{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07a.xml", "sha256": "f39f7728e8874dc7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "rough DFID for the benefit of the Kenyan people, which will be spent on bed nets and other essential development assets, will not be harmed as a result of this process. In light of the forthcoming debut of the Liberal Democrats' new foreign affairs spokesman, the hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) , perhaps I shall not condemn him until he condemns us, and then we can return —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07a.xml", "sha256": "f39f7728e8874dc7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.87.0", "colnum": "87", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "preceding_text": "ing about the Government's attitude to means-testing is that, in effect, they throw up their hands in horror saying, \"It's someone else's problem—think of an answer\". If both sides of the House accept that there is a problem and that it will not be worthwhile for some of the people—probably hundreds of thousands—who will be encouraged to save in a personal account to do so—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.87.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07a.xml", "sha256": "f39f7728e8874dc7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.113.0", "colnum": "113", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "preceding_text": "ints about means-testing, but no indication of whether the Conservatives would abolish means-testing or increase its use. We all know that generic advice is not ideal and it would be splendid if we could pay for everybody to have customised advice. The Opposition complained about the generic advice proposals in the Bill, but they did not say whether they thought that the taxpayer should pay—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.113.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07a.xml", "sha256": "f39f7728e8874dc7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.118.0", "colnum": "118", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": "ry of State's role in persuading the forces of darkness in the Government to relent on the issue. Does the Secretary of State not know that nearly 2 million pensioners are living in poverty and that the worst-off pensioners are getting poorer in real terms? He has talked about restoring the earnings link for the basic state pension, but he still will not tell us when that is going to happen—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.118.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07a.xml", "sha256": "f39f7728e8874dc7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.118.0", "colnum": "118", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": "d be interesting to hear in the Minister's winding-up speech what response he got from the new chief executive. We shall have more to say in Committee on the role of PADA, the principles that should drive it and the criteria for its success. Simply to increase the number of savers without substantially increasing the overall amount of savings in this country would clearly constitute failure—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.118.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07a.xml", "sha256": "f39f7728e8874dc7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.120.1", "colnum": "120", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": " than that. In recent weeks, Ministers have tried to shut down any debate on the issue. They have tried to bully the Opposition and even third parties into silence on this crucial point. It has been put like this: the Tories are letting the side down and making party political points for the sake of it, whereas what matters is the majority of people who should be better off with personal accounts.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.120.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07a.xml", "sha256": "f39f7728e8874dc7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.123.1", "colnum": "123", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority is there for development. The hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) was wrong about it. The PADA will not become the organisation that delivers personal accounts. That will be done by the personal accounts board, which is a follow-on organisation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07a.123.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.3.1", "colnum": "3", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": "That is a novel suggestion from a Conservative Back Bencher, when the whole Conservative position is against targets. Indeed, they continually castigate us for having targets.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.3.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "rough DFID for the benefit of the Kenyan people, which will be spent on bed nets and other essential development assets, will not be harmed as a result of this process. In light of the forthcoming debut of the Liberal Democrats' new foreign affairs spokesman, the hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) , perhaps I shall not condemn him until he condemns us, and then we can return —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.43.0", "colnum": "43", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"The same to you.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "Let me begin by wishing the hon. Gentleman and the House a happy new year.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.43.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.47.2", "colnum": "47", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "Let me just correct the right hon. and learned Gentleman. No undertakings were given to repeal section 127—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.47.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.69.1", "colnum": "69", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Yes!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": "Is it possible for anybody to save for their retirement through a pension scheme of one kind or another—a workplace scheme, an occupational scheme and so on—and end up not being as well off as they expected? Of course it is. Is it a consequence of the Bill that people will automatically not be as well off? No.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.69.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.69.1", "colnum": "69", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": "ough a pension scheme of one kind or another—a workplace scheme, an occupational scheme and so on—and end up not being as well off as they expected? Of course it is. Is it a consequence of the Bill that people will automatically not be as well off? No. [Hon. Members: \"Yes!\"] Ah! I see, there we have it. So, the hon. Gentleman is objecting to the principle of automatic enrolment, is he?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.69.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.71.2", "colnum": "71", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Hugh Bayley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hugh Bayley", "preceding_text": "rose—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.71.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.87.0", "colnum": "87", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "preceding_text": "ng about the Government's attitude to means-testing is that, in effect, they throw up their hands in horror saying, \"It's someone else's problem—think of an answer.\" If both sides of the House accept that there is a problem and that it will not be worth while for some of the people—probably hundreds of thousands—who will be encouraged to save in a personal account to do so—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.87.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.113.0", "colnum": "113", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "preceding_text": "ints about means-testing, but no indication of whether the Conservatives would abolish means-testing or increase its use. We all know that generic advice is not ideal and it would be splendid if we could pay for everybody to have customised advice. The Opposition complained about the generic advice proposals in the Bill, but they did not say whether they thought that the taxpayer should pay—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.113.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.118.0", "colnum": "118", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": "ry of State's role in persuading the forces of darkness in the Government to relent on the issue. Does the Secretary of State not know that nearly 2 million pensioners are living in poverty and that the worst-off pensioners are getting poorer in real terms? He has talked about restoring the earnings link for the basic state pension, but he still will not tell us when that is going to happen—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.118.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.118.0", "colnum": "118", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": "d be interesting to hear in the Minister's winding-up speech what response he got from the new chief executive. We shall have more to say in Committee on the role of PADA, the principles that should drive it and the criteria for its success. Simply to increase the number of savers without substantially increasing the overall amount of savings in this country would clearly constitute failure—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.118.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.120.1", "colnum": "120", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": " than that. In recent weeks, Ministers have tried to shut down any debate on the issue. They have tried to bully the Opposition and even third parties into silence on this crucial point. It has been put like this: the Tories are letting the side down and making party political points for the sake of it, whereas what matters is the majority of people who should be better off with personal accounts.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.120.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-07", "file": "debates2008-01-07b.xml", "sha256": "674c1295dfda99ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.123.1", "colnum": "123", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "The personal accounts delivery authority is there for development. The hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) was wrong about it. The PADA will not become the organisation that delivers personal accounts. That will be done by the personal accounts board, which is a follow-on organisation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-07b.123.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-08", "file": "debates2008-01-08c.xml", "sha256": "90e23155d0c3357c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08c.239.4", "colnum": "239", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Williams", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Williams", "preceding_text": "ave the parliamentary Labour party briefing that has been circulated to help Labour Members to rebut the points that have been made by Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. If you do not mind, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I will quote from it—even though it says that I might be committing an offence by doing so, I believe that I am protected while I do it in this Chamber. There are some choice quotes.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08c.239.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-08", "file": "debates2008-01-08c.xml", "sha256": "90e23155d0c3357c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08c.251.0", "colnum": "251", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "preceding_text": "Obviously not, but that is a curious question to ask because I could throw it back by asking why an employer would not co-fund an employee's training if that training was going to benefit the employer", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08c.251.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-08", "file": "debates2008-01-08d.xml", "sha256": "7df651bc71d04fd1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.142.3", "colnum": "142", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "It is frankly pathetic for the hon. Gentleman to try to turn the issue into an anti-European diatribe, when the European Union presidency has issued a statement denouncing any Russian action. I am sorry that he or his researchers have not been able to find—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.142.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-08", "file": "debates2008-01-08d.xml", "sha256": "7df651bc71d04fd1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.143.1", "colnum": "143", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It was Mr. Speaker.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I am sorry that hon. Members interrupted my hon. Friend—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.143.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-08", "file": "debates2008-01-08d.xml", "sha256": "7df651bc71d04fd1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.171.5", "colnum": "171", "heading": "Opposition Day — [5th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Joan Walley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Walley", "preceding_text": "Our problems stem from the fragmentation that happened during all the years of Tory privatisation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.171.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-08", "file": "debates2008-01-08d.xml", "sha256": "7df651bc71d04fd1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.234.2", "colnum": "234", "heading": "Opposition Day — [5th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "John Denham", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why not now?\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Denham", "preceding_text": "I respect my hon. Friend's knowledge on the matter and would be happy to discuss it after the debate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.234.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-08", "file": "debates2008-01-08d.xml", "sha256": "7df651bc71d04fd1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.239.4", "colnum": "239", "heading": "Opposition Day — [5th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Williams", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Williams", "preceding_text": "ave the parliamentary Labour party briefing that has been circulated to help Labour Members to rebut the points that have been made by Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. If you do not mind, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I will quote from it—even though it says that I might be committing an offence by doing so, I believe that I am protected while I do it in this Chamber. There are some choice quotes.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.239.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-08", "file": "debates2008-01-08d.xml", "sha256": "7df651bc71d04fd1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.251.0", "colnum": "251", "heading": "Opposition Day — [5th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "preceding_text": "Obviously not, but that is a curious question to ask because I could throw it back by asking why an employer would not co-fund an employee's training if that training was going to benefit the employer —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.251.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-08", "file": "debates2008-01-08d.xml", "sha256": "7df651bc71d04fd1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.251.2", "colnum": "251", "heading": "Opposition Day — [5th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "preceding_text": " not sufficient places are available and engage in a ridiculous Darwinian survival of the fittest that has a huge wastage rate. HEFCE has always taken decisions on university funding. It decides which subjects it regards as being more necessary—in the national interest—than others and uses the funding accordingly. To suggest that expressing priorities is an outrageous departure —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-08d.251.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09a.xml", "sha256": "74687e2321721a17", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09a.338.4", "colnum": "338", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Heath", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Heath", "preceding_text": "give a response. The fact is, however, that we have had a significant problem with industrial relations in our prisons for a long time—in England and Wales. I made that point on Monday. Ed Sweeney's report makes it absolutely clear that the same does not apply in Scotland. We must ask ourselves in all humility what the Liberal Democrat-Labour Administration in Scotland were able to do—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09a.338.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.292.6", "colnum": "292", "heading": "NORTHERN IRELAND", "cue_speaker": "Paul Goggins", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Goggins", "preceding_text": "er intercepted an organised criminal gang, some of whom were arrested north of the border and some south of the border. There have been a number of arrests and some people have been charged. That kind of effective enforcement action will, in the end, remove the drugs barons and others who profit out of the misery of drugs, who should rightly be out of the community and in prison where they belong.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.292.6"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.295.0", "colnum": "295", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "May I start be welcoming the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) to his post? [ Interruption. ] He is moving away from me already. He is the fourth Liberal Democrat leader that I have faced, and I wish him well—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.295.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.295.0", "colnum": "295", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "e hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) to his post? [ Interruption. ] He is moving away from me already. He is the fourth Liberal Democrat leader that I have faced, and I wish him well— [ Interruption. ] — although not that well. I am simply relieved that it is no longer my party that has this habit of replacing its leader on quite such a regular basis. A few months ago—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.295.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.297.3", "colnum": "297", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "Once again, all these pre-rehearsed lines, all these lines rehearsed in front of the mirror— [I nterruption.] They mean absolutely nothing. When it comes to the economy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.297.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.331.4", "colnum": "331", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "preceding_text": "First, I want to emphasise the point that breaching the agreement angered the POA. At no time was there an agreement about phasing awards from the board. Secondly, with respect to the Secretary of State, he was serially unavailable to speak to the POA in the months after August—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.331.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.331.8", "colnum": "331", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "My last substantive point before giving way is that the new clause provides for reserve powers, which can be introduced by order. If we do not have an agreement by 8 May , they would come into force in any event. However, subject to that, they would be introduced and turned off by order.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.331.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.338.4", "colnum": "338", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Heath", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Heath", "preceding_text": "give a response. The fact is, however, that we have had a significant problem with industrial relations in our prisons for a long time—in England and Wales. I made that point on Monday. Ed Sweeney's report makes it absolutely clear that the same does not apply in Scotland. We must ask ourselves in all humility what the Liberal Democrat-Labour Administration in Scotland were able to do—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.338.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.349.3", "colnum": "349", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I am not grateful to Mr. Fearon —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.349.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.352.1", "colnum": "352", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Gummer", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Where are they?\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Gummer", "preceding_text": "The Justice Secretary shakes his head in disapproval. Before my hon. Friend is too kind to the right hon. Gentleman, will he agree that two audiences are being addressed? At the Labour party conference, the right hon. Gentleman was addressing the press, whereas today he is talking to his Back Benchers.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.352.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.368.5", "colnum": "368", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend is quite right. Churning, or the constant movement of prisoners from prison to prison, is one of the fundamental problems that we have to face up to at the moment. The Government are responsible because they have so mismanaged our prison estate that prisons are woefully overcrowded. Roughly, the prison population now stands at about 81,500—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.368.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.378.3", "colnum": "378", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Hogg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Hogg", "preceding_text": "Yes. That is a slightly different point, but it is an important one. Partly because of overcrowding—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.378.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.407.0", "colnum": "407", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": "ake mistakes from time to time—and they sometimes even admit that they make them from time to time. The greatest mistake that the Government have made is to create this jumble of a Bill, which has forced them to come forward with these alleged \"Miscellaneous, minor and drafting\" provisions. It is not difficult to poke fun at the Government, as they are worthily the subject of ridicule—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.407.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.480.0", "colnum": "480", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Hanson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Hanson", "preceding_text": "I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I thank hon. Members on both sides of the House for their contribution both in Committee and on the Floor of the House today—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.480.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-09", "file": "debates2008-01-09b.xml", "sha256": "500bc844ff57a8d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.482.3", "colnum": "482", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. The House needs to get back to the idea that we should be conducting a traditional Third Reading debate. Mrs. Heal has already made it clear that that requires the debate to be focused on what is in the Bill at this stage. I cannot begin to anticipate what might be done in other ways in other Bills in other places—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-09b.482.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10b.xml", "sha256": "5eb4509f4e959279", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10b.560.2", "colnum": "560", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Sharon Hodgson", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Sharon Hodgson", "preceding_text": "It is a pleasure to be able to speak in this debate on the subject of a more preventive health service. I apologise for my croaky voice, but I have a bit of a cold. Perhaps if I took more preventive health care decisions, I might not be suffering as I am today.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10b.560.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10b.xml", "sha256": "5eb4509f4e959279", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10b.607.3", "colnum": "607", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Baron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Baron", "preceding_text": "Yes it has. Spending on the military has fallen from 2.9 to 2.5 per cent. of our gross domestic product —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10b.607.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10b.xml", "sha256": "5eb4509f4e959279", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10b.607.3", "colnum": "607", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Baron", "cue_text": "interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Baron", "preceding_text": "hat leaves units and individuals separated from their families for far too long, and training and recuperation inevitably suffer. We must also ensure that we supply our troops with the right equipment. Troops returning from theatre tell of life-threatening shortages of kit, including body armour, satellite phones, oil to prevent guns jamming and electronic equipment to detect roadside bombs—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10b.607.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10b.xml", "sha256": "5eb4509f4e959279", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10b.612.2", "colnum": "612", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "preceding_text": "anistan on the scale that it should. That is the concern, and it applies to Iraq as well. There are conflicts in Basra between the Mahdi army and the other groups, and the only thing that links them is their hatred of the British, who are seen as hostile because we are no longer liberators but occupiers. That is a horrible thing to say about our British forces and the good work that they do—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10b.612.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10d.xml", "sha256": "b820a1cb0363649d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.518.1", "colnum": "518", "heading": "INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": ";from uranium mining through to waste management—are only between 2 and 6 per cent. of those from gas for every unit of electricity generated. Thirdly, nuclear power will reduce the costs of meeting our energy goals. Analysis of future gas and carbon price scenarios shows that nuclear is affordable and provides one of the cheapest electricity options available to reduce our carbon emissions.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.518.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10d.xml", "sha256": "b820a1cb0363649d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.540.2", "colnum": "540", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "Madam Deputy Speaker— [ Laughter. ] You may not have been very helpful by making that point then, rather than later.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.540.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10d.xml", "sha256": "b820a1cb0363649d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.542.5", "colnum": "542", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "We need to be sure that leaders of Opposition parties have enough time to consider the report so that they can make their responses to the Government before we publish our response.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.542.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10d.xml", "sha256": "b820a1cb0363649d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.542.7", "colnum": "542", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Lady claims from a sedentary position that leaders of the Opposition have not had a copy of the report. That concerns me.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.542.7"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10d.xml", "sha256": "b820a1cb0363649d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.560.2", "colnum": "560", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Sharon Hodgson", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Sharon Hodgson", "preceding_text": "It is a pleasure to be able to speak in this debate on the subject of a more preventive health service. I apologise for my croaky voice, but I have a bit of a cold. Perhaps if I took more preventive health care decisions, I might not be suffering as I am today.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.560.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10d.xml", "sha256": "b820a1cb0363649d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.607.3", "colnum": "607", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "John Baron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Baron", "preceding_text": "hat leaves units and individuals separated from their families for far too long, and training and recuperation inevitably suffer. We must also ensure that we supply our troops with the right equipment. Troops returning from theatre tell of life-threatening shortages of kit, including body armour, satellite phones, oil to prevent guns jamming and electronic equipment to detect roadside bombs—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.607.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10d.xml", "sha256": "b820a1cb0363649d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.612.2", "colnum": "612", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "preceding_text": "anistan on the scale that it should. That is the concern, and it applies to Iraq as well. There are conflicts in Basra between the Mahdi army and the other groups, and the only thing that links them is their hatred of the British, who are seen as hostile because we are no longer liberators but occupiers. That is a horrible thing to say about our British forces and the good work that they do—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.612.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-10", "file": "debates2008-01-10d.xml", "sha256": "b820a1cb0363649d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.626.1", "colnum": "626", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "preceding_text": "eman going around talking about regional variations and throwing out figures. Of course figures will go up and down. As we RIP—relief in place—troops in and out of theatre and make other commitments in the near-theatre area, there will be fluctuations; the hon. Gentleman knows that. What was said in the House was that our troop numbers would be down at 4,500 by Christmas, and they are.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-10d.626.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14a.xml", "sha256": "c5d4d7f5b2feea5a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.638.6", "colnum": "638", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "ils. The hon. Gentleman is right in the general sense that we are working very closely with Sir Ronnie and all interested parties to ensure that bureaucracy and paperwork is kept at a minimum. It might have been helpful, given that the hon. Gentleman invoked Sir Ian Blair, if he had not voted consistently against increases for the Metropolitan police in Mr. Livingstone's budget on a regular basis.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.638.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14a.xml", "sha256": "c5d4d7f5b2feea5a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.668.2", "colnum": "668", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Thirty-seven minutes.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": "I thank the Secretary of State for his speech. I enjoyed all 40 minutes of it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.668.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14a.xml", "sha256": "c5d4d7f5b2feea5a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.677.3", "colnum": "677", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": "ed with the curriculum and are developing, or have developed, their own qualifications and examinations, such as the iGCSE and the Cambridge pre-U. If a young person were studying for those qualifications, with their parents' permission and in a respectable school, would that mean that they were breaking the law? Would that mean, for example, that the whole top stream at Winchester were criminals?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.677.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14a.xml", "sha256": "c5d4d7f5b2feea5a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.739.0", "colnum": "739", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "preceding_text": "I hope that in this Chamber we can persuade Ministers to say to civil servants, \"We are going to go for synthetics phonics now\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.739.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14a.xml", "sha256": "c5d4d7f5b2feea5a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.769.1", "colnum": "769", "heading": "COMMITTEE — ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT", "cue_speaker": "Jim Knight", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Knight", "preceding_text": "l young people in Cornwall and elsewhere. Question put and agreed to. Adjourned accordingly at half-past Ten o'clock. Corrections Official Report , 10 January 2008 : at the bottom of column 516, delete \"Mr. Denham:\" and insert \"Bill Rammell:\" Official Report , 10 January 2008 : In column 608, the end of the first papragrapgh should read \"... and electronic equipment to detect roadside bombs—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14a.769.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14b.xml", "sha256": "53c7155f492f1ff0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.692.2", "colnum": "692", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Laws", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Laws", "preceding_text": " a power to opt out. There is a power of choice in the proposals for personal accounts. If there were no power to opt out, I would ardently oppose the proposals, particularly because 50 per cent. of pensioners will in future be subject to means-testing, and automatically enrolling them in a pension scheme from which they would get no advantage would be wrong, philosophically and practically—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.692.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14b.xml", "sha256": "53c7155f492f1ff0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.708.3", "colnum": "708", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "preceding_text": "If there is an improvement, I welcome it—it is certainly overdue—but I must wonder whether they are genuine apprenticeships.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.708.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14b.xml", "sha256": "53c7155f492f1ff0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.739.0", "colnum": "739", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "preceding_text": "I hope that in this Chamber we can persuade Ministers to say to civil servants, \"We are going to go for synthetics phonics now.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.739.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14b.xml", "sha256": "53c7155f492f1ff0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.747.3", "colnum": "747", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "preceding_text": " truancy is on the increase, we are clearly not engaging enough with the pupils to be able to say, \"Please stay in school. See the benefits of education and how you can move forward from there.\" I acknowledge that the Government have made inroads, but they have clearly not done enough. Now we are putting obligations on children who may want to get out and work, rather than stay in education—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.747.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14b.xml", "sha256": "53c7155f492f1ff0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.747.3", "colnum": "747", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "preceding_text": "e benefits of education and how you can move forward from there.\" I acknowledge that the Government have made inroads, but they have clearly not done enough. Now we are putting obligations on children who may want to get out and work, rather than stay in education— [Interruption.] If Government Front Benchers do not wish to listen to me, they should please listen to those other voices—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.747.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-14", "file": "debates2008-01-14b.xml", "sha256": "53c7155f492f1ff0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.759.1", "colnum": "759", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Denham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Denham", "preceding_text": "o be about improving vocational education not undermining academic excellence.\" He has also said that the new diplomas that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families \"announced...are designed to subvert existing GCSEs and A-levels.\" The hon. Gentleman's mood music on this matter is fairly clear, and I was pleased that I was able to lay my hands on those quotes.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-14b.759.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15a.xml", "sha256": "022f9dfe1969898a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15a.903.5", "colnum": "903", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Short?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "Indeed. When I was interviewed, I tried to raise the point with The Birmingham Post and to say how concerned I was about the matter and that I would call a debate. In reply, the Minister said in the major Birmingham newspaper that he would welcome such a debate because he would want to highlight my shortcomings as an MP—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15a.903.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15a.xml", "sha256": "022f9dfe1969898a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15a.903.5", "colnum": "903", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \" Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "ister. This is Parliament in action. A Member of Parliament cannot get hold of the Minister, who repeatedly refuses to reply to letters, phone calls and e-mails, so I am grateful to you for allowing me to highlight my concerns on the record. Because the Minister knew that the debate was to take place, by some strange, lucky co-incidence I finally managed to have a meeting with him yesterday—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15a.903.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15a.xml", "sha256": "022f9dfe1969898a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15a.903.5", "colnum": "903", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \" Who paid?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": " Minister, who repeatedly refuses to reply to letters, phone calls and e-mails, so I am grateful to you for allowing me to highlight my concerns on the record. Because the Minister knew that the debate was to take place, by some strange, lucky co-incidence I finally managed to have a meeting with him yesterday—[Hon. Members: \" Ah!\"]—in the Pugin Room for half an hour over a cup of tea.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15a.903.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.772.2", "colnum": "772", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Paul Rowen", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Rowen", "preceding_text": "May I associate myself with the Secretary of State's remarks? I entirely agree that that is what is happening in Rochdale. Does she agree that a key priority needs to be ensuring that we have more imams who are trained and brought up in Rochdale—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.772.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.789.1", "colnum": "789", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Perspicacity.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend has pursued this issue with assiduity—that is probably the best word.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.789.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.790.1", "colnum": "790", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Parmjit Dhanda", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Parmjit Dhanda", "preceding_text": "No, not at all. The reason that we are building these centres—the hon. Lady will be aware of this, because of her experience in her region—is that the current control centres have nothing like the capacity of the new ones. Surely, like me, she would like to see—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.790.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.800.4", "colnum": "800", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Stephen O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen O'Brien", "preceding_text": "two distinct functions, in relation to a matter that was previously dealt with under one body, has a significant bearing on the costs and amounts that may be charged through them as a tax, not necessarily falling on general taxation powers. Perhaps it would have been helpful to have had the benefit of the opinion of the Chairman of the Select Committee on Health; it is a shame that he is not here.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.800.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.810.7", "colnum": "810", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "John Grogan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Grogan", "preceding_text": "Given this diversion of resources—I say this as a strong supporter of the Olympics—is there not a case for changing the taxation system of the lottery to a gross profits tax, following the example of most of the gambling industry, which some estimates suggest could mean up to £400 million for good causes over the next decade?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.810.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.839.8", "colnum": "839", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "In many ways, that betrays the problem with the Opposition's logic. The hon. Gentleman suggests that it is possible for this country unilaterally to ignore the ratification deadline and just carry on as if nothing has happened, but that would trigger a major reassessment of our relationship with the European Union—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.839.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.840.0", "colnum": "840", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "ters were debated. The then Prime Minister came back to the House and debated those matters in this Chamber. The House has had plenty of opportunities to debate the precise shape of the own resources decision and whether to accept it. My point is factual. My hon. Friend will agree that we cannot now go back through the own resources decision and seek to insert amendments from this Committee—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.840.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.840.2", "colnum": "840", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "That is precisely the point; it is what I said at the start. Hon. Members on both sides of the Committee have the opportunity to express precisely that opinion this evening. The Committee has that ability, but we cannot go back and renegotiate the points contained in the own resources decision or put on hold the ratification of the decision pending the conclusion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.840.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.841.5", "colnum": "841", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "I can probably do better. I refer the hon. Gentleman to paragraph 11 of the explanatory notes, which states: \"If any Member State fails to adopt the new Own Resources Decision by 31 December 2008 then the current Own Resources Decision...continues to operate until such time as the adoption process is completed\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.841.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.857.1", "colnum": "857", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "If the hon. Gentleman had been here earlier—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.857.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.857.6", "colnum": "857", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "I am going to make a little progress.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.857.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.866.0", "colnum": "866", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "public sector budget? That is not the sort of thing that he would normally advocate. My maths are pretty okay, actually, and I want to ask him whether he can recall whether Britain's net contributions in that period went up by a similar order. Was there not a significant increase, albeit on a smaller base, for Britain? Was not there a significant percentage increase in Britain's net contributions?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.866.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.867.1", "colnum": "867", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "I am not. Throughout the debate, I have said that this was the best possible deal that we could secure. Opposition Members seem to be interpreting that as my saying that it is an ideal, perfect deal. That is not what I am saying. I am saying that we have had negotiations—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.867.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.867.1", "colnum": "867", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "y the regional economy and help people to develop new business opportunities. All those things amount to progress. They are the product of good negotiations by a committed British Government who are in there fighting for Britain's interests. At many points in this debate, the argument has been, \"Let us reject the Bill tonight, as that will embolden and strengthen Ministers when you go back\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.867.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.884.0", "colnum": "884", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It was short.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This has been a long but good debate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.884.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.885.5", "colnum": "885", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "Not at all. I do not think that he has been listening closely to what I said.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.885.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.885.5", "colnum": "885", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "n. Am I right that the right hon. Member for Witney said—and I paraphrase—that the country would know that the Conservative party had changed when it stopped banging on about Europe? I remember him saying something along those lines. We have heard a lot of banging on about Europe today. As I said to the shadow Chief Secretary, we have heard some incredibly inflammable statements—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.885.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.889.0", "colnum": "889", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"A referendum.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "age whatever to prevent any of those things from happening. The certain consequence of all those things is that British cynicism about the European project will grow. We differ from the British Government in that, although we are a strongly pro-European party, we do not believe that the European project can be advanced by stealth. It has to be advanced with the support of the British public—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.889.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.889.0", "colnum": "889", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "h cynicism about the European project will grow. We differ from the British Government in that, although we are a strongly pro-European party, we do not believe that the European project can be advanced by stealth. It has to be advanced with the support of the British public—[Hon. Members: \"A referendum.\"] That is why we support a referendum on British membership of the European Union—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.889.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.903.5", "colnum": "903", "heading": "REGIONAL MINISTERS", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Short?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "Indeed. When I was interviewed, I tried to raise the point with The Birmingham Post and to say how concerned I was about the matter and that I would call a debate. In reply, the Minister said in the major Birmingham newspaper that he would welcome such a debate because he would want to highlight my shortcomings as an MP—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.903.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.903.5", "colnum": "903", "heading": "REGIONAL MINISTERS", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "nister. This is Parliament in action. A Member of Parliament cannot get hold of the Minister, who repeatedly refuses to reply to letters, phone calls and e-mails, so I am grateful to you for allowing me to highlight my concerns on the record. Because the Minister knew that the debate was to take place, by some strange, lucky coincidence I finally managed to have a meeting with him yesterday—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.903.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.903.5", "colnum": "903", "heading": "REGIONAL MINISTERS", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \" Who paid?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "he Minister, who repeatedly refuses to reply to letters, phone calls and e-mails, so I am grateful to you for allowing me to highlight my concerns on the record. Because the Minister knew that the debate was to take place, by some strange, lucky coincidence I finally managed to have a meeting with him yesterday—[Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"]—in the Pugin Room for half an hour over a cup of tea.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.903.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.906.3", "colnum": "906", "heading": "REGIONAL MINISTERS", "cue_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Then where is he?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "preceding_text": "I am deeply grateful to my hon. Friend. I fully accept and support all his arguments; the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) has also made powerful arguments. Is not the concept of Her Majesty appointing a Minister that he or she is accountable and has to explain his or her duties to Parliament?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.906.3"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-01-15", "file": "debates2008-01-15b.xml", "sha256": "32282d0f02bb5b0e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.907.1", "colnum": "907", "heading": "REGIONAL MINISTERS", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "They should be here.", "preceding_speaker": "Parmjit Dhanda", "preceding_text": "I think that the hon. Gentleman is being unfair. I do not personally like hon. Members in any part of this House talking in those terms about others who are not here to defend themselves.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-15b.907.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16a.xml", "sha256": "1a05322221cfe022", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16a.937.0", "colnum": "937", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Chris Grayling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Grayling", "preceding_text": "not be here. Take Ghana. Over the past three years, the Government have issued 755 work permits to people from Ghana, but over the same period they have issued more than 21,000 national insurance numbers to people from Ghana. Take Albania, with 110 work permits issued and more than 4,000 national insurance numbers issued. Try persuading me that all those numbers were issued under the normal—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16a.937.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16a.xml", "sha256": "1a05322221cfe022", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16a.984.3", "colnum": "984", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "No, I am not going to give way—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16a.984.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16a.xml", "sha256": "1a05322221cfe022", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16a.1035.0", "colnum": "1035", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Brooks Newmark", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Brooks Newmark", "preceding_text": "it took the UK so long even to sign the convention, let alone to proceed with the ratification process. The circumstances of the UK's very late signature of the convention were scarcely more edifying than those of the Prime Minister's signature to the Lisbon treaty. For the more cynically minded among us, it would be possible sometimes to see the Government's response in terms of gesture politics.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16a.1035.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.912.1", "colnum": "912", "heading": "WALES", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": "I have absolutely no regrets—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.912.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.912.1", "colnum": "912", "heading": "WALES", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": "I have absolutely no regrets— [Interruption.]— about the business endorsements that I have given in Wales.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.912.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.913.1", "colnum": "913", "heading": "WALES", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": " we get more young women especially into apprenticeships. I remember visiting a training centre in the constituency of my right hon. Friend the Member for Islwyn (Mr. Touhig) , where I had a discussion with a training official who was trying to persuade young girls to switch from hairdressing into plumbing, making it clear that it offered more opportunities for flexible working and greater wealth.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.913.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.918.7", "colnum": "918", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Robert Flello", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Robert Flello", "preceding_text": "Despite a decade of economic stability with low inflation and low interest rates, my constituents—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.918.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.919.3", "colnum": "919", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "The Governor of the Bank of England announces the figures on what is happening every week, but I have to ask the Leader of the Opposition: he said in September—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.919.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.919.6", "colnum": "919", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "rose—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.919.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.920.0", "colnum": "920", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Let the Leader of the Opposition answer in the way he wants to answer—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.920.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.921.1", "colnum": "921", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "The Bank of England supports our action, the Financial Services Authority supports our action, and the right hon. Gentleman used to support our action—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.921.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.937.0", "colnum": "937", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Chris Grayling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Grayling", "preceding_text": "ot be here. Over the past three years, the Government have issued 755 work permits to people from Ghana, for example, but over the same period they have issued more than 21,000 national insurance numbers to people from Ghana. Take Albania, with 110 work permits issued and more than 4,000 national insurance numbers issued. Try persuading me that all those numbers were issued under the normal—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.937.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.943.8", "colnum": "943", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Angela Watkinson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Watkinson", "preceding_text": "The amendment announces measures to prevent illegal immigrants from being issued with national insurance numbers—a clear admission that it has been happening.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.943.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.944.2", "colnum": "944", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": "It is important to note when considering proportion that the population has been increased—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.944.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.947.4", "colnum": "947", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": "I need to make some progress and then I will give way. The level of ignorance on the Opposition's far Back Benches, let alone on their Front Bench, is enormous.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.947.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.948.1", "colnum": "948", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": "I am happy to take all and sundry—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.948.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.949.3", "colnum": "949", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": "ion. It is made clear that that includes a passport, a birth certificate, a registration certificate, Home Office documents, work permits and identity cards. After all the initial checks are made, the process is followed through in the way that I have described. The Conservatives appear to be suggesting that national insurance numbers are just being dished out to anybody who applies for one—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.949.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.950.3", "colnum": "950", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Peter Hain", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Hain", "preceding_text": " John Stevens, the chairman of the Conservative leader's working group on border police, and by Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, chair of the Conservative leader's national and international security policy commission. I gladly give the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell the opportunity to say yes or no, right now, to compulsory ID cards for foreign nationals. I gladly give way to him on that point—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.950.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.952.0", "colnum": "952", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "preceding_text": "ate in such an important debate. It is rather disappointing, as the hon. Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) noted earlier, that we do not have an opportunity to discuss pensioner poverty today—a hugely important issue on which so many hon. Members have much to say. I hope that the hon. Gentleman lives up to his commitment to find another opportunity to debate that important subject—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.952.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.966.1", "colnum": "966", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "David Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davies", "preceding_text": "had the urge to say to him, as one might in a foreign country if one heard someone from one's own town, \"My goodness me, are you from London? What on earth are you doing working in a shop in this place?\" I really felt that, because it is so unusual in London or any other major city—even in some of the smaller towns—to meet in shops or restaurants someone who actually comes from the UK.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.966.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.983.1", "colnum": "983", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, but I would like to make some progress—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.983.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.983.3", "colnum": "983", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "hether they have been issued. The reality is that in 1996, a Conservative Government introduced legislation to put a legal responsibility on employers to establish the right to work of anyone they employed. At that time, the Conservative Government made no changes at all to national insurance numbers, they made no reference to the fact that national insurance numbers should be used as proof—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.983.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.984.1", "colnum": "984", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "As soon as we have the information, we will check as far as we can the date on which they were validated. I have to say that when I heard the reports last night, the SIA said—and I paraphrase—that the numbers looked like national insurance numbers. We have to determine whether that is the case—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.984.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.1035.0", "colnum": "1035", "heading": "Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]", "cue_speaker": "Brooks Newmark", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Brooks Newmark", "preceding_text": "it took the UK so long even to sign the convention, let alone to proceed with the ratification process. The circumstances of the UK's very late signature of the convention were scarcely more edifying than those of the Prime Minister's signature to the Lisbon treaty. For the more cynically minded among us, it would be possible sometimes to see the Government's response in terms of gesture politics.