFRA to help with tha... | Bill Wiggin | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I should perhaps have mentioned this during my speech, but is the Minister aware that DEFRA has changed the rules for most farmers, so that all their single farm payments will now be made electronically online? Those people cannot always get a signal, so perhaps money could be made available from DEFRA to help with tha... | 0.360132 |
719 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.245.1 | I agree with my hon. Friend. DEFRA put up £10 million at the beginning of this Parliament, which DCMS matched, to help smaller rural and community broadband providers to provide broadband in areas that were not part of the national programme. DEFRA is and will continue to be an effective partner in our broadband roll-o... | Edward Vaizey | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I agree with my hon. Friend. DEFRA put up £10 million at the beginning of this Parliament, which DCMS matched, to help smaller rural and community broadband providers to provide broadband in areas that were not part of the national programme. DEFRA is and will continue to be an effective partner in our broadband roll-o... | 0.350991 |
720 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.246.0 | Is the Minister able to enlighten us on possible time scales for the evaluation of those new technologies, which are so important for constituents not just in Herefordshire but north Yorkshire? | Nigel Adams | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | Is the Minister able to enlighten us on possible time scales for the evaluation of those new technologies, which are so important for constituents not just in Herefordshire but north Yorkshire? | 0.379347 |
721 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.246.1 | We are evaluating them at the moment. I hope, certainly by March, that we shall have an indicative assessment of how effective those programmes have been. My hon. Friend took part in the Westminster Hall debate that we held shortly before this debate and compared the area he represents to Herefordshire in terms of rura... | Edward Vaizey | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | We are evaluating them at the moment. I hope, certainly by March, that we shall have an indicative assessment of how effective those programmes have been. My hon. Friend took part in the Westminster Hall debate that we held shortly before this debate and compared the area he represents to Herefordshire in terms of rura... | 0.316832 |
722 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.247.0 | I was talking about the last 10%. | Nigel Adams | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I was talking about the last 10%. | 0.233899 |
723 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.247.1 | My hon. Friend knows that even when that programme is complete, given the rurality of his area we will have covered about 92% of the county. We therefore need to find a cost-effective way to reach the last 8%. They are not forgotten; and no premise will be left behind. I have covered the Government’s position on rollin... | Edward Vaizey | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | My hon. Friend knows that even when that programme is complete, given the rurality of his area we will have covered about 92% of the county. We therefore need to find a cost-effective way to reach the last 8%. They are not forgotten; and no premise will be left behind. I have covered the Government’s position on rollin... | 0.336124 |
724 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.249.0 | The Minister is generous in giving way. This is an incredibly timely debate. Will the Minister remark in his summing up on the fact that 30 years ago last week we had the first ever mobile phone call on a commercial network in the UK? Would it not be nice to think that 30 years on, we would have that 90% or perhaps eve... | Nigel Adams | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | The Minister is generous in giving way. This is an incredibly timely debate. Will the Minister remark in his summing up on the fact that 30 years ago last week we had the first ever mobile phone call on a commercial network in the UK? Would it not be nice to think that 30 years on, we would have that 90% or perhaps eve... | 0.316236 |
725 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.249.1 | I hear what my hon. Friend says. It is important to note that when the first mobile phone call was made, it was done with a device that was the size of a small brick. Now we have devices that can slip easily into one’s inside pocket and, as I say, they have astonishing computing power. We should be alive to what my hon... | Edward Vaizey | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I hear what my hon. Friend says. It is important to note that when the first mobile phone call was made, it was done with a device that was the size of a small brick. Now we have devices that can slip easily into one’s inside pocket and, as I say, they have astonishing computing power. We should be alive to what my hon... | 0.313763 |
726 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.249.2 | I echo what the Minister says, because the best phone I ever had for making phone calls—after all, that is why we bought the things in the first place—was a P3 Nokia phone. I am not sure whether the Minister is old enough to remember the P3. | Nigel Adams | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I echo what the Minister says, because the best phone I ever had for making phone calls—after all, that is why we bought the things in the first place—was a P3 Nokia phone. I am not sure whether the Minister is old enough to remember the P3. | 0.224119 |
727 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.249.3 | Do you still supply them? | Mark Lancaster | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | Do you still supply them? | 0.238205 |
728 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.249.4 | We certainly do not still supply them, but I concur with everything the Minister has said. | Nigel Adams | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | We certainly do not still supply them, but I concur with everything the Minister has said. | 0.323359 |
729 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.249.5 | Of course we all fondly remember the old P3 Nokia, and there may well be a market for new retro phones that simply provide good voice coverage. It is interesting to note the way in which the etiquette of using a mobile phone has changed. Not only am I old enough to remember buying my first mobile phone, but I remember ... | Edward Vaizey | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | Of course we all fondly remember the old P3 Nokia, and there may well be a market for new retro phones that simply provide good voice coverage. It is interesting to note the way in which the etiquette of using a mobile phone has changed. Not only am I old enough to remember buying my first mobile phone, but I remember ... | 0.287994 |