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.1035.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-16", "file": "debates2008-01-16b.xml", "sha256": "f4f763351c46aeee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.1046.2", "colnum": "1046", "heading": "PETITION", "cue_speaker": "Peter Viggers", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Viggers", "preceding_text": "I beg to introduce a petition relating to the proposed closure of Bury Cross post office in my constituency, signed by Mr. Christopher Donnithorne and a considerable number of other constituents.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-16b.1046.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-17", "file": "debates2008-01-17a.xml", "sha256": "7fa9f9f5c882c45c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17a.1089.0", "colnum": "1089", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "th regard to any individual case under the Official Secrets Act, the question of whether a prosecution should be brought is initially for the Attorney-General to determine in the public interest. Thereafter, the prosecution is conducted independently by the Crown Prosecution Service. Whether to proceed with the prosecution is a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service or the court to decide—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17a.1089.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-17", "file": "debates2008-01-17b.xml", "sha256": "4b778aecdfa41293", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1078.0", "colnum": "1078", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "to the motions. A number of Members have already done so. In her usual way, the right hon. Lady went on to allege that the Prime Minister treats Parliament with contempt. I say to her that in his first six months this Prime Minister has come to the House to give oral statements more times than the last two Prime Ministers did during their whole terms of office. That is about accounting for things.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1078.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-17", "file": "debates2008-01-17b.xml", "sha256": "4b778aecdfa41293", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1089.0", "colnum": "1089", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "With regard to any individual case under the Official Secrets Act, the question whether a prosecution should be brought is initially for the Attorney-General to determine in the public interest. Thereafter, the prosecution is conducted independently by the Crown Prosecution Service. Whether to proceed with the prosecution is a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service or the court to decide—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1089.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-17", "file": "debates2008-01-17b.xml", "sha256": "4b778aecdfa41293", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1090.2", "colnum": "1090", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "The Minister for the South West is my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Mr. Bradshaw) . We are developing the role of the regional Ministers—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1090.2"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-01-17", "file": "debates2008-01-17b.xml", "sha256": "4b778aecdfa41293", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1092.5", "colnum": "1092", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Oh!", "preceding_speaker": "Desmond Swayne", "preceding_text": "Will the Leader of the House arrange for, at the very least, a written statement from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the reappointment, or otherwise, of the official verderer of the New Forest, as my hon. Friend the Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis) and I fear that there has been some skulduggery?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1092.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-17", "file": "debates2008-01-17b.xml", "sha256": "4b778aecdfa41293", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1093.3", "colnum": "1093", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister answered questions in the House yesterday on Northern Rock—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1093.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-17", "file": "debates2008-01-17b.xml", "sha256": "4b778aecdfa41293", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1093.3", "colnum": "1093", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister answered questions in the House yesterday on Northern Rock—[Hon. Members: \"No!\"] He answered questions yesterday on Northern Rock. But there is one question that remains unanswered. Our position remains absolutely clear—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1093.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-17", "file": "debates2008-01-17b.xml", "sha256": "4b778aecdfa41293", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1141.0", "colnum": "1141", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Horam", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Horam", "preceding_text": "e north—are suffering from huge and worsening congestion. Here is a golden opportunity to do something about that problem very quickly and simply. The opportunity presents itself to the Minister to score a quick hit. When we raise the problem of congestion on commuter lines, he always tells us that Thameslink will come along in due course and other things will happen in 10 years' time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1141.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-17", "file": "debates2008-01-17b.xml", "sha256": "4b778aecdfa41293", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1159.1", "colnum": "1159", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tom Harris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tom Harris", "preceding_text": "valid point and, although I do not believe that the Bill as written would create the problems that he has predicted, I am persuaded that it would be improved by amendment No. 9. I can therefore tell the House that the Government are willing to accept that amendment. I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire on drumming up so much support on both sides of the House for that amendment.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-17b.1159.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21c.xml", "sha256": "2ac915d69ae19fee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1230.1", "colnum": "1230", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Des Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Des Browne", "preceding_text": " on Friday night to explain what I was doing. I trust that the House will accept that my judgment was right. The fundamental point made by the hon. Member for North Devon (Nick Harvey) is right—but I did not say that the MOD had \"robust\" policies, systems and procedures; I said that we had \"clear\" policies, systems and procedures. The hon. Gentleman pointed to a draft of the statement—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1230.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21c.xml", "sha256": "2ac915d69ae19fee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1247.3", "colnum": "1247", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "oportion of votes in UK hands from 8 to 12 per cent. Furthermore—and to pick up on an earlier point—let me set out the facts on qualified majority voting. Sixteen of the changes either do not apply to the UK or apply only if we agree, because they concern economic and monetary union, of which we are not a part, or justice and home affairs, on which we have the ability to opt in or out.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1247.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21c.xml", "sha256": "2ac915d69ae19fee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1252.5", "colnum": "1252", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Norway.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": " Richmond, Yorks have said that if the countries of Europe pass the treaty, in the event of a future Conservative Government they will \"not let the matter rest\". The Conservative party needs 14 countries to back its drive not to let the matter rest. I hope that in the right hon. Gentleman's speech he will name one country—just one—that will support his quest to reopen the treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1252.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21c.xml", "sha256": "2ac915d69ae19fee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1305.1", "colnum": "1305", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": "Liberals; I always enjoy doing so in these circumstances. Does anybody remember Nick Clegg? He used to be the Liberal spokesman on foreign affairs and moved a motion at the Liberal Democrat party conference in 2005 that said: \"Any proposals which involve significant change in the relationship between the Union, the member states and its citizens should be approved in Britain through a referendum.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1305.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21c.xml", "sha256": "2ac915d69ae19fee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1313.0", "colnum": "1313", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "id that they were 99 per cent. the same. Valery Giscard d'Estaing—back in November, before someone whispered in his ear—told the \"Today\" programme that when the two were compared, \"it's just another presentation and combination of presentations but the text is word to word the same one.\" Even within the Labour pantheon back home, the cracks are beginning to open wider. Bob Crowe—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1313.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21c.xml", "sha256": "2ac915d69ae19fee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1314.0", "colnum": "1314", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "s on this treaty. Members on both sides of the House should consider that the Government have completely failed to convince the media and the British people that this treaty is anything other than the constitution under another name—they have also failed to convince the majority of Labour Back Benchers deep down in their heart of hearts. We are the guardians of the people's liberties —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1314.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21c.xml", "sha256": "2ac915d69ae19fee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1318.6", "colnum": "1318", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "sition party in Europe support the treaty. The shadow Minister for Europe was given the opportunity again this evening to name just one European Government who oppose the treaty in the way that he does vociferously. Again, I give him the opportunity to name one Government, or even just one major Conservative party, who share their obsession about Europe and opposition to the treaty—just one.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1318.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21c.xml", "sha256": "2ac915d69ae19fee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1318.6", "colnum": "1318", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "milar speech to those that he has made for the past two or three decades. His views used to be on the periphery of the Conservative party's European position. Now, he finds himself increasingly in the mainstream—the hon. Gentleman nods about that—with the emergence of an organisation called Better Off Out. An ever-increasing number of Conservative Members are members of Better Off Out.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21c.1318.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1210.0", "colnum": "1210", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "l nationalisation would destroy that reputation altogether. To use his own language, I am glad that what looked like the Chancellor's plan A just a week ago has, after Prime Minister's questions, become the Government's plan B. The Chancellor should be more straight with people about the real consequences of his latest attempt to get out of the mess created by Labour's economic incompetence—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1210.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1210.0", "colnum": "1210", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "glad that what looked like the Chancellor's plan A just a week ago has, after Prime Minister's questions, become the Government's plan B. The Chancellor should be more straight with people about the real consequences of his latest attempt to get out of the mess created by Labour's economic incompetence— [ Interruption. ] Can he confirm that he wants the taxpayers of Britain to provide—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1210.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1217.2", "colnum": "1217", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Fraser Kemp", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Fraser Kemp", "preceding_text": "the financial markets. It secures the objective of protecting the taxpayer and offers real hope of long-term viability for a company that is very important for the north-east. Those of us who represent north-east constituencies will have many thousands of constituents who work for the company. I welcome the proposal; above all, it will end the damaging uncertainty that the company has faced—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1217.2"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1220.2", "colnum": "1220", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Brought down Gordon Brown!", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": "Given that the consequences of the sub-prime market fiasco which brought down Gord—Northern Rock—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1220.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1230.1", "colnum": "1230", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Des Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Des Browne", "preceding_text": "I contacted them on Friday night to explain what I was doing. I trust that the House will accept that my judgment was right. The fundamental point made by the hon. Member for North Devon is right—but I did not say that the MOD had \"robust\" policies, systems and procedures; I said that we had clear policies, systems and procedures. The hon. Gentleman pointed to a draft of the statement—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1230.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1234.3", "colnum": "1234", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Des Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Des Browne", "preceding_text": "This is the United Kingdom and we are the Government of the United Kingdom. It may well have escaped the notice of the hon. Gentleman during his obsession of the past few months, but our writ runs across the whole United Kingdom. We are perfectly capable of communicating with the citizens of the United Kingdom, whatever part of the United Kingdom they are in, via Royal Mail and other methods.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1234.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1239.6", "colnum": "1239", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "Just let me set out my argument. This treaty is unique, however, in one regard. It marks the end of a process of institutional reform. That process has gone on too long and taken too much energy, but, if this treaty is ratified around Europe, it will be well and truly over—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1239.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1239.6", "colnum": "1239", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "ash;to finish and to stop—the institutional reform process started by the Amsterdam and Nice treaties. The European Council concluded in December that the amending treaty \"provides the Union with a stable and lasting institutional framework. We expect no change in the foreseeable future\". Richard Lambert of the CBI said on 22 November that \"the tide of Euro federalism has turned decisively\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1239.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1241.3", "colnum": "1241", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "t the treaty; liberal parties—as well as social democratic and socialist parties—in all 27 countries support the treaty; and conservative parties in 26 countries support the treaty. Only in Britain do we have a major party opposed to the contents of the treaty. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has pledged its support for the provisions in the treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1241.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1241.5", "colnum": "1241", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No, I am going to make the point. The NSPCC pledged its support, as have One World Action, Action Aid and Oxfam—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1241.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1241.5", "colnum": "1241", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No, I am going to make the point. The NSPCC pledged its support, as have One World Action, Action Aid and Oxfam— [Interruption.] I will give way in due course—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1241.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1244.1", "colnum": "1244", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I will make some progress.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1244.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1244.5", "colnum": "1244", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "Let me go through the clauses of the Bill.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1244.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1245.8", "colnum": "1245", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman has quoted a very partial part—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1245.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1247.3", "colnum": "1247", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "oportion of votes in UK hands from 8 to 12 per cent. Furthermore—and to pick up on an earlier point—let me set out the facts on qualified majority voting. Sixteen of the changes either do not apply to the UK or apply only if we agree, because they concern economic and monetary union, of which we are not a part, or justice and home affairs, on which we have the ability to opt in or out.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1247.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1252.3", "colnum": "1252", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No. Mr. Deputy Speaker, \"The myth that we are threatened with a European superstate is still nourished in the Conservative cul-de-sac. Certainly there are Continental idealists who bitterly regret that it has faded away, but faded it has, as has been clear since Maastricht.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1252.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1252.5", "colnum": "1252", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Norway.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "er for Richmond, Yorks have said that if the countries of Europe pass the treaty, in the event of a future Conservative Government they will \"not let the matter rest\". The Conservative party needs 14 countries to back its drive not to let the matter rest. I hope that in the right hon. Gentleman's speech he will name one country—just one—that will support his quest to reopen the treaty.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1252.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1256.3", "colnum": "1256", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Where is he?\"", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "ing of escaping a referendum commitment, in The Guardian of October 2003 I came across an article with the headlines \"We need an EU referendum\" and \"Nothing will damage the pro-European movement more than appearing to have something to hide\". It was written by a certain N. Clegg, who went on to become the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) and is now the leader of the Liberal Democrats.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1256.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1257.7", "colnum": "1257", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It worked!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman referred to promises made in general elections. Does he remember that he led his party into the 2001 election on the slogan, \"X days to save the pound,\" and is it not a fact that the pound remains safe today—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1257.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1257.8", "colnum": "1257", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Pound", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Pound", "preceding_text": "Yes, I'm still here.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1257.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1268.6", "colnum": "1268", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "Let us remember that the hon. Gentleman voted against a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union, and denied his constituents that vote. I was quoting the presidential candidate for the Republicans, Senator John McCain, who was observing—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1268.6"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1287.0", "colnum": "1287", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Hendrick", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Hendrick", "preceding_text": "There is no change. The situation is as it is now—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1287.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1305.1", "colnum": "1305", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": "Liberals; I always enjoy doing so in these circumstances. Does anybody remember Nick Clegg? He used to be the Liberal spokesman on foreign affairs and moved a motion at the Liberal Democrat party conference in 2005 that said: \"Any proposals which involve significant change in the relationship between the Union, the member states and its citizens should be approved in Britain through a referendum.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1305.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1313.0", "colnum": "1313", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "aid that they were 99 per cent. the same. Valery Giscard d'Estaing—back in November, before someone whispered in his ear—told the \"Today\" programme that when the two were compared, \"it's just another presentation and combination of presentations but the text is word to word the same one.\" Even within the Labour pantheon back home, the cracks are beginning to open wider. Bob Crow—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1313.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1313.2", "colnum": "1313", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "A trade union leader—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1313.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1314.0", "colnum": "1314", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "s on this treaty. Members on both sides of the House should consider that the Government have completely failed to convince the media and the British people that this treaty is anything other than the constitution under another name—they have also failed to convince the majority of Labour Back Benchers deep down in their heart of hearts. We are the guardians of the people's liberties —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1314.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1318.4", "colnum": "1318", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "May I make some progress? There is only a short time available. There are a number of sensible and important changes about the extension—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1318.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1318.6", "colnum": "1318", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "ition party in Europe supports the treaty. The shadow Minister for Europe was given the opportunity again this evening to name just one European Government who oppose the treaty in the way that he does vociferously. Again, I give him the opportunity to name one Government, or even just one major Conservative party, who share their obsession about Europe and opposition to the treaty—just one.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1318.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-21", "file": "debates2008-01-21d.xml", "sha256": "d630a54ed2a632ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1318.6", "colnum": "1318", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "milar speech to those that he has made for the past two or three decades. His views used to be on the periphery of the Conservative party's European position. Now, he finds himself increasingly in the mainstream—the hon. Gentleman nods about that—with the emergence of an organisation called Better Off Out. An ever-increasing number of Conservative Members are members of Better Off Out.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-21d.1318.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22a.xml", "sha256": "aea414708bf22140", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22a.1405.0", "colnum": "1405", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Albert Owen", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Albert Owen", "preceding_text": "terprise and Regulatory Reform Committee, the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire (Peter Luff) , who, while surveying the issues, made some poignant points. I am pro-nuclear, pro-renewables and pro-energy efficiency, and I do not see any contradiction in those beliefs. I should like to add a Welsh dimension to our debate, as I do not think that there are any other Members from Wales in the Chamber.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22a.1405.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22a.xml", "sha256": "aea414708bf22140", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22a.1464.4", "colnum": "1464", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "complacent, but I am proud of what we have done. The winter fuel payments, totalling £2 billion a year, is again helping some 12 million people this winter. May I say to the hon. Member for Wealden (Charles Hendry) , with as much politeness as I can muster at this hour, that I cannot take seriously all this concern about fuel poverty on the part of Tory Members? I find it difficult to do so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22a.1464.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22a.xml", "sha256": "aea414708bf22140", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22a.1464.4", "colnum": "1464", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "ar, is again helping some 12 million people this winter. May I say to the hon. Member for Wealden (Charles Hendry) , with as much politeness as I can muster at this hour, that I cannot take seriously all this concern about fuel poverty on the part of Tory Members? I find it difficult to do so. [Interruption.] I will tell the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr. Bone) why: when we took office—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22a.1464.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22b.xml", "sha256": "e7e98b14172e6547", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1362.5", "colnum": "1362", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I will, Henry—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1362.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22b.xml", "sha256": "e7e98b14172e6547", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1367.1", "colnum": "1367", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": " that the hon. Gentleman has mentioned, other equally promising technologies and solutions would have been automatically ruled out, and instead of hearing from him, we would have heard from many of my hon. Friends and other Members about why their particular projects had not been allowed to proceed. To be honest, I do not think we want to hear any more from the hon. Gentleman about these subjects.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1367.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22b.xml", "sha256": "e7e98b14172e6547", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1385.0", "colnum": "1385", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": "I take it for the moment that the hon. Gentleman agrees with me, but I did not quite understand his intervention.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1385.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22b.xml", "sha256": "e7e98b14172e6547", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1405.0", "colnum": "1405", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Albert Owen", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Albert Owen", "preceding_text": "terprise and Regulatory Reform Committee, the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire (Peter Luff) , who, while surveying the issues, made some poignant points. I am pro-nuclear, pro-renewables and pro-energy efficiency, and I do not see any contradiction in those beliefs. I should like to add a Welsh dimension to our debate, as I do not think that there are any other Members from Wales in the Chamber.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1405.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22b.xml", "sha256": "e7e98b14172e6547", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1408.0", "colnum": "1408", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Laurence Robertson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Laurence Robertson", "preceding_text": "I endorse everything that I have just heard from the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Albert Owen) , who made a balanced and sensible speech with regard to the nuclear industry. Three years ago I had spent two years studying energy as the Conservative party spokesman on the subject, which does not make me an expert—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1408.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22b.xml", "sha256": "e7e98b14172e6547", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1427.1", "colnum": "1427", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": "e that we must do something to save the planet is getting through to the younger generation. I seriously congratulate my party leader on changing the Conservative party in that respect. We heard the hon. Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone mention all the terrible things that the Conservatives have done that did nothing to save the planet, yet we are now leading the debate on that front—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1427.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22b.xml", "sha256": "e7e98b14172e6547", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1455.0", "colnum": "1455", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Chaytor", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Chaytor", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend makes an important point, but it comes down to whether any new generation or fleet of power stations will be built simultaneously or consecutively. Given that everyone agrees that it will take about 10 years for the first station to be built, and then after that perhaps five years, at least, for each successive power station—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1455.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22b.xml", "sha256": "e7e98b14172e6547", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1464.4", "colnum": "1464", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "omplacent, but I am proud of what we have done. The winter fuel payments, totalling £2 billion a year, are again helping some 12 million people this winter. May I say to the hon. Member for Wealden (Charles Hendry) , with as much politeness as I can muster at this hour, that I cannot take seriously all this concern about fuel poverty on the part of Tory Members? I find it difficult to do so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1464.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-22", "file": "debates2008-01-22b.xml", "sha256": "e7e98b14172e6547", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1464.4", "colnum": "1464", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "r, are again helping some 12 million people this winter. May I say to the hon. Member for Wealden (Charles Hendry) , with as much politeness as I can muster at this hour, that I cannot take seriously all this concern about fuel poverty on the part of Tory Members? I find it difficult to do so. [Interruption.] I will tell the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr. Bone) why: when we took office—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-22b.1464.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1486.8", "colnum": "1486", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Des Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Des Browne", "preceding_text": "measure of the scale of the investment that the Government have made in Scotland and of the opportunities to build Scotland's infrastructure. The people of Scotland will not forgive the minority Administration if they do not spend that money wisely on the priorities of the people of Scotland, rather than on what the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson) called a petty bit of political posturing.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1486.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1488.5", "colnum": "1488", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Crabb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Crabb", "preceding_text": "I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Corporal Darryl Gardiner. Will the Prime Minister please tell us what exactly is happening on Britain's streets when the Home Secretary needs an armed police escort to go and buy a kebab?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1488.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1488.8", "colnum": "1488", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "preceding_text": "d, the people there feel great fear and anxiety the next time there is heavy rainfall. That happened in Carlisle on Monday. Parts of the city have good flood defences, and extra defences will be put in place where they are needed, but what is happening nationally? The Government have massively increased funding for flood defences since last year's tremendous downpours, but that will not be enough.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1488.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1488.8", "colnum": "1488", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "preceding_text": "ra defences will be put in place where they are needed, but what is happening nationally? The Government have massively increased funding for flood defences since last year's tremendous downpours, but that will not be enough. [ Interruption. ] Will the Prime Minister assure the House that he will look to the insurance companies and local authorities for other funding sources? Will he review—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1488.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1491.2", "colnum": "1491", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "It is not bad judgment to take British business men and British business women—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1491.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1491.3", "colnum": "1491", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Let the Prime Minister answer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1491.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1492.2", "colnum": "1492", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "Is not the real truth that the Prime Minister will not nationalise the bank because he is running scared of the Conservative party?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1492.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1492.2", "colnum": "1492", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "Is not the real truth that the Prime Minister will not nationalise the bank because he is running scared of the Conservative party? [Interruption.] It has no solutions—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1492.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1503.0", "colnum": "1503", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. The hon. Gentleman has gone over the time allocated to the Opposition. In fact, I have given him a minute over. Rather than being overweight, he is over time.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1503.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1506.3", "colnum": "1506", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": " approved them. Let me deal with the more negative aspects—for example, the hon. Gentleman's comment that the Government's record was \"woeful\". We can always have a knockabout and say that we have not done all that we should have done. I accept that, but woeful? Let me just clarify on school sport that when I mentioned four hours, I meant to say two hours of high-quality PE in schools—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1506.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1513.0", "colnum": "1513", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, let me say that he can ask that question when he has the relevant Secretary of State in front of him. My recollection from when I was doing that job is that we had a large increase in the number of PE teachers.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1513.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1513.0", "colnum": "1513", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, let me say that he can ask that question when he has the relevant Secretary of State in front of him. My recollection from when I was doing that job is that we had a large increase in the number of PE teachers. [Interruption.] Well, I would have to look at that in detail. I will not take it as read from the hon. Gentleman.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1513.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1513.0", "colnum": "1513", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "rgive me, let me say that he can ask that question when he has the relevant Secretary of State in front of him. My recollection from when I was doing that job is that we had a large increase in the number of PE teachers. [Interruption.] Well, I would have to look at that in detail. I will not take it as read from the hon. Gentleman. [Interruption.] I mean no disrespect to the hon. Gentleman—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1513.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1543.2", "colnum": "1543", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Williams", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Williams", "preceding_text": "I find it ironic that Conservative Front Benchers have tabled the amendments, whatever political perspective the hon. Gentleman supported in the 1980s. In all its privatisations in the 1980s and 1990s, the Conservative party did not necessarily guarantee full value for money for the taxpayer—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1543.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-23", "file": "debates2008-01-23c.xml", "sha256": "22602d4b04a829b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1555.0", "colnum": "1555", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John McDonnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McDonnell", "preceding_text": "Amendment No. 4 stands in my name, and I see that amendment No. 9 is virtually the same as it—it would certainly have the same effect. I was not privileged to be a member of the Public Bill Committee, so—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-23c.1555.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24a.xml", "sha256": "86eec8deff5c364b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24a.1680.1", "colnum": "1680", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "Well—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24a.1680.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24a.xml", "sha256": "86eec8deff5c364b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24a.1707.2", "colnum": "1707", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Butterfill", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Butterfill", "preceding_text": " an inaccuracy. My recollection from when I came to the House in 1983—no doubt you, too, will remember this, Mr. Deputy Speaker—is that we then paid 9 per cent. for a six-year scheme. It might be that the off-blue section of the chart, which is supposed to represent our contributions, is also inaccurate. I have not had the opportunity to check that in detail while I have been speaking.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24a.1707.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1611.0", "colnum": "1611", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Mark Hoban", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Hoban", "preceding_text": "e, but it is only in Britain that the threat of nationalisation hangs over a bank, it is only in Britain that there is a run on a bank, and it is only in Britain that £55 billion of taxpayers' money is at risk. Is that not why the Chancellor's own advisers, Goldman Sachs, said: \"The Northern Rock factor has badly dented the UK's reputation for being the world's pre-eminent financial centre\"?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1611.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1625.2", "colnum": "1625", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer the question.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "The figures that I gave to the hon. Member for Poole (Mr. Syms) earlier show that this country has met debts at a lower level than any of our European competitors. If the hon. Member for New Forest, West (Mr. Swayne) is questioning our spending, let me quote the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) from his press conference last week—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1625.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1625.3", "colnum": "1625", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Desmond Swayne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Desmond Swayne", "preceding_text": "Can I answer that, Mr. Speaker?—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1625.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1626.2", "colnum": "1626", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman raises a fair point. There are categories of individual for whom security is a higher priority.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1626.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1640.1", "colnum": "1640", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "The whole House can see the dates on the Order Paper for the days allotted for the business, where it is confirmed.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1640.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1640.1", "colnum": "1640", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "sh citizens, it would be brought back to this House for a debate and a vote. That has been the situation, and it remains so. The right hon. Lady talked about the Mayor of London. As London's Mayor, Ken Livingstone has revitalised the city. I am sure that Members will agree that London is the greatest capital city in the world. It is on his record, which speaks for itself, that London voters—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1640.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1662.0", "colnum": "1662", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "t for the Leader of the House when in business questions every week she kept being asked when the report was coming forward. Each week, she tried to find different language—\"shortly\", \"very shortly\" and \"imminently\". She was desperately trying to find a way of explaining what was happening. Then there was a farcical situation; the reason given for not publishing the report for Members—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1662.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1676.0", "colnum": "1676", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and I see the hon. Member for Sunderland, South (Mr. Mullin) nodding in agreement as well. He has taken a strong view on this matter. My hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) has argued that his preferred option would be the state pension, because it is simple and because everyone out there knows what the state pension is—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1676.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1677.2", "colnum": "1677", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "b). The Leader of the House was good enough to say that she intends the proposals to come into effect from the beginning of the new financial year, which I accept, but I want us to lock that in so that we can plan ahead, knowing that in the new financial year we will be able to pay for three and a half staff with funds provided from the taxpayer via the Fees Office. That is not unreasonable—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1677.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-24", "file": "debates2008-01-24b.xml", "sha256": "e165abc26b14473f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1707.2", "colnum": "1707", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "John Butterfill", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Butterfill", "preceding_text": "inaccuracy. My recollection from when I came to the House in 1983—no doubt you, too, will remember this, Mr. Deputy Speaker—is that we then paid 9 per cent. for a one-sixtieth scheme. It might be that the off-blue section of the chart, which is supposed to represent our contributions, is also inaccurate. I have not had the opportunity to check that in detail while I have been speaking.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-24b.1707.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-25", "file": "debates2008-01-25b.xml", "sha256": "cc7b878c20f33282", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1745.3", "colnum": "1745", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Battle", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Battle", "preceding_text": "onversation in a practical way. That is why the Bill reverse engineers the whole process. Rather than setting targets that are left there hanging nebulously, let us try to build the targets into the buildings in the new communities and address the problem through the planning system and local authorities. I welcome the Bill and applaud the hon. Member for Stevenage for the work that he has put in.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1745.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-25", "file": "debates2008-01-25b.xml", "sha256": "cc7b878c20f33282", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1745.3", "colnum": "1745", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Battle", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \" Stevenage.\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Battle", "preceding_text": " setting targets that are left there hanging nebulously, let us try to build the targets into the buildings in the new communities and address the problem through the planning system and local authorities. I welcome the Bill and applaud the hon. Member for Stevenage for the work that he has put in. [ Interruption. ] Did I get the constituency of the hon. Member for Sevenoaks wrong? What did I say?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1745.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-25", "file": "debates2008-01-25b.xml", "sha256": "cc7b878c20f33282", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1761.1", "colnum": "1761", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Wright", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Wright", "preceding_text": "t of what they do in their local planning documents. In that respect, I imagine that Cambridge should be doing exactly that. I hope that answers his question. I have been struck by some of the comments made in defence of the Bill, and I wrote some of them down, such as, \"It makes nobody do anything\". I approach such matters on the principle that legislation should make somebody do something—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1761.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-25", "file": "debates2008-01-25b.xml", "sha256": "cc7b878c20f33282", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1763.3", "colnum": "1763", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Wright", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Wright", "preceding_text": "7 of the Planning Bill. That clause, the requirements of the 2004 Act and the PPS together implement our proposal in the planning White Paper to legislate in order to set out clearly the role of local planning authorities in tackling energy efficiency and climate change. That should be welcomed by Members in all parties. I am a junior Housing Minister, and that is incredibly important today—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1763.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-25", "file": "debates2008-01-25b.xml", "sha256": "cc7b878c20f33282", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1763.3", "colnum": "1763", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Wright", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Wright", "preceding_text": "eater use of renewable energy. One method alone, I suggest, will not be enough. With a demanding national timetable, it is important that councils have a strategic local lead, including through their planning responsibilities. Our new planning rules, backed by the climate duty in the Planning Bill, provide a strong framework for the collaborative and responsible working needed to make that happen.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-25b.1763.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28b.xml", "sha256": "6169951f319b6b16", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28b.85.5", "colnum": "85", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "That is very generous of the hon. Gentleman. However, we have not yet had an opportunity to get the amendment passed. When it is available and has been passed, we can have that discussion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28b.85.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.8.6", "colnum": "8", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"A Tory exhibition?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "preceding_text": "I acknowledge the work that my hon. Friend has done in his constituency. There are two museums in Luton: the Stockwood Discovery Centre, where we are investing £6 million, and the Wardown Park museum, which is about to receive an excellent touring exhibition on ancient Greece from the British Museum.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.8.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.10.6", "colnum": "10", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "I am grateful for that question, but I will not pass comment—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.10.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.41.6", "colnum": "41", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": " him it; I am going to work my way through these pages and set out the Government's case. I shall try to do so now. Although I will, of course, take further interventions, I want to make at least a little progress beyond page 1. Before you joined us, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I had just concluded the introductory quote from the Prime Minister in his post-European Council statement on 17 December —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.41.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.47.6", "colnum": "47", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "What we have said in the motion is that we will approach the issue in a flexible way that ensures not only the right balance between amendments and discussion on themes, but that the motion can be revisited on a daily basis. On Standing Order No. 24 , the fact is that the House, through you, Mr. Deputy Speaker—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.47.6"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.50.6", "colnum": "50", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "David Hamilton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Hamilton", "preceding_text": "I believe that my hon. Friend is being far too flexible, which is half the problem we have at the moment. Let me suggest that he get past page 3 so we can actually start debating what is going to happen—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.50.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.58.0", "colnum": "58", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "Will the Minister give way on that point?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.58.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.71.1", "colnum": "71", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "Yes, we have seen that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.71.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.78.4", "colnum": "78", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "Colin Burgon", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ooh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Colin Burgon", "preceding_text": "Is the concept that the bureaucrats and Peter Mandelsons of this world—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.78.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.81.1", "colnum": "81", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Only second?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "Absolutely. I shall come back to that, although I do not want to make a long speech, which might disappoint colleagues—over the weekend, I contemplated using motion No. 1 or motion No. 2 as an opportunity to make a record-breaking speech, which would have been a very long speech indeed. I think that I am second in the parliamentary league table—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.81.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.82.1", "colnum": "82", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "It is not a red herring. It is an absolutely central proposal in the treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.82.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.85.3", "colnum": "85", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": " at the end. There are better procedural ways of achieving the same objective. My fourth objection is the split between four and a half hours for general debate and one and a half hours for amendments. The hon. Member for Glasgow, South-West is right to say that we are unlikely to table millions of amendments, but some hon. Members will table them and he might even table the odd one himself—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.85.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.85.5", "colnum": "85", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "That is very generous of the hon. Gentleman. However, we have not yet had an opportunity to get the amendment passed. When it is available and has been passed, we can have that discussion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.85.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-28", "file": "debates2008-01-28c.xml", "sha256": "05ee82b431b814a1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.102.1", "colnum": "102", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty)", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "preceding_text": "Ireland has a common law system, but every other country is different.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-28c.102.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-29", "file": "debates2008-01-29c.xml", "sha256": "d52b2145306f0dfa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.163.2", "colnum": "163", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"You're in government.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "h the Prison Service and the probation service, that as well as suffering proper punishment, more offenders are trained so that they do not reoffend when they leave prison. The record on that is clear. The changes to the week are the result of financial constraints, but the question for Conservative Members is whether they would increase spending on prisons, as well as the rest of public spending.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.163.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-29", "file": "debates2008-01-29c.xml", "sha256": "d52b2145306f0dfa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.197.2", "colnum": "197", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No.2)", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "Only someone with the distinguished experience and ability of my hon. Friend could suggest that the House should compare Cameroon to the European Union—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.197.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-29", "file": "debates2008-01-29c.xml", "sha256": "d52b2145306f0dfa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.213.0", "colnum": "213", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No.2)", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "Is it not a problem that the treaty, like so many other aspects of the European Union, is a little like one's grandmother's mangle? Once one's shirt gets caught in it, there is only way through it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.213.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-29", "file": "debates2008-01-29c.xml", "sha256": "d52b2145306f0dfa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.219.0", "colnum": "219", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No.2)", "cue_speaker": "John Gummer", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Gummer", "preceding_text": " need the regulations.\" It seemed that the then Government could not understand that if they wanted others to reach similar standards, they had to accept the same restrictions as applied to others. I find it very difficult to accept the argument that because something is new, it must be wrong, and that even though circumstances have changed, we do not need to alter our present arrangements —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.219.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-29", "file": "debates2008-01-29c.xml", "sha256": "d52b2145306f0dfa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.226.0", "colnum": "226", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No.2)", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "n. and learned Member for Harborough (Mr. Garnier) , who retains the status of being in a minority on the Opposition Front-Bench team as a pro-European Conservative. He spoke with fond memories of his debut, and maiden speech, during the Maastricht debate. In his role then, he was obviously a member of the Conservative Group for Europe. I do not know whether he still is a member of the CGE —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.226.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-29", "file": "debates2008-01-29c.xml", "sha256": "d52b2145306f0dfa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.246.5", "colnum": "246", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It doesn't.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": " found we no longer wanted to participate, given how the negotiations had gone. In the Lisbon treaty, we have very clearly, for the first time, the emergency brake procedure whereby the matter goes to the European Council. That is fundamental. Article 9B(4) says: \"Except where the Treaties provide otherwise, decisions of the European Council shall be taken by consensus.\" Consensus means unanimity.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.246.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-29", "file": "debates2008-01-29c.xml", "sha256": "d52b2145306f0dfa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.261.3", "colnum": "261", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "preceding_text": "rests of this country. In fact, we enjoy special arrangements on extradition with a great many countries. We stand to lose those special arrangements under these provisions, and I ask the Minister to confirm in his winding-up speech whether I am right or wrong. With the inclusion of these provisions on justice and home affairs in the main body of the treaty, in conjunction with article 188L—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.261.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-29", "file": "debates2008-01-29c.xml", "sha256": "d52b2145306f0dfa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.272.1", "colnum": "272", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "I am not certain that that is the case. We believe in an economy that is flexible and liberal but contains a core component of social Europe. The ECJ can play an important part in that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.272.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-29", "file": "debates2008-01-29c.xml", "sha256": "d52b2145306f0dfa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.276.0", "colnum": "276", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": " Government have such a powerful case in opposing our amendment No. 214, why is it that out of a party of more than 350 MPs, not a single Labour Back Bencher made a speech in defence of the Government's position? In fact, for large parts of the debate on the amendments, the Labour Benches were almost completely deserted. So much for line-by-line scrutiny of the treaty of Lisbon! The fact is—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-29c.276.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30b.xml", "sha256": "55f1bdbfb1b1d986", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30b.340.3", "colnum": "340", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I did deal with that point—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30b.340.