730 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.250.0 | The Minister is lucky to be able to make voice calls, and, indeed, to text. He would not be able to do that if he lived in Fownhope. The biggest robbery of the mobile phone industry resulted from the extortionate 2G and 3G licences that were levied under the last Government, which I believe led to the lack of investmen... | Bill Wiggin | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | The Minister is lucky to be able to make voice calls, and, indeed, to text. He would not be able to do that if he lived in Fownhope. The biggest robbery of the mobile phone industry resulted from the extortionate 2G and 3G licences that were levied under the last Government, which I believe led to the lack of investmen... | 0.286405 |
731 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.250.1 | I hope that I do not become a hostage to fortune when I say that I concur with my hon. Friend. With hindsight, I think that £22 billion was an astonishing amount of money, and the last Government did not use it to invest in digital infrastructure. A much more realistic price was paid for the 4G spectrum that we auction... | Edward Vaizey | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I hope that I do not become a hostage to fortune when I say that I concur with my hon. Friend. With hindsight, I think that £22 billion was an astonishing amount of money, and the last Government did not use it to invest in digital infrastructure. A much more realistic price was paid for the 4G spectrum that we auction... | 0.361622 |
732 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.251.0 | It is not necessarily essential that those people should try the phone. It is the signal that is key, so only a SIM card is required. | Bill Wiggin | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | It is not necessarily essential that those people should try the phone. It is the signal that is key, so only a SIM card is required. | 0.219751 |
733 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.252.0 | I hear what my hon. Friend says. Often people underestimate the ingenuity and entrepreneurship that exist in the House. Perhaps we could together propose to mobile phone companies a SIM card that simply expires after seven days so that people could fit it in their phone to check whether it worked. It should be possible... | Edward Vaizey | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I hear what my hon. Friend says. Often people underestimate the ingenuity and entrepreneurship that exist in the House. Perhaps we could together propose to mobile phone companies a SIM card that simply expires after seven days so that people could fit it in their phone to check whether it worked. It should be possible... | 0.322019 |
734 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.252.1 | The Minister has just created the most marvellous whip with which to beat the mobile phone operating companies so that people do not do that, because the signal will be just as good in the rural areas. I congratulate him on that brilliant suggestion. | Bill Wiggin | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | The Minister has just created the most marvellous whip with which to beat the mobile phone operating companies so that people do not do that, because the signal will be just as good in the rural areas. I congratulate him on that brilliant suggestion. | 0.290758 |
735 | 3d6c79a6-f5d9-4841-a351-01d4007957e5 | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-06c.252.2 | I am not sure that that would be the answer that the mobile phone operators wish to receive, but as a former Whip my hon. Friend is keen on whipping the mobile phone operators into shape. He has already done that most effectively with this timely Adjournment debate. May I conclude by offering a metaphorical hand across... | Edward Vaizey | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | MOBILE PHONE SIGNAL (FOWNHOPE) | Companies | I am not sure that that would be the answer that the mobile phone operators wish to receive, but as a former Whip my hon. Friend is keen on whipping the mobile phone operators into shape. He has already done that most effectively with this timely Adjournment debate. May I conclude by offering a metaphorical hand across... | 0.337252 |
736 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.253.2 | The Minister for the Cabinet Office was asked— | null | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | null | The Minister for the Cabinet Office was asked— | 0.224998 |
737 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.253.4 | What plans he has to reduce the number of London-based civil servants; and if he will make a statement. | John Pugh | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | What plans he has to reduce the number of London-based civil servants; and if he will make a statement. | 0.262505 |
738 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.253.5 | As part of our long-term economic plan to save taxpayers money and to pay off the deficit, this Government have reduced the size of the civil service like for like by 21%—that is after adjusting for machinery of government changes. That has increased productivity and saved the taxpayers £2.4 billion last year alone com... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | As part of our long-term economic plan to save taxpayers money and to pay off the deficit, this Government have reduced the size of the civil service like for like by 21%—that is after adjusting for machinery of government changes. That has increased productivity and saved the taxpayers £2.4 billion last year alone com... | 0.246824 |
739 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.253.6 | I thank the Minister for his positive answer. Given the pace and scale of devolution in the UK, is there not more scope for merging and moving London-based Departments? | John Pugh | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | I thank the Minister for his positive answer. Given the pace and scale of devolution in the UK, is there not more scope for merging and moving London-based Departments? | 0.280068 |
740 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.253.7 | There is a lot of scope for us to get out of properties that we do not need and we have done that already. We have released a huge amount of property into the private sector where it can be used for the purpose of creating jobs, and there is more that we can and will do in that respect. | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | There is a lot of scope for us to get out of properties that we do not need and we have done that already. We have released a huge amount of property into the private sector where it can be used for the purpose of creating jobs, and there is more that we can and will do in that respect. | 0.305276 |
741 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.253.8 | Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that an outstanding example of civil service dispersal is the Department for International Development in East Kilbride. As long as Scotland remains in the UK, which I believe it will for a very long time, can such an example be emulated? | Tom Clarke | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that an outstanding example of civil service dispersal is the Department for International Development in East Kilbride. As long as Scotland remains in the UK, which I believe it will for a very long time, can such an example be emulated? | 0.277711 |
742 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.253.9 | I completely share the right hon. Gentleman’s hope about the United Kingdom, and wish to add my thanks and congratulations to the civil servants at DFID who do such a fantastic job in Scotland. There is scope for civil servants to work in many places other than central London and we will continue to pursue that. | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | I completely share the right hon. Gentleman’s hope about the United Kingdom, and wish to add my thanks and congratulations to the civil servants at DFID who do such a fantastic job in Scotland. There is scope for civil servants to work in many places other than central London and we will continue to pursue that. | 0.280538 |
743 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.254.0 | Although transferring civil servants to other locations and downsizing are necessary, do they not make the whole business of managing the personnel in the civil service much more difficult? Will my right hon. Friend give full backing to the new chief executive of the civil service to strengthen the data held by the Cab... | Bernard Jenkin | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | Although transferring civil servants to other locations and downsizing are necessary, do they not make the whole business of managing the personnel in the civil service much more difficult? Will my right hon. Friend give full backing to the new chief executive of the civil service to strengthen the data held by the Cab... | 0.282942 |
744 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.254.1 | As my hon. Friend well knows, the quality of data in central Government that we inherited was not good. It is getting better, but there is much more that needs to be done. The new chief executive of the civil service, who has got off to a terrific start, has a lot of experience in the management of big, complex dispers... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | As my hon. Friend well knows, the quality of data in central Government that we inherited was not good. It is getting better, but there is much more that needs to be done. The new chief executive of the civil service, who has got off to a terrific start, has a lot of experience in the management of big, complex dispers... | 0.275613 |
745 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.254.2 | Is the Minister not aware that there is a great deal of disillusionment in the civil service? Is it not our job in this House to support really good people with the highest level of skills coming into the civil service so that they are happy and motivated in their job? What will he do about morale in the civil service? | Barry Sheerman | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | Is the Minister not aware that there is a great deal of disillusionment in the civil service? Is it not our job in this House to support really good people with the highest level of skills coming into the civil service so that they are happy and motivated in their job? What will he do about morale in the civil service? | 0.287584 |
746 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.254.3 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the need to support the development and skills of civil servants and to provide them with rewarding jobs. Obviously, the purpose of the civil service is not to provide jobs but to serve the public. I am happy to tell him that morale in the civil service, as measured in the annual p... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the need to support the development and skills of civil servants and to provide them with rewarding jobs. Obviously, the purpose of the civil service is not to provide jobs but to serve the public. I am happy to tell him that morale in the civil service, as measured in the annual p... | 0.265846 |
747 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.254.4 | Jobs are lost from rural communities under the shared services project, as has happened at Alnwick. Can we have a more determined cross-Government effort to relocate out of London work, such as archives, that could be done in rural communities? | Alan Beith | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | Jobs are lost from rural communities under the shared services project, as has happened at Alnwick. Can we have a more determined cross-Government effort to relocate out of London work, such as archives, that could be done in rural communities? | 0.32806 |
748 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.254.5 | The right hon. Gentleman and I have discussed that in the Chamber before, and I completely understand his concern, particularly about the shared service staff in Alnwick. The machinery is not always as simple as it might be, but there is more that we can and should do to ensure that jobs are located in places where the... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | London-based Civil Servants | The right hon. Gentleman and I have discussed that in the Chamber before, and I completely understand his concern, particularly about the shared service staff in Alnwick. The machinery is not always as simple as it might be, but there is more that we can and should do to ensure that jobs are located in places where the... | 0.30593 |
749 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.254.7 | What progress his Department has made on releasing outstanding documents relating to the miners dispute in 1984-85. | Ian Lavery | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | What progress his Department has made on releasing outstanding documents relating to the miners dispute in 1984-85. | 0.317902 |
750 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.254.8 | The documents, other than sensitive or personal papers, were released in the usual way under the law that was passed by the previous Government. | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | The documents, other than sensitive or personal papers, were released in the usual way under the law that was passed by the previous Government. | 0.28768 |