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30b.xml", "sha256": "55f1bdbfb1b1d986", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30b.356.1", "colnum": "356", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "preceding_text": "ther he intended to—when he spoke about gas rationing from Bavaria to Birmingham. He also referred to gas from Milford Haven but, as he will know, it is supplied from Qatar. At the risk of extending this debate, can you imagine, Mr. Deputy Speaker, having to tell the Government of Qatar that instead of their vessels on the high seas going to Milford Haven, they should be diverted to Bavaria?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30b.356.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30b.xml", "sha256": "55f1bdbfb1b1d986", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30b.376.1", "colnum": "376", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Peter Luff", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Luff", "preceding_text": "he United Kingdom's future ability to pay its way in the world and our long-term security. Mercifully skills are not in any sense a European Union competence, and I think that that is the answer that the hon. Member for Northavon (Steve Webb) should have given when he was challenged on the point earlier. Skills are an example of the competences that we believe should remain firmly in this country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30b.376.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.307.5", "colnum": "307", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "this: our Government are taking action to reduce bureaucracy in the police. There are more police officers than ever before in the history of the country. We have more police officers and more community support officers. That is why, last week, crime was down. Crime is now down 30 per cent. We are the first Government since 1945 to see crime down. He should be congratulating us, not condemning us.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.307.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.340.2", "colnum": "340", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I did deal with that point—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.340.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.341.3", "colnum": "341", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": "ans that the EU and member states may both adopt legislation, but that member states have freedom to do so only to the extent that the EU has not. In practice, that means that in the eyes of the EU and its legal order it is European law, not the laws of individual member states, that will enjoy supremacy. The word \"supremacy\" itself may not be in the treaty, but the principle of superiority—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.341.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.346.7", "colnum": "346", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": "ouncil to redistribute energy across the bloc during times of crisis. A gas dispute in Bavaria could ultimately lead to gas rationing in Birmingham. If there is an interruption in the supplies from the Gulf, the Commission can override our contracts. It can cut off our supplies from Milford Haven and send them to Ingolstadt, or divert our liquefied natural gas from the Isle of Grain to Novo Mesto.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.346.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.356.1", "colnum": "356", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "preceding_text": "ther he intended to—when he spoke about gas rationing from Bavaria to Birmingham. He also referred to gas from Milford Haven but, as he will know, it is supplied from Qatar. At the risk of extending this debate, can you imagine, Mr. Deputy Speaker, having to tell the Government of Qatar that instead of their vessels on the high seas going to Milford Haven, they should be diverted to Bavaria?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.356.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.369.3", "colnum": "369", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Patricia Hewitt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patricia Hewitt", "preceding_text": " we secure our energy supplies and how we deal with and reduce CO2 emissions. Equally, much of the action that we need to take in response to those challenges, we can take only in common with our fellow members of the European Union. The problem—this is the point made by the hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr. Taylor) —is not that we have too much Europe, but that we have too little.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.369.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.376.1", "colnum": "376", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Peter Luff", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Luff", "preceding_text": "e United Kingdom's future ability to pay its way in the world and our long-term security. Mercifully, skills are not in any sense a European Union competence, and I think that that is the answer that the hon. Member for Northavon (Steve Webb) should have given when he was challenged on the point earlier. Skills are an example of the competences that we believe should remain firmly in this country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.376.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.381.1", "colnum": "381", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Peter Luff", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Luff", "preceding_text": "almost share my hon. Friend's addiction to the nuances and niceties of the matter. He is right that the article states, \"without prejudice to Article 192(2)(c).\" However, article 192 provides that the Council will act unanimously, but \"without prejudice to Article 114.\" I shall not turn back to article 114 to discover to which article it is without prejudice. Heaven knows where that would lead us.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.381.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.397.4", "colnum": "397", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "One of the \"illegitimates\" is trying to heckle me, I think.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.397.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.414.6", "colnum": "414", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "preceding_text": "It is good to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Michael, and rewarding to see the House of Commons at its best today. We have seen the cut and thrust of debate, with attempts to outwit and challenge Front Benchers made by Back Benchers—and that is only on the Conservative Benches.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.414.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.415.1", "colnum": "415", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "preceding_text": "That is not for me to answer. The hon. Gentleman should ask the Minister.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.415.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.416.3", "colnum": "416", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "preceding_text": "I would not mind getting on to the amendments—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.416.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.416.7", "colnum": "416", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "preceding_text": "The situation with qualified majority voting is not fundamentally changing—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.416.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.417.0", "colnum": "417", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "preceding_text": "of the principle of subsidiarity, which still underlies this treaty as it did others. Let me move on to the amendments. It is interesting to note that the amendments tabled by Back-Bench Conservatives are more or less indistinguishable in effect from those tabled by Front-Bench Conservatives. We feared that the Europhobes would press down on the Front Bench—but they seem to have captured it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.417.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.417.0", "colnum": "417", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "preceding_text": " that the amendments tabled by Back-Bench Conservatives are more or less indistinguishable in effect from those tabled by Front-Bench Conservatives. We feared that the Europhobes would press down on the Front Bench—but they seem to have captured it. [ Interruption. ] I shall come to the subject of whether amendments are necessary in a moment, but we agree with the thrust of the treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.417.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.422.5", "colnum": "422", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "preceding_text": "cation of other provisions of the Treaties, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall establish the measures necessary to achieve the objectives in paragraph 1.\" What is wrong with a supranational umbrella that tries to give directions to the member states of the European Union—as far down as Bulgaria and Romania, by the way?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.422.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-30", "file": "debates2008-01-30c.xml", "sha256": "0acd8412abcdfe49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.432.4", "colnum": "432", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "o-operation on energy, but removing all EU competence over energy, as amendment No. 33 would, would prevent the UK from giving effect to any agreement we reach with EU partners. The right hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden talked about the inclusion in a legally binding protocol of undistorted competition. President Sarkozy has acknowledged that that is symbolic rather than substance and—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-30c.432.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31a.xml", "sha256": "f4aefda7ba6065b5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31a.472.0", "colnum": "472", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Not enough.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ch taken by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. The hon. Gentleman will know that we are taking on the Floor of the House next week and the week after the House returns from the recess two issues in relation to two counties. On the procedure for dealing with treaties, we have a Bill that enacts a treaty and we have sought in the latest Bill to give as much time as possible to deal—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31a.472.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31a.xml", "sha256": "f4aefda7ba6065b5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31a.472.0", "colnum": "472", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "o two counties. On the procedure for dealing with treaties, we have a Bill that enacts a treaty and we have sought in the latest Bill to give as much time as possible to deal—[Hon. Members: \"Not enough.\"] Hon. Members say, \"Not enough\", but we have afforded the Committee stage of that Bill more days of debate than were afforded to the Nice treaty, the Amsterdam treaty and the European—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31a.472.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31a.xml", "sha256": "f4aefda7ba6065b5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31a.507.0", "colnum": "507", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Keith Simpson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Simpson", "preceding_text": " Then we have the bystanders—the public, the neighbours, the democratic political parties, the Churches and, of course, the allies and the neutrals. I have often wondered what we would have done in the circumstances. I look at how many of us would behave at the prospect of our name appearing in the News of the World , if it were to e-mail us threatening to put us in one of its columns—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31a.507.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31a.xml", "sha256": "f4aefda7ba6065b5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31a.544.1", "colnum": "544", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.", "preceding_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "preceding_text": "the Red Book that misleads us by ignoring some of the other factors that affect our constituents. The second aspect of the Bill is its impact on pensions, particularly in respect of the upper earnings accruals point, about which my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Hertfordshire spoke at length earlier. The House will be pleased to know that I will not go into any further detail at this stage.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31a.544.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31b.xml", "sha256": "0f508a5fe1b61d49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.450.1", "colnum": "450", "heading": "ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "Let us not let Wrigley's wriggle out of this one.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.450.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31b.xml", "sha256": "0f508a5fe1b61d49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.456.0", "colnum": "456", "heading": "ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "We banned pair trawling in the western channel. We do not have the ability to ban French vessels—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.456.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31b.xml", "sha256": "0f508a5fe1b61d49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.456.0", "colnum": "456", "heading": "ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "gned up. We presented our argument in Europe and we took unilateral action to ban pair trawling—that constitutes taking an effective measure. We argued our case and we were unable to persuade others, but we are taking action ourselves. The sea mammal research unit at St. Andrews has advised us that there is no danger to bottle-nosed dolphins in the Moray firth from ship-to-ship oil transfer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.456.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31b.xml", "sha256": "0f508a5fe1b61d49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.472.0", "colnum": "472", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Not enough.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": " taken by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. The hon. Gentleman will know that we are taking on the Floor of the House next week and the week after the House returns from the recess two issues in relation to two counties. On the procedure for dealing with treaties, we have a Bill that enacts a treaty and we have sought with the latest Bill to give as much time as possible to deal—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.472.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31b.xml", "sha256": "0f508a5fe1b61d49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.472.0", "colnum": "472", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "two counties. On the procedure for dealing with treaties, we have a Bill that enacts a treaty and we have sought with the latest Bill to give as much time as possible to deal—[Hon. Members: \"Not enough.\"] Hon. Members say, \"Not enough\", but we have afforded the Committee stage of that Bill more days of debate than were afforded to the Nice treaty, the Amsterdam treaty and the European—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.472.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31b.xml", "sha256": "0f508a5fe1b61d49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.507.0", "colnum": "507", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Keith Simpson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Simpson", "preceding_text": " Then we have the bystanders—the public, the neighbours, the democratic political parties, the Churches and, of course, the allies and the neutrals. I have often wondered what we would have done in the circumstances. I look at how many of us would behave at the prospect of our name appearing in the News of the World , if it were to e-mail us threatening to put us in one of its columns—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.507.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-01-31", "file": "debates2008-01-31b.xml", "sha256": "0f508a5fe1b61d49", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.524.1", "colnum": "524", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "ople earning about £40,000, but not seeking to establish a corresponding loosening of the tax burden on those at the lower end of the scale who would benefit the most from being able to spend a greater proportion of their own money as they saw fit. That said, I do not think that this Bill is the most controversial item of legislation that we will consider in this Session of Parliament—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-01-31b.524.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-01", "file": "debates2008-02-01a.xml", "sha256": "0ebdc2c6b4292868", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-01a.582.1", "colnum": "582", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Bercow", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Bercow", "preceding_text": "icy makers nationally deliberately or inadvertently to abdicate responsibility and simply say, \"Oh, these are not matters with which it is proper for us to interfere—we are mere Ministers, humble specimens who do not presume the expert knowledge. It is a matter purely for the local authority or the primary care trust to determine the configuration of services.\" That would be a great mistake.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-01a.582.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-01", "file": "debates2008-02-01a.xml", "sha256": "0ebdc2c6b4292868", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-01a.594.0", "colnum": "594", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Never.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "preceding_text": "l will make a significant advance, and I hope that the Minister will take it forward, that the Government will help it on to the statute book, and that they will move on from there and make better SEN provision for all our children. My interest in, and concern about, SEN goes back a long way. I am certain that I went to school before anyone else in the Chamber. I started primary education in 1946.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-01a.594.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-01", "file": "debates2008-02-01b.xml", "sha256": "95c86a499e77ae94", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-01b.582.1", "colnum": "582", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Bercow", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Bercow", "preceding_text": "es policy makers nationally deliberately or inadvertently to abdicate responsibility and simply say, \"Oh, these are not matters with which it is proper for us to interfere—we are mere Ministers, humble specimens who do not claim expert knowledge. It is a matter purely for the local authority or the primary care trust to determine the configuration of services.\" That would be a great mistake.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-01b.582.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-01", "file": "debates2008-02-01b.xml", "sha256": "95c86a499e77ae94", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-01b.594.0", "colnum": "594", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Never!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "preceding_text": "l will make a significant advance, and I hope that the Minister will take it forward, that the Government will help it on to the statute book, and that they will move on from there and make better SEN provision for all our children. My interest in, and concern about, SEN goes back a long way. I am certain that I went to school before anyone else in the Chamber. I started primary education in 1946.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-01b.594.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-04", "file": "debates2008-02-04b.xml", "sha256": "d022c86e2e8162cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.653.5", "colnum": "653", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": "I can. May I say how pleased I was that my written statement bore some relation to my hon. Friend's topical question T1 —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.653.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-04", "file": "debates2008-02-04b.xml", "sha256": "d022c86e2e8162cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.674.1", "colnum": "674", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "I said at the start that, given the localised nature of the debate, I wished to be as generous as possible to Back Benchers, and I will be.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.674.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-04", "file": "debates2008-02-04b.xml", "sha256": "d022c86e2e8162cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.677.1", "colnum": "677", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "In the first instance, that is a matter, as I say, for Tim Brain, but I fully and wholeheartedly endorse what the hon. Gentleman said. I have written to Chief Constable Brain and spoken to him directly about the excellent job he did as gold commander in dealing with the flooding. We were in different places but shared some close to sleepless nights as things developed in one way or another—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.677.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-04", "file": "debates2008-02-04b.xml", "sha256": "d022c86e2e8162cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.680.1", "colnum": "680", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "d he wanted to know about the impact on the Essex police force. I do not encourage the hon. Member for Salisbury (Robert Key) to do this, but he might like to speak to the hon. Member for Colchester and also get a few other Members who represent garrison towns together, and if they then wanted to explore such matters further with me, I should be more than happy to consider doing so. I think—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.680.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-04", "file": "debates2008-02-04b.xml", "sha256": "d022c86e2e8162cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.709.1", "colnum": "709", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Brian Binley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Brian Binley", "preceding_text": "I would be delighted if we were to proceed in that way, and that gives me a little hope—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.709.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-04", "file": "debates2008-02-04b.xml", "sha256": "d022c86e2e8162cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.710.1", "colnum": "710", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Brian Binley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Brian Binley", "preceding_text": "d say that it does not matter. Of course it matters, especially in a county such as Northamptonshire. The truth of the matter is that the people of Northamptonshire increasingly believe that the Government are letting them down. Equally, and of more concern, the police in Northamptonshire believe that the Government are letting them down. I wonder whether the Minister will be honest with me—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.710.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-04", "file": "debates2008-02-04b.xml", "sha256": "d022c86e2e8162cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.712.1", "colnum": "712", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"What did they say?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "The bonkers bit—the charge that I was bonkers, however temporarily, as he was kind enough to say. Actually, I have just had my MOT from the occupational health people in this place—for whom we all have high regard—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.712.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-04", "file": "debates2008-02-04b.xml", "sha256": "d022c86e2e8162cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.713.6", "colnum": "713", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "es have been specifically bent and shaped around what we are asking the communities in growth areas to do. I accept that that has not happened in the case of policing, but even in that case, local authorities have launched initiatives, working with other partners, to make progress. If that policy is not as robust as it should be in Northamptonshire, we can talk about that issue another time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.713.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-04", "file": "debates2008-02-04b.xml", "sha256": "d022c86e2e8162cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.723.3", "colnum": "723", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "John Healey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Healey", "preceding_text": "The short answer is no. The slightly longer answer is that I am reluctant to get tempted into the territory of local government reorganisation, because this is a finance settlement debate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-04b.723.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05a.xml", "sha256": "dc489d8913ccb2f6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.798.3", "colnum": "798", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "lem for the hon. Gentleman is this: a manifesto was put forward by the Conservative party in 1970; I do not know whether he voted Conservative in that election, but it is beyond peradventure that he was alive for it. That manifesto said that if the Conservative party was elected to Government—and it was, on 18 June 1970 —it would seek to negotiate our entry to the European Union—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.798.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05a.xml", "sha256": "dc489d8913ccb2f6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.801.1", "colnum": "801", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Provenance?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "There is provenance for every one of the rights contained in the charter.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.801.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05a.xml", "sha256": "dc489d8913ccb2f6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.810.2", "colnum": "810", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Lidington", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Lidington", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman knows what my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition said about seeking to restore national Parliaments' control of employment measures. He will have to wait with bated breath for the detailed presentation of Conservative policy, but I can promise him that his appetite will be satisfied well before the next election.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.810.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05a.xml", "sha256": "dc489d8913ccb2f6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.828.2", "colnum": "828", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "preceding_text": "ional minimum wage, which Sweden does not have; the company coming in would have had to abide by that. I accept the criticisms my hon. Friend is making, but will he accept that last week the ECJ gave a ruling on employees who have to look after handicapped people at home, which could help 6 million people in this country? It has also helped us with getting pensions for steelworkers and with—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.828.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05a.xml", "sha256": "dc489d8913ccb2f6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.834.2", "colnum": "834", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": "e queried the status of the protocol. The Swedish Prime Minister said on 26 June last year that the UK had accepted that the charter was legally binding, which is certainly true, and then added: \"It should be stressed that the UK was given a clarification, not an opt-out\". Significantly, when Tony Blair was presenting the protocol to the UK Parliament on the day before, he misread the text —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.834.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05a.xml", "sha256": "dc489d8913ccb2f6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.898.0", "colnum": "898", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "is great experience on Europe gained over many decades. He also referred to the experience of 1848, and spoke passionately about the Soviet era. Let me gently say to him that he has always reminded me of a Conservative version of Leon Trotsky, a man of whom it was often said that he was so far-sighted in his predictions that none of them had yet come true. On Europe, that is indeed the case—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.898.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05a.xml", "sha256": "dc489d8913ccb2f6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.918.1", "colnum": "918", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Julia Goldsworthy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Julia Goldsworthy", "preceding_text": "As I said, that is a matter to be decided at the local level. I have absolutely no intention of prescribing from here what should or should not happen—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05a.918.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.777.0", "colnum": "777", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "It appears that demand for services from the beauty industry such as tanning, Botox injections and teeth whitening is increasing—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.777.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.777.0", "colnum": "777", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Shame!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "It appears that demand for services from the beauty industry such as tanning, Botox injections and teeth whitening is increasing— [Interruption.] I have no interest to declare.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.777.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.779.2", "colnum": "779", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ooh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "tive within the framework to treat osteoporosis. We are dealing with a number of points in the system—and therefore money paid to GPs—that are now redundant. We all agree that they are redundant. We want to use those points for greater access. The BMA has suggested that they be put towards issues such as osteoporosis, virtually as a piece of propaganda to strengthen its position—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.779.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.788.1", "colnum": "788", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "I am always happy to listen to Liberal Democrats who tell me that we ought to push down more autonomy to the local area and not interfere from the centre, yet ask me to intervene this very day. I shall find out what is happening in tribute to the hon. Gentleman, who I know is a fine constituency MP—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.788.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.798.3", "colnum": "798", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "e problem for the hon. Gentleman is this: a manifesto was put forward by the Conservative party in 1970; I do not know whether he voted Conservative in that election, but it is beyond peradventure that he was alive for it. That manifesto said that if the Conservative party was elected to government—and it was, on 18 June 1970 —it would seek to negotiate our entry to the European Union.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.798.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.800.7", "colnum": "800", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer the question!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I shall come on to the issue of those awful foreigners who are trying to impose their will against—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.800.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.801.1", "colnum": "801", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Provenance?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "There is provenance for every one of the rights contained in the charter.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.801.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.801.13", "colnum": "801", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Member for Walsall, or wherever he is from, stated that Poland was a fascist regime. That is absolutely scandalous.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.801.13"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.804.0", "colnum": "804", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "The benefit of the charter is, as the European Commission said, that it assembles existing rights, which were previously scattered over a range of sources and therefore not always easy to trace.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.804.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.806.1", "colnum": "806", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for that helpful intervention. It is our view that the protocol—it should be taken together with the other three safeguards, but this applies even to the terms of the protocol itself—contains the safeguards that the right hon. and learned Gentleman and the British Government seek.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.806.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.810.2", "colnum": "810", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "David Lidington", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Lidington", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman knows what my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition said about seeking to restore national Parliaments' control of employment measures. He will have to wait with bated breath for the detailed presentation of Conservative policy, but I can promise him that his appetite will be satisfied well before the next election.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.810.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.828.2", "colnum": "828", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "preceding_text": "ional minimum wage, which Sweden does not have; the company coming in would have had to abide by that. I accept the criticisms my hon. Friend is making, but does he accept that last week the ECJ gave a ruling on employees who have to look after handicapped people at home, which could help 6 million people in this country? It has also helped us with getting pensions for steelworkers and with—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.828.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.833.1", "colnum": "833", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Rifkind", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Rifkind", "preceding_text": "I have never had any problem with endorsing the curate's egg. It seems to me that the curate was being sensible, if his egg was only good in parts. That is occasionally true of my hon. Friend's speeches, and he might like to bear that in mind.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.833.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.834.2", "colnum": "834", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": "e queried the status of the protocol. The Swedish Prime Minister said on 26 June last year that the UK had accepted that the charter was legally binding, which is certainly true, and then added: \"It should be stressed that the UK was given a clarification, not an opt-out\". Significantly, when Tony Blair was presenting the protocol to the UK Parliament on the day before, he misread the text —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.834.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.866.2", "colnum": "866", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Bridget Prentice", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bridget Prentice", "preceding_text": "hey apply. The amended article 6 of the treaty on European Union, new article 6(1), clearly states: \"The provisions of the Charter shall not extend in any way the competences of the Union as defined in the Treaties.\" That was raised by a number of Opposition Members, notably the hon. Members for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison) and for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington). Article 51(2) of the charter states—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.866.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.898.0", "colnum": "898", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "is great experience on Europe gained over many decades. He also referred to the experience of 1848, and spoke passionately about the Soviet era. Let me gently say to him that he has always reminded me of a Conservative version of Leon Trotsky, a man of whom it was often said that he was so far-sighted in his predictions that none of them had yet come true. On Europe, that is indeed the case—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.898.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.901.0", "colnum": "901", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "In the concluding moments of the debate, I should like to say that the Conservative party is completely united on these matters—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.901.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.918.1", "colnum": "918", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Julia Goldsworthy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Julia Goldsworthy", "preceding_text": "As I said, that is a matter to be decided at the local level. I have absolutely no intention of prescribing from here what should or should not happen—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.918.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-05", "file": "debates2008-02-05b.xml", "sha256": "055b8b89bc3c5736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.922.1", "colnum": "922", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Michael Ancram", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Ancram", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making his position clear—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-05b.922.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.949.4", "colnum": "949", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Reading!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "When will the Prime Minister understand that it is not reviews but decisions that people want? Let us look at the list of policies that the former Home Secretary says are incomplete. These are the policies that the Prime Minister's former Cabinet colleague says he is dithering about: local government, trust schools, foundation hospitals, housing, disability—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.949.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.975.0", "colnum": "975", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Philip Davies", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"But?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Davies", "preceding_text": "ine organisation called the Campaign against Political Correctness. In my maiden speech, I made it clear that, in my time in Parliament, one of my aims was to try to speak out as often as possible against the scourge of political correctness, which is taking over too much of our country. The right hon. Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz) knows that I like and respect him in equal measure—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.975.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.976.0", "colnum": "976", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "We now come to the main business—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.976.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.981.1", "colnum": "981", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 3)", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Very obvious reasons.\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I am not going to put a figure on that, for obvious reasons.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.981.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.983.3", "colnum": "983", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 3)", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "That is true—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.983.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.989.1", "colnum": "989", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 3)", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "ts. If we accepted those amendments, with which I know my hon. Friend the Minister for Europe will deal very ably in a few minutes' time, we would not be able to make progress in those areas. We cannot do so if we do not agree the Lisbon treaty, and accept that in some areas qualified majority voting will work in the interests of the British people. That is the choice that we must face here today.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.989.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.989.1", "colnum": "989", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 3)", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "art chuntering. I can hear them asking \"How will all these developments in the single market be secured?\" Those developments will not be secured if we take their advice. As I said at the beginning of my speech, they will not be secured if we go back to Europe and say \"We do not accept the treaty of Lisbon. We will not accept any further liberalisation measures if they are based on its provisions.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.989.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.992.5", "colnum": "992", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 3)", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Good.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "The treaty as currently drafted refers to a \"social market economy\", but reference to undistorted competition has been relegated from the body of the treaty to the protocol. That is important.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.992.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.997.0", "colnum": "997", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 3)", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "The word is \"undistorted\", not \"unfettered\", and I am coming to the political signals sent out by the treaty on the role of competition in shaping the EU. After 50 years with a clause enshrined at the front of the treaty relating to \"undistorted competition\", we still do not have anything like it. What kind of signal is the Secretary of State sending by relegating that provision to a protocol?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.997.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.999.1", "colnum": "999", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 3)", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "I had not intended to cite specific decisions, but it appears that I will have to. A 1999 decision in the Albany International case shows how fatal the relegation of this issue to the protocol will be—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.999.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1005.4", "colnum": "1005", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 3)", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": " really made the big difference to consumers. The European institutions tackled the monopoly that British Airways and Virgin had on transatlantic flights—an issue that no British Government had been willing to deal with—and opened up the low-cost airline business. We may have doubts about that business for environmental reasons, but from a consumer point of view it was a major advance.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1005.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1016.0", "colnum": "1016", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 3)", "cue_speaker": "James Clappison", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "James Clappison", "preceding_text": " the Single European Act and the single market have been lauded throughout the House. There is now a consensus. Thinking back, I cannot remember Lady Thatcher being decked with garlands of praise by the then Opposition. Labour and Liberal Democrat Members might be provocative in the debate, but I have quotes of what they said at the time. I will not use them because I do not want to disturb—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1016.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1026.3", "colnum": "1026", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Too short\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "I am delighted to fulfil my regular slot winding up our short debate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1026.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1044.5", "colnum": "1044", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "h. I am in favour of enlightened social policies, but conducted within a framework of rigorous competition taking place within a European single market. That is a position that some people in the Labour party have come to view sympathetically, which is why we agree with the Government on this point and disagree with the Conservative party. Before that fascinating question and answer session—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1044.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1045.3", "colnum": "1045", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "rvative Members is that when I am trying to talk about the interests of British business, all they seem to be interested in is their hang-up on the issue of a referendum. I risk being pulled up short, but let me try to take the House through the incremental steps in response to the question. Everyone recognises that this issue of the referendum is a rather small aspect of the overall treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1045.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1050.1", "colnum": "1050", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Heathcoat-Amory", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "David Heathcoat-Amory", "preceding_text": "That is another example of the point. I think that all hon. Members have their own examples. I still cherish the memory of the physical agents (vibration) directive.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1050.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1050.4", "colnum": "1050", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "European Union. Secondly, the right hon. Gentleman said that nobody in the world is going in the way we have gone, but I must caution him on that. Since the founding of the Common Market—now the European Union—the North American Free Trade Agreement has been introduced and is expanding, and Mercosur in Latin America, which is on more or less the same track as the European Union —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1050.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1061.3", "colnum": "1061", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Colin Burgon", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh no!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Colin Burgon", "preceding_text": "No, I am just drawing to a close. I am minded at this stage not to press my amendment to a Division—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1061.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1072.1", "colnum": "1072", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "preceding_text": "er the Conservative Government until we joined the EU? When we joined the EU, Scotland was suddenly part of a larger union with free movement and clear rules about tariff barriers. The treaty contains rules about not only tariff barriers but other technical barriers that tried to stop the free movement. We had the benefits about which I am talking because we moved into the larger free market zone.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1072.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1080.1", "colnum": "1080", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "hear often enough in his House. We also heard from my hon. Friends the Members for Crawley (Laura Moffatt), for Hemsworth (Jon Trickett) and for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris). On several occasions, my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley talked about the crucial need for stability in Europe and businesses in what she described as the Gatwick diamond—I have no idea where that is—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1080.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-06", "file": "debates2008-02-06c.xml", "sha256": "51a2135ddaa3ff7e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1080.1", "colnum": "1080", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": " determined way in which he carries out his job as the Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee. The hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) is now in his place, so it is appropriate to mention him. He has made his contribution on this Ash Wednesday. Unfortunately, but understandably, I had to miss mass today in order to listen to the hon. Gentleman. I have not yet decided what to give up for Lent—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-06c.1080.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1113.5", "colnum": "1113", "heading": "WOMEN AND EQUALITY", "cue_speaker": "Barbara Follett", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Barbara Follett", "preceding_text": "I thank my hon. Friend for that question and for her work in this vital matter. There is no doubt that the 98 Labour women MPs vastly outnumber the women on the Opposition Benches. I would like to see more on the Opposition Benches —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1113.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1113.5", "colnum": "1113", "heading": "WOMEN AND EQUALITY", "cue_speaker": "Barbara Follett", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Barbara Follett", "preceding_text": "I thank my hon. Friend for that question and for her work in this vital matter. There is no doubt that the 98 Labour women MPs vastly outnumber the women on the Opposition Benches. I would like to see more on the Opposition Benches —[Interruption.] I said more, not enough, and that means some of the men have to move off those Benches.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1113.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1116.0", "colnum": "1116", "heading": "WOMEN AND EQUALITY", "cue_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend's answer was worth waiting for.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1116.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1126.2", "colnum": "1126", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": " sometimes has to sit in camera. That is the case in those courts, and the clauses in the Bill simply bring the coroners' courts in line with the situation that currently obtains, and which he no doubt supports, in civil and criminal courts. The hon. Gentleman asked why we have not debated the surveillance state. I would say that we do not have a surveillance state, so we do not need to debate it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1126.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1132.6", "colnum": "1132", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "There are now more jobs in the economy. The problem when we came into government was too few jobs. Now, there are 600 vacancies—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1132.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1164.0", "colnum": "1164", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Anne Milton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne Milton", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend makes an excellent point —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1164.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1165.3", "colnum": "1165", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Anne Milton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne Milton", "preceding_text": "y need to be addressed. There is an all-time low of health visitors, despite the fact that health inequalities are rising. The Secretary of State himself said last year: \"The reality on the ground is that there is a gloomy mood. There has been an awful lot of change in a short period and staff feel overwhelmed by it.\" The verdict on the Government's work force planning is definitely D-minus—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1165.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1169.3", "colnum": "1169", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention; he describes the situation exactly. We experience crises. The Government believe their figures—and why should they not?—but they have not asked the right question, which is how many whole-time equivalents there are.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1169.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1169.4", "colnum": "1169", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": "I am sorry, but I did not catch what the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) said. Does he want to intervene, or is he just chuntering?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1169.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1170.3", "colnum": "1170", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": "ng was led by a local GP and the effect of the revised GP contract negotiations on staffing came up. Out-of-hours services are affected. I appreciate that that might be a problem in other parts of the country, but in my area we still have an out-of-hours service, which works well. It is called Keydoc and if one is desperate to see a GP in the middle of the night, as I was a little while ago—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1170.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1170.3", "colnum": "1170", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "hon. Members: \"No!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": "n other parts of the country, but in my area we still have an out-of-hours service, which works well. It is called Keydoc and if one is desperate to see a GP in the middle of the night, as I was a little while ago— [Interruption.] I thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Suffolk (Mr. Spring) for passing me a note asking me to wind up as quickly as possible because people are getting bored.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1170.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1195.1", "colnum": "1195", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "preceding_text": "If I am august, the hon. Gentleman, as one of the longest serving members on the European Scrutiny Committee, is majestic—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1195.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1211.1", "colnum": "1211", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "I am extremely grateful to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I had not appreciated that; I would not have referred to it otherwise. It is an interesting amendment, but I had not appreciated that it was not selected. What a pity—particularly as I was one who proposed the idea behind it, which the shadow Leader of the House then took up. But there we are. It is funny how these things go in circles.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1211.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-07", "file": "debates2008-02-07c.xml", "sha256": "0ca84da212f17ab7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1214.3", "colnum": "1214", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "preceding_text": "ch, other hon. Members raised the issue of the new rights that Parliament will get under the Lisbon treaty. These are that Parliament should receive documents first and that if 30 per cent. of countries wish to play the orange card, the Commission will have to hold back on its proposals. It is our intention, when the Bill has been through Parliament, to enact the Lisbon treaty and come back—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-07c.1214.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-18", "file": "debates2008-02-18a.xml", "sha256": "302906853d012799", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18a.23.0", "colnum": "23", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "never mean business as usual. The Chancellor said in his statement that the management would be at \"arm's length\". Why is there nothing in the Bill to prevent political interference? Thirdly, will the Chancellor confirm that he is actually introducing unprecedented, sweeping, draconian powers that will let him nationalise any other bank or deposit-taking institution in Britain by ministerial fiat?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18a.23.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-18", "file": "debates2008-02-18b.xml", "sha256": "09464c1e493e6c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.5.5", "colnum": "5", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "I make the connection that, for 18 years, there was a huge rise in child poverty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.5.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-18", "file": "debates2008-02-18b.xml", "sha256": "09464c1e493e6c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.15.4", "colnum": "15", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Michael Penning", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Penning", "preceding_text": "rose—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.15.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-18", "file": "debates2008-02-18b.xml", "sha256": "09464c1e493e6c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.23.0", "colnum": "23", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "never mean business as usual. The Chancellor said in his statement that the management would be at \"arm's length\". Why is there nothing in the Bill to prevent political interference? Thirdly, will the Chancellor confirm that he is actually introducing unprecedented, sweeping, draconian powers that will let him nationalise any other bank or deposit-taking institution in Britain by ministerial fiat?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.23.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-18", "file": "debates2008-02-18b.xml", "sha256": "09464c1e493e6c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.27.3", "colnum": "27", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "I call Ken Clarke.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.27.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-18", "file": "debates2008-02-18b.xml", "sha256": "09464c1e493e6c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.32.3", "colnum": "32", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "I know that the hon. Gentleman was trying to be helpful to his party, but I have to remind him of what the shadow Chancellor said in November last year—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.32.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-18", "file": "debates2008-02-18b.xml", "sha256": "09464c1e493e6c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.42.7", "colnum": "42", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "order, Madam Deputy Speaker. During the previous statement, the Chancellor quoted me as having said something on the television this morning. He quoted, quite rightly, me saying that it would be wrong to hand over Northern Rock at an undervalue to a private sector organisation. He implied that I thus approved of his policy. Just for the record, may I read a previous sentence that I had said—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.42.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-18", "file": "debates2008-02-18b.xml", "sha256": "09464c1e493e6c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.113.0", "colnum": "113", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stephen O'Brien", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Where are they?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen O'Brien", "preceding_text": "not just a list of the Government's bidding—it was not in our case. I pay tribute to my colleagues in the Committee, and not only to those on the Front Bench. My hon. Friend the Member for Guildford (Anne Milton) guided us through many parts of the Bill during the Committee. Those on the Benches behind me, including my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Angela Browning) —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-18b.113.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19c.xml", "sha256": "d38161435c0ea41b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19c.313.2", "colnum": "313", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "e past three years, I have said to many organisations in my constituency that I will give £100 to anybody who can name me the seven Members of the European Parliament who represent us in Brussels, but so far I have not lost a penny. Not a single constituent of mine can name all seven Members of the European Parliament. They are important people, and the Conservative ones are very good—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19c.313.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19c.xml", "sha256": "d38161435c0ea41b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19c.316.0", "colnum": "316", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "preceding_text": "e to those councillors and therefore less local representation. That point was made forcefully by my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) . The decisions will be taken remotely. The base for the new council will be in Shrewsbury, which is some distance from my constituency. Some people will have to travel for more than an hour just to attend a council meeting—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19c.316.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.142.1", "colnum": "142", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "At the start of our debates and proceedings on the Lisbon treaty, I joked that I was looking forward to spending more time with the hon. Gentleman than with my own wife. He popped into my house last Friday to visit my wife —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.142.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.150.7", "colnum": "150", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "n debate what was in the dossier. However, it remains important that draft documents and discussion within Government should be free and frank. It cannot be the case that officials believe that everything that they write down will go into the public domain. They must be able to advise Ministers without fear or favour, and it was that important point of principle that the Government were defending.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.150.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.165.0", "colnum": "165", "heading": "Business of the House (Banking (Special Provisions) Bill)", "cue_speaker": "John Redwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Redwood", "preceding_text": "I rise to speak because I see a disturbing trend: the way in which this legislation is being handled is reminiscent of how European legislation is handled—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.165.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.171.3", "colnum": "171", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "to make any haste seems complete nonsense, although it is in line with the attitude that they have taken on every other aspect of Northern Rock so far. It is an obvious point, but now that the Government have made their intentions clear, it is important that legal ownership and certainty of authority is given to the board as quickly as possible, which is why we need Royal Assent to the Bill—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.171.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.171.3", "colnum": "171", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": " but now that the Government have made their intentions clear, it is important that legal ownership and certainty of authority is given to the board as quickly as possible, which is why we need Royal Assent to the Bill—[Hon. Members: \"Why?\"] It is because it is impossible to run a bank, let alone any other company, unless it is clear who is in charge of that bank and who is running it—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.171.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.186.0", "colnum": "186", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "t prevented the bank from competing on a commercial basis in a straightforward way and which prevented business as usual. We are talking about a Government-owned bank. It can borrow more cheaply than any of its competitors and can offer better savings rates and cheaper mortgages than any other bank. If the bank is operating on a strictly commercial basis, which the Chancellor said yesterday—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.186.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.192.2", "colnum": "192", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "ers' money, is a non-dom. It seems that all the Government's favourite businessmen, including Sir Richard Branson and now Ron Sandler, have so little commitment to the country, let alone the Government, that they prefer to pay their taxes elsewhere. I presume that Ron Sandler will now become the second best-paid person in Newcastle after Michael Owen, but at least Michael Owen pays his taxes here.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.192.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.207.1", "colnum": "207", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Peter Lilley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Lilley", "preceding_text": "der of an enemy Government rather than the leader of my own, which I appreciate is the problem that the Chancellor has had to put up with. There is not a strong case for the nationalisation to which the Government have finally resorted, because it gives rise to inevitable conflicts. With ownership come responsibilities, and the Government as owner will not be able to escape those responsibilities.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.207.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.276.6", "colnum": "276", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "blic ownership and it is not, in fact, owned by Northern Rock, so it is not part of the taxpayer's exposure and has never been so. On the matter of how clause 12 relates to the directors, it does not apply to old or former directors; it is about the potential to make provision for directors who are in place while Northern Rock is temporarily in the public sector. It is an enabling provision—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.276.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.276.8", "colnum": "276", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "We had this discussion earlier, on Second Reading. This is a Third Reading debate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.276.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.278.0", "colnum": "278", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "d from across the relevant industry. Ministers saw the amendments just a couple of hours at most before having to respond to them. In those circumstances, I do not blame them for adopting a defensive strategy and approach; what else could they do? They have not had a chance to consider, or consult on, the amendments; they have not even had a chance to sit with their officials and think about them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.278.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.283.6", "colnum": "283", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "preceding_text": " Mr. Deputy Speaker. It is perfectly apparent that a key part of this nationalisation is wholly uncertain. Something has come to light that means that the House cannot reach a serious decision on this matter. The Minister has fled the Chamber, presumably to go and get advice. Would it not be sensible to suspend proceedings until she is able to inform the House on this very important consideration?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.283.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.284.0", "colnum": "284", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. It would be unfortunate if the debate were to become ragged at this hour, bearing in mind the seriousness of the issues under discussion, both in the course of the day and at this moment. I think that the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) put his finger on it when he said that there will be further debate before the legislation is finally approved by Parliament.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.284.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.289.2", "colnum": "289", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "together. The clause provides that no tax whatsoever should be paid in respect of the matters contained in the Bill. We do not know how far that will go, because the words used in terms of the order-making power are so wide; they appear in phrases such as \"in connection with\" and \"in relation to\". Connected with that is the fact that the tax consequences are specifically stated as including—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.289.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.289.2", "colnum": "289", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "ack. I dare say that it is possible that she has discovered answers to some of the points that were raised about 15 minutes ago by a series of hon. Members. I hope that she may take this opportunity to try to reply in the terms that were just suggested. Not only does the Bill contain very serious and dangerous provisions that could exclude the payment of tax in a whole range of permutations—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.289.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.291.0", "colnum": "291", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "Greg Hands", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Greg Hands", "preceding_text": "e in the public sector. It is not only the private sector that has rogue traders, unauthorised transactions and breaking of credit limits and so on. Oversight and financial management of the new institution are therefore crucial. The Bill has been drafted far too widely. Although it is not the stated intention, the measure allows almost the arbitrary nationalisation of banks or building societies.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.291.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.313.2", "colnum": "313", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "e past three years, I have said to many organisations in my constituency that I will give £100 to anybody who can name me the seven Members of the European Parliament who represent us in Brussels, but so far I have not lost a penny. Not a single constituent of mine can name all seven Members of the European Parliament. They are important people, and the Conservative ones are very good—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.313.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-19", "file": "debates2008-02-19d.xml", "sha256": "34a98edc9db68729", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.316.0", "colnum": "316", "heading": "BANKING (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]", "cue_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "preceding_text": "e to those councillors and therefore less local representation. That point was made forcefully by my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) . The decisions will be taken remotely. The base for the new council will be in Shrewsbury, which is some distance from my constituency. Some people will have to travel for more than an hour just to attend a council meeting—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-19d.316.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20a.xml", "sha256": "711b9084eed6423c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20a.381.3", "colnum": "381", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Doug Henderson", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Chad?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Doug Henderson", "preceding_text": "Is not the reality that there are some circumstances in which it will be far more appropriate for NATO to become involved, usually when there is an north American influence or interest? In other circumstances, where there is still a serious issue to be faced and with a specific European interest, as in Chad, for example—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20a.381.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.337.3", "colnum": "337", "heading": "NORTHERN IRELAND", "cue_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "preceding_text": "I totally agree with the Secretary of State that it is important to try to get—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.337.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.354.0", "colnum": "354", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "arn the benefits of full British citizenship. The right hon. Gentleman commented on the fund that I propose. The Government have already, through £900 million-worth of extra funding for local government next year alone, £50 million of funding for community cohesion and specific education funding for the impact of changes in numbers on school rolls, made an important contribution—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.354.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.370.3", "colnum": "370", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 4)", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "Will my right hon. Friend say something about today's reports that hundreds, if not thousands, of Serbian paramilitary or police officials are being sent into the area around Mitrovica? If that is the case, will he send a positive statement about the future of Serbia and its association with the European Union to try to—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.370.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.379.3", "colnum": "379", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 4)", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I do not accept that those things are impossible to reconcile because they are doing different tasks. The treaty is clear about the limits on the ECJ's role, not least in respect of policy, but it recognises that the ECJ must have a consequential role in the two areas that I described. I am happy to correspond with the hon. Gentleman further about the issue—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.379.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.438.0", "colnum": "438", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "I am spoilt for choice. I will give way first to my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) , then to my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer) and then to my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.438.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.438.9", "colnum": "438", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "I am not claiming that it would lead to the abandonment of our seat, but I am saying that it could lead over time to the power vested in our seat being compromised because of the EU's role—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.438.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.460.1", "colnum": "460", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman seems to be reading the provisions in a very different way from the way in which I am reading them. The second paragraph of article 24 (1) on page 19 of the consolidated texts states: \"The common foreign and security policy... shall be defined and implemented by the European Council and the Council acting unanimously\" —end of quotation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.460.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.469.2", "colnum": "469", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Gummer", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Gummer", "preceding_text": "We hear about the slippery slope and so on, but we should simply ask what is before us.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.469.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.480.3", "colnum": "480", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": " mistake in quoting Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on this issue, because Giscard also said of the differences between the documents, which are supposed to be so minor, that \"all the tools in the toolbox are still there\". So where is the referendum that we were promised? I will give the Liberal Democrats 30 seconds, because that is all that I have and all that they deserve. Their spokesman—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.480.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.484.0", "colnum": "484", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "preceding_text": ", and it strikes at the heart of our constitutional arrangements. You will be aware that we have had no time this evening to debate in detail amendments relating to defence that arise out of the Lisbon treaty. That is an extremely important issue for our country, yet no Defence Minister made any contribution to the debate. Indeed, the Minister of State was here for only a short time himself—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.484.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.485.1", "colnum": "485", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "preceding_text": "We need to know what we can do in order to demonstrate to the people of this country that the Prime Minister has betrayed them by failing to give us an opportunity to examine—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.485.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-20", "file": "debates2008-02-20b.xml", "sha256": "546b3d581c1189ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.485.2", "colnum": "485", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Madam Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Madam Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-20b.485.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21a.xml", "sha256": "8a2d9349aa2cf638", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.508.2", "colnum": "508", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Hayes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on.\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Hayes", "preceding_text": "I do not want to be excessively brutal with the Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.508.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21a.xml", "sha256": "8a2d9349aa2cf638", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.520.0", "colnum": "520", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "preceding_text": "ients were seen, diagnosed and treated within four hours. In the last quarter for which we have statistics, 2.7 per cent. of people waited more than four hours, and in the quarter before that it was 1.7 per cent. It is quite wrong for the hon. Gentleman to scaremonger in this way. The hon. Gentleman then went on to talk about the HM Revenue and Customs bonuses. The bonuses that were paid in—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.520.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21a.xml", "sha256": "8a2d9349aa2cf638", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.523.2", "colnum": "523", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "preceding_text": "incardine (Sir Robert Smith) went on to talk about the prayer laid by his colleague the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) against the immigration regulations. Obviously, colleagues at the Home Office are fully aware of that. The hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine also requested, in essence, two topical debates; that is what I shall take his suggestion as.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.523.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21a.xml", "sha256": "8a2d9349aa2cf638", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.564.1", "colnum": "564", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": " I said—if I may be rather modest and generous to myself—that I thought that the suggestion that we should have that broad debate about the Government's wider strategy, of which the order is but a very small part, is one that I would certainly take up with the relevant business channels. The hon. Gentleman knows that we are constantly discussing such matters in one form or other—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.564.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21a.xml", "sha256": "8a2d9349aa2cf638", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.565.1", "colnum": "565", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "Probably not, because I am mindful that others want to speak, but if I have time towards the end of my speech I shall do so. Of course, control orders are not perfect. However, we have worked hard over the past year to improve them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.565.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21a.xml", "sha256": "8a2d9349aa2cf638", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.600.3", "colnum": "600", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Clappison", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Clappison", "preceding_text": "on. Member for South Swindon (Anne Snelgrove) that many pensioners are recognising the shortfall in their finances given what they have to pay for fuel and food, as well as the high council tax increases they will have to pay. The situation is difficult for many pensioners and I think she will find that few of them regard their finances with the same degree of satisfaction as Labour Members—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21a.600.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.508.2", "colnum": "508", "heading": "INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS", "cue_speaker": "John Hayes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on.\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Hayes", "preceding_text": "I do not want to be excessively brutal with the Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.508.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.521.0", "colnum": "521", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "preceding_text": "ients were seen, diagnosed and treated within four hours. In the last quarter for which we have statistics, 2.7 per cent. of people waited more than four hours, and in the quarter before that it was 1.7 per cent. It is quite wrong for the hon. Gentleman to scaremonger in this way. The hon. Gentleman then went on to talk about the HM Revenue and Customs bonuses. The bonuses that were paid in—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.521.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.523.0", "colnum": "523", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "preceding_text": "tleman went on to talk about the prayer laid by his colleague the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) against the immigration regulations. Obviously, colleagues at the Home Office are fully aware of that. The hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Sir Robert Smith) also requested, in essence, two topical debates; that is what I shall take his suggestion to be.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.523.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.564.1", "colnum": "564", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": " I said—if I may be rather modest and generous to myself—that I thought that the suggestion that we should have that broad debate about the Government's wider strategy, of which the order is but a very small part, is one that I would certainly take up with the relevant business channels. The hon. Gentleman knows that we are constantly discussing such matters in one form or other—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.564.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.565.1", "colnum": "565", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "Probably not, because I am mindful that others want to speak, but if I have time towards the end of my speech I shall do so. Of course, control orders are not perfect. However, we have worked hard over the past year to improve them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.565.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.582.1", "colnum": "582", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "preceding_text": "wed to go into mosques and remove any literature or artefacts. If that is the case, how can we understand what is happening in our mosques? Another illustration of whether the order is working is the hesitancy with which we dealt with the demonstrations that took place outside the Danish embassy. It took months for any arrests to be made. That suggests that the measure is not working as it should.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.582.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.591.4", "colnum": "591", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "hange that I announced last December should help us substantially in that regard. One of the problems we have faced is that pensioners often feel that they do not want to fill in the forms, they do not want other people to know their business or their private information and they perhaps do not like accepting charity. But one thing that pensioners certainly do not like doing is paying council tax.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.591.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.594.1", "colnum": "594", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "As my hon. Friend says, that is with a minimum wage in place for those on low incomes. He will remember that under previous Governments people were paid, quite legally, hourly wages in the region of £1.20. We are now dealing not only with poverty in terms of the welfare state, but with poverty issues where people are in work.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.594.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.595.3", "colnum": "595", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "I am pleased to hear that the hon. Gentleman is a member of a trade union, and by the sound of it, and on the evidence of his apparent fist-waving, he has not lost some of his background, so I suspect that those who sit on his party's Front Bench had better watch their backs.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.595.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.595.4", "colnum": "595", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Madam Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Madam Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I ask Members to refrain from making sedentary remarks and to concentrate on—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.595.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.600.3", "colnum": "600", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "James Clappison", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Clappison", "preceding_text": "ave to tell the hon. Member for South Swindon that many pensioners are recognising the shortfall in their finances given what they have to pay for fuel and food, as well as the high council tax increases they will have to pay. The situation is difficult for many pensioners and I think she will find that few of them regard their finances with the same degree of satisfaction as Labour Members—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.600.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.606.2", "colnum": "606", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "James Clappison", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Clappison", "preceding_text": "I have given way a lot, and time is limited—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.606.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.624.0", "colnum": "624", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "This has been a useful, helpful debate, and many of the contributions that were made in the time available were important. It is fair to say that we Front Benchers took quite a bit of time in dealing with issues, as the hon. Member for Bournemouth, West (Sir John Butterfill) said, but we also took quite a few interventions. There is a trade-off: either Front Benchers take interventions—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.624.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.632.1", "colnum": "632", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Chris Mullin", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Now.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Mullin", "preceding_text": "I have not yet changed my understanding about Granite, and I put it to my right hon. Friend that at some stage a clear explanation will be needed of the company and its accounting arrangements, and the allegation that it will apparently be allowed to go on sucking assets from Northern Rock even after it is nationalised. That will have to be explained at some point—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.632.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.633.5", "colnum": "633", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": " are taking over the legal entity that is Northern Rock—the totality of Northern Rock—and it will pass into the hands of the new board. Ron Sandler will now draw up the business plan and arrangements for the new bank. It is right that he should do so and that it should operate on a commercial basis. Let us be clear about why we have done what we have done: it is in order to save—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.633.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.635.1", "colnum": "635", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "No, I will not until I have made some progress. [Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman will let me make some progress on the points about freedom of information—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.635.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.636.2", "colnum": "636", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I shall make one more point about the importance of the freedom of information issue, then I shall be happy to take interventions from hon. Members. Let us be clear. We do not want Northern Rock to have to reveal commercially sensitive information that might undermine its position with regard to its competitors.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.636.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.642.1", "colnum": "642", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "preceding_text": "I am not entirely sure what I am supposed to withdraw. I am not entirely sure what I said—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.642.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.0", "colnum": "643", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "preceding_text": "I am very happy to answer, because the hon. Gentleman has shown his total ignorance of economics as they apply to securitisation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.0"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.2", "colnum": "643", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Answer!", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Browning", "preceding_text": "I too was present for the Third Reading debate. Can the hon. Gentleman explain this? The technical note states, under the heading \"Control of Granite\": \"The contractual structure of Granite is such that it is effectively controlled by Northern Rock as it continues to service the mortgages in Granite and to provide cash management and other administrative services.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.5", "colnum": "643", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stuart Bell", "preceding_text": "I understand that at least 40 per cent. of Northern Rock's mortgages are going across to Granite. Again, we are talking about a concept: the concept of balance sheets and accountability. I must tell Opposition Members that each time they open their mouths they show that they do not understand the City of London, they do not understand accountancy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.6", "colnum": "643", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. This is an important matter. The House must listen.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-21", "file": "debates2008-02-21b.xml", "sha256": "c5ba6dd31d54b2fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.10", "colnum": "643", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "I am sure that my hon. Friend will move away from the Granite topic shortly because of the time constraint. I wonder whether he will let us know his opinion of the freedom of information aspect of all this.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-21b.643.10"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-22", "file": "debates2008-02-22a.xml", "sha256": "43ac90e3b239c356", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-22a.706.5", "colnum": "706", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Philip Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Davies", "preceding_text": "obably not need as many people coming into the country. We must be mad to let people come in and take jobs that people in this country are more than capable of doing. If the people here do not get any foothold in the employment market, that is only a dream. Temporary agencies give a lot of those people their first stepping stone into work. The proportion of employers that use agency workers—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-22a.706.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-22", "file": "debates2008-02-22b.xml", "sha256": "38484c4b6884c649", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-22b.665.0", "colnum": "665", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bill Olner", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bill Olner", "preceding_text": "Like many of my colleagues, I am interested in the substance of my hon. Friend's speech and the Bill. Does he agree that the Opposition Benches are quite bare? There are no Liberals in the Chamber and very few Tories.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-22b.665.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-22", "file": "debates2008-02-22b.xml", "sha256": "38484c4b6884c649", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-22b.687.0", "colnum": "687", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "preceding_text": "I suspect that the hon. Gentleman knows that the bus does not cost £3 million, or anywhere near it. The £3 million is spent on hiring more enforcement staff and advertising the availability of the minimum wage more widely. The bus, which is an effective mechanism in localities, costs a small fraction of that sum.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-22b.687.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-22", "file": "debates2008-02-22b.xml", "sha256": "38484c4b6884c649", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-22b.707.0", "colnum": "707", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Conversations are breaking out throughout the House. Hon. Members must listen to the hon. Member who is addressing us.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-22b.707.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-25", "file": "debates2008-02-25a.xml", "sha256": "edba05dec4d0844d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-25a.863.4", "colnum": "863", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "ment, who made a point relevant to the amendments. We heard about my right hon. Friend's world tour across many of the regions and countries that we have spoken about. He is, of course, a former Minister for Europe, and I am sure that he is as disappointed as I am that he is not standing here at the Dispatch Box this evening as we reach the halfway point in our Committee deliberations on the Bill.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-25a.863.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-25", "file": "debates2008-02-25a.xml", "sha256": "edba05dec4d0844d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-25a.866.1", "colnum": "866", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "und that a reduction in the number of commissioners is a good thing. Thus far, in six days of debate both in Committee and on Second Reading, we have not heard from those on the Conservative Benches of one thing that they welcome in the treaty. I know that Conservative Members' worry is that if they welcome a millimetre of it, they will be slammed by the UK Independence party and other Europhobes.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-25a.866.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-25", "file": "debates2008-02-25b.xml", "sha256": "d69939e35d59e538", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-25b.831.0", "colnum": "831", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (NO. 5)", "cue_speaker": "Gareth Thomas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gareth Thomas", "preceding_text": "f aid and speeding up the disbursement of money. Opposition Members who have backed evaluation and monitoring, and the independence of evaluators, will surely welcome the independent evaluation of EC aid. Those reforms, championed by Labour Secretaries of State, have been delivered over the last 10 years. Such has been the progress that the OECD, in its review of EC development co-operation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-25b.831.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-25", "file": "debates2008-02-25b.xml", "sha256": "d69939e35d59e538", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-25b.866.1", "colnum": "866", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "und that a reduction in the number of Commissioners is a good thing. Thus far, in six days of debate both in Committee and on Second Reading, we have not heard from those on the Conservative Benches of one thing that they welcome in the treaty. I know that Conservative Members' worry is that if they welcome a millimetre of it, they will be slammed by the UK Independence party and other Europhobes.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-25b.866.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.903.1", "colnum": "903", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "ce its first report by the end of March. Considerable support has been expressed in both Houses for the regeneration of Blackpool. My right hon. Friend has today announced a package of investment for the town worth close to £300 million. I seek the consent of the House to authorise eight small and eight large casinos, because I am satisfied that they do not pose the same level of risk—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.903.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.947.6", "colnum": "947", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "mme from the Council's side—a crucial role that would play a huge part in deciding what the EU actually does. As we have pointed out before, in the hands of a skilful politician—it would be bizarre to think that future presidents would not be exactly that—the post-holder could use his or her powers to become the leading figure in the European Union. To take the role out of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.947.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.998.3", "colnum": "998", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": " to directly elected Members of the European Parliament and to indirectly appointed Ministers who are indirectly accountable to their national Parliaments. The dilemma for those of us in national Parliaments has always been the inability to get to grips with the accountability of our Ministers when they have gone from our national Parliament to a supernatural body—I mean supranational—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.998.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1001.1", "colnum": "1001", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "not do that, Luxembourg could, for example, stop moves to examine specific financial issues in the EU single market. Tobacco producers in Greece could lobby effectively to stop reform of the common agricultural policy. Some countries could prevent measures to increase co-operation on climate change, general environmental policy or energy policy simply because of some small national interest—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1001.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1001.1", "colnum": "1001", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "ers in Greece could lobby effectively to stop reform of the common agricultural policy. Some countries could prevent measures to increase co-operation on climate change, general environmental policy or energy policy simply because of some small national interest— [Interruption.] I refer to a small national interest that would be contrary to the interests of the larger states, including ours.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1001.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1009.3", "colnum": "1009", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "preceding_text": "ment have other fish to fry. They might want a concession on this or to move forward on that, and the fishing industry is always expendable. It is always the area where the Government can make concessions and improve relations with Europe to secure a gain in another direction. That is the sort of process that goes on. Fishing is never regarded as a front-line interest and something to be defended.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1009.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1026.1", "colnum": "1026", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "y hon. Friend is absolutely right that there is some deepening in the treaty, but had John Major not taken the position that I have described, there would have been either a bust-up of the European Union or a whole lot more deepening. Earlier today, the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague) talked about constitutional tinkering. I think that \"tinkering\" was the noun that he used—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1026.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1026.1", "colnum": "1026", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "nisation expands, it sometimes involves not simply a quantitative change but a qualitative change. With that qualitative change, we need what the right hon. Gentleman referred to as tinkering. We need to change things, and while the treaty perhaps does not get everything to do with the distribution of competences and powers right, it goes a long way towards sorting things out. I shall close—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1026.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1053.0", "colnum": "1053", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "preceding_text": "case last year, presenting an argument for support from General Motors Europe, I discovered that more than 1,000 people working at Vauxhall travelled in from north Wales. That is a dynamic local economy. The relationships with Crewe and Nantwich are almost non-existent. The good folk of Crewe and Nantwich work in that area and towards the Potteries and Manchester. The economy faces two ways—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1053.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1053.0", "colnum": "1053", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "preceding_text": " 1,000 people working at Vauxhall travelled in from north Wales. That is a dynamic local economy. The relationships with Crewe and Nantwich are almost non-existent. The good folk of Crewe and Nantwich work in that area and towards the Potteries and Manchester. The economy faces two ways— [ Interruption. ] My hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) has had her say—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1053.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26a.xml", "sha256": "99fd78096c47aa1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1058.3", "colnum": "1058", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No.\"", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "As I understand it, a Conservative group on Chester city council made different proposals from those that the previous leadership—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26a.1058.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.885.1", "colnum": "885", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "There is plenty of opportunity for local authorities, should they wish to do so, to use planning policy statement 3, which provides for marketing affordable housing in rural areas. There are several ways in which that can be done, including using disused buildings. I am pleased to announce today a new national target for rural affordable housing, to deliver 10,300—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.885.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.890.1", "colnum": "890", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "Was that the question? I tried to detect a question in there.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.890.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.890.1", "colnum": "890", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "Was that the question? I tried to detect a question in there. [Interruption.] Well, we will look at Hansard to see whether there was actually a question. It is interesting—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.890.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.903.1", "colnum": "903", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "ce its first report by the end of March. Considerable support has been expressed in both Houses for the regeneration of Blackpool. My right hon. Friend has today announced a package of investment for the town worth close to £300 million. I seek the consent of the House to authorise eight small and eight large casinos, because I am satisfied that they do not pose the same level of risk—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.903.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.911.1", "colnum": "911", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I think that the Secretary of State gets the point. We must have brief questions and answers.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.911.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.922.3", "colnum": "922", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6)", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"When?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I understand the hon. Gentleman's point of order, but having made it he must not go on and start debating the matter. The selection of amendments is made by Mr. Speaker, and is not open for questioning in the House. Hon. Members will have every opportunity to discuss these matters when we embark—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.922.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.926.2", "colnum": "926", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6)", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "I beg to move, That this House approves the Government's policy towards the Treaty of Lisbon in respect of provisions concerning the effectiveness of the EU institutions and EU decision-making. I am happy to introduce the seventh in our series of themed debates on the content of the Lisbon treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.926.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.926.6", "colnum": "926", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6)", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "Today we are debating the institutional reforms introduced by the Lisbon treaty. These fall into two categories: first, the reforms to the existing EU institutions—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.926.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.926.7", "colnum": "926", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6)", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. We are now going to continue with this afternoon's debate in the way that we should—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.926.7"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.938.1", "colnum": "938", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6)", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "ting, where he has an opportunity to discuss these issues with his equivalents—the Chairs of the Scrutiny Committees in the other 26 national Parliaments. The second Chambers of those national Parliaments are also involved in such meetings. It is clear—we are precise about this—that we responded to concerns that he raised. He has been fair enough to observe that in another place.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.938.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.947.6", "colnum": "947", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6)", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "mme from the Council's side—a crucial role that would play a huge part in deciding what the EU actually does. As we have pointed out before, in the hands of a skilful politician—it would be bizarre to think that future presidents would not be exactly that—the post-holder could use his or her powers to become the leading figure in the European Union. To take the role out of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.947.6"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.977.3", "colnum": "977", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6)", "cue_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "preceding_text": "aston (Ms Stuart) spoke with the benefit of her long experience and asked why we did not have regular question sessions on European matters. The answer to that was given in the debate we had on European scrutiny three weeks ago, when I explained to the House that we would be perfectly prepared to have questions on European matters in Westminster Hall after every significant European Council—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.977.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.991.5", "colnum": "991", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "d functions are eating away at the body politic in this country. Furthermore, article 2A of the treaty says that member states can legislate in any area of the shared competences only to the extent that the European Union has not exercised its competence. That will invert subsidiarity. I must discuss subsidiarity, because it was mentioned by the hon. Member for Preston, who has now left his—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.991.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.998.3", "colnum": "998", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": " to directly elected Members of the European Parliament and to indirectly appointed Ministers who are indirectly accountable to their national Parliaments. The dilemma for those of us in national Parliaments has always been the inability to get to grips with the accountability of our Ministers when they have gone from our national Parliament to a supernatural body—I mean supranational—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.998.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1001.1", "colnum": "1001", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "not do that, Luxembourg could, for example, stop moves to examine specific financial issues in the EU single market. Tobacco producers in Greece could lobby effectively to stop reform of the common agricultural policy. Some countries could prevent measures to increase co-operation on climate change, general environmental policy or energy policy simply because of some small national interest—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1001.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1001.1", "colnum": "1001", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "ers in Greece could lobby effectively to stop reform of the common agricultural policy. Some countries could prevent measures to increase co-operation on climate change, general environmental policy or energy policy simply because of some small national interest— [Interruption.] I refer to a small national interest that would be contrary to the interests of the larger states, including ours.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1001.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1002.1", "colnum": "1002", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "ain the support of the European Union, which could not move forward on economic issues. There are safeguards for the foreign policy aspects of the treaty, which have been tackled elsewhere. They are dealt with on an entirely intergovernmental basis. Nevertheless, on the questions of the single market, energy, the environment, dealing with the big global challenges that we in Europe face and—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1002.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1002.6", "colnum": "1002", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "I take your advice, Mrs. Heal.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1002.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1003.3", "colnum": "1003", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": " the European Union; they want to say, in the words of the hon. Member for Stone, \"No, no, no.\" It is unfortunate that we have not had the opportunity to put to the test the Liberal Democrat amendment that was not selected, because it would have been interesting to see whether the Conservatives voted for it. However, we shall not have that opportunity—today, at least. I shall conclude—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1003.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1003.3", "colnum": "1003", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "s voted for it. However, we shall not have that opportunity—today, at least. I shall conclude—[Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"] It is nice to be so popular. I shall conclude by saying that the essence of this debate—as with many others—is the fundamental choice of the way forward. The Conservative Front Bench has been captured by what was once an insurrectionist minority—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1003.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1009.3", "colnum": "1009", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "preceding_text": "ment have other fish to fry. They might want a concession on this or to move forward on that, and the fishing industry is always expendable. It is always the area where the Government can make concessions and improve relations with Europe to secure a gain in another direction. That is the sort of process that goes on. Fishing is never regarded as a front-line interest and something to be defended.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1009.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1021.3", "colnum": "1021", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "s House—they are mostly but not exclusively confined to the Conservative Benches—seem to see, given the tenor of what they say, a conspiracy by some of the other 26 member states to boss around the UK and tell us what to do. They seem to see the provisions in this treaty, and our relationship with other member states in the European Union and with the Union itself, as a one-way street.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1021.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1025.1", "colnum": "1025", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Whoah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "I am not going to get into a big debate on the referendum, because it is raised endlessly in this place. What I am trying to put forward is what I see as the many positives in the treaty, of which I have become more convinced as we proceed. Without wearing rose-tinted spectacles—of course there are problems with the European Union—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1025.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1025.1", "colnum": "1025", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "big deal. The European Union is an organisation encompassing, in round terms, 400 million people. Of course there will be problems with it. Do we walk away from those problems or do we stay in there and do what is in our country's interest by increasing our influence on the continent and in the world? In some ways, the European Union is one of the most successful international bodies in the world.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1025.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1025.1", "colnum": "1025", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "good thing, but it shows that having the European Union is not an anomaly. Members of the official Opposition should have a little more confidence in the European Union and a little more vision, because John Major was right when he lined up—initially with Denmark, but basically alone—to oppose deepening and propose widening. He was right, and he won. He built that coalition and he won.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1025.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1026.1", "colnum": "1026", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "Friend is absolutely right to say that there is some deepening in the treaty, but had John Major not taken the position that I have described, there would have been either a bust-up of the European Union or a whole lot more deepening. Earlier today, the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague) talked about constitutional tinkering. I think that \"tinkering\" was the noun that he used—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1026.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1026.1", "colnum": "1026", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "nisation expands, it sometimes involves not simply a quantitative change but a qualitative change. With that qualitative change, we need what the right hon. Gentleman referred to as tinkering. We need to change things, and while the treaty perhaps does not get everything to do with the distribution of competences and powers right, it goes a long way towards sorting things out. I shall close—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1026.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1029.0", "colnum": "1029", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "Conservative party. I think we all accept that he has remained absolutely consistent, apart from what he considers to have been the momentary aberration of voting for the Single European Act, on which he has since recanted. He has stayed in exactly the same place, and his party has galloped rightwards towards him. It is now the only centre-right party in the European Union that opposes the treaty.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1029.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1032.0", "colnum": "1032", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Russell Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Russell Brown", "preceding_text": "As the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson) pointed out, the Fishermen's Association Ltd has written to all Scottish Members. Will the Minister comment on the statement that this \"is the best chance we have to abandon the disastrous CFP\"?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1032.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1042.1", "colnum": "1042", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Christine Russell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christine Russell", "preceding_text": "Will my hon. Friend confirm that the bid of January 2007 was submitted by Chester city council on behalf of the six districts of Cheshire? All six districts signed up to it, including—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1042.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1053.0", "colnum": "1053", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "preceding_text": "case last year, presenting an argument for support from General Motors Europe, I discovered that more than 1,000 people working at Vauxhall travelled in from north Wales. That is a dynamic local economy. The relationships with Crewe and Nantwich are almost non-existent. The good folk of Crewe and Nantwich work in that area and towards the Potteries and Manchester. The economy faces two ways—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1053.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1053.0", "colnum": "1053", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "preceding_text": " 1,000 people working at Vauxhall travelled in from north Wales. That is a dynamic local economy. The relationships with Crewe and Nantwich are almost non-existent. The good folk of Crewe and Nantwich work in that area and towards the Potteries and Manchester. The economy faces two ways— [ Interruption. ] My hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) has had her say—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1053.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-26", "file": "debates2008-02-26b.xml", "sha256": "bcfa61888cde081f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1058.3", "colnum": "1058", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No.\"", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "As I understand it, a Conservative group on Chester city council made different proposals from those that the previous leadership—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-26b.1058.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27a.xml", "sha256": "8a8c3b6b24891af8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27a.1154.1", "colnum": "1154", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "ange denier, said in 2007 that \"climate change consensus is a journalistic fiction\". He told the European Parliament in May 2007 that \"it would be cheaper to relocate the population of the Maldives than to implement the sort of emissions reductions that are proposed\". Who is the Conservative party putting on to the temporary committee on climate change in the European Parliament? Mr. Roger Helmer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27a.1154.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27a.xml", "sha256": "8a8c3b6b24891af8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27a.1189.1", "colnum": "1189", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": " the treaty into an Act of Parliament, but subject to the 1972 Act through the operation of sections 2 and 3. For practical purposes, by using our Acts of Parliament as a vehicle, we are, in a circular way, putting into European law the provisions of the treaty that have been agreed by prerogative. It so happens that the provision is made through a UK enactment and is justiciable by the UK courts.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27a.1189.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1073.6", "colnum": "1073", "heading": "WALES", "cue_speaker": "Ann Clwyd", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Ann Clwyd", "preceding_text": "First, may I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend to his rightful place on the Front Bench?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1073.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1078.4", "colnum": "1078", "heading": "WALES", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Crabb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Crabb", "preceding_text": "The Minister will be aware that the issue has been dragging on for almost 18 months. Is he aware of the impact that that is having on staff at HMRC offices—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1078.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1078.5", "colnum": "1078", "heading": "WALES", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. The noise level is too high. There should not be conversations.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1078.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1082.4", "colnum": "1082", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "I am glad of that guarantee that the Prime Minister has given. It is a real step forward. Allied to—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1082.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1082.6", "colnum": "1082", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "Allied to the issue of pay is the issue of pensions. Many of our constituents look at our pension arrangements and, having seen that their final salary schemes have been cancelled—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1082.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1083.3", "colnum": "1083", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It's you!