751 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.255.0 | What have this Government got to hide with regard to the miners strike, because only 30 out of 500 digitised documents relating to the strike were released last week? There was no mention of Orgreave, but there was an admission that the Government tapped National Union of Mineworkers members’ phones. When will the docu... | Ian Lavery | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | What have this Government got to hide with regard to the miners strike, because only 30 out of 500 digitised documents relating to the strike were released last week? There was no mention of Orgreave, but there was an admission that the Government tapped National Union of Mineworkers members’ phones. When will the docu... | 0.336776 |
752 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.255.1 | I really have nothing to add to what I have already said and what has been said on previous occasions. The same considerations were applied to these papers as apply to the release of Government papers generally, which means that those that are personal or sensitive are not released in the normal time scales. I know tha... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | I really have nothing to add to what I have already said and what has been said on previous occasions. The same considerations were applied to these papers as apply to the release of Government papers generally, which means that those that are personal or sensitive are not released in the normal time scales. I know tha... | 0.327304 |
753 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.255.2 | Will my right hon. Friend note that the appetite for everything to be disclosed is shared by some Government Members, most particularly because I can recall the unlawful killing of the taxi driver David Wilkie and the recent revelations from the former right hon. Member for Pontypridd that following the event a number ... | Jonathan Evans | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | Will my right hon. Friend note that the appetite for everything to be disclosed is shared by some Government Members, most particularly because I can recall the unlawful killing of the taxi driver David Wilkie and the recent revelations from the former right hon. Member for Pontypridd that following the event a number ... | 0.279515 |
754 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.255.3 | My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. I am a strong supporter of transparency and am proud of what this Government have done to make us the most transparent Government in the world. There is a concern, and that was a very bitter period in our nation’s life, but the normal considerations about the protection of persona... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. I am a strong supporter of transparency and am proud of what this Government have done to make us the most transparent Government in the world. There is a concern, and that was a very bitter period in our nation’s life, but the normal considerations about the protection of persona... | 0.332439 |
755 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.255.4 | Is not the whole subject of these papers embarrassing to the Government and to the Minister? At the beginning we argued that 75 pits were to be closed, and the Thatcher Government said at the time that there were only 20. They lied continually in the House of Commons, repeating that figure, and then the Cabinet papers ... | Dennis Skinner | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | Is not the whole subject of these papers embarrassing to the Government and to the Minister? At the beginning we argued that 75 pits were to be closed, and the Thatcher Government said at the time that there were only 20. They lied continually in the House of Commons, repeating that figure, and then the Cabinet papers ... | 0.317023 |
756 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.255.5 | I think that the hon. Gentleman’s case would be stronger if at that time he had made the case for the National Union of Mineworkers to have a proper ballot of all its members so that they could decide whether they wanted to be brought out on strike, rather than being bullied and intimidated into it. | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | I think that the hon. Gentleman’s case would be stronger if at that time he had made the case for the National Union of Mineworkers to have a proper ballot of all its members so that they could decide whether they wanted to be brought out on strike, rather than being bullied and intimidated into it. | 0.244406 |
757 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.255.6 | I was elected in the middle of the miners strike in 1984 and know exactly what happened: we were lied to by those in authority. They said that our pit, Tower colliery, was uneconomic. We kept it going because the miners put their own money into it for another 10 years. There are lots of things that have not yet been re... | Ann Clwyd | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | I was elected in the middle of the miners strike in 1984 and know exactly what happened: we were lied to by those in authority. They said that our pit, Tower colliery, was uneconomic. We kept it going because the miners put their own money into it for another 10 years. There are lots of things that have not yet been re... | 0.267654 |
758 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.256.0 | As I say, the papers have been released, subject to the normal considerations about protecting sensitive and personal documents. Again, I do not recollect—the right hon. Lady and I were elected on the same day and were Back-Bench Members of Parliament during that period—hearing her voice being raised to support a prope... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | As I say, the papers have been released, subject to the normal considerations about protecting sensitive and personal documents. Again, I do not recollect—the right hon. Lady and I were elected on the same day and were Back-Bench Members of Parliament during that period—hearing her voice being raised to support a prope... | 0.307906 |
759 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.256.1 | Why have not all the papers and memos between the Home Secretary, Leon Brittan, and the chief constables and magistrates courts been published? | Jimmy Hood | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | Why have not all the papers and memos between the Home Secretary, Leon Brittan, and the chief constables and magistrates courts been published? | 0.272373 |