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "I welcome this clarity. I read the Prime Minister's letter very carefully, and I have to say that I did not think that there was that level of clarity at all. Another issue, which probably does more to undermine people's faith in politics—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1083.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1083.3", "colnum": "1083", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "I welcome this clarity. I read the Prime Minister's letter very carefully, and I have to say that I did not think that there was that level of clarity at all. Another issue, which probably does more to undermine people's faith in politics—[Hon. Members: \"It's you!\"] Why don't you just wait for the question? Then you can shout.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1083.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1085.0", "colnum": "1085", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "This is the man who makes speeches about the primacy of Parliament. This is the man who says that we should keep our promises, and also said that there would be an end to Punch and Judy politics—and what did he then do? On the European referendum—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1085.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1085.3", "colnum": "1085", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "May I —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1085.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1085.7", "colnum": "1085", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "It is good to be here. It is a shame that the Prime Minister seeks to defend clapped-out 19th century procedures in this House, which are preventing the British people from—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1085.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1086.0", "colnum": "1086", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"More!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1086.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1086.0", "colnum": "1086", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. [Hon. Members: \"More!\"] Order. I just say to the right hon. Gentleman that he should be careful where he goes with this.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1086.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1097.4", "colnum": "1097", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 7)", "cue_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "preceding_text": "I shall address aviation later in my speech. Interestingly, although the abandoned constitution did not contain a specific reference to climate change, the Lisbon treaty specifically recognises the need to combat climate change as a strategic objective of the EU. I hope my hon. Friend acknowledges that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1097.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1102.0", "colnum": "1102", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 7)", "cue_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "preceding_text": "I do recognise that; if Opposition Front Benchers are saying that they will not support it, that is fine.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1102.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1109.3", "colnum": "1109", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 7)", "cue_speaker": "Peter Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Ainsworth", "preceding_text": "ebates on the Lisbon treaty betrays a serious misjudgement of the importance of both issues. It may betray something worse: a cynical willingness to use the issue of climate change as a decoy, a means of avoiding more thorough debate about the constitutional implications of the Lisbon treaty. We have already heard how many words in the Lisbon treaty are devoted to the issue of climate change: six.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1109.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1109.3", "colnum": "1109", "heading": "BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 7)", "cue_speaker": "Peter Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Ainsworth", "preceding_text": " the issue of climate change: six. [ Interruption. ] When I say six, I mean literally that there are no more than six words in the whole treaty devoted to the issue of climate change, and I shall quote them: \"and in particular combating climate change.\" It is hardly groundbreaking stuff. There is nothing in those six words or anywhere else in the treaty that will help our collective efforts—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1109.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1150.0", "colnum": "1150", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Gregory Barker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Who?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gregory Barker", "preceding_text": "delay and incompetence. We reject institutional tinkering. What we really need are dynamic solutions to climate change. We need more vision, more ambition, more conviction and more delivery. We need robust policies that will deliver real change on the ground and drive dynamic industrial change in the economy. In December, David Cameron announced our party policy to introduce feed-in tariffs—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1150.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1154.1", "colnum": "1154", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "ange denier, said in 2007 that \"climate change consensus is a journalistic fiction\". He told the European Parliament in May 2007 that \"it would be cheaper to relocate the population of the Maldives than to implement the sort of emissions reductions that are proposed\". Who is the Conservative party putting on to the temporary committee on climate change in the European Parliament? Mr. Roger Helmer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1154.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1155.1", "colnum": "1155", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "o that we can, in co-operation with our partners in the European Union, provide the leadership that some Opposition Members have been graceful enough to acknowledge. On no issue is the need for international co-operation greater than on climate change. On no issue do we need the European Union more than on climate change. That is why it is important that the treaty of Lisbon recognises that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1155.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1189.1", "colnum": "1189", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": " the treaty into an Act of Parliament, but subject to the 1972 Act through the operation of sections 2 and 3. For practical purposes, by using our Acts of Parliament as a vehicle, we are, in a circular way, putting into European law the provisions of the treaty that have been agreed by prerogative. It so happens that the provision is made through a UK enactment and is justiciable by the UK courts.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1189.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-27", "file": "debates2008-02-27b.xml", "sha256": "23a37584694ecb5f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1194.1", "colnum": "1194", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "ich I know were given in good faith, about the Single European Act. When people such as me expressed fears about what the measures meant for the people whom I am sent to represent, we were always given the reassurance, \"No, no. That's a nightmare scenario; it's a fanciful interpretation\", but when I look at the Bill, I see that we are a long way off from where we were in 1972 and subsequent years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-27b.1194.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1230.6", "colnum": "1230", "heading": "BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman should not tempt me on those issues. I must say that I am not sure that I would get beyond the first line of the \"Red Flag\" myself.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1230.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1231.1", "colnum": "1231", "heading": "BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I am happy to ensure that the existing legislation is properly enforced, as it must be—that is why we have doubled the number of inspectors going in to support the regulation of employment agencies. A lot of the examples of abuse that Members on my side of the House—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1231.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1232.2", "colnum": "1232", "heading": "BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I think—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1232.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1232.3", "colnum": "1232", "heading": "BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I see that the hon. Gentleman is protesting. Surely the Front Benchers know how to put a supplementary question.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1232.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1247.4", "colnum": "1247", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Carmichael", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"You will do.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Carmichael", "preceding_text": "That will be myself.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1247.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1248.2", "colnum": "1248", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Not true.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman will know that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill has completed its passage through the House of Lords following its introduction there, and that votes were whipped on both sides.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1248.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1258.5", "colnum": "1258", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Anne Main", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne Main", "preceding_text": "I was born and brought up in Cardiff, as were my parents. My mother will tell you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that the swimming pool that was in Cardiff city centre was part of the last London Olympics a long, long time ago—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1258.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1268.3", "colnum": "1268", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Cheryl Gillan", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Cheryl Gillan", "preceding_text": "It is precisely because this party is the party of the Union—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1268.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1282.1", "colnum": "1282", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Roger Williams", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Roger Williams", "preceding_text": "We have been in partnership in government in Wales on one occasion and we are also leading three local authorities in Wales in partnership with others and running another as a minority administration. We have some experience of partnership —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1282.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1284.2", "colnum": "1284", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Roger Williams", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Roger Williams", "preceding_text": "Yes. We want fairness across the United Kingdom, not just fairness for Wales.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1284.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1284.2", "colnum": "1284", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Roger Williams", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Roger Williams", "preceding_text": "Yes. We want fairness across the United Kingdom, not just fairness for Wales. [Interruption.] We shall see what happens. Let us engage in the debate. The Conservatives are not even prepared to do that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1284.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1291.1", "colnum": "1291", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "David Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davies", "preceding_text": "I thank my hon. Friend for that excellent intervention. Another group of people who put on the uniform to serve their country are the police. I am glad to say that as far as I am aware there are as yet no plans to devolve Home Office matters to the Welsh Assembly.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1291.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1298.3", "colnum": "1298", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Mark Pritchard", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Pritchard", "preceding_text": " leek today—apart from my hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd, West, who some may have spotted is wearing a wonderful leek tie. Of course, leeks and politicians do not usually gel well; they are not something that politicians like. But on the serious point, it would be nice to see some leeks next time round, and I will participate in that, along with the Chairman of the Welsh Affairs Committee.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1298.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1311.3", "colnum": "1311", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Ian Lucas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Lucas", "preceding_text": "ill pay the difference between the basic tuition fee and the increased fee permitted under the Higher Education Act 2004. It is therefore cheaper for a student from Wales to attend a university in Wales than one in England. I object to this policy in principle. It limits student choice, and it discourages students from choosing a course on the basis of which university and course is best for them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1311.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-28", "file": "debates2008-02-28b.xml", "sha256": "ac7856578f697932", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1334.0", "colnum": "1334", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "David Jones", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "David Jones", "preceding_text": " the Welsh Assembly Government decided in their wisdom to absorb the Wales tourist board into the apparatus of government, so that we now have VisitWales. We also have VisitBritain, which is operated by the same people who operate EnjoyEngland. The Wales Tourism Alliance suggested that there was a conflict of interest between VisitWales and VisitBritain, and perhaps that matter could be revisited.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-28b.1334.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29a.xml", "sha256": "e1330720ab8d11ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29a.1361.6", "colnum": "1361", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "\" That is quite simple: video games are different because they are interactive. People who are watching a film at the cinema cannot participate in what is happening on the screen, or if they do they are removed from the cinema. However, someone sitting at a computer playing a video game, or someone with one of those small devices that young people have these days, the name of which I forget—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29a.1361.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29a.xml", "sha256": "e1330720ab8d11ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29a.1361.6", "colnum": "1361", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": " are interactive. People who are watching a film at the cinema cannot participate in what is happening on the screen, or if they do they are removed from the cinema. However, someone sitting at a computer playing a video game, or someone with one of those small devices that young people have these days, the name of which I forget— [Interruption.] PlayStations or PSPs, something of that kind.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29a.1361.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29a.xml", "sha256": "e1330720ab8d11ec", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29a.1388.3", "colnum": "1388", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "esent them. However, when I look around this Chamber I see that we are all white, probably middle-class men, with the exception of my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan) —one of the Whips—and two, probably middle-class women: my right hon. Friend the Minister of State and my hon. Friend the Member for Erewash (Liz Blackman) , the other Whip. I see very few young people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29a.1388.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29b.xml", "sha256": "89ddbeddc5ebe7db", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1361.6", "colnum": "1361", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "\" That is quite simple: video games are different because they are interactive. People who are watching a film at the cinema cannot participate in what is happening on the screen, or if they do they are removed from the cinema. However, someone sitting at a computer playing a video game, or someone with one of those small devices that young people have these days, the name of which I forget—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1361.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29b.xml", "sha256": "89ddbeddc5ebe7db", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1361.6", "colnum": "1361", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": " are interactive. People who are watching a film at the cinema cannot participate in what is happening on the screen, or if they do they are removed from the cinema. However, someone sitting at a computer playing a video game, or someone with one of those small devices that young people have these days, the name of which I forget— [Interruption.] PlayStations or PSPs, something of that kind.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1361.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29b.xml", "sha256": "89ddbeddc5ebe7db", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1372.1", "colnum": "1372", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Whittingdale", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No, we do not.\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Whittingdale", "preceding_text": "I hope that my hon. Friend is right, but it would be a strange use of early-day motions. All of us sign a large number of them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1372.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29b.xml", "sha256": "89ddbeddc5ebe7db", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1388.3", "colnum": "1388", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "sent them. However, when I look around this Chamber I see that we are all white, probably middle-class men, with the exception of my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan) —one of the Whips—and two, probably middle-class, women: my right hon. Friend the Minister of State and my hon. Friend the Member for Erewash (Liz Blackman) , the other Whip. I see very few young people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1388.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29b.xml", "sha256": "89ddbeddc5ebe7db", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1389.1", "colnum": "1389", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "ntleman's idea about a trigger mechanism is interesting. If we had such a mechanism, why would it have to go through Parliament? Why could it not go directly—in an appropriate way—to the BBFC, for example? His point also raises the issue of how one makes such a series of representations representative, in a petition or otherwise. We all remember the days of Mary Whitehouse's campaigns.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1389.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29b.xml", "sha256": "89ddbeddc5ebe7db", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1416.1", "colnum": "1416", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Vaizey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Vaizey", "preceding_text": "I am coming to that. One of the things that I really like about the hon. Gentleman—he mentioned our friendship—is how he rightly, in some respects, ascribes an enormous amount of power to me. I loved his asking whether, \"I would give Parliament the power.\" Believe me, I will consider it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1416.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29b.xml", "sha256": "89ddbeddc5ebe7db", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1416.1", "colnum": "1416", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Vaizey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Vaizey", "preceding_text": "nce that they are handing the whole thing over to Europe. The Opposition are the only party in the House to stand proud and firm against further European integration, and we do not want inadvertently to give the Euro-federalists who populate the Government the opportunity to pass over this important aspect of our lives, which remains firmly under the control of the United Kingdom's citizens—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1416.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29b.xml", "sha256": "89ddbeddc5ebe7db", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1422.3", "colnum": "1422", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "preceding_text": "must be really careful when we deal with these issues. I want to talk about the British Board of Film Classification, because I agree with the hon. Member for Wantage and others in the House who have said to us that although it does not get it right every time, it does an extremely good job in incredibly difficult circumstances. Nobody has mentioned today that it looks at some 17,000 works a year.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1422.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-02-29", "file": "debates2008-02-29b.xml", "sha256": "89ddbeddc5ebe7db", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1423.1", "colnum": "1423", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "preceding_text": "ge its accountabilities. I should point out that the hon. Member for Wantage was right in saying that the Secretary of State does not approve BBFC senior appointments; the Government are involved only in naming them as the designated authority. The BBFC can appoint whom it likes, and if the Government do not approve, we then have the option of choosing not to designate them, under the terms—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-02-29b.1423.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03b.xml", "sha256": "128cc29b9ca38bd0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1463.3", "colnum": "1463", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "I thank the hon. Lady. We have not laid down at all—we opposed the Government's motion and voted against it; that is why I deliberately read into the record the comments of my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer) .", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1463.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03b.xml", "sha256": "128cc29b9ca38bd0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1524.3", "colnum": "1524", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "Well—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1524.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03b.xml", "sha256": "128cc29b9ca38bd0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1524.3", "colnum": "1524", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "Well—[Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"] Whether they abstained because they were not here or because they deliberately did not like it—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1524.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03b.xml", "sha256": "128cc29b9ca38bd0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1539.1", "colnum": "1539", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "preceding_text": "The point is that a member state that chooses to exclude itself from the permanent structured co-operation or is excluded because it fails to satisfy the criteria to the satisfaction of other members ceases to have a veto—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1539.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03b.xml", "sha256": "128cc29b9ca38bd0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1555.1", "colnum": "1555", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "llege of Commissioners. Of course, that is not a new change in substance. The European Parliament's approval, which it delivers by a vote, is required now to appoint a new Commission. The new wording reflects the procedure followed during the appointment of the Barroso Commission in 2004. I sense from the mood of the House that hon. Members would like me to bring my comments to a conclusion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1555.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03b.xml", "sha256": "128cc29b9ca38bd0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1555.1", "colnum": "1555", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "t reform. These reforms are supported by political parties across the EU. They are supported by the Governments and the main Opposition parties in all 27 countries of the EU. It would be a shame if, in the UK alone, one major political party opposed these extensions as they are now proposed as a consequence of the Lisbon treaty. With those comments, I suggest that clause 4 remain part of the Bill.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1555.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03b.xml", "sha256": "128cc29b9ca38bd0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1570.3", "colnum": "1570", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "The first point can be addressed by saying that the tendering process for contracts is on a regional basis—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03b.1570.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1445.1", "colnum": "1445", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Iraq.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "preceding_text": "It would not have any effect on operations in Afghanistan and Iran—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1445.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1462.5", "colnum": "1462", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 8)", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "I thank my hon. Friend for giving way—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1462.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1463.3", "colnum": "1463", "heading": "Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 8)", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "I thank the hon. Lady. We have not lain down at all—we opposed the Government's motion and voted against it; that is why I deliberately read into the record the comments of my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1463.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1487.1", "colnum": "1487", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": " can be properly discussed in respect of the tens of thousands of statutory instruments or amended in respect of Acts of Parliament. If a statutory instrument has the power to modify Acts of Parliament as well, I am sure you would understand me, Sir Michael, if I said that the incubus whereby a statutory instrument effectively becomes an Act of Parliament is of immense constitutional significance.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1487.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1524.3", "colnum": "1524", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "Well—[Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"] Whether they abstained because they were not here or because they deliberately did not like it—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1524.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1525.1", "colnum": "1525", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Carswell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Carswell", "preceding_text": "to overlook or ignore the fact that politicians are increasingly held in contempt. The political process is more and more detached from the people it is meant to serve. There are two reasons for that. The first is the immediate reason that about 90 per cent. of hon. Members in this Chamber promised the electorate a referendum on this treaty, so it looks as if we have reneged on that promise—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1525.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1539.1", "colnum": "1539", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "preceding_text": "The point is that a member state that chooses to exclude itself from the permanent structured co-operation or is excluded because it fails to satisfy the criteria to the satisfaction of other members ceases to have a veto—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1539.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1542.2", "colnum": "1542", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "preceding_text": "Do I really need to give way to the hon. Member for Preston (Mr. Hendrick) again?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1542.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1543.1", "colnum": "1543", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "preceding_text": "No, they are not voluntary.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1543.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1548.0", "colnum": "1548", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Woodford.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "and East Falkirk does not need the hon. Gentleman to get him into trouble; he is more than capable, as he is well aware, of doing it of his own accord, and sometimes he does it intentionally. I shall try to make relatively short responses, as I have already spoken on clause 3, and am mindful of your strictures to remain in order, Mrs. Heal. The right hon. Member for Chingford and Wood Green—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1548.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1548.0", "colnum": "1548", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Green.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "ble, as he is well aware, of doing it of his own accord, and sometimes he does it intentionally. I shall try to make relatively short responses, as I have already spoken on clause 3, and am mindful of your strictures to remain in order, Mrs. Heal. The right hon. Member for Chingford and Wood Green—[Hon. Members: \"Woodford.\"] I am sorry. The right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1548.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1550.3", "colnum": "1550", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Yes or no?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "We strongly support permanent structured co-operation, whose genesis lies in a United Kingdom-French initiative. We and the French have strongly supported it in the past because of its capacity to deliver in such places as the Congo.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1550.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1554.2", "colnum": "1554", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "I am delighted to rise in support of clause 4. It does not so much \"secure for the workers by hand or by brain\", but it does secure increased powers for the European Parliament. Although that may be one and the same thing.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1554.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1555.1", "colnum": "1555", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "llege of Commissioners. Of course, that is not a new change in substance. The European Parliament's approval, which it delivers by a vote, is required now to appoint a new Commission. The new wording reflects the procedure followed during the appointment of the Barroso Commission in 2004. I sense from the mood of the House that hon. Members would like me to bring my comments to a conclusion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1555.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1555.1", "colnum": "1555", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "t reform. These reforms are supported by political parties across the EU. They are supported by the Governments and the main Opposition parties in all 27 countries of the EU. It would be a shame if, in the UK alone, one major political party opposed these extensions as they are now proposed as a consequence of the Lisbon treaty. With those comments, I suggest that clause 4 remain part of the Bill.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1555.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-03", "file": "debates2008-03-03c.xml", "sha256": "ad998a76dc570174", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1570.3", "colnum": "1570", "heading": "WARM FRONT", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "The first point can be addressed by saying that the tendering process for contracts is on a regional basis—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-03c.1570.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1582.4", "colnum": "1582", "heading": "TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Karen Buck", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Karen Buck", "preceding_text": "the bus service? Will she join me in celebrating the achievements of the Mayor of London in recent years in improving London's bus service, including through extensions to the freedom pass and discounts for low-income families? Does my right hon. Friend agree that a serious threat to that would be the 15 per cent. fare hike that would result from the Conservatives' underfunded commitment to—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1582.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1588.5", "colnum": "1588", "heading": "TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Ruth Kelly", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ruth Kelly", "preceding_text": "\"Over my dead body.\" I am focusing on today's problems faced by ordinary motorists. Virtually all the capacity that could be delivered by motorway widening could in theory be delivered by hard-shoulder running. That will not be possible in every part of the motorway network, partly for technical reasons and partly for engineering reasons. Today we published a map showing where it might make sense.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1588.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1595.6", "colnum": "1595", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Chope", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Chope", "preceding_text": "I gave notice earlier that I intended to speak against the motion.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1595.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1600.1", "colnum": "1600", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "Absolutely not. The hon. Gentleman should vote for the instruction, so that he can challenge us in debate tomorrow. What is he afraid of?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1600.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1602.3", "colnum": "1602", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "If the other parties in this House are not prepared to vote for this instruction and to have the debate tomorrow, one must question their motives.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1602.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1602.12", "colnum": "1602", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"He's frit!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. The hon. Gentleman is not giving way, Mr. Cash—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1602.12"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1603.0", "colnum": "1603", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": " stating how positive it has been and what the consequences would be for every constituent were there ever a day on which we withdrew. I do not say this arrogantly, but I think that the referendum would be won; Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour Members would put in all their energies because they would know that it would be good for Britain. Therefore, the case would be overwhelmingly put.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1603.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1604.0", "colnum": "1604", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Your instruction?", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "I am delighted and surprised in equal measure to have the opportunity to debate our instruction today—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1604.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1607.0", "colnum": "1607", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "There is a smell of fear over this Chamber this afternoon. We know perfectly well what this is about. I am disappointed that the right hon. Member for Knowsley, North and Sefton, East (Mr. Howarth) is going to join the Liberals—I actually vote in the Division Lobby.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1607.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1607.2", "colnum": "1607", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman must forgive me—I quite understand the difficulty of his position. That is why—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1607.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1608.1", "colnum": "1608", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "They said that, if this were a vote on—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1608.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1609.0", "colnum": "1609", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Surely not.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": "I have some sympathy with the Liberal position—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1609.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1609.9", "colnum": "1609", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "preceding_text": "I will be very brief. It seems to me that this is an extraordinary example of sanctimonious chicanery.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1609.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1609.9", "colnum": "1609", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "preceding_text": "I will be very brief. It seems to me that this is an extraordinary example of sanctimonious chicanery. [Interruption.] What we had last week—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1609.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1610.2", "colnum": "1610", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ooh!", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "preceding_text": "I would certainly not wish to be a president of any club that that gentleman could join.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1610.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1631.4", "colnum": "1631", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jon Trickett", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jon Trickett", "preceding_text": "opean Union. It seems to me—my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris) raised this in his intervention—that there is a mystery as to how decisions are taken. Frequently, decisions give rise to misconceptions; we have all heard many references to straight bananas. The way to avoid those myths and misconceptions is to have the light of day cast upon those areas.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1631.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1639.2", "colnum": "1639", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "preceding_text": "I do not really want to —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1639.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1646.3", "colnum": "1646", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "James Clappison", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Clappison", "preceding_text": "l conference, the Government originally opposed it from pillar to post, for the very reasons that I have just given, but then caved in. We might as well have a provision in the Bill to move from unanimity to qualified majority voting on any subject. I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman heard the earlier speeches by Labour Members, but his approach will not make them any happier with him—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1646.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1650.4", "colnum": "1650", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "s of scrutiny affect their voters. I do not have time to go into the details, but the bottom line is that the arrangements in other countries are set out in a report produced by COSAC, which shows in 158 pages exactly how other member states legislate in relation to the EU. Those 158 pages give more than ample evidence that they do not examine European legislation properly. We in this House—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1650.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1650.4", "colnum": "1650", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": " been made. The provision is a complete fraud, because one cannot amend decisions without transgressing sections 2 and 3 of the European Communities Act 1972. The measure would be implemented regardless—and I can see the Minister shaking his head—so I would like to know whether it is supposed to override the 1972 Act. The Minister may wish to intervene to say whether it does so or not.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1650.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1669.3", "colnum": "1669", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "y other Government anywhere in the European Union who are currently using the process of ratification. The Bill gives Parliament a power that is not given anywhere else in the treaty or for any of the passerelles: prior control over the Government's veto. The treaty does not give national Parliaments prior control of any passerelle decision and a parliamentary lock is set out in the treaty.—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1669.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1669.3", "colnum": "1669", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "anywhere else in the treaty or for any of the passerelles: prior control over the Government's veto. The treaty does not give national Parliaments prior control of any passerelle decision and a parliamentary lock is set out in the treaty.— [Interruption.] The Bill also provides a parliamentary lock on six separate passerelles, which, under the treaty, have no parliamentary lock at all—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1669.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1670.1", "colnum": "1670", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "Thank you, Sir Michael. I was, of course, coming to the conclusion of my comments—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1670.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1681.2", "colnum": "1681", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"All of it!\"", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "I very much endorse much of what my right hon. Friend has said—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1681.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1688.0", "colnum": "1688", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "ncial affairs already, it would be a mistake to give up those powers without the controls proposed, particularly in amendment No. 20. I am glad to hear that the right hon. Gentleman wants that to be the amendment that we divide on. I often have to read the right hon. Gentleman's speeches; I am sure that I have read more of his speeches than he has of mine because he has a rather illustrious—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1688.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1693.1", "colnum": "1693", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "by the ideology of the European Union. It is rather like the divine right of Kings, which overrode Parliament, leading to a pretty catastrophic result in 1649. I want hon. Members to take this very seriously, as this is not just a historical lecture, but what actually happened. I started my speech on the issue of the supremacy of Parliament and referred to the Putney debates for this reason—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1693.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1697.1", "colnum": "1697", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "cue_text": "Laughter .", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "preceding_text": "Don't go there, Bill.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1697.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1697.4", "colnum": "1697", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Laughter .", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "I apologise for having at times to explain things at greater length than even I would like.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1697.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1707.1", "colnum": "1707", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "ament. The Minister said that the passerelles—plural—had first been introduced in the Single European Act 1986. However, on 6 February this year I asked the Foreign Secretary about the issue and it turned out that the 1986 Act had introduced \"one amending provision...This was article 130S, relating to environment policy.\"—[ Official Report , 6 February 2008; Vol. 471, c. 1166W .]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1707.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-04", "file": "debates2008-03-04d.xml", "sha256": "fa2e6a86bae00329", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1707.1", "colnum": "1707", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "sion...This was article 130S, relating to environment policy.\"—[ Official Report , 6 February 2008; Vol. 471, c. 1166W .] [ Interruption. ] It is no good the Minister arguing with the Foreign Secretary's reply. What is envisaged in the treaty of Lisbon is a wholesale extension of the passerelle. It is the ability for the European Council almost across the board, except for defence, to—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-04d.1707.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1795.6", "colnum": "1795", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "m the speeches of the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks. Back in 2006, he made a very interesting comment on the nature of European treaties. He said of the defunct constitutional treaty that \"the fact that it was a Constitution, not simply a treaty, would have revolutionised the EU.\" There we have it—a revolutionary document, or a simple treaty? Referendums are the democratic way—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1795.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1812.3", "colnum": "1812", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": " that although I had a substantial personal vote, it did not single-handedly elect me to the House. There is a commitment in a manifesto from a Government on how they will take matters forward. Clearly, as the document is always a compromise between competing interests, some will be less than totally enthusiastic about elements of it. I forget which ones I was less than totally enthusiastic about.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1812.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1816.1", "colnum": "1816", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": "I am never entirely sure whether the Liberal Democrats are quite as silly as they pretend—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1816.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1816.1", "colnum": "1816", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": " they pretend— [Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman raised a point with me; he might at least do me the courtesy of listening to my reply. My intention is to reach out to the Liberal Democrats and be helpful. It is clear that they want an in-out question. My new clause is the only way to achieve that; it is the only option on offer that gives any possibility of that question being asked—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1816.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1822.2", "colnum": "1822", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "preceding_text": "urvive democratically when, some years later, people see the consequences of what has been done. Let us say that on this occasion we finish the parliamentary process, in which the majorities have been about two to one in favour of the treaty of Lisbon, and we then hold a referendum. Given that everyone I have so far met who is demanding a referendum actually intends to vote no, what do we do then?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1822.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1843.6", "colnum": "1843", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "preceding_text": " as we do, or to put themselves on the margins of Europe and accept the consequences of so doing. In September last year, I visited Estonia with a group of liberal democrat parliamentarians and had a very constructive meeting with the Prime Minister, Andrus Ansip. He is, of course, a leading member of the liberal parties of Europe—as, indeed, is the leading opposition party in Estonia—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1843.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1848.1", "colnum": "1848", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Curry", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Curry", "preceding_text": "nion and to this treaty, and such comment is not always as informed as it might be. The comfort that I find is that I wonder how many people buy the red tops for the political comment, rather than for the coverage of media personalities, the world of sport and footballers' wives. That is quite legitimate, and occasionally all of us enjoy a surreptitious glance to relieve some of the rigours—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1848.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1850.0", "colnum": "1850", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "I shall try to be brief. I put a message to all Europhobes on my website, saying that I intended to vote for the Lisbon treaty. I did so because I wanted to provoke a reaction from my constituents. Many words have been spoken about the great interest in the subject outside the House, but I have had only one e-mail and one letter from my constituents—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1850.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1851.4", "colnum": "1851", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "mes until they got the right result. The Eurosceptics will never accept the outcome, and so they will keep coming back. That undermines democracy and parliamentary sovereignty, and I do not believe that it is in the interests of the House or the British people to move to a referendum culture. We need to strengthen the power of the Select Committees and this House to scrutinise the Executive—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1851.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1851.4", "colnum": "1851", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "he British people to move to a referendum culture. We need to strengthen the power of the Select Committees and this House to scrutinise the Executive— [ Interruption. ] We need a more democratic second chamber or to abolish the one that we have completely. We need greater media understanding. Where are the media? They do not report these debates and so the public are not made aware of them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1851.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05a.xml", "sha256": "31e16af0ec231873", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1851.4", "colnum": "1851", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "mittees and this House to scrutinise the Executive— [ Interruption. ] We need a more democratic second chamber or to abolish the one that we have completely. We need greater media understanding. Where are the media? They do not report these debates and so the public are not made aware of them. [ Interruption. ] For that reason, I shall vote against a referendum and support the Lisbon treaty.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05a.1851.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1730.0", "colnum": "1730", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Jimmy Hood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jimmy Hood", "preceding_text": " hon. Friend agree that if we are going to discuss the powers of Westminster and the Scottish Parliament, one of the best places to do so is not in the media or commissions, but on the Floor of this House or within parliamentary structures? Would it not be a good idea, as I have suggested to my right hon. Friend in the past, for the Grand Committee to discuss all matters concerning Scotland—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1730.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1739.0", "colnum": "1739", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "May I—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1739.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1739.1", "colnum": "1739", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I call the right hon.—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1739.1"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1741.7", "colnum": "1741", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Answer. [Laughter.]", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "rose—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1741.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1741.7", "colnum": "1741", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Hon. Members", "preceding_text": "Answer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1741.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1743.6", "colnum": "1743", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "We have a Parliament, we have a democracy and we are having debates on that very treaty in this House as part of our democracy. The hon. Lady should be honest with the House, because she was a member of the campaign—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1743.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1765.6", "colnum": "1765", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman asks me to look a long way into the future. It is perfectly understandable that hon. Members in other parties are ever more inquisitive about a Conservative Government, since that moment draws steadily nearer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1765.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1768.0", "colnum": "1768", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "en them. Let me complete the answer to that, and I shall come to his second point in due course. Faced with that onslaught of evidence and analysis from independent commentators and Committees of this House, the promise breakers have made their last stand on one forlorn but intriguing argument—the \"mouse\" argument, originally introduced, I think, by the hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1768.0"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1769.2", "colnum": "1769", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Squeak, squeak!", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "I give way to the author of the \"mouse\" argument.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1769.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1776.7", "colnum": "1776", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "Every Government and leader in Europe has recognised that the constitution has been abandoned—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1776.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1776.9", "colnum": "1776", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No, I am not saying that. My case is that this treaty does not represent a fundamental shift in the balance of power in this country. Furthermore—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1776.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1776.9", "colnum": "1776", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No, I am not saying that. My case is that this treaty does not represent a fundamental shift in the balance of power in this country. Furthermore— [ Interruption. ] As we have discussed on Second Reading—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1776.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1776.9", "colnum": "1776", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No, I am not saying that. My case is that this treaty does not represent a fundamental shift in the balance of power in this country. Furthermore— [ Interruption. ] As we have discussed on Second Reading— [ Interruption. ] As we discussed—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1776.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1777.0", "colnum": "1777", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "The Second Deputy Chairman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "The Second Deputy Chairman", "preceding_text": "Order. We cannot have interjections from a sedentary position when—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1777.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1777.5", "colnum": "1777", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "We went through this in detail on Second Reading. The argument was that it was vital, in the words of the former Prime Minister, to \"clear the air\" on the European issue—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1777.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1777.5", "colnum": "1777", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "We went through this in detail on Second Reading. The argument was that it was vital, in the words of the former Prime Minister, to \"clear the air\" on the European issue— [ Interruption. ] That was the argument that was put—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1777.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1777.8", "colnum": "1777", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "preceding_text": "Not that long—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1777.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1778.0", "colnum": "1778", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "We do not. We have it very clear that there should be a referendum when there is a shift in the fundamental balance of power. I want to go—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1778.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1778.2", "colnum": "1778", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "of one referendum on the European Union, of referendums in respect of Scotland and Wales, and of referendums in respect of local government. Those referendums were all called because of the issue of the balance of power. I want to go through the allegations that have been made about this important issue, because some of them are absurd and can be dismissed. There are also substantive issues—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1778.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1780.3", "colnum": "1780", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I think that many factors will drive up the turnout at the next general election —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1780.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1783.0", "colnum": "1783", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I would be happy to write to the right hon. Gentleman on that particular issue, but I would say that there are important differences between the constitutional treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1783.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1783.3", "colnum": "1783", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Peter Lilley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Lilley", "preceding_text": "On a point of order, Sir Michael. Is it not a convention that when this House debates important matters, papers emanating from the Government spelling out policies are placed on the Table? The Foreign Secretary has finally admitted that the Government replied to the German letter.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1783.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1783.3", "colnum": "1783", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Peter Lilley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Lilley", "preceding_text": "On a point of order, Sir Michael. Is it not a convention that when this House debates important matters, papers emanating from the Government spelling out policies are placed on the Table? The Foreign Secretary has finally admitted that the Government replied to the German letter. [Interruption.] The answer is there in the hands of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1783.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1785.8", "colnum": "1785", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why?\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "es not justify a referendum, and the comparison to other treaties does not either. The Single European Act—which was piloted through the House by the Conservative party—set out the terms for the creation of a single market, created the concept of the convergence of economic and monetary policies, and provided for co-operation on foreign policy. No referendum was required; I wonder why.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1785.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1787.3", "colnum": "1787", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \" Brilliantly.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I want to bring my speech to a close. On day five of the debate, on foreign affairs, the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks, who speaks for the Opposition—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1787.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1793.4", "colnum": "1793", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "No, I want to make some progress.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1793.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1793.6", "colnum": "1793", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "m the speeches of the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks. Back in 2006, he made a very interesting comment on the nature of European treaties. He said of the defunct constitutional treaty that \"the fact that it was a Constitution, not simply a treaty, would have revolutionised the EU.\" There we have it—a revolutionary document, or a simple treaty? Referendums are the democratic way—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1793.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1803.4", "colnum": "1803", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "preceding_text": "I am grateful. Is not the situation worse than the right hon. Gentleman says? The Conservative party is suggesting that, if the treaty were ratified, functioning and operational, and there were a change of Government in this country in two years' time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1803.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1810.0", "colnum": "1810", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hon. Friend.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "The hon. Member said that he was in favour of a referendum.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1810.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1810.3", "colnum": "1810", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": " that although I had a substantial personal vote, it did not single-handedly elect me to the House. There is a commitment in a manifesto from a Government on how they will take matters forward. Clearly, as the document is always a compromise between competing interests, some will be less than totally enthusiastic about elements of it. I forget which ones I was less than totally enthusiastic about.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1810.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1814.1", "colnum": "1814", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": "I am never entirely sure whether the Liberal Democrats are quite as silly as they pretend—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1814.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1814.1", "colnum": "1814", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": " they pretend— [Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman raised a point with me; he might at least do me the courtesy of listening to my reply. My intention is to reach out to the Liberal Democrats and be helpful. It is clear that they want an in/out question. My new clause is the only way to achieve that; it is the only option on offer that gives any possibility of that question being asked—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1814.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1816.2", "colnum": "1816", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Alan Haselhurst", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Haselhurst", "preceding_text": "Order. I have been very indulgent over the length of interventions, and sometimes their content, this afternoon. We should get back on the straight and narrow, and I also suggest that the hon. Member for Glasgow, South-West (Mr. Davidson) keep an eye on his parliamentary language. He has been going for 33 minutes now; as we have not had any other reports from outside—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1816.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1820.0", "colnum": "1820", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "preceding_text": "rs without having to go through the whole rigmarole of having an intergovernmental conference and all the rest of it. There have been no new arguments in this debate. All the way through the debates on this treaty, I have been reminded either of Maastricht or of the Single European Act, the only difference being that even bigger issues were involved in the previous treaties than in this one—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1820.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1820.2", "colnum": "1820", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "preceding_text": "urvive democratically when, some years later, people see the consequences of what has been done. Let us say that on this occasion we finish the parliamentary process, in which the majorities have been about two to one in favour of the treaty of Lisbon, and we then hold a referendum. Given that everyone I have so far met who is demanding a referendum actually intends to vote no, what do we do then?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1820.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1824.1", "colnum": "1824", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "e kidding! A good deal of reference has been made today to the Labour party's 2005 manifesto, but let us look at the Conservative party's 1992 manifesto: \"The Conservatives have been the party of Britain in Europe for 30 years...The Maastricht Treaty was a success both for Britain and for the rest of Europe. British proposals helped to shape the key provisions of the Treaty including those\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1824.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1825.8", "colnum": "1825", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": " much more far reaching Maastricht treaty, saying: \"It cannot be right to refuse to do our job\".—[ Official Report , 21 April 1993; Vol. 223, c. 455-6 .] I have told the Committee already that I am as sycophantic in adherence to the Whip as anybody in this House. I abase myself before my Whip, who is in his place to listen to me. I hope that he will let me off one or two debates as a result.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1825.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1831.3", "colnum": "1831", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Say yes!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "preceding_text": "What can I say to the hon. Lady?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1831.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1831.3", "colnum": "1831", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "preceding_text": "What can I say to the hon. Lady? [Hon. Members: \"Say yes!\"] I could say yes, and I will. Yes. How about that? That is a bit of honesty. But—there is always a good \"but\" in politics—the issue is not just about time; it is about quality of time.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1831.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1832.6", "colnum": "1832", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "preceding_text": "I want to make progress, because I am conscious that other Members want to speak. Before I conclude, I want to say something about the Liberal Democrats.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1832.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1835.2", "colnum": "1835", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stewart Hosie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stewart Hosie", "preceding_text": "On three or four occasions today, the hon. Lady has said that the treaty is complicated and the people are too stupid to understand it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1835.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1837.3", "colnum": "1837", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Geraldine Smith", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"A review?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Geraldine Smith", "preceding_text": "e Lisbon treaty contains mechanisms for member states to reclaim competences from the EU and to opt out of participating in a number of policy areas. It also provides machinery for member states to negotiate voluntary withdrawal from the EU or the establishment of a new relationship with it. That is what we should be looking at. We need to set up a royal commission to look at all the issues—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1837.3"}
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{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1841.2", "colnum": "1841", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Give way!", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "preceding_text": "The Conservatives' position is quite simple. They do not wish Britain to continue as an effective member of the European Union, and the purpose of their amendment is to start that process—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1841.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1841.6", "colnum": "1841", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "preceding_text": " as we do, or to put themselves on the margins of Europe and accept the consequences of so doing. In September last year, I visited Estonia with a group of liberal democrat parliamentarians and had a very constructive meeting with the Prime Minister, Andrus Ansip. He is, of course, a leading member of the liberal parties of Europe—as, indeed, is the leading opposition party in Estonia—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1841.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1842.1", "colnum": "1842", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "preceding_text": "I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman travels at all in Europe or talks to our political colleagues—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1842.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1846.1", "colnum": "1846", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Curry", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Curry", "preceding_text": "nion and to this treaty, and such comment is not always as informed as it might be. The comfort that I find is that I wonder how many people buy the red tops for the political comment, rather than for the coverage of media personalities, the world of sport and footballers' wives. That is quite legitimate, and occasionally all of us enjoy a surreptitious glance to relieve some of the rigours—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1846.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1848.0", "colnum": "1848", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "I shall try to be brief. I put a message to all Europhobes on my website, saying that I intended to vote for the Lisbon treaty. I did so because I wanted to provoke a reaction from my constituents. Many words have been spoken about the great interest in the subject outside the House, but I have had only one e-mail and one letter from my constituents—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1848.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1849.4", "colnum": "1849", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "mes until they got the right result. The Eurosceptics will never accept the outcome, and so they will keep coming back. That undermines democracy and parliamentary sovereignty, and I do not believe that it is in the interests of the House or the British people to move to a referendum culture. We need to strengthen the power of the Select Committees and this House to scrutinise the Executive—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1849.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1849.4", "colnum": "1849", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "he British people to move to a referendum culture. We need to strengthen the power of the Select Committees and this House to scrutinise the Executive— [ Interruption. ] We need a more democratic second Chamber or to abolish the one that we have completely. We need greater media understanding. Where are the media? They do not report these debates and so the public are not made aware of them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1849.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1849.4", "colnum": "1849", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "mittees and this House to scrutinise the Executive— [ Interruption. ] We need a more democratic second Chamber or to abolish the one that we have completely. We need greater media understanding. Where are the media? They do not report these debates and so the public are not made aware of them. [ Interruption. ] For that reason, I shall vote against a referendum and support the Lisbon treaty.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1849.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1851.3", "colnum": "1851", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "ey are predicated on the assumption that the EU will rather arrogantly say that it will be good enough to give us new powers in relation to the national Parliaments. Well, thank you very much, but we are a national Parliament that has been going for quite a long time. We have a history and a constitutional system that has stood the test of time and saved Europe from itself in two world wars—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1851.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1852.2", "colnum": "1852", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "y to be as brief as possible. It is a great delight to follow the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) . There could be no two Members more diametrically opposed than him and me on nearly every issue, and certainly on Europe. What has been interesting about today's debate is first and foremost the fact that the Tory party has exposed itself as having an enormous problem about the European Union—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1852.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1852.2", "colnum": "1852", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "hrough Maastricht without a referendum—in both cases on remarkably small majorities. So far, there have been 40 Divisions during our debates on the Bill and the average majority has been 170, almost a two-thirds majority in every case, so it is difficult to advance the argument for a referendum on that basis. Another problem for the Conservatives is that their party is radically split—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1852.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-05", "file": "debates2008-03-05b.xml", "sha256": "ae15d2978c666312", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1862.2", "colnum": "1862", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "I am glad that we are able to get in obliquely like this. It is the accumulation of five or six treaties that has led us here—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-05b.1862.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-06", "file": "debates2008-03-06a.xml", "sha256": "dcd6dd934154ceca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06a.1914.0", "colnum": "1914", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ot cuts in maternity services or accident and emergency; there has been record investment in our health services, including maternity services and accident and emergency. The right hon. Lady mentioned the Mayor of London. During the past eight years, when Ken Livingstone has been Mayor, London has been transformed for the better. At the elections in May, there will be a clear choice for Londoners.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06a.1914.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-06", "file": "debates2008-03-06b.xml", "sha256": "8fbbf2e62ea49c8a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1912.0", "colnum": "1912", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "t cuts in maternity services or accident and emergency; there has been record investment in our health services, including maternity services and accident and emergency. The right hon. Lady mentioned the Mayor of London. During the past eight years, while Ken Livingstone has been Mayor, London has been transformed for the better. At the elections in May, there will be a clear choice for Londoners.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1912.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-06", "file": "debates2008-03-06b.xml", "sha256": "8fbbf2e62ea49c8a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1914.0", "colnum": "1914", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "May I say to the Leader of the House that in the mayoral election, as in all elections, there are more than two choices?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1914.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-06", "file": "debates2008-03-06b.xml", "sha256": "8fbbf2e62ea49c8a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1929.8", "colnum": "1929", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "As I was about to say, I think that the importance of women in the House of Commons and in government is not that we are here for our own sake, but that we are here to deliver for other women. Margaret Thatcher did not deliver for other women—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1929.8"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-06", "file": "debates2008-03-06b.xml", "sha256": "8fbbf2e62ea49c8a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1936.12", "colnum": "1936", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Mark Pritchard", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Pritchard", "preceding_text": "rose—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1936.12"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-06", "file": "debates2008-03-06b.xml", "sha256": "8fbbf2e62ea49c8a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1936.13", "colnum": "1936", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "I am not giving way to one of the 91 per cent.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.1936.13"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-06", "file": "debates2008-03-06b.xml", "sha256": "8fbbf2e62ea49c8a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.2016.0", "colnum": "2016", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Barbara Follett", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Barbara Follett", "preceding_text": " Asian woman MPs. In public life, in the judiciary and the upper echelons of our civil service and financial sector, women remain woefully under-represented. But things are being done to correct that, and I am glad to say that we have made significant advances over the last decade—even getting the hon. Member for Braintree (Mr. Newmark) to join women2win, about which I am very pleased—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-06b.2016.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-07", "file": "debates2008-03-07b.xml", "sha256": "3d33991f814ae085", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-07b.2055.1", "colnum": "2055", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Davies", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend makes a good point. The Bill's promoter might be able to clarify some of the points that he makes to try to reassure him. I am not entirely sure that I would be reassured, but my hon. Friend might be. The hon. Members for Lewisham, West and for Manchester, Central, who seems not to have had the patience to wait—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-07b.2055.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-07", "file": "debates2008-03-07b.xml", "sha256": "3d33991f814ae085", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-07b.2075.1", "colnum": "2075", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "oint, as it is far better to have a job than no job, but that does not mean having a job at any cost. I take on board what the right hon. Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill said about workers' rights, but that does not mean that people should be in a job and beaten every half hour and given a bowl of rice. That is totally unacceptable, but no one is arguing that that should be the case.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-07b.2075.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-07", "file": "debates2008-03-07b.xml", "sha256": "3d33991f814ae085", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-07b.2075.5", "colnum": "2075", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "I understand that that is a movable feast as far as the Government are concerned, and I should hate to intrude on private grief. I look forward to 12 March , when perhaps the Chancellor of the Exchequer will finally be able to tell us exactly what is going to happen.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-07b.2075.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10a.xml", "sha256": "19a61d061d46e801", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10a.66.2", "colnum": "66", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Greg Hands", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Greg Hands", "preceding_text": "ng malpractice in respect of risk control, risk management and related issues and about the effect it can have on the markets. What I have seen in Northern Rock since 22 February has been an institution whose behaviour, even since nationalisation, has carried on being reckless and unsustainable. That is very serious given that we, the people, now own it. Let me start with the foreign subsidiaries.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10a.66.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10b.xml", "sha256": "7dfb640505ebf703", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10b.19.4", "colnum": "19", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Henry Bellingham", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"They will have to go to Switzerland.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Henry Bellingham", "preceding_text": "etary of State for that answer, but is she aware that the £25 million to be spent at Woolwich will leave no legacy, because those ranges will be dismantled? It is difficult to envisage that they could be transported somewhere else. Why cannot the shooting sports events take place somewhere else? What will she do to help British pistol shooters who want to train for their sport prior to 2012?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10b.19.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10b.xml", "sha256": "7dfb640505ebf703", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10b.24.1", "colnum": "24", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John McFall", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McFall", "preceding_text": "ing for the depositor protection scheme in case of a systemic difficulty, but a single bank—this is a lesson for the future—should not require Government support. We must put in place a mechanism to ensure that. It could be said that this is not the time for banks to pay into such a fund. The hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Mr. Fallon) and myself went to the United States in December—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10b.24.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.4.1", "colnum": "4", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "preceding_text": "l too often our sectors aren't at their best when embodying common belongings themselves. The audiences for many of our greatest cultural events—I'm thinking in particular of the Proms, but it is true of many others—is still a long way from demonstrating that people from different backgrounds feel at ease in being part of this. I know that this isn't about making every audience\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.4.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.4.1", "colnum": "4", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "preceding_text": "ry audience\"— [Interruption.] If hon. Members listen, I will explain. \"I know that this isn't about making every audience completely representative, but if we claim great things for our sectors in terms of their power to bring people together, then we have a right to expect that they will do whatever they can wherever they can. I know that many organisations have made great strides\"— ]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.4.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.18.5", "colnum": "18", "heading": "MINISTER FOR THE OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "Don Foster", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Wednesday!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Don Foster", "preceding_text": "en from the lottery to meet the costs. The amount is equivalent to a £1 million cut in every single right hon. and hon. Member's constituency. That will seriously damage the ability to provide support for grassroots arts, culture and heritage, and to provide the necessary legacy. Will she tell the House what she personally has done to persuade the Chancellor, in his Budget on Thursday—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.18.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.19.4", "colnum": "19", "heading": "MINISTER FOR THE OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "Henry Bellingham", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: They will have to go to Switzerland.", "preceding_speaker": "Henry Bellingham", "preceding_text": "etary of State for that answer, but is she aware that the £25 million to be spent at Woolwich will leave no legacy, because those ranges will be dismantled? It is difficult to envisage that they could be transported somewhere else. Why cannot the shooting sports events take place somewhere else? What will she do to help British pistol shooters who want to train for their sport prior to 2012?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.19.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.24.1", "colnum": "24", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 2007-08", "cue_speaker": "John McFall", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McFall", "preceding_text": "ing for the depositor protection scheme in case of a systemic difficulty, but a single bank—this is a lesson for the future—should not require Government support. We must put in place a mechanism to ensure that. It could be said that this is not the time for banks to pay into such a fund. The hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Mr. Fallon) and myself went to the United States in December—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.24.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.47.3", "colnum": "47", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 2007-08", "cue_speaker": "Mark Field", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Field", "preceding_text": "The hon. Member for West Bromwich, West (Mr. Bailey) must be proud of his football team's success at the weekend, although there is a heavy match against Portsmouth in the FA cup semi-final to come.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.47.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.56.1", "colnum": "56", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 2007-08", "cue_speaker": "George Mudie", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "George Mudie", "preceding_text": "I totally agree. I thought that my right hon. Friend was intervening to say that I was never bad tempered with anyone, let alone the Governor of the Bank of England. I am deeply disappointed that he did not.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.56.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.59.3", "colnum": "59", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 2007-08", "cue_speaker": "George Mudie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Mudie", "preceding_text": "unbartonshire spoke about war games. Another factor was the newness of the Chancellor. We should remember that he had been in office for only a month, whereas the Governor of the Bank of England had been in post for five years and McCarthy has been around for a considerable time. Strong, able and confident as the Chancellor is in such situations, he has to look at those people of experience—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.59.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.66.2", "colnum": "66", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 2007-08", "cue_speaker": "Greg Hands", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Greg Hands", "preceding_text": "ng malpractice in respect of risk control, risk management and related issues and about the effect it can have on the markets. What I have seen in Northern Rock since 22 February has been an institution whose behaviour, even since nationalisation, has carried on being reckless and unsustainable. That is very serious given that we, the people, now own it. Let me start with the foreign subsidiaries.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.66.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.81.1", "colnum": "81", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 2007-08", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "I acknowledged the expertise that the hon. Gentleman brings to the debate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.81.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-10", "file": "debates2008-03-10c.xml", "sha256": "d35f170bc6c0dd3a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.105.1", "colnum": "105", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 2007-08", "cue_speaker": "Clive Efford", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Clive Efford", "preceding_text": "I would take the hon. Gentleman through the miscalculations—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-10c.105.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11b.xml", "sha256": "cb6e69bf7b3587ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11b.152.9", "colnum": "152", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "gue) . I believe his approach to Europe to be utterly antediluvian, but he has prosecuted his case in an absolutely brilliant fashion and re-established his reputation as one of the outstanding debaters of our times. The hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) has demonstrated again his long-standing commitment to these issues, tabling 154 amendments and making 209 interventions in our proceedings—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11b.152.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11b.xml", "sha256": "cb6e69bf7b3587ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11b.206.4", "colnum": "206", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "preceding_text": " these issues—my maiden speech was on Europe—and the more that I do so, the less I sense that I am absolutely 100 per cent. confident in everything I say. Some modesty and brevity is useful, and I will try to apply that lesson tonight. Another great Labour leader, Hugh Gaitskell, said in 1962 that joining the Common Market would mean \"the end of Britain as an independent nation-state.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11b.206.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11b.xml", "sha256": "cb6e69bf7b3587ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11b.229.1", "colnum": "229", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Barry Sheerman", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Barry Sheerman", "preceding_text": "e that thought it could do anything I hope that when people talk about the nation state they look back at what the nation state brought us—the horrific periods of our experience as a nation—and what it meant, perhaps not for the ruling classes that run the country but for the poor bloody infantry that fought the wars, dug the ditches and did all the ghastly things that happened —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11b.229.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11b.xml", "sha256": "cb6e69bf7b3587ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11b.243.1", "colnum": "243", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Where is he?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "event that. The detailed amendments on borders, visas, asylum, migration, defence, the free movement of workers, freedom of association, personal data and social policy were never even debated at all. That is why Mr. Simon Carr of The Independent , who has followed this issue closely, said of the whole process: \"It's been a shabby affair. Low, dishonest and shabby.\" He then went on to argue—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11b.243.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.131.6", "colnum": "131", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I am sorry to tell the hon. Lady that what she says is not correct. The Sentencing Guidelines Council recommendations on certain offenders are intended for consultation. If the hon. Lady or her colleagues on the Opposition Front Bench have comments to make about them, let us receive them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.131.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.132.2", "colnum": "132", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I have many discussions with my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary about drug issues, which are at the root of so much crime—notwithstanding the fact that crime has come down so much over the past 11 years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.132.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.132.2", "colnum": "132", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I have many discussions with my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary about drug issues, which are at the root of so much crime—notwithstanding the fact that crime has come down so much over the past 11 years. [Laughter.] It has come down by 30 per cent. across the country, including in nearly every constituency represented by Conservative Members.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.132.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.134.3", "colnum": "134", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "David Hanson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Hanson", "preceding_text": "I point out to the hon. Gentleman, as I did in the answer, that there has been a 64 per cent. fall in drug use in prison in the past 10 years. I know, and I am sure that on reflection he knows, that it is immensely difficult for the Prison Service to prevent drugs from entering prisons in every circumstance—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.134.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.136.1", "colnum": "136", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "the little chat, or even a long chat. It is fundamental to the effectiveness of and public confidence in community sentences, whether they are imposed on juveniles or adults, that they work and are rigorously assessed. My Department and the Home Office spend a considerable amount of public money on research and statistics to ensure that that happens. The new chair of the Youth Justice Board—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.136.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.152.3", "colnum": "152", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": "Will the Foreign Secretary give way?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.152.3"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.152.6", "colnum": "152", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "There's only one of them!", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Davidson", "preceding_text": "Will the Foreign Secretary tell me the difference between the Liberals' full participation in debate and their policy of constructive abstention, as they seem to amount to pretty much the same thing?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.152.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.152.9", "colnum": "152", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "gue) . I believe his approach to Europe to be utterly antediluvian, but he has prosecuted his case in an absolutely brilliant fashion and re-established his reputation as one of the outstanding debaters of our times. The hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) has demonstrated again his long-standing commitment to these issues, tabling 154 amendments and making 209 interventions in our proceedings—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.152.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.156.5", "colnum": "156", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "We tabled amendments on justice and home affairs, for example, precisely to ensure that our rights to choose on justice and home affairs—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.156.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.159.5", "colnum": "159", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "say in making EU laws. If a majority of national Parliaments oppose a proposal and national Governments or MEPs agree, it falls. Again for the first time, the treaty defines the EU's competences, setting out where the EU can and cannot act and it underlines that the EU has only such competences as are expressly conferred on it by the member states through the treaties. Those are good things—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.159.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.160.1", "colnum": "160", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I think that it is at general elections that we convince the British people and Labour has a pretty good record on that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.160.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.160.6", "colnum": "160", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No, I want to make this point, because—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.160.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.162.7", "colnum": "162", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "n voting for an amendment that aimed to reverse 50 years of cross-party support for the EU. The amendment claimed to assert the right of Parliament over European law. In fact, it would have made \"a nonsense of the necessity for Community law to have the same effect in every member state if the UK, any more than any other member state, could choose by national law to override what it did not like.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.162.7"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.170.5", "colnum": "170", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Six words.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne McIntosh", "preceding_text": "Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is curious that we were not allowed line-by-line analysis and scrutiny of the Bill, but that we spent a whole day on one line of it, on climate change?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.170.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.173.0", "colnum": "173", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "dy to consider the alternative method of treaty change.\" So the strategy was clear: it was to change the name and title, but to keep the substance of the treaty. That is exactly what happened. The process was designed to bring back the constitution, disguised just enough for the Government to have a fighting chance of hoodwinking voters into thinking that the referendum promise could be forgotten.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.173.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.180.1", "colnum": "180", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Patricia Hewitt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patricia Hewitt", "preceding_text": "ing himself from centre-right Governments in the European Union and leaving his party with barely a single ally among the Governments or mainstream political parties of the enlarged Union. Indeed, Daniel Hannan, one of the Conservative MEPs, likened the European Parliament's president—a German Christian Democrat—to Adolf Hitler, causing immense offence to conservative colleagues—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.180.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.181.6", "colnum": "181", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "We got more than 500,000 signatures on the petition for a Maastricht referendum. A great deal of the problem with this petition has been that these debates and the arguments have not been fully reported by the media, including the BBC—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.181.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.192.1", "colnum": "192", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "You will be pleased to learn that I am about to finish, Madam Deputy Speaker.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.192.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.192.2", "colnum": "192", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "out of Europe. I went on record as saying so last summer. I was in favour of an all-singing, all-dancing referendum on our membership of the European Union because I was fed up with the drip, drip of Euroscepticism. I felt that it was the only way in which we could properly explore the issue of being in the European Union. Then I met and spoke to the Foreign Secretary, who convinced me that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.192.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.206.4", "colnum": "206", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "preceding_text": " these issues—my maiden speech was on Europe—and the more that I do so, the less I sense that I am absolutely 100 per cent. confident in everything I say. Some modesty and brevity is useful, and I will try to apply that lesson tonight. Another great Labour leader, Hugh Gaitskell, said in 1962 that joining the Common Market would mean \"the end of Britain as an independent nation-state.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.206.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.229.1", "colnum": "229", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Barry Sheerman", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Barry Sheerman", "preceding_text": "e that thought it could do anything I hope that when people talk about the nation state they look back at what the nation state brought us—the horrific periods of our experience as a nation—and what it meant, perhaps not for the ruling classes that run the country but for the poor bloody infantry that fought the wars, dug the ditches and did all the ghastly things that happened —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.229.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.243.1", "colnum": "243", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Mark Francois", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Where is he?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Francois", "preceding_text": "event that. The detailed amendments on borders, visas, asylum, migration, defence, the free movement of workers, freedom of association, personal data and social policy were never even debated at all. That is why Mr. Simon Carr of The Independent , who has followed this issue closely, said of the whole process: \"It's been a shabby affair. Low, dishonest and shabby.\" He then went on to argue—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.243.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-11", "file": "debates2008-03-11c.xml", "sha256": "2e97682e89070f34", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.247.4", "colnum": "247", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "by referring to a speech that I did not give\"—[ Official Report , 6 February 2008; Vol. 471, c. 1074 .] when he was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. A remarkable constitutional innovation! It is a first, and perhaps many right hon. and hon. Members on both sides of the House will take their lead from it in future debates. On the specifics in the treaty and therefore the Bill—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-11c.247.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12a.xml", "sha256": "f2b61d11e1ae6e8f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.285.3", "colnum": "285", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "ould, after seven years, pay a reasonable charge to maintain the right to be taxed differently from other UK residents. Beyond that, as I have said before, we will not seek to charge UK tax on offshore income or capital gains that are not brought into the UK. This new charge will be implemented from April. There will be no further changes to this regime for the rest of this Parliament or the next.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.285.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12a.xml", "sha256": "f2b61d11e1ae6e8f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "s not how they perform when things are going well, but how well prepared they are to cope when things get tough. The key question at these times is how much room for manoeuvre one has given oneself. The answer with the Government is, \"No room for manoeuvre at all.\" In America, they are cutting taxes by 1 per cent of national income. In Sweden, there is a 2 per cent budget surplus to help them out.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12a.xml", "sha256": "f2b61d11e1ae6e8f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "usinesses that he did not even mention in his speech. Corporation tax on small businesses: up £800 million as we head for a downturn. This is a crazy way to respond to a slowdown—hitting the very people who create the wealth, the jobs and the investment that this country so badly needs. However, the true extent of the Chancellor's dreadful predicament is the fact that the Budget—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12a.xml", "sha256": "f2b61d11e1ae6e8f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " mention something that last year was the centrepiece of the tax-con Budget, but which this year does not get even a single mention. He is abolishing the 10p starting rate of tax. That is the tax con that Labour Members all cheered so loudly last year, and soon they will find out what it means. Low-paid NHS workers will have to pay more tax. Part-time teaching assistants will have to pay more tax.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12a.xml", "sha256": "f2b61d11e1ae6e8f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "s all cheered so loudly last year, and soon they will find out what it means. Low-paid NHS workers will have to pay more tax. Part-time teaching assistants will have to pay more tax. [Interruption.] Is the Prime Minister shaking his head? Well, that is the Budget that he introduced. Our soldiers fighting in the heat and dust of Afghanistan will pay more tax. That is the consequence of the tax con.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12a.xml", "sha256": "f2b61d11e1ae6e8f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "have set a long-term strategy for economic policy that learns the lessons of the waste and extravagance of the last decade. He should have set out how to share the proceeds of growth so we could get borrowing and tax rates down. That would help not only Britain's families, but Britain's businesses, too. Business knows just how bad this situation is. The CBI says it is now like a \"banana republic\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12a.xml", "sha256": "f2b61d11e1ae6e8f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " himself in a panic trying to copy our proposals on inheritance tax. This country should not be in any doubt about the source of the difficulties that Britain is now in: the Chancellor was put in a hole by the Prime Minister and they both kept digging. What is the situation now? We have the highest taxes in history, the highest deficit in western Europe, the highest interest rates in the G7—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12a.xml", "sha256": "f2b61d11e1ae6e8f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.364.0", "colnum": "364", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Thurso", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Thurso", "preceding_text": "The hon. Member for Brent, North (Barry Gardiner) drew me to my feet with his full and erudite exposition of the Ramsar convention. I should state to the House, for good order, my proprietary interest in the bog mentioned.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12a.364.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.269.5", "colnum": "269", "heading": "INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT", "cue_speaker": "Greg Hands", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Greg Hands", "preceding_text": "This is all very valuable work, but does the Under-Secretary think that her efforts have been helped or hindered by her boss's involvement in elections at home, which were criticised in a report from the Electoral Commission as overlooking voter interests—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.269.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.274.1", "colnum": "274", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Michael Jabez Foster", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Jabez Foster", "preceding_text": "The strength of the economy, with the minimum wage and tax credits for children, coupled with my right hon. Friend's commitment to reducing child poverty, means that in my constituency and elsewhere, thousands of young people are now free from that scourge. Given the ambitious target of my right hon. Friend and the Labour Government to eradicate child poverty by 2020, what further measures—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.274.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.280.3", "colnum": "280", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "There are more police in London than ever before as a result of the decision—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.280.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.285.3", "colnum": "285", "heading": "Orders of the Day — WAYS AND MEANS", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "ould, after seven years, pay a reasonable charge to maintain the right to be taxed differently from other UK residents. Beyond that, as I have said before, we will not seek to charge UK tax on offshore income or capital gains that are not brought into the UK. This new charge will be implemented from April. There will be no further changes to this regime for the rest of this Parliament or the next.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.285.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "s not how they perform when things are going well, but how well prepared they are to cope when things get tough. The key question at these times is how much room for manoeuvre one has given oneself. The answer with the Government is, \"No room for manoeuvre at all.\" In America, they are cutting taxes by 1 per cent of national income. In Sweden, there is a 2 per cent budget surplus to help them out.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "usinesses that he did not even mention in his speech. Corporation tax on small businesses: up £800 million as we head for a downturn. This is a crazy way to respond to a slowdown—hitting the very people who create the wealth, the jobs and the investment that this country so badly needs. However, the true extent of the Chancellor's dreadful predicament is the fact that the Budget—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " mention something that last year was the centrepiece of the tax-con Budget, but which this year does not get even a single mention. He is abolishing the 10p starting rate of tax. That is the tax con that Labour Members all cheered so loudly last year, and soon they will find out what it means. Low-paid NHS workers will have to pay more tax. Part-time teaching assistants will have to pay more tax.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "s all cheered so loudly last year, and soon they will find out what it means. Low-paid NHS workers will have to pay more tax. Part-time teaching assistants will have to pay more tax. [Interruption.] Is the Prime Minister shaking his head? Well, that is the Budget that he introduced. Our soldiers fighting in the heat and dust of Afghanistan will pay more tax. That is the consequence of the tax con.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "have set a long-term strategy for economic policy that learns the lessons of the waste and extravagance of the last decade. He should have set out how to share the proceeds of growth so we could get borrowing and tax rates down. That would help not only Britain's families, but Britain's businesses, too. Business knows just how bad this situation is. The CBI says it is now like a \"banana republic\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0", "colnum": "300", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " himself in a panic trying to copy our proposals on inheritance tax. This country should not be in any doubt about the source of the difficulties that Britain is now in: the Chancellor was put in a hole by the Prime Minister and they both kept digging. What is the situation now? We have the highest taxes in history, the highest deficit in western Europe, the highest interest rates in the G7—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.300.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.313.3", "colnum": "313", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Lait", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Lait", "preceding_text": "th us. I have serious concerns about the fact that no preparations are being made in the Treasury to deal with the situation; the Budget tinkers round the edges. As for the green taxes, interestingly, it is proposed that tuppence be put on fuel in six months' time. It is not until 2010, if I read the statement correctly, that we will get ½p per litre—not per year, but per litre—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.313.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.357.2", "colnum": "357", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Graham Brady", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Brady", "preceding_text": " have been, with relatively little change and only a modest shift in the balance of tax and expenditure. As my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition said, that is because the Chancellor's room for manoeuvre is absurdly limited. Spending, taxes and borrowing have been driven up to levels that are simply unsustainable. I want to ensure that there is plenty of time for others to speak—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.357.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-12", "file": "debates2008-03-12b.xml", "sha256": "a4a8cf9f9f0a28bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.364.0", "colnum": "364", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "John Thurso", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Thurso", "preceding_text": "The hon. Member for Brent, North (Barry Gardiner) drew me to my feet with his full and erudite exposition of the Ramsar convention. I should state to the House, for good order, my proprietary interest in the bog mentioned.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-12b.364.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.395.1", "colnum": "395", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "I can think of many reasons why the right hon. Member for Norwich, South (Mr. Clarke) might wish to say things like that, but none of them are related to the fact that this Prime Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.395.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.404.7", "colnum": "404", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "I need to tell the right hon. Gentleman that, of course, this is not a tax; this is a charge—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.404.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.430.6", "colnum": "430", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "usiness; and to expose how a Labour Government whose sole claim to office was their ability to manage the economy have managed to leave Britain so ill prepared for the economic slow-down. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said something extraordinary on the radio this morning. He was asked by the presenter, \"Do you wish you had more room for manoeuvre?\" He replied, \"Well, we are where we are\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.430.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.430.6", "colnum": "430", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " be discussing a reduction of taxes on entrepreneurs, investors and businesses. There would be measures to put money into the pockets of families facing a rising cost of living. We would be discussing a cut in family taxes, not an increase. All these things are happening in other countries. They are happening in the United States, and they are happening because those countries can afford to do so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.430.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.432.0", "colnum": "432", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "In London, I live in the hon. Lady's constituency. I am well aware that the people whom she represents will be among those hit by the abolition of the 10p starting rate, upon which she will be asked to vote next week. We were discussing economic incompetence —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.432.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.432.2", "colnum": "432", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "y things are hidden. That is one of the Chancellor's predecessor's habits that the Chancellor did not kick. Many things hidden in the small print of the Red Book were never mentioned in the Budget speech. This debate is our chance to examine the small print, and let us begin by considering those public finances. One would never have gathered from yesterday's performance at the Dispatch Box —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.432.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.443.0", "colnum": "443", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "a bit like a rolling substitution in rugby— the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) popped on to the pitch for a couple of seconds, so perhaps the hon. Member for Tatton will rise a bit later. The answer to the question is that we aim to make all the assessments within three years. That is how we plan to proceed. After April 2010, the aim is to carry them out within three years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.443.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.443.4", "colnum": "443", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "I think the hon. Lady is talking about the National Audit Office. My permanent secretary had an interesting discussion with the Public Accounts Committee recently, and showed that there has been a significant reduction in fraud—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.443.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.443.4", "colnum": "443", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "cussion with the Public Accounts Committee recently, and showed that there has been a significant reduction in fraud— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Lady says that she is a member of the PAC. There has been a huge reduction in fraud—something that the previous Government did not even measure. Our accounts stand in good comparison to those of other welfare departments anywhere in the world.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.443.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.447.3", "colnum": "447", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "w Chancellor would like to say where the axe will fall? He certainly did not tell us in his speech. From his silence, we can assume one of two things: either all the proposals that he made in his speech are completely unfunded and therefore should be taken for what they are, which is a con, or there are swingeing spending cuts coming in key Departments to pay for that £10 billion black hole.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.447.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.450.3", "colnum": "450", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "preceding_text": "That is why it is not enough to get people into work; it has to be work that pays sufficiently well to lift the family out of poverty. It is scandalous that 1.5 million children in poverty belong to households that pay full council tax, and are not in receipt of any benefits to reduce its cost. Of course, those children would be particular beneficiaries if a local income tax were to be introduced.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.450.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.450.3", "colnum": "450", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "preceding_text": "e in relation to fuel poverty. But the idea seems to be that a one-off payment to deal with an issue that has been going on for many years and that will continue for many years is the right way to tackle it. That is what happened when a similar one-off measure was tried in relation to council tax, as some hon. Members will remember, when an extra £200 payment was provided on a one-off—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.450.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.456.0", "colnum": "456", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Terry Rooney", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Terry Rooney", "preceding_text": "ion and that now appears to be a maybe. I particularly liked the disregard on child benefit that will apply to housing benefit from 2010, because that is definitely an in-work benefit that will benefit larger families in particular. Larger families are one of the key groups at risk of being in poverty. Despite what the Member for Inverness and Renfrew said. Is that it? Something like that, anyway.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.456.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.458.1", "colnum": "458", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Terry Rooney", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Terry Rooney", "preceding_text": "ort them. Those people then go on to incapacity benefit, and the work force is lost. We should learn from places such as Holland, where everything is done to keep people in employment—even if is for only two hours a week—keep them engaged with work and build them back up. General practitioners, our old friends—I do not want to upset the British Medical Association any more—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.458.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.466.1", "colnum": "466", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Byers", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Byers", "preceding_text": "I would not go so far as saying that my heart was beating a little faster, but a smile may have played around my lips—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.466.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13a.xml", "sha256": "1860dda7af0864f1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.497.3", "colnum": "497", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Gauke", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Gauke", "preceding_text": "I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. Accuracy is very important, and we should all be grateful that he has helped the House on this matter.