760 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.256.2 | I can only repeat what I have said already: the papers have been released, subject to the normal considerations about protecting sensitive and personal documents, with the same considerations that are applied to all Government papers. | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Miners Dispute (Outstanding Documents) | I can only repeat what I have said already: the papers have been released, subject to the normal considerations about protecting sensitive and personal documents, with the same considerations that are applied to all Government papers. | 0.324237 |
761 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.256.4 | What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the findings of the report from the National Audit Office entitled “Follow-up: grants to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation”, HC 840. | Paul Blomfield | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Big Society Network/Society Network Foundation (NAO Report) | What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the findings of the report from the National Audit Office entitled “Follow-up: grants to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation”, HC 840. | 0.335627 |
762 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.256.5 | I welcome the NAO report into the matter, which found that there were no issues with Cabinet Office processes and, as a result, did not make any recommendations. Therefore, I do not feel that there are any wider implications for the policies of my Department. | Rob Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Big Society Network/Society Network Foundation (NAO Report) | I welcome the NAO report into the matter, which found that there were no issues with Cabinet Office processes and, as a result, did not make any recommendations. Therefore, I do not feel that there are any wider implications for the policies of my Department. | 0.369353 |
763 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.256.6 | The Minister clearly must have read a different version of the report. Voluntary sector organisations in my constituency tell me that they are struggling to maintain vital services for the most vulnerable as a result of this Government’s polices, yet the NAO report shows that millions of pounds of public money was wast... | Paul Blomfield | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Big Society Network/Society Network Foundation (NAO Report) | The Minister clearly must have read a different version of the report. Voluntary sector organisations in my constituency tell me that they are struggling to maintain vital services for the most vulnerable as a result of this Government’s polices, yet the NAO report shows that millions of pounds of public money was wast... | 0.293233 |
764 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.256.7 | I simply disagree with the hon. Gentleman. I disagree that we should avoid funding new and innovative approaches, despite the risks that come with doing so. I note that according to the Charity Commission, the number of registered charities went up from 162,000 to 164,000 between 2010 and 2014, and the total income of ... | Rob Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Big Society Network/Society Network Foundation (NAO Report) | I simply disagree with the hon. Gentleman. I disagree that we should avoid funding new and innovative approaches, despite the risks that come with doing so. I note that according to the Charity Commission, the number of registered charities went up from 162,000 to 164,000 between 2010 and 2014, and the total income of ... | 0.274939 |
765 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.256.8 | One of the lessons for us all to learn is the transformative potential of social enterprises encouraged by the Treasury—social enterprises such as the Cinnamon Network which does everything from running food banks to helping people when they are released from prison. Social enterprises have the potential to make a real... | Tony Baldry | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Big Society Network/Society Network Foundation (NAO Report) | One of the lessons for us all to learn is the transformative potential of social enterprises encouraged by the Treasury—social enterprises such as the Cinnamon Network which does everything from running food banks to helping people when they are released from prison. Social enterprises have the potential to make a real... | 0.318487 |
766 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.257.0 | My right hon. Friend is exactly right. Supporting social enterprises has been a huge priority for this Government, which is why in the autumn statement the Chancellor of the Exchequer increased social investment tax relief, raising the cap to £5 million. We are the party of small business, but we are also the party of ... | Rob Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Big Society Network/Society Network Foundation (NAO Report) | My right hon. Friend is exactly right. Supporting social enterprises has been a huge priority for this Government, which is why in the autumn statement the Chancellor of the Exchequer increased social investment tax relief, raising the cap to £5 million. We are the party of small business, but we are also the party of ... | 0.306467 |
767 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.257.1 | Will the Minister explain why his Department, which is supposed to be responsible for Government transparency, has refused to release any minutes or attendance lists of meetings between his advisers, the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation, and why over six months he has refused to answer 76 parliame... | Lisa Nandy | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Big Society Network/Society Network Foundation (NAO Report) | Will the Minister explain why his Department, which is supposed to be responsible for Government transparency, has refused to release any minutes or attendance lists of meetings between his advisers, the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation, and why over six months he has refused to answer 76 parliame... | 0.299133 |
768 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.257.2 | As the hon. Lady knows, it has long been the convention in this and previous Administrations that the minutes of ministerial meetings are not routinely released, but all the information pertinent to this issue was shared with the NAO in the course of its investigations. As for the Tory party donors that she mentioned, ... | Rob Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Big Society Network/Society Network Foundation (NAO Report) | As the hon. Lady knows, it has long been the convention in this and previous Administrations that the minutes of ministerial meetings are not routinely released, but all the information pertinent to this issue was shared with the NAO in the course of its investigations. As for the Tory party donors that she mentioned, ... | 0.288388 |
769 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.257.4 | What assessment he has made of the use of trade union facility time by civil servants; and if he will make a statement. | Andrew Robathan | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Trade Union Facility Time | What assessment he has made of the use of trade union facility time by civil servants; and if he will make a statement. | 0.268755 |
770 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.257.5 | At the time of the last general election there was no proper monitoring of trade union facility time in government. We now have controls in place that have saved taxpayers £25 million in the last rolling year to date, and have reduced the number of taxpayer-funded full-time union officials in central Government from 20... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Trade Union Facility Time | At the time of the last general election there was no proper monitoring of trade union facility time in government. We now have controls in place that have saved taxpayers £25 million in the last rolling year to date, and have reduced the number of taxpayer-funded full-time union officials in central Government from 20... | 0.253153 |
771 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.257.6 | I am sure everybody in the House believes that employees in whatever sector should be given both the right and the opportunity to be properly represented with their employers, be it by trades unions or others, but the majority of my constituents and, I suspect, the majority of people in this country would still be quit... | Andrew Robathan | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Trade Union Facility Time | I am sure everybody in the House believes that employees in whatever sector should be given both the right and the opportunity to be properly represented with their employers, be it by trades unions or others, but the majority of my constituents and, I suspect, the majority of people in this country would still be quit... | 0.254955 |
772 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.258.0 | As I say, the amount of facility time has been reduced significantly. There is a perfectly proper use of facility time for trade union duties in resolving grievances and dealing with disputes locally and effectively, and we support that, but there was also a huge amount of unmonitored and out-of-control, paid-for activ... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Trade Union Facility Time | As I say, the amount of facility time has been reduced significantly. There is a perfectly proper use of facility time for trade union duties in resolving grievances and dealing with disputes locally and effectively, and we support that, but there was also a huge amount of unmonitored and out-of-control, paid-for activ... | 0.293925 |
773 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.258.1 | When he carried out an assessment, did the Minister consider speaking to Opposition Members who have experience of being employed under facility time arrangements, where we spent the vast majority of our time helping management to manage the service we were working in, particularly when management was faced with cuts, ... | David Anderson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Trade Union Facility Time | When he carried out an assessment, did the Minister consider speaking to Opposition Members who have experience of being employed under facility time arrangements, where we spent the vast majority of our time helping management to manage the service we were working in, particularly when management was faced with cuts, ... | 0.289195 |
774 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.258.2 | I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman that the proper use of a trade union presence and the use of facility time on trade union duties, as defined by law, can be very beneficial, and we support it, but what was going on went way, way beyond that. It was completely out of control, and it was quite right that we sho... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Trade Union Facility Time | I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman that the proper use of a trade union presence and the use of facility time on trade union duties, as defined by law, can be very beneficial, and we support it, but what was going on went way, way beyond that. It was completely out of control, and it was quite right that we sho... | 0.266096 |
775 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.258.4 | What future plans he has for the National Citizen Service in Colne Valley. | Jason McCartney | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | National Citizen Service (Colne Valley) | What future plans he has for the National Citizen Service in Colne Valley. | 0.26506 |
776 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.258.5 | Next year will again see NCS programmes taking place in every local authority across England. I know that my hon. Friend has seen at first hand the transformative effect that the NCS has had on participants in and around Colne Valley, where about 500 young people took part in it last year. The NCS will continue to grow... | Rob Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | National Citizen Service (Colne Valley) | Next year will again see NCS programmes taking place in every local authority across England. I know that my hon. Friend has seen at first hand the transformative effect that the NCS has had on participants in and around Colne Valley, where about 500 young people took part in it last year. The NCS will continue to grow... | 0.286787 |
777 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.258.6 | As the Minister said, I saw at first hand the benefits of the NCS when last year I attended a tea party with Moor End academy students at Astley Grange nursing and care home that brought together many different generations and people from different ethnic backgrounds. Does he agree that the NCS has also been very effec... | Jason McCartney | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | National Citizen Service (Colne Valley) | As the Minister said, I saw at first hand the benefits of the NCS when last year I attended a tea party with Moor End academy students at Astley Grange nursing and care home that brought together many different generations and people from different ethnic backgrounds. Does he agree that the NCS has also been very effec... | 0.258902 |
778 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.258.7 | Yes. Independent evaluations of the NCS have shown that participants feel more positive about people from different backgrounds and have a greater sense of responsibility to their community. The last evaluation also demonstrated that parents believed their children had a better understanding of their local community af... | Rob Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | National Citizen Service (Colne Valley) | Yes. Independent evaluations of the NCS have shown that participants feel more positive about people from different backgrounds and have a greater sense of responsibility to their community. The last evaluation also demonstrated that parents believed their children had a better understanding of their local community af... | 0.273456 |