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13a.497.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.395.1", "colnum": "395", "heading": "DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "I can think of many reasons why the right hon. Member for Norwich, South (Mr. Clarke) might wish to say things like that, but none of them is related to the fact that this Prime Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.395.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.395.3", "colnum": "395", "heading": "DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "I have no tabbed reply for that question; it is a matter for the House.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.395.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.397.5", "colnum": "397", "heading": "DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Banks", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"He was in it!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Banks", "preceding_text": "I share my hon. Friend's aspirations, but may I draw his attention to the recent \"Panorama\" programme on bottled water—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.397.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.404.7", "colnum": "404", "heading": "DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "I need to tell the right hon. Gentleman that, of course, this is not a tax; this is a charge—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.404.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.413.0", "colnum": "413", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ay) talked about the NHS and said that the Chancellor had failed to mention it in his Budget speech yesterday. Perhaps she was not listening properly, because he said: \"In 10 years, spending on health has almost doubled\".—[ Official Report , 12 March 2008; Vol. 473, c. 289 .] That is certainly the case. Far from the NHS being forgotten, spending has doubled. Indeed, this was announced—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.413.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.416.0", "colnum": "416", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "David Winnick", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Winnick", "preceding_text": "My right hon. and learned Friend is doing very well indeed—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.416.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.416.6", "colnum": "416", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ment. Of course there has to be discussion at local level about the configuration of services, but we need to take into account the fact that a reconfiguration of services is taking place against a background of increasing investment and improving outcomes. It is fair enough for the hon. Gentleman to champion the views of his constituents, but let us not misrepresent the situation, as he has done.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.416.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.419.3", "colnum": "419", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "posals for change. Discussion is under way, and a constitutional reform Bill will come out in draft. If legislative proposals arise out of the discussions on the Law Officers, those can be contained in that Bill. If the hon. Gentleman and other Members want to make proposals about how the Law Officers should operate, they should direct their suggestions to the Secretary of State for Justice—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.419.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.425.5", "colnum": "425", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "We might well have got on to the Counter-Terrorism Bill—and, indeed, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill—sooner had we not been having hours and hours of debate over weeks and weeks on Europe.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.425.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.426.0", "colnum": "426", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Let the Leader of the House speak.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.426.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.429.1", "colnum": "429", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "I think that the Leader of the House said that it was a misleading picture that the hon. Gentleman—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.429.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.430.4", "colnum": "430", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "I call Chris Grayling.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.430.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.430.6", "colnum": "430", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "usiness; and to expose how a Labour Government whose sole claim to office was their ability to manage the economy have managed to leave Britain so ill prepared for the economic slow-down. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said something extraordinary on the radio this morning. He was asked by the presenter, \"Do you wish you had more room for manoeuvre?\" He replied, \"Well, we are where we are\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.430.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.430.6", "colnum": "430", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "e discussing a reduction of taxes on entrepreneurs, investors and businesses. There would be measures to put money into the pockets of families facing a rising cost of living. We would be discussing a cut in family taxes, not an increase. All these things are happening in other countries. They are happening in the United States, and they are happening because those countries can afford to do them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.430.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.432.0", "colnum": "432", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "In London, I live in the hon. Lady's constituency. I am well aware that the people whom she represents will be among those hit by the abolition of the 10p starting rate, upon which she will be asked to vote next week. We were discussing economic incompetence —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.432.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.432.2", "colnum": "432", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "y things are hidden. That is one of the Chancellor's predecessor's habits that the Chancellor did not kick. Many things hidden in the small print of the Red Book were never mentioned in the Budget speech. This debate is our chance to examine the small print, and let us begin by considering those public finances. One would never have gathered from yesterday's performance at the Dispatch Box —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.432.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.435.2", "colnum": "435", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Interestingly, on the radio this morning, the Chancellor gave up any attempt to claim that the changes were about binge drinking or health measures.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.435.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.437.0", "colnum": "437", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "hat Tony Blair commissioned David Freud's report, and it was completely rejected by the present Prime Minister. It is only after the disastrous events of the autumn—when we discovered that although the Prime Minister had been planning it for 10 years, he had no idea what he wanted to do with the job—that he started dusting off the reports that we had read and decided to implement them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.437.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.437.4", "colnum": "437", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "The Secretary of State should have seen the look on the face of the Chancellor when he said that he would implement the proposals in full. He has not secured agreement to deploy AME spending into DEL—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.437.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.439.0", "colnum": "439", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": " interesting times, which are sometimes unpredictable. They are so unpredictable, in fact, that until last night I expected to face the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) . Clearly, Mr. Speaker expected that too when he introduced the debate. Unfortunately, like Jonny Wilkinson, the hon. Gentleman has been benched. In his place, we have the boy wonder—the young pretender—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.439.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.443.0", "colnum": "443", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "a bit like a rolling substitution in rugby— the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) popped on to the pitch for a couple of seconds, so perhaps the hon. Member for Tatton will rise a bit later. The answer to the question is that we aim to make all the assessments within three years. That is how we plan to proceed. After April 2010, the aim is to carry them out within three years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.443.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.443.4", "colnum": "443", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "I think the hon. Lady is talking about the National Audit Office. My permanent secretary had an interesting discussion with the Public Accounts Committee recently, and showed that there has been a significant reduction in fraud—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.443.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.443.4", "colnum": "443", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "cussion with the Public Accounts Committee recently, and showed that there has been a significant reduction in fraud— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Lady says that she is a member of the PAC. There has been a huge reduction in fraud—something that the previous Government did not even measure. Our accounts stand in good comparison to those of other welfare departments anywhere in the world.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.443.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.444.7", "colnum": "444", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "The Budget gives us a good step towards it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.444.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.445.5", "colnum": "445", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "hild poverty and to halve it by 2010\" that Opposition Front Benchers find them so hard to say? It is because they do not really believe in the target and would never have set it in the first place. In any case, they cannot afford to meet it. Why does it matter that it is an aspiration and not a target? We pledge to meet the target of eradicating child poverty by 2010 by taking further steps—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.445.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.447.3", "colnum": "447", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "w Chancellor would like to say where the axe will fall? He certainly did not tell us in his speech. From his silence, we can assume one of two things: either all the proposals that he made in his speech are completely unfunded and therefore should be taken for what they are, which is a con, or there are swingeing spending cuts coming in key Departments to pay for that £10 billion black hole.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.447.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.450.3", "colnum": "450", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "preceding_text": "vernment effectively abandoned their 2010 target of halving child poverty. It is worth reminding ourselves of a few of the facts about child poverty. In 2005-06, child poverty figures were still half a million higher than the target that had been set for 2004-05: there were 2.8 million children living in child poverty, if housing costs are not taken into consideration, and 3.8 million if they are.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.450.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.450.3", "colnum": "450", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "preceding_text": "That is why it is not enough to get people into work; it has to be work that pays sufficiently well to lift the family out of poverty. It is scandalous that 1.5 million children in poverty belong to households that pay full council tax, and are not in receipt of any benefits to reduce its cost. Of course, those children would be particular beneficiaries if a local income tax were to be introduced.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.450.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.450.3", "colnum": "450", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Danny Alexander", "preceding_text": "uch more needs to be done about fuel poverty. But the idea seems to be that a one-off payment to deal with an issue that has been going on for many years and will continue for many years is the right way to tackle it. That is what happened when a similar one-off measure was tried with council tax, as some hon. Members will remember, when an extra £200 payment was provided on a one-off—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.450.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.456.0", "colnum": "456", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Terry Rooney", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Terry Rooney", "preceding_text": "iration, and now appears to be a maybe. I particularly liked the disregard on child benefit that will apply to housing benefit from 2010, because that is definitely an in-work benefit that will benefit larger families in particular. Larger families are one of the key groups at risk of being in poverty. Despite what the Member for Inverness and Renfrew said. Is that it? Something like that, anyway.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.456.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.458.1", "colnum": "458", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Terry Rooney", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Terry Rooney", "preceding_text": "m. Those people then go on to incapacity benefit, and are lost to the work force. We should learn from places such as Holland, where everything is done to keep people in employment—even if is for only two hours a week—to keep them engaged with work and build them back up. General practitioners, our old friends—I do not want to upset the British Medical Association any more—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.458.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.466.1", "colnum": "466", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Byers", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Byers", "preceding_text": "I would not go so far as saying that my heart was beating a little faster, but a smile may have played around my lips—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.466.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.497.2", "colnum": "497", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Byers", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Byers", "preceding_text": "I do not want to question Rachel Sylvester's normally accurate reporting, but I understand that it was a 50-minute intervention.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.497.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-13", "file": "debates2008-03-13b.xml", "sha256": "902ea27e44b8c1fb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.497.3", "colnum": "497", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "David Gauke", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Gauke", "preceding_text": "I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. Accuracy is very important, and we should all be grateful that he has helped the House on this matter.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-13b.497.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14a.xml", "sha256": "68f0370c8d2f7fcf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14a.533.1", "colnum": "533", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "preceding_text": "e steps had been taken, he should not have been eligible to claim? Because we are generally well-meaning people, we probably want it both ways. Sadly, in no small part due to the litigious nature of our society, we cannot have it both ways. The reality is that we as legislators must work to close the gap between the letter of law and justice. That means that we must allow people the freedom—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14a.533.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14a.xml", "sha256": "68f0370c8d2f7fcf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14a.545.3", "colnum": "545", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "son to expect that the animal presented a particular risk or that the circumstances that might prompt the animal to cause damage existed at the time. Let me now come on to the points raised in this debate. My hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, North-West talked about injuries sustained through letterboxes while delivering the leaflets that were ultimately successful in electing him to this House.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14a.545.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14a.xml", "sha256": "68f0370c8d2f7fcf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14a.563.2", "colnum": "563", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "n a booth in a funfair adjoining the defendants' circus.\" At the circus the defendants kept six female Burmese elephants that performed in the circus. Now, the problem was that the midgets' manager had a dog, and when the elephants went past, the dog spooked the elephants, and the midgets were trampled. The issue before the court was whether the elephants were domestic elephants or wild elephants.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14a.563.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.527.4", "colnum": "527", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Robertson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Robertson", "preceding_text": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, but I think you give me more credit than I am due. My hon. Friend the Member for Hendon answered his own question. I say to the hon. Member for Leominster that, if the amount is the problem, that must be examined, but it is not part of the Bill.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.527.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.533.1", "colnum": "533", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "preceding_text": "eps had been taken, he should not have been eligible to claim? Because we are generally well-meaning people, we probably want it both ways. Sadly, in no small part due to the litigious nature of our society, we cannot have it both ways. The reality is that we as legislators must work to close the gap between the letter of the law and justice. That means that we must allow people the freedom—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.533.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.545.3", "colnum": "545", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "son to expect that the animal presented a particular risk or that the circumstances that might prompt the animal to cause damage existed at the time. Let me now come on to the points raised in this debate. My hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, North-West talked about injuries sustained through letterboxes while delivering the leaflets that were ultimately successful in electing him to this House.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.545.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.546.1", "colnum": "546", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No Brushes.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "Any other bids for this Bill?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.546.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.549.4", "colnum": "549", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "estrian than to one who hits another vehicle. That is how the law has developed in relation to how the standard of carelessness is applied. To suggest that somehow this is a novel concept and that we do not have strict liability in the law anywhere else is wrong. Do I advocate strict liability throughout society? That is somewhat utopian; I would like to see it, but it is a somewhat utopian dream.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.549.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.552.5", "colnum": "552", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Crabb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Crabb", "preceding_text": "On the intervention made by the hon. Member for Ealing, North (Stephen Pound) , I should say that my Bill does not affect negligence; that is not the point. The Bill is about clarifying where strict liability can be applied—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.552.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.556.0", "colnum": "556", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Roger Williams", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Roger Williams", "preceding_text": "I am not entirely knowledgeable about the black arts of the actuarial profession—the actuary of actuaries, actually—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.556.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.559.7", "colnum": "559", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": " lot about the minority—came to the conclusion that, in those circumstances, Mr. Mirvahedy should be compensated, and I agree with Lord Nicholls. The majority in the House of Lords agreed with him as well. The basic principle set out in the Mirvahedy judgment is clear, but the issue is not new. It has been troubling society since biblical times, believe it or not. If we look at Exodus—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.559.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.561.6", "colnum": "561", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "I am sure that the hon. Lady, who is not a regular attender on a Friday—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.561.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.562.6", "colnum": "562", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "In that case, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I will not entertain the House further with the laws of Alfred, entertaining though they may be, or the equivalent laws of Wales, which are even more entertaining.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.562.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-14", "file": "debates2008-03-14b.xml", "sha256": "7226775df788cb46", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.563.2", "colnum": "563", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "n a booth in a funfair adjoining the defendants' circus.\" At the circus the defendants kept six female Burmese elephants that performed in the circus. Now, the problem was that the midgets' manager had a dog, and when the elephants went past, the dog spooked the elephants, and the midgets were trampled. The issue before the court was whether the elephants were domestic elephants or wild elephants.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-14b.563.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17b.xml", "sha256": "c5cedd157294908d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.619.0", "colnum": "619", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "bal poverty and the urgent need to make rapid progress on the Doha round. Will the Prime Minister tell us why the EU seems to be showing so little urgency in getting the deal moving again? The Commissioner in charge of those negotiations is Peter Mandelson. Whatever any of us may think of him, I have always had very helpful briefing from him on trade and, I have to say, on other issues, too—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.619.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17b.xml", "sha256": "c5cedd157294908d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.619.0", "colnum": "619", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "ould be a clear decision on whether he is going to serve another term. It cannot be in anyone's interests for the Commissioner's future to be the subject of endless speculation. Will the Prime Minister tell us today whether Peter Mandelson is going to go on doing his job, or whether this decision is to be the subject of further dithering? While Ministers were in Brussels, there was violence—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.619.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17b.xml", "sha256": "c5cedd157294908d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.622.0", "colnum": "622", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "bject of discussion between European leaders? I know that the Prime Minister is extraordinarily reluctant to do anything, it seems, to annoy the authorities in Beijing, but will he none the less confirm today that he will follow the lead of President George Bush and of Chancellor Angela Merkel and meet the Dalai Lama on his forthcoming visit to London to express solidarity with the Tibetan people?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.622.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17b.xml", "sha256": "c5cedd157294908d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.622.0", "colnum": "622", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "annoy the authorities in Beijing, but will he none the less confirm today that he will follow the lead of President George Bush and of Chancellor Angela Merkel and meet the Dalai Lama on his forthcoming visit to London to express solidarity with the Tibetan people? [Interruption.] As the Prime Minister knows, I have written to him about that on two occasions and still not had a clear answer—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.622.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17b.xml", "sha256": "c5cedd157294908d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.626.1", "colnum": "626", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ireland!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "r strategic interests lie, and there is merit in Europe coming together to present a united front in this regard. The right hon. Gentleman is also right to say that we would be in danger of not being able to make progress on the environment or on other issues if we were again to become isolated in Europe. I repeat that not one other country proposes a referendum on the European Union treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.626.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17b.xml", "sha256": "c5cedd157294908d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.659.3", "colnum": "659", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "ernment know who the fuel poor are, broadly defined—they certainly know who receives means-tested benefits. Companies in the CERT programme do not know which of their customers are on means-tested benefits, so they have to spend time, effort and money finding out or speculating about that, when the Department for Work and Pensions knows. I hope that the Secretary of State's Department—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.659.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17b.xml", "sha256": "c5cedd157294908d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.710.1", "colnum": "710", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Justine Greening", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Justine Greening", "preceding_text": "es, passed through Parliament. When the Government introduced those regulations, Ministers told me that the relief would kick-start the market. My hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth) told us that, at the end of 2007, six homes had qualified. I can update the figure, which has risen. I am sure that he will be pleased to hear that, at the end of February, nine homes had qualified.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17b.710.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17c.xml", "sha256": "08a7dbf934c5fd88", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.619.0", "colnum": "619", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "offices and cars. Will the Prime Minister explain why those specific targets were removed from the final text agreed at the weekend? Looking at our own record here in the UK, does the Prime Minister accept that 14 Government Departments are less energy-efficient than they were eight years ago, and that 15 Government Departments have actually increased their carbon emissions during that time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.619.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17c.xml", "sha256": "08a7dbf934c5fd88", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.622.0", "colnum": "622", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "annoy the authorities in Beijing, but will he none the less confirm today that he will follow the lead of President George Bush and of Chancellor Angela Merkel and meet the Dalai Lama on his forthcoming visit to London to express solidarity with the Tibetan people? [Interruption.] As the Prime Minister knows, I have written to him about that on two occasions and still not had a clear answer—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.622.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17c.xml", "sha256": "08a7dbf934c5fd88", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.632.1", "colnum": "632", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "preceding_text": "r the customer of using MMA is that the extensions are so rigid and so tightly stuck to the nail that if they get caught or jammed the natural nail can be ripped off. Pain is caused by the drilling, and the permanent ridging and damage to the natural nail and nail bed can take a long time to grow out. To compound matters, MMA extensions are much more difficult to remove than those formed with EMA.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.632.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17c.xml", "sha256": "08a7dbf934c5fd88", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.657.0", "colnum": "657", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "questions gave us the figures for carbon dioxide cuts. The figures he gave were technically correct with regard to the Kyoto definitions, but he will know that they are narrow definitions, although I fully accept that they are internationally standardised. In response to an intervention of mine, the Secretary of State said that aviation and shipping were a footnote to the international statistics.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.657.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17c.xml", "sha256": "08a7dbf934c5fd88", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.659.3", "colnum": "659", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "ernment know who the fuel poor are, broadly defined—they certainly know who receives means-tested benefits. Companies in the CERT programme do not know which of their customers are on means-tested benefits, so they have to spend time, effort and money finding out or speculating about that, when the Department for Work and Pensions knows. I hope that the Secretary of State's Department—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.659.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17c.xml", "sha256": "08a7dbf934c5fd88", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.661.3", "colnum": "661", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": " would have an almost infinite numbers of buyers, perfect information, negligible transaction costs and regular switching, which keeps companies on their toes. Fuel companies will hate it, because they will not have the stickiness that means customers stay with them when they should not. I say this to every Minister I meet, and I hope that at some point someone will take me seriously and adopt it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.661.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17c.xml", "sha256": "08a7dbf934c5fd88", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.689.2", "colnum": "689", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kelvin Hopkins", "preceding_text": "Under Denis Healey, the top marginal rate was 83 per cent. and there was a 15 per cent. surcharge for unearned income on top of that, so some people were paying 98 per cent. That was possibly a bit extreme—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.689.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17c.xml", "sha256": "08a7dbf934c5fd88", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.710.1", "colnum": "710", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Justine Greening", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Justine Greening", "preceding_text": "es, passed through Parliament. When the Government introduced those regulations, Ministers told me that the relief would kick-start the market. My hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth) told us that, at the end of 2007, six homes had qualified. I can update the figure, which has risen. I am sure that he will be pleased to hear that, at the end of February, nine homes had qualified.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.710.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-17", "file": "debates2008-03-17c.xml", "sha256": "08a7dbf934c5fd88", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.714.1", "colnum": "714", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Right honourable.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-17c.714.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18a.xml", "sha256": "ef0133d7c29a61fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18a.811.1", "colnum": "811", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": " of the financial markets clearly now imperative to prevent future damage to the international economy—the precipitate collapse of Bear Stearns is clearly not the last of it—but the UK in particular can no longer afford either the prohibitive cost of the tax privileges of the City or, just as importantly, the collateral manufacturing damage inflicted on Britain as an industrial nation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18a.811.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18a.xml", "sha256": "ef0133d7c29a61fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18a.816.3", "colnum": "816", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "preceding_text": " given to health and education over the years have not produced the commensurate increase in output and productivity—in fact, productivity in the health service has collapsed. That is one of the reasons why some of us prefer the private sector over the public sector when it comes to deciding how to modernise public services. Interestingly, even this Government are importing all kinds —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18a.816.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.736.6", "colnum": "736", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "preceding_text": "I did answer the question that the hon. Gentleman asked. He has made the mistake of not analysing a recent misrepresentation of a particular statistic on the BBC website that took the median weight for people who had actually had their treatment. The reason—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.736.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.741.4", "colnum": "741", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "I think Opposition Members are on the wrong side of the argument about GP access. They are also wrong to say that the new contract in 2004 was an error—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.741.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.747.5", "colnum": "747", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "I would very much like to come to see my hon. Friend's new health centre.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.747.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.754.0", "colnum": "754", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Denis MacShane", "preceding_text": "tion of our obligation to provide new homes for the new generation. I genuinely ask the hon. Lady to reflect on what Harold Macmillan, who built 300,000 houses a year in the 1950s, would have thought to be told that what was built then on gardens, green fields and people's private land—he was right to build up British housing after the war—should be blocked by legislation such as this.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.754.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.759.2", "colnum": "759", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "Those issues have been debated extensively already—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.759.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.760.1", "colnum": "760", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "ives' £10 billion black hole is a recipe for risk and instability, but companies look to Government to do all they can to minimise instability in uncertain times such as now. The Government want everyone with entrepreneurial talent in the UK, regardless of their circumstances or background, to be able to turn their ideas into reality, creating new jobs, businesses and wealth for our country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.760.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.761.1", "colnum": "761", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I shall come on to that later in my speech.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.761.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.761.1", "colnum": "761", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I shall come on to that later in my speech. [Interruption.] No, I will come on to it when I am ready to do so, not when the hon. Gentleman pops up with a question on it. What I would say, however, is—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.761.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.761.1", "colnum": "761", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "Interruption.] No, I will come on to it when I am ready to do so, not when the hon. Gentleman pops up with a question on it. What I would say, however, is— [Interruption.] I will answer the question, but let me say this now: the hon. Gentleman has described this package of enterprise measures as of interest to me, but he should get out more and read what people are saying about the measures.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.761.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.763.1", "colnum": "763", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "Like everyone, I am concerned about that issue, but it does not lend itself to more Government regulation in order to resolve it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.763.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.763.1", "colnum": "763", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": " regulation or legislation. All the initiatives on women's enterprise that I have described are modelled on the successful implementation of the programmes in the United States. We always know when the Conservatives do not like a policy, because rather than say that they do not like it, they start sniggering—in this case about the importance of and the need to support more women in business.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.763.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.765.1", "colnum": "765", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "t impressed will be British businesses looking for a clear direction from their Government to steer the UK through uncertain times in the world economy. We want to ensure that every entrepreneur and business in the UK can access the finance that they need for business creation and growth. We will work to remove any remaining barriers in one of the world's most dynamic and flexible finance markets.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.765.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.778.1", "colnum": "778", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "tives put before us? I was intrigued and bewildered over the weekend to read the centrepiece of the new tax policy by the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond) , the Conservative shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. As far as I understood it, it said that there was a possibility of the Conservative party cutting taxes by 2015. That, Mr. Deputy Speaker, is seven years away—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.778.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.811.1", "colnum": "811", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": " of the financial markets clearly now imperative to prevent future damage to the international economy—the precipitate collapse of Bear Stearns is clearly not the last of it—but the UK in particular can no longer afford either the prohibitive cost of the tax privileges of the City or, just as importantly, the collateral manufacturing damage inflicted on Britain as an industrial nation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.811.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.813.1", "colnum": "813", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": "htened by requiring all UK-registered companies to report annually on all their overseas subsidiaries, including their revenues and how many people are employed. If we were to introduce that transparency, it would dramatically improve the prospect of fair and balanced tax collection, and I intend to table an amendment to the Finance Bill to that effect—if the Government do not do that first.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.813.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.814.1", "colnum": "814", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": "I shall come on to that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.814.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-18", "file": "debates2008-03-18b.xml", "sha256": "4bbf772f966c8736", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.816.3", "colnum": "816", "heading": "AMENDMENT OF THE LAW", "cue_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "preceding_text": " given to health and education over the years have not produced the commensurate increase in output and productivity—in fact, productivity in the health service has collapsed. That is one of the reasons why some of us prefer the private sector over the public sector when it comes to deciding how to modernise public services. Interestingly, even this Government are importing all kinds —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-18b.816.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19b.xml", "sha256": "57f9a91993d64695", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.930.2", "colnum": "930", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "ny strategy will make sense only if the Government follow through and take all the necessary practical steps. Let me take each of those in turn. Can the Prime Minister explain why the Government have decided to set up a national security forum—another talking shop—instead of a proper national security council? Surely, a proper national security council would have dedicated staff—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.930.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19b.xml", "sha256": "57f9a91993d64695", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.930.2", "colnum": "930", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " It is clear that the answer is no. That leads to the third issue—the importance of following through on the national security strategy. The Prime Minister has a number of questions to answer. First, why, despite Government statements to the contrary, has he still not banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is clearly a gateway group that seeks to poison young minds against our country and way of life?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.930.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19b.xml", "sha256": "57f9a91993d64695", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.963.1", "colnum": "963", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "Postwatch is going to form part of a new, invigorated national consumer council.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.963.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19b.xml", "sha256": "57f9a91993d64695", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.968.3", "colnum": "968", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "Apparently, he is not saying that, though he was hinting at it. The point of our actions is keep those sub-post offices open, despite the losses that they are making, to ensure that his constituents and rural areas get a proper service.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.968.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19b.xml", "sha256": "57f9a91993d64695", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.988.0", "colnum": "988", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Ian Cawsey", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"More pigs!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Cawsey", "preceding_text": "make some comments about how the decision has affected Brigg and Goole. I am reminded of the first time I stood for election in 1992 in the old Brigg and Cleethorpes seat—unsuccessfully, I hasten to add—against the Tory MP Michael Brown, who is now my good friend. One of the big issues was post office closures. It seems almost like groundhog day; here we are, still discussing it—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.988.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19b.xml", "sha256": "57f9a91993d64695", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.1038.7", "colnum": "1038", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "preceding_text": "and Penistone (Mr. Clapham) and Hastings and Rye. I acknowledge that there has been dissatisfaction and disquiet about the consultation process. Representations have been made that we should extend it from six weeks to 12, but six weeks was the period used during the last period of post office closures and is the period agreed between Postwatch and Post Office Ltd. in their code of practice—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19b.1038.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.916.2", "colnum": "916", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "That is a technical argument on a moral issue. It is a spectacular misjudgement from the man who signed the cheques for the Iraq war, but has never had the moral courage to take responsibility for it. After five years of conflict in Iraq—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.916.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.916.3", "colnum": "916", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Let the right hon. Gentleman speak.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.916.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.916.4", "colnum": "916", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "After five years of conflict in Iraq—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.916.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.917.1", "colnum": "917", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "Before the House breaks for Easter, I should like to give the Prime Minister the opportunity to answer some of the questions that he has completely failed to answer in recent weeks.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.917.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.917.5", "colnum": "917", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "ants to ask me questions, he should call an election, so he can ask six a week. In the meantime, my responsibility is to ask him questions on behalf of the country, and his responsibility is to answer on behalf of the Government. ID cards for foreigners are just a way of spinning biometric visas, and there is not a person in the House of Commons who is opposed to them. Let me try another question.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.917.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.917.5", "colnum": "917", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " questions on behalf of the country, and his responsibility is to answer on behalf of the Government. ID cards for foreigners are just a way of spinning biometric visas, and there is not a person in the House of Commons who is opposed to them. Let me try another question. [Interruption.] It is good to see the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families sitting there so quietly this week.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.917.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.918.1", "colnum": "918", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "ays that living in Downing street is like living in a surreal cartoon. There are now so many spin doctors in Downing street that they have started spinning against each other and leaving in floods of tears. There is a new strategist, a man called David Muir. Yes, I have done a bit of research—he is the chief strategist and on the internet he has listed his favourite book. It is called—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.918.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.930.0", "colnum": "930", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "told us more clearly what will change and why the position will be different. Owing to the tenor of his approach, that did not come across at all clearly. That may be because the strategy has had a very difficult birth. According to sources inside Downing street, \"it... has proved a bit of a disaster... Its genesis has been marked by delays, indecisiveness at the top, a total lack of funds\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.930.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.930.2", "colnum": "930", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "ny strategy will make sense only if the Government follow through and take all the necessary practical steps. Let me take each of those in turn. Can the Prime Minister explain why the Government have decided to set up a national security forum—another talking shop—instead of a proper national security council? Surely, a proper national security council would have dedicated staff—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.930.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.930.2", "colnum": "930", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " It is clear that the answer is no. That leads to the third issue—the importance of following through on the national security strategy. The Prime Minister has a number of questions to answer. First, why, despite Government statements to the contrary, has he still not banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is clearly a gateway group that seeks to poison young minds against our country and way of life?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.930.2"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.949.8", "colnum": "949", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "On the Table!", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": "I will, and then I shall do a rat-a-tat-tat after that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.949.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.954.5", "colnum": "954", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": "llowed to conduct certain transactions which, in the eyes of the Post Office, might technically compete with it. They will not, for instance, be able to install a PayPoint terminal, which is a revenue-earning service for the shop, but competes with the Post Office. So in offering compensation, the Post Office is effectively putting a restrictive covenant on trade that could be enjoyed by the shop.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.954.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.957.2", "colnum": "957", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": " He has a reputation in the Government. As shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, I think that occasionally he speaks a lot of sense. However, the problem that he faces when he speaks that sense is that it is not necessarily popular with his Prime Minister—the very man whom he once described as someone who would make a \"bloomin' awful\" Prime Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.957.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.962.7", "colnum": "962", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "t Office to look seriously at arguments such as the hon. Gentleman's. If there is evidence that the figures are wrong or inaccurate, there is an opportunity in the consultation process—this is why it is happening—to make those arguments and for those representations to be taken into account. Postwatch is there to ensure, as a neutral umpire, that the process is being undertaken fairly.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.962.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.963.1", "colnum": "963", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "Postwatch is going to form part of a new, invigorated national consumer council.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.963.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.966.4", "colnum": "966", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman shakes his head because we know that is what he is going to say. But that is why post offices have lost so much business. It is complete pie in the sky—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.966.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.966.8", "colnum": "966", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Wrong quote.\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "masters, said during the recent Select Committee inquiry in response to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone. He was asked why all these unreasonable restrictions were in place, and he said: \"I make it absolutely clear, there are no restrictions on what existing sub-postmasters can do.\" We have dealt with that canard as well. If the Post Office operated—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.966.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.966.8", "colnum": "966", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone. He was asked why all these unreasonable restrictions were in place, and he said: \"I make it absolutely clear, there are no restrictions on what existing sub-postmasters can do.\" We have dealt with that canard as well. If the Post Office operated—[Hon. Members: \"Wrong quote.\"] It is not the wrong quote; it was made only a few weeks ago.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.966.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.968.1", "colnum": "968", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "itude. As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said today, 800 post offices have fewer than 16 customers a week, and each transaction costs the taxpayer—all of us—£17 in public subsidy. In urban areas, some 1,000 sub-post offices compete for business with at least six other post offices within a mile of them. That is happening at a time when the number of customers is falling.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.968.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.968.1", "colnum": "968", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "ix other post offices within a mile of them. That is happening at a time when the number of customers is falling. [Interruption.] Opposition Members say from a sedentary position that we are keeping some of those sub-post offices open. We are—that is the precise point of the access criteria and the subsidy. We recognise the social role of post offices and we have to strike the right balance.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.968.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.968.3", "colnum": "968", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "Apparently, he is not saying that, though he was hinting at it. The point of our actions is to keep those sub-post offices open, despite the losses that they are making, to ensure that his constituents and rural areas get a proper service.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.968.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.969.4", "colnum": "969", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Winterton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Winterton", "preceding_text": " postmistress retired and no one could be found to replace them? I do not know whether the Secretary of State has that figure, but it is relevant if he levels complaints about the Conservatives when they were in office. Secondly, I have just renewed my passport and driving licence at a post office in the Palace of Westminster. Will the Secretary of State give an assurance that the proposals—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.969.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.974.3", "colnum": "974", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman sounds as though he is complaining about the Liberal Democrats commandeering the issue. Of course, it would also help if the Conservatives did not have a record of closing post offices when they were in government. During their final term in office, they closed the equivalent of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.974.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.976.7", "colnum": "976", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": "I just made a point about investing in the capital and other infrastructure in post offices. It is a bit rich of the hon. Gentleman to be asking me how many post offices there should be in a local area, when he cannot even save the ones that he is proposing to save.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.976.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.980.2", "colnum": "980", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": "nk account. In either event, we need a universal service obligation on access to a bank account, and the Post Office should play a role in providing it. That could offer a very fruitful revenue stream. We oppose the closure programme because it will have a devastating and permanent effect on our communities, but petitions alone will not save the network. We need a serious plan of investment—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.980.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.980.2", "colnum": "980", "heading": "Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": "account, and the Post Office should play a role in providing it. That could offer a very fruitful revenue stream. We oppose the closure programme because it will have a devastating and permanent effect on our communities, but petitions alone will not save the network. We need a serious plan of investment— [Interruption]— a serious plan of investment, which the Conservative party—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.980.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.988.0", "colnum": "988", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Ian Cawsey", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"More pigs!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Cawsey", "preceding_text": "make some comments about how the decision has affected Brigg and Goole. I am reminded of the first time I stood for election in 1992 in the old Brigg and Cleethorpes seat—unsuccessfully, I hasten to add—against the Tory MP Michael Brown, who is now my good friend. One of the big issues was post office closures. It seems almost like groundhog day; here we are, still discussing it—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.988.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.1000.2", "colnum": "1000", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Michael Jabez Foster", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Jabez Foster", "preceding_text": "er, because resuscitation work is going on in respect of the Old Town post office, and I hope that common sense will prevail. Having said that, I can tell the hon. Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Randall) that I shall not be voting for the Conservative motion today, because it does not provide a solution. The Labour Government have given more stability to the network than anything that went before—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.1000.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.1022.0", "colnum": "1022", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Prentice", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Prentice", "preceding_text": "er Hall, speaking with great passion on 4 March only to fail to support the motion before us tonight. My own constituency is losing six post offices. Since I have been its Member of Parliament, we have lost 10. We started out with 28, so the post office network in my Pendle constituency will have been more than halved, which is unacceptable. Now is not the time to slag off the Conservatives—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.1022.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.1038.5", "colnum": "1038", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "preceding_text": "I want to make progress.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.1038.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-19", "file": "debates2008-03-19c.xml", "sha256": "0bd706cbde9ac240", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.1038.7", "colnum": "1038", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "preceding_text": " and Penistone (Mr. Clapham) and Hastings and Rye. I acknowledge that there has been dissatisfaction and disquiet about the consultation process. Representations have been made that we should extend it from six weeks to 12, but six weeks was the period used during the last period of post office closures and is the period agreed between Postwatch and Post Office Ltd in their code of practice—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-19c.1038.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-20", "file": "debates2008-03-20b.xml", "sha256": "cb0307c581726581", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20b.1132.1", "colnum": "1132", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Paul Beresford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Beresford", "preceding_text": "rents or even great-grandparents who came, either directly or indirectly, from the UK. They share culture, language and heritage with people here and, although they tend to play slightly better rugby, they blend in and add value to the UK. That ability to blend in here was recognised at last Saturday's rugby grand slam game, as the Welsh national rugby team have a coach who comes from New Zealand.