779 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.259.0 | Will the Minister agree to hold discussions with relevant Ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to see whether there would be an appetite for extending the National Citizen Service there? | Gregory Campbell | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | National Citizen Service (Colne Valley) | Will the Minister agree to hold discussions with relevant Ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to see whether there would be an appetite for extending the National Citizen Service there? | 0.323737 |
780 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.259.1 | Of course we would welcome discussions. This is a devolved matter and it will be for local devolved Assemblies to make a decision on it. We are already pursuing increased numbers in Wales and having discussions there, so further discussions with other countries, including Scotland, would be welcome. | Rob Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | National Citizen Service (Colne Valley) | Of course we would welcome discussions. This is a devolved matter and it will be for local devolved Assemblies to make a decision on it. We are already pursuing increased numbers in Wales and having discussions there, so further discussions with other countries, including Scotland, would be welcome. | 0.345169 |
781 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.259.3 | What future plans he has to achieve efficiency and reform savings by digitising Government services. | Stephen Metcalfe | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Digitising Government Services | What future plans he has to achieve efficiency and reform savings by digitising Government services. | 0.30492 |
782 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.259.4 | As part of our long-term economic plan, we are moving a first wave of 25 public services online. Our future plans are to secure further savings by digitising more public services and moving to a “Government as a platform” model, building common digital infrastructure for services that improves the user experience and s... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Digitising Government Services | As part of our long-term economic plan, we are moving a first wave of 25 public services online. Our future plans are to secure further savings by digitising more public services and moving to a “Government as a platform” model, building common digital infrastructure for services that improves the user experience and s... | 0.339226 |
783 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.259.5 | How are the Government working with the private sector and voluntary sector in Thurrock and Basildon to ensure that my constituents have the relevant training to be able to access these services? | Stephen Metcalfe | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Digitising Government Services | How are the Government working with the private sector and voluntary sector in Thurrock and Basildon to ensure that my constituents have the relevant training to be able to access these services? | 0.303588 |
784 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.259.6 | Britain already has a high level of digital inclusion, and it is rising, but we are determined to go further and get more people online. We are working closely with almost 70 organisations from the private and voluntary sectors that are signed up to our digital inclusion charter. I have no details of exactly what is go... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Digitising Government Services | Britain already has a high level of digital inclusion, and it is rising, but we are determined to go further and get more people online. We are working closely with almost 70 organisations from the private and voluntary sectors that are signed up to our digital inclusion charter. I have no details of exactly what is go... | 0.332089 |
785 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.259.7 | Digitising public services creates vast amounts of data that can be used further to improve services and accountability, transforming the relationship between citizens and Government—a subject dear to your heart, Mr Speaker. However, each Government Department has a different approach to handling data, and there is tot... | Chi Onwurah | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Digitising Government Services | Digitising public services creates vast amounts of data that can be used further to improve services and accountability, transforming the relationship between citizens and Government—a subject dear to your heart, Mr Speaker. However, each Government Department has a different approach to handling data, and there is tot... | 0.337847 |
786 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.259.8 | I am happy to welcome the hon. Lady to the movement for open data. Under the coalition, the UK Government have become the world leader in open data. There is more that can be done with sharing data, but it is very sensitive and difficult. We are determined not to make the mistake that her party made in government when ... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Digitising Government Services | I am happy to welcome the hon. Lady to the movement for open data. Under the coalition, the UK Government have become the world leader in open data. There is more that can be done with sharing data, but it is very sensitive and difficult. We are determined not to make the mistake that her party made in government when ... | 0.297865 |
787 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.260.1 | If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | Douglas Carswell | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | 0.24072 |
788 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.260.2 | My responsibilities are for efficiency and reform, civil service issues, public sector industrial relations strategy, Government transparency, civil contingencies, civil society and cyber-security. | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | My responsibilities are for efficiency and reform, civil service issues, public sector industrial relations strategy, Government transparency, civil contingencies, civil society and cyber-security. | 0.349676 |
789 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.260.3 | The Minister for the Cabinet Office stated in October 2010 that public bodies would be made more meaningfully accountable. Specifically what new mechanisms has he put in place to make public bodies more meaningfully accountable to this House and, indeed, to the public? | Douglas Carswell | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | The Minister for the Cabinet Office stated in October 2010 that public bodies would be made more meaningfully accountable. Specifically what new mechanisms has he put in place to make public bodies more meaningfully accountable to this House and, indeed, to the public? | 0.296558 |
790 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.260.4 | Our concern with public body reform has always been to ensure that accountability was improved. A number of functions have been brought within Government to make them directly accountable to this House through Ministers. A number of other activities have been discontinued completely. The number of public bodies has bee... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | Our concern with public body reform has always been to ensure that accountability was improved. A number of functions have been brought within Government to make them directly accountable to this House through Ministers. A number of other activities have been discontinued completely. The number of public bodies has bee... | 0.296952 |
791 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.260.5 | Given the recent cyber-attacks on the United States, what strategies are the Department and the Government putting in place to protect Britain and Britain’s corporations from cyber-terrorism? | Julian Smith | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | Given the recent cyber-attacks on the United States, what strategies are the Department and the Government putting in place to protect Britain and Britain’s corporations from cyber-terrorism? | 0.262883 |
792 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.260.6 | This is a very real and live concern. Our cyber-security strategy—I reported to the House on its third year of operation in the last month of the year—has been backed with £860 million of new money. We take this very seriously, but much more will need to be done because the threats are moving on very quickly, as well a... | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | This is a very real and live concern. Our cyber-security strategy—I reported to the House on its third year of operation in the last month of the year—has been backed with £860 million of new money. We take this very seriously, but much more will need to be done because the threats are moving on very quickly, as well a... | 0.316001 |
793 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.260.7 | In February 2010, when he was shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, the right hon. Gentleman wrote to the Cabinet Secretary to complain that in asking Treasury officials to cost Conservative party policy, Labour had “compromised the impartiality of the Civil Service and used the taxpayer funded service for political ... | Lucy Powell | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | In February 2010, when he was shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, the right hon. Gentleman wrote to the Cabinet Secretary to complain that in asking Treasury officials to cost Conservative party policy, Labour had “compromised the impartiality of the Civil Service and used the taxpayer funded service for political ... | 0.284593 |
794 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.260.8 | I am confident that the permanent secretary to the Treasury, who was the permanent secretary to the Treasury at that time, has followed exactly the same practice as he would have done then. | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | I am confident that the permanent secretary to the Treasury, who was the permanent secretary to the Treasury at that time, has followed exactly the same practice as he would have done then. | 0.252728 |
795 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.260.9 | Does my hon. Friend agree with Lord Winston that Labour’s mansion tax would have a devastating impact on the ability of charities to raise money from legacy giving? | Tim Loughton | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | Does my hon. Friend agree with Lord Winston that Labour’s mansion tax would have a devastating impact on the ability of charities to raise money from legacy giving? | 0.280382 |
796 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.0 | Yes, I do. This real concern is shared by many in the sector. Most notably, the Wellcome Trust has voiced fears of the impact it would have on legacy giving. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations reckons that 10,000 charities get legacies each year, to a value of about £2 billion. Lord Winston, who is a wide... | Rob Wilson | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | Yes, I do. This real concern is shared by many in the sector. Most notably, the Wellcome Trust has voiced fears of the impact it would have on legacy giving. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations reckons that 10,000 charities get legacies each year, to a value of about £2 billion. Lord Winston, who is a wide... | 0.298033 |
797 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.1 | Earlier in this Parliament, Ministers flirted with the possibility of a politicised senior civil service. That danger seems to have receded, but will the Minister now reaffirm a Government commitment to the historic principle of political impartiality in the civil service, specifically in matters relating to the Europe... | Kelvin Hopkins | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | Earlier in this Parliament, Ministers flirted with the possibility of a politicised senior civil service. That danger seems to have receded, but will the Minister now reaffirm a Government commitment to the historic principle of political impartiality in the civil service, specifically in matters relating to the Europe... | 0.339591 |
798 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.2 | I did not catch much of what the hon. Gentleman said, but I will happily look at the transcript and come back to him with a detailed reply. | Francis Maude | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | I did not catch much of what the hon. Gentleman said, but I will happily look at the transcript and come back to him with a detailed reply. | 0.32781 |
799 | 381866fb-3bc8-4bf6-85f2-4e382832e9ff | uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2015-01-07b.261.3 | That is a commentary on the amount of noise. Let us have a bit of order for Mr Adam Holloway. | Mr Speaker | null | null | ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | CABINET OFFICE | Topical Questions | That is a commentary on the amount of noise. Let us have a bit of order for Mr Adam Holloway. | 0.262866 |
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