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20b.1132.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-20", "file": "debates2008-03-20c.xml", "sha256": "78f526b552396569", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1066.8", "colnum": "1066", "heading": "CHURCH COMMISSIONERS", "cue_speaker": "Anne McIntosh", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Anne McIntosh", "preceding_text": "I welcome the hon. Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) to his new position on the Front Bench—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1066.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-20", "file": "debates2008-03-20c.xml", "sha256": "78f526b552396569", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1075.4", "colnum": "1075", "heading": "WOMEN AND EQUALITY", "cue_speaker": "Barbara Follett", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Barbara Follett", "preceding_text": "No. As I said in response to the previous question, we count that as positive because—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1075.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-20", "file": "debates2008-03-20c.xml", "sha256": "78f526b552396569", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1086.1", "colnum": "1086", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "He did not say that; he just remarked on an innovatory way of dealing with—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1086.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-20", "file": "debates2008-03-20c.xml", "sha256": "78f526b552396569", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1104.1", "colnum": "1104", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Keith Simpson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Simpson", "preceding_text": " view the world on a multinational basis, as members of the Commonwealth come from the four corners of the world. If the House will indulge me, I will set out another little-known historical fact. If the United States of America had not been established and the colonies had not sought to secede, or if the British generals had been more competent and the French had not stabbed us in the back—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1104.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-20", "file": "debates2008-03-20c.xml", "sha256": "78f526b552396569", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1132.1", "colnum": "1132", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Paul Beresford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Beresford", "preceding_text": "rents or even great-grandparents who came, either directly or indirectly, from the UK. They share culture, language and heritage with people here and, although they tend to play slightly better rugby, they blend in and add value to the UK. That ability to blend in here was recognised at last Saturday's rugby grand slam game, as the Welsh national rugby team have a coach who comes from New Zealand.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-20c.1132.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25b.xml", "sha256": "9d80510885be5de5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25b.34.3", "colnum": "34", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I understand that there are strong feelings about that. Those encampments are unsightly, but they also represent people exercising a right to demonstrate. The changes in the law have not been conspicuously successful—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25b.34.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25b.xml", "sha256": "9d80510885be5de5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25b.100.3", "colnum": "100", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Paul Keetch", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Keetch", "preceding_text": "As the hon. Gentleman mentions, that is exactly what the Red Cross says. I think that the aftermath of the war needs to be considered. We could have predicted it. People on the Liberal Democrat Benches, notable exceptions on the Conservative Benches, and very many notable exceptions on the Labour Benches—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25b.100.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25b.xml", "sha256": "9d80510885be5de5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25b.154.1", "colnum": "154", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "preceding_text": "ve been Somerset where it was argued that one of the authorities was no longer part of the loop. The scheme is not working, and we really need a system funded by the counties. If that happens—we will have to let councils have time to adjust—the Government will no longer have to put in any money at all, because the money is there, but in some cases has not gone to the right authorities.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25b.154.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.25.0", "colnum": "25", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "over the past 20 years. That was why we came to the judgment that we did, but let us hear what the House has to say. All I would say about access to this House is that the Sessional Orders used to work very satisfactorily. When I was organising demonstrations myself a few years ago, they were certainly enforced by the public order office in respect of the organisations for which I was responsible.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.25.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.29.4", "colnum": "29", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "It is rare for me to demur from my right hon. Friend's opinions, but on this occasion I do so. I do not accept his description of today's judiciary. In 2005 the House agreed—and so did the other place—major changes to the appointments of the judiciary so that the role of Lord Chancellor was very much diminished, and quite right too.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.29.4"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.33.7", "colnum": "33", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "He didn't say that when he was a Whip!", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Hogg", "preceding_text": "ion. Does he not concur with the advice that I give all my Back-Bench colleagues that all votes in the House are free? Furthermore, when the Whips seek to impress on me their own will, I tell them—and I hope that he agrees—that it is none of their business, and they should not interfere with the constitutional duty of Members of Parliament to vote in accordance with their own judgment.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.33.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.34.3", "colnum": "34", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I understand that there are strong feelings about that. Those encampments are unsightly, but they also represent people exercising a right to demonstrate. The changes in the law have not been conspicuously successful—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.34.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.46.0", "colnum": "46", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Frank Cook", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Frank Cook", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman asks what harm it could do to this country. I can tell him quite plainly that it would not only debilitate our armed services—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.46.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.48.0", "colnum": "48", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Ian Taylor", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Taylor", "preceding_text": "an inquiry now, not least because we are in danger of losing the peace in Afghanistan where our troops are in conflict. I declare that I have a son who has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan and that one of the biggest problems facing our armed forces today is the lack of transposition of the knowledge that we gained in Iraq to the circumstances of trying to secure the peace in Afghanistan—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.48.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.51.0", "colnum": "51", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "e at least say that that is clearly an argument that can be put in favour of an inquiry. Since the current Prime Minister took office, the Government have announced at least 50 separate reviews of different areas of policy, all presumably designed better to inform future policy making. They cover a vast range of subjects, from casinos to 24-hour drinking to the promotion of tourism and to sunbeds.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.51.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.53.2", "colnum": "53", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "alogue of reasons against an immediate inquiry. Let us go through those reasons carefully. Eighteen months on, the Baker commission has reported but every other count set out not by me, but by the right hon. Gentleman in October 2006 applies now. The right hon. Gentleman argued against an inquiry in October 2006 because \"important operations are under way in Iraq.\" That was his argument, not mine.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.53.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.53.2", "colnum": "53", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "qi security force and militia groups, never mind important developments on the political front. The Iraqi Government are deliberating on a new election law and a hydrocarbons law, as well as revenue-sharing laws that will benefit all Iraqis. The myriad Iraqi political parties that have emerged since 2003 are working through the implications of their 4 December commitments to constitutional reform.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.53.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.66.0", "colnum": "66", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but he anticipates my speech; I shall deal with his point in a second. The main remaining public justification for UK troops staying in Iraq is that they are there to train the Iraqi security forces—an important task that our armed forces have been doing for some time with distinction. However, does the task of training prevent an inquiry? I think not.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.66.0"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.69.5", "colnum": "69", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "No!", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "I give way to the hon. Gentleman.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.69.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.71.3", "colnum": "71", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Ann Clwyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ann Clwyd", "preceding_text": " for military action in 2003. I do not apologise, because I still think that it was the right thing to do to remove that regime. However, it is quite right to ask what went wrong. Unlike many Foreign Office officials, I have not yet put my memoirs on paper. However, I have been closely involved with Iraq for more than 30 years. I have my own criticisms of how things progressed after the war—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.71.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.73.4", "colnum": "73", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Ann Clwyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ann Clwyd", "preceding_text": "Because Iraq had ignored 17 UN Security Resolutions—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.73.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.80.1", "colnum": "80", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "The problem with the crude, simplistic view of the world is that it does not take account of facts. The fact is that over 12 years Saddam's regime was, as already stated, in breach of 17 successive Security Council resolutions. There was and there remains a very strong argument—unfortunately, it was not tested—for intervention to remove that regime—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.80.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.81.4", "colnum": "81", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "The Scottish National party is at least being consistent —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.81.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.82.4", "colnum": "82", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Peter Tapsell", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Tapsell", "preceding_text": "o inquiry is going to educate them on these matters. No, the real reason is that Labour Members are frightened that the activities of the then Prime Minister in the run-up to the war will be exposed in detail. Three inquiries—into the Crimea, Mesopotamia and Gallipoli—have already been mentioned, but one much more relevant inquiry has not been mentioned: the Jameson raid inquiry—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.82.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.100.3", "colnum": "100", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Paul Keetch", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Keetch", "preceding_text": "As the hon. Gentleman mentions, that is exactly what the Red Cross says. I think that the aftermath of the war needs to be considered. We could have predicted it. People on the Liberal Democrat Benches, notable exceptions on the Conservative Benches, and very many notable exceptions on the Labour Benches—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.100.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.114.3", "colnum": "114", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Angus Robertson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angus Robertson", "preceding_text": " presence in the first place. Surely learning lessons would help our troops in the field. The case against an inquiry has possibly been the most unconvincing case that I have heard in my time in the House of Commons. I usually find the Foreign Secretary, who is no longer in his place, extremely persuasive. He is a good and engaging speaker, but today he was sent out to bat with a broken bat—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.114.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.117.0", "colnum": "117", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "preceding_text": "s evidence. We would prove our credentials earlier than you guys would.\" I want to put the Conservatives on the block over this inquiry. People who ask what led us into that war need only look at the voting record from the debate on 18 March 2003 to find out. Some 245 Labour Members voted for the war—the Government were provided with a majority of 179—but 140 Conservatives also did so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.117.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.123.0", "colnum": "123", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "preceding_text": "ng a hole in my right hon. Friend's defences when he said that there was indeed a precedent—namely, the inquiry that was held while the Mesopotamia operation of 1916 was ongoing. I have a great deal of respect for his historical knowledge, but let me tell him that we surrendered in Mesopotamia on 29 April 1916 , that the commission was set up on 17 August 1916 , and that we re-engaged—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.123.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.124.3", "colnum": "124", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman was probably there, but I will not give way to him.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.124.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.124.3", "colnum": "124", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman was probably there, but I will not give way to him. [Hon. Members: \"Give way.\"] Let me make some progress.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.124.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.125.1", "colnum": "125", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "preceding_text": "No.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.125.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.138.6", "colnum": "138", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Mark Harper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Harper", "preceding_text": "r, announced the scheme, many of my constituents thought that \"national\" meant \"the United Kingdom\". As the Minister will know, because I have questioned her on the subject before, my constituency borders Wales, and it is not possible to travel from it to Wales if it is necessary to change buses. It breaks up the journey, and for many of my constituents that makes the scheme effectively worthless.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.138.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.153.1", "colnum": "153", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "preceding_text": "I accept that, but when the hon. Gentleman was asked whether he was in favour of dealing with the issue at county level instead of through the 342 different authorities, he had no answer. Won't 1 April 2008 be a great day, when 11 million pensioners and disabled people will be able to cross borders and enjoy life more—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.153.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-25", "file": "debates2008-03-25c.xml", "sha256": "ede7f25b765fcf38", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.154.1", "colnum": "154", "heading": "Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Eric Martlew", "preceding_text": "ve been Somerset where it was argued that one of the authorities was no longer part of the loop. The scheme is not working, and we really need a system funded by the counties. If that happens—we will have to let councils have time to adjust—the Government will no longer have to put in any money at all, because the money is there, but in some cases has not gone to the right authorities.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-25c.154.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.178.7", "colnum": "178", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gwyn Prosser", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gwyn Prosser", "preceding_text": " effects that cross-channel co-operation and our new border controls have had on clamping down on illegal immigration, but there is more work to be done. What will my right hon. Friend be discussing tomorrow with our new friend, President Sarkozy, to continue the work of improving and reforming our immigration schemes, to strengthen our economies and to get a grip on the militants at Calais—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.178.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.180.0", "colnum": "180", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "ial Services Authority that says: \"The Financial Services Authority is short of expertise in some fundamental areas, notably prudential banking experience and financial data analysis.\" Are not those the absolutely key things that are needed to be a regulator? Is not that why the Bank of England should be in charge of these rescues rather than the Financial Services Authority? The Chancellor—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.180.0"}
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{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.195.4", "colnum": "195", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "No.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa Villiers", "preceding_text": "Does the Minister agree that the major bus success stories in the country have been brought about by voluntary partnerships, and not by the statutory partnerships or quality contracts proposed in the Bill?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.195.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.205.0", "colnum": "205", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Clive Efford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Clive Efford", "preceding_text": "I do not doubt that the hon. Lady values buses, but unfortunately her hon. Friends do not. She could fit into a London taxi the Conservative MPs present for this debate; she would not need a bus.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.205.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.241.1", "colnum": "241", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Graham Stringer", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Stringer", "preceding_text": "rvice at 8.30 or 9 in the morning—the most profitable routes. Anyone who is running a bus service will want to run those routes, not the 11.30 off-peak route. Let us consider how access is organised. I understand, although I do not have quite enough interest to read it all, that the Minister has issued 70 pages of guidance on how to deal with that. That shows that quality partnerships—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.241.1"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.270.2", "colnum": "270", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Hear, hear!", "preceding_speaker": "Kerry McCarthy", "preceding_text": "rose—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.270.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.279.6", "colnum": "279", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hammond", "preceding_text": "h history and reality. The history that bus patronage fell fastest between 1950 and the mid-'80s was conveniently sidestepped. The important fact that investment in our bus fleet is now at its highest was forgotten. A lot of the time the Minister was, like her Government, mired in complacency. Over the last two years, I have had the pleasure to participate in six Westminster Hall debates on buses.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.279.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.279.6", "colnum": "279", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hammond", "preceding_text": "s being the No. 1 issue in her postbag. The No. 1 issue in my postbag and in that of the majority of my hon. Friends is some of the failings of her Government: her Government closing local post offices without regard; her Government causing chaos on welfare and tax credits; and her Government's inability to grasp the problems of the immigration system. Those are the top three issues in my postbag.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.279.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.279.6", "colnum": "279", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hammond", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hammond", "preceding_text": "g and in that of the majority of my hon. Friends is some of the failings of her Government: her Government closing local post offices without regard; her Government causing chaos on welfare and tax credits; and her Government's inability to grasp the problems of the immigration system. Those are the top three issues in my postbag. [Interruption.] The hon. Member for West Bromwich somewhere —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.279.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-26", "file": "debates2008-03-26b.xml", "sha256": "8e76a9dc1082f5aa", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.298.1", "colnum": "298", "heading": "CO-OPERATIVE MODEL IN EDUCATION (PORTSMOUTH)", "cue_speaker": "Sarah McCarthy-Fry", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah McCarthy-Fry", "preceding_text": "ple and ideas about how we can embed co-operative values into cherished public services. The right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) has said that it is a \"shame\" that the co-operative movement is associated with the left. I am sorry to disappoint him, but I would contend that that is no accident, because it is the Labour party that has unstintingly supported co-operatives over the years—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-26b.298.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27a.xml", "sha256": "341b41e0dd224f45", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27a.330.3", "colnum": "330", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "Some of my colleagues invite me to say that the hon. Gentleman should read the departmental report, but I sympathise with him. If the report is available, it is not much more trouble to give a full answer. Parliamentary answers should be full and helpful. The House is holding Government Departments and agencies to account and replies should not be provided grudgingly—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27a.330.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27a.xml", "sha256": "341b41e0dd224f45", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27a.371.1", "colnum": "371", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "preceding_text": "rspective, as such events are still rare. One death, particularly of a young person, is a serious matter. However, I feel that the issue has been sensationalised—not by the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington and his party, but certainly by the hon. Member for Henley (Mr. Johnson) who has not graced the Chamber with his presence during this debate. That is a disgrace as he seeks—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27a.371.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.311.2", "colnum": "311", "heading": "INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS", "cue_speaker": "Bill Rammell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bill Rammell", "preceding_text": "cus on completion rates. In 2002-03, there were 18,400 completions, while in 2006-07, there were 30,800. Those people have gone through the system, been given skills and are now supported. With regard to his comments on the new arrangements that we set out last week, in my experience, college principals—I have met many of them—broadly welcome the approach that we are setting out—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.311.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.330.2", "colnum": "330", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Soames", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Soames", "preceding_text": "ight hon. and learned Lady remind her ministerial colleagues of the importance of timely and full responses to parliamentary questions? Will she also tell them that it is unacceptable to reply to Members by merely pointing out to them that the answer may be found in a departmental annual report or some other obscure document? If a parliamentary question is asked, it should receive a reply in full.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.330.2"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.331.0", "colnum": "331", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Hear, hear.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "Some of my colleagues invite me to say that the hon. Gentleman should read the departmental report, but I sympathise with him. If the report is available, it is not much more trouble to give a full answer. Parliamentary answers should be full and helpful. The House is holding Government Departments and agencies to account and replies should not be provided grudgingly—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.330.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.331.1", "colnum": "331", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Brian Iddon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Brian Iddon", "preceding_text": "Since the introduction of the congestion charge in London, I have noticed a significant increase in the number of pedal cyclists using the roads. Many of them unfortunately commit offences, such as going down one-way streets the wrong way, ignoring keep-left bollards and proceeding through red traffic lights.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.331.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.341.0", "colnum": "341", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Bob Neill", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Neill", "preceding_text": "nto action and encourage more councils to follow the example of Hammersmith and Fulham council, which has cut council tax for a second year, but has, none the less, invested about £1.5 million over two years in 24-hour, seven-day-a-week neighbourhood policing? Will he tell his party's mayoral candidate not to make such ill-informed attacks on local authorities in his own bailiwick in future?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.341.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.356.5", "colnum": "356", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "At some stage, I shall, and I am sure that my private secretary would enjoy it enormously, seeing as he lives just down the road. Again, this is a latter-day conversion.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.356.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.356.10", "colnum": "356", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "A trio of lamentables—Camden, Islington and the hon. Gentleman. I need to say in conclusion, Madam Mayor, that we have had action—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.356.10"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.371.1", "colnum": "371", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "preceding_text": "rspective, as such events are still rare. One death, particularly of a young person, is a serious matter. However, I feel that the issue has been sensationalised—not by the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington and his party, but certainly by the hon. Member for Henley (Mr. Johnson) who has not graced the Chamber with his presence during this debate. That is a disgrace as he seeks—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.371.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.372.0", "colnum": "372", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Pound", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Pound", "preceding_text": "seen failures, as we certainly did in the Brixton command not too recently. Does my hon. Friend agree that when the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake) says that the Liberal candidate for Mayor would resign if crime did not fall, that is roughly analogous to my saying that I would control myself if Carla Bruni came knocking at my bedroom door? Neither scenario is likely to occur.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.372.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-27", "file": "debates2008-03-27b.xml", "sha256": "9b7786377c1d01e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.373.5", "colnum": "373", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "preceding_text": " per cent. since 2000. I do not need to say much about that because, as Doreen Lawrence and others have said, the record of Ken Livingstone as Mayor of London in tackling racist and other hate crimes in London is exemplary. There could not be a starker comparison with the record of the hon. Member for Henley, who made offensive and racist comments of a kind that he now tries to pass off as a joke.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-27b.373.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31a.xml", "sha256": "2411b36bf916147c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31a.472.2", "colnum": "472", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"But?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "preceding_text": " the Government new clauses and amendments in this group are, on the whole, uncontroversial and rather positive. I know that a number of housing organisations are encouraged by the fact that this Minister in particular has demonstrated a willingness to listen, which is to his credit. We are in the happy position of being able to praise him for the amendments that the Government have tabled so far.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31a.472.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31a.xml", "sha256": "2411b36bf916147c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31a.493.2", "colnum": "493", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Stewart Jackson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stewart Jackson", "preceding_text": "t was good for her constituents—the tenants—and the transfer was made from Peterborough city council to Cross Keys Homes. We support such proposals, but we are concerned about the intimation from the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, who told us about the ballot in Great Grimsby, that the new clause was a means of blocking further stock transfers, rather than a commitment to a more—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31a.493.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31a.xml", "sha256": "2411b36bf916147c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31a.596.2", "colnum": "596", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "preceding_text": "lp us to determine whether in the compensation payments made to shareholders of Northern Rock, if there are any, the Government will observe the traditional capital ranking rights of securities and ensure that preference shareholders are paid out in preference to ordinary shareholders. I am not sure whether she is able to give us that assurance now. I am more than willing to give way to her—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31a.596.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31a.xml", "sha256": "2411b36bf916147c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31a.596.2", "colnum": "596", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "preceding_text": " will observe the traditional capital ranking rights of securities and ensure that preference shareholders are paid out in preference to ordinary shareholders. I am not sure whether she is able to give us that assurance now. I am more than willing to give way to her— [Interruption.] She indicates that she is not in a position to do so, so perhaps she will be kind enough to write to me—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31a.596.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31b.xml", "sha256": "d7b31006875bc7f5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.417.2", "colnum": "417", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "James Plaskitt", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah.\"", "preceding_speaker": "James Plaskitt", "preceding_text": "Well, the local offices that are part of the benefit delivery centre do not at the moment have the exact same call management system that the call centres use.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.417.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31b.xml", "sha256": "d7b31006875bc7f5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.435.2", "colnum": "435", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Bob Neill—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.435.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31b.xml", "sha256": "d7b31006875bc7f5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.472.2", "colnum": "472", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"But?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "preceding_text": " the Government new clauses and amendments in this group are, on the whole, uncontroversial and rather positive. I know that a number of housing organisations are encouraged by the fact that this Minister in particular has demonstrated a willingness to listen, which is to his credit. We are in the happy position of being able to praise him for the amendments that the Government have tabled so far.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.472.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31b.xml", "sha256": "d7b31006875bc7f5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.493.2", "colnum": "493", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stewart Jackson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stewart Jackson", "preceding_text": "t was good for her constituents—the tenants—and the transfer was made from Peterborough city council to Cross Keys Homes. We support such proposals, but we are concerned about the intimation from the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, who told us about the ballot in Great Grimsby, that the new clause was a means of blocking further stock transfers, rather than a commitment to a more—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.493.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31b.xml", "sha256": "d7b31006875bc7f5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.495.2", "colnum": "495", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "preceding_text": "I do not want to enter into a dialogue, but I cannot let the Opposition off the hook.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.495.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31b.xml", "sha256": "d7b31006875bc7f5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.596.2", "colnum": "596", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "preceding_text": "lp us to determine whether in the compensation payments made to shareholders of Northern Rock, if there are any, the Government will observe the traditional capital ranking rights of securities and ensure that preference shareholders are paid out in preference to ordinary shareholders. I am not sure whether she is able to give us that assurance now. I am more than willing to give way to her—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.596.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-03-31", "file": "debates2008-03-31b.xml", "sha256": "d7b31006875bc7f5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.596.2", "colnum": "596", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Dunne", "preceding_text": " will observe the traditional capital ranking rights of securities and ensure that preference shareholders are paid out in preference to ordinary shareholders. I am not sure whether she is able to give us that assurance now. I am more than willing to give way to her— [Interruption.] She indicates that she is not in a position to do so, so perhaps she will be kind enough to write to me—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-03-31b.596.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.655.0", "colnum": "655", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": " event, but he repeats a claim made by many people in the course of this argument—that, compared with other comparable democracies, this country takes a disproportionate approach to these matters. I ask hon. Members to consider what happens in France, where the investigative magistrates system means that people are often held for up to four years while terrorist cases are investigated—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.655.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.655.0", "colnum": "655", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "he regime in the UK and that in other countries; only the other day, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner described it as like comparing apples and goats. There is a significant difference. People who make the case—as some have done in putting forward their argument—that we should look to regimes such as Russia or even Zimbabwe as examples of the way in which we should carry out—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.655.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.656.4", "colnum": "656", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Howarth", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is being generous in giving way. A good comparison is that of wearing a hard hat on a building society—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.656.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.665.0", "colnum": "665", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Davis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davis", "preceding_text": "In a minute, I shall come to exactly the hon. Gentleman's case and work through it for him; he is getting a bit ahead of himself. Before he was nobbled by No. 10, even Lord West, the Government security Minister, said when he was asked that he was not convinced of the need for the extension. I have spoken to the police—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.665.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.671.2", "colnum": "671", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Davis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davis", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend, who is well informed and has strong and direct constituency interest in the matter, is right.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.671.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.677.0", "colnum": "677", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": " evidence had to waded through and assessed as the Home Secretary implies. Indeed, if it were necessary to read material equivalent to a third of the US Library of Congress within the proposed legal limit of 42 days, I calculate that that would require 238,095 police officers working eight-hour shifts. That is all the police officers in this country, plus 100,000 on loan from a friendly neighbour.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.677.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.677.0", "colnum": "677", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "f it were necessary to read material equivalent to a third of the US Library of Congress within the proposed legal limit of 42 days, I calculate that that would require 238,095 police officers working eight-hour shifts. That is all the police officers in this country, plus 100,000 on loan from a friendly neighbour. [Interruption.] If the Government really believe that this is a cogent point—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.677.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.677.0", "colnum": "677", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "ers working eight-hour shifts. That is all the police officers in this country, plus 100,000 on loan from a friendly neighbour. [Interruption.] If the Government really believe that this is a cogent point— [Interruption.] Would the Home Secretary like to intervene? If the Government really believe that this is a cogent point, they would need to propose a period of detention far longer—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.677.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.728.3", "colnum": "728", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "cay (Mr. Baron). In all cases, we asked the Government to focus on why it is thought that such short-term security advantage as might be derived from allowing the possibility of 42-day detention will not be massively outweighed by the extent to which the measure marks a binning of our own values in the face of terror—the very thing that we should not do when confronted with such a challenge.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.728.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01a.xml", "sha256": "83d8cd24082e1907", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.730.1", "colnum": "730", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": " be some sensible reasons for clause 27, but the Government's attitude to issues such as 42 days' pre-charge detention is bound to colour everybody's attitude to their bona fides in their approach to everything else in the Bill. That is why it is so important that the Government should think again on the subject and provide to a much greater degree an atmosphere in which consensus can be achieved.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01a.730.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.632.0", "colnum": "632", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Des Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Des Browne", "preceding_text": "'s question, which was that there was something either dishonest or misleading about the information that was given to the House by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister. I personally take great, detailed care to ensure that, in relation to matters to do with both Afghanistan and Iraq, I keep the House updated. I ensure that every statement that comes from the Government keeps the House updated.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.632.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.632.0", "colnum": "632", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Des Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Des Browne", "preceding_text": "dishonest or misleading about the information that was given to the House by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister. I personally take great, detailed care to ensure that, in relation to matters to do with both Afghanistan and Iraq, I keep the House updated. I ensure that every statement that comes from the Government keeps the House updated. [ Interruption. ] It is what should be expected of me.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.632.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.648.4", "colnum": "648", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "The threshold test is undoubtedly important, and it has been used in terrorist cases. It was, of course, available at the point at which this House previously decided there were arguments for extending the period of pre-charge—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.648.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.655.0", "colnum": "655", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "he regime in the UK and that in other countries: only the other day, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner described it as like comparing apples and goats. There is a significant difference. People who make the case—as some have done in putting forward their argument—that we should look to regimes such as Russia or even Zimbabwe as examples of the way in which we should carry out—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.655.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.656.4", "colnum": "656", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "George Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Howarth", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is being generous in giving way. A good comparison is that of wearing a hard hat on a building society—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.656.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.658.1", "colnum": "658", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "The hon. and learned Gentleman asserts that members of ACPO are opposed to this. On that basis, he really needs to name them—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.658.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.663.2", "colnum": "663", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Davis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davis", "preceding_text": " listened to the Home Secretary yet again confuse pre-charge detention with pre-trial detention. She compared the treatment on the continent with what is effectively remand, not pre-charge detention, in this country. However, putting that aside, which country has the longest period of detention without charge in the common law world? It is Australia, which allows 12 days' detention without charge.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.663.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.665.0", "colnum": "665", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Davis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davis", "preceding_text": "In a minute, I shall come to exactly the hon. Gentleman's case and work through it for him; he is getting a bit ahead of himself. Before he was nobbled by No. 10, even Lord West, the Government Security Minister, said when he was asked that he was not convinced of the need for the extension. I have spoken to the police—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.665.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.668.0", "colnum": "668", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Davis", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"What's wrong with \"her\"?", "preceding_speaker": "David Davis", "preceding_text": "od of finding evidence in the next couple of weeks gives the police their 42 days. The simple truth is that if the 28-day point is reached, and a policeman has a reasonable suspicion and expects to find the evidence in the 42-day period that the right hon. Lady wants, he can charge. That is why the Director of Public Prosecutions does not agree with her—the right hon. Lady, I beg her pardon.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.668.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.677.0", "colnum": "677", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "f it were necessary to read material equivalent to a third of the US Library of Congress within the proposed legal limit of 42 days, I calculate that that would require 238,095 police officers working eight-hour shifts. That is all the police officers in this country, plus 100,000 on loan from a friendly neighbour. [Interruption.] If the Government really believe that this is a cogent point—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.677.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.728.3", "colnum": "728", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "cay (Mr. Baron). In all cases, we asked the Government to focus on why it is thought that such short-term security advantage as might be derived from allowing the possibility of 42-day detention will not be massively outweighed by the extent to which the measure marks a binning of our own values in the face of terror—the very thing that we should not do when confronted with such a challenge.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.728.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-01", "file": "debates2008-04-01b.xml", "sha256": "ef1ccfed6eac1148", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.732.3", "colnum": "732", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "e it is not good enough. These are very serious matters. By the bye, it is not good enough for people to say that because they do not like the 42-day provision—the post pre-charge detention provision—they are not playing, and the Government must sort out that element before they will engage seriously with the rest of the Bill. [ Interruption. ] That approach is childish in the extreme.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-01b.732.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.764.10", "colnum": "764", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Derek Wyatt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Derek Wyatt", "preceding_text": "Last Friday, after campaigning, I went to my local Bangladeshi curry house.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.764.10"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.797.1", "colnum": "797", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "r. Cable) raised a number of points in opening the debate, and I should like to deal with each of them in turn. It is a routine but important courtesy to say what a pleasure it is to follow the opening speech, but it was a sore trial for me to listen quietly and respectfully to the Liberal Democrat party give a lecture on financial probity—no matter how scholarly the hon. Gentleman's manner.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.797.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.805.3", "colnum": "805", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mark Hoban", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Hoban", "preceding_text": "I am not sure I would ever look to the hon. Gentleman for guidance, and certainly not on how to vote, as I think that so far he has not backed a single successful candidate for leader of the Liberal party.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.805.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.811.4", "colnum": "811", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Mudie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Mudie", "preceding_text": "go, there were 100 main mortgage lenders. There are now 20. Nobody is anxious to pick up mortgages, so they are being shuffled around. Just yesterday, as we have heard, First Direct stopped giving mortgages because it was overwhelmed by the number of people coming to it. It just put a block on them. That takes us back to times that elderly Members on the Opposition Front Bench will remember—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.811.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.811.4", "colnum": "811", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Mudie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Mudie", "preceding_text": "teward in a shipyard look weak in terms of demarcation, and he told me, \"This is not my responsibility.\" I still pleaded with him to say whether something could be done in financial circles, because the way that the market was going was obvious. We have obviously had no luck. The Government have set up a working party—a review, I suppose we would call it. The trouble is that it is not—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.811.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.811.4", "colnum": "811", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Mudie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Mudie", "preceding_text": " in financial circles, because the way that the market was going was obvious. We have obviously had no luck. The Government have set up a working party—a review, I suppose we would call it. The trouble is that it is not— [Interruption.] I am not sure whether the signal that I have just received was to keep going or to sit down. I shall sit down. One never knows with the usual channels.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.811.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.817.0", "colnum": "817", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "preceding_text": "party. That is a bit of intrigue and excitement to look forward to. On the subject of the Conservative position, I must correct something that he said about my choice of leadership candidate. He is right that I had a bit of a bad run of supporting unsuccessful leadership candidates, but my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) is so good that I backed him and he still won.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.817.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.865.0", "colnum": "865", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Keen", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Keen", "preceding_text": "State for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ann Keen) —who has campaigned against a third runway for five years—would be unable to attend the debate because she was on a maternity visit. I only hope that she is making the visit in her capacity as a Health Minister. If that is not the case, I hope that the House will wish me well—and that it is a girl.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.865.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.877.2", "colnum": "877", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "in all this. No one doubts that it has to supply information; no one doubts that it is an interested party, but it has to be open and transparent. I echo the tributes paid to the hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) for her perseverance, which should not have been necessary. The information should have been in the public domain. If the Government have nothing to hide, why will they not—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.877.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.877.2", "colnum": "877", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "ast between her position and that of the official Opposition could not be more acute. The House has the right to know the position of each of the major parties. The Secretary of State is clearly pro a third runway, as she said earlier that there is \"a clear need\" for \"extra runway capacity\" at Heathrow. She did not say that it was subject to anything. The record will show that she said that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.877.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02a.xml", "sha256": "ed6c5a1afe4f2765", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.877.2", "colnum": "877", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "subject to the passing of those tests, they should make that clear to the voters of London. The Conservative leader sent an e-mail to a constituent of my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park on that very issue. One gets a slight sense that the Conservatives—though it pains me to use the expression—say one thing to one set of people and something else to another set of people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02a.877.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.762.4", "colnum": "762", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "When I wrote that blog as part of my \"Harriet in the High Street\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.762.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.764.10", "colnum": "764", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Derek Wyatt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Derek Wyatt", "preceding_text": "Last Friday, after campaigning, I went to my local Bangladeshi curry house.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.764.10"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.766.1", "colnum": "766", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "I call Bob Wareing.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.766.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.766.6", "colnum": "766", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "I have to start by saying that I think the international comparisons have been spurious.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.766.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.788.1", "colnum": "788", "heading": "Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Which one?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "eks ago: \"Housing market conditions today are very different to those we saw in the early 1990s. Interest rates remain at comparatively low levels—as do mortgage rates. And unemployment is currently at 30-year lows.\" That is true, as far as it goes, but it is deeply misleading and extremely complacent, for several reasons. First, if we look back at what I call the great Tory recession—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.788.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.789.1", "colnum": "789", "heading": "Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "We were dealing with extreme conditions at the end of the Lawson boom—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.789.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.797.1", "colnum": "797", "heading": "Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "r. Cable) raised a number of points in opening the debate, and I should like to deal with each of them in turn. It is a routine but important courtesy to say what a pleasure it is to follow the opening speech, but it was a sore trial for me to listen quietly and respectfully to the Liberal Democrat party give a lecture on financial probity—no matter how scholarly the hon. Gentleman's manner.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.797.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.803.1", "colnum": "803", "heading": "Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jim Cousins", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Cousins", "preceding_text": "ene before those set in authority over us send me off to discuss the draft Land Registration (Network Access) Rules 2008. The hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) has been consistently and relentlessly snobbish about what he calls Together mortgages. As a result of both his remarks and what is happening in the markets, such mortgages are now being withdrawn. That is leaving a large number—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.803.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.805.3", "colnum": "805", "heading": "Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Mark Hoban", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Hoban", "preceding_text": "I am not sure I would ever look to the hon. Gentleman for guidance, and certainly not on how to vote, as I think that so far he has not backed a single successful candidate for leader of the Liberal party.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.805.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.811.4", "colnum": "811", "heading": "Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "George Mudie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Mudie", "preceding_text": "go, there were 100 main mortgage lenders. There are now 20. Nobody is anxious to pick up mortgages, so they are being shuffled around. Just yesterday, as we have heard, First Direct stopped giving mortgages because it was overwhelmed by the number of people coming to it. It just put a block on them. That takes us back to times that elderly Members on the Opposition Front Bench will remember—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.811.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.811.4", "colnum": "811", "heading": "Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "George Mudie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Mudie", "preceding_text": "hop steward in a shipyard look weak in terms of demarcation, and he told me, \"This is not my responsibility.\" I still pleaded with him to say whether something could be done in financial circles, because the way the market was going was obvious. We have obviously had no luck. The Government have set up a working party—a review, I suppose we would call it. The trouble is that it is not—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.811.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.811.4", "colnum": "811", "heading": "Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "George Mudie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Mudie", "preceding_text": " done in financial circles, because the way the market was going was obvious. We have obviously had no luck. The Government have set up a working party—a review, I suppose we would call it. The trouble is that it is not— [Interruption.] I am not sure whether the signal that I have just received was to keep going or to sit down. I shall sit down. One never knows with the usual channels.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.811.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.817.0", "colnum": "817", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "preceding_text": "party. That is a bit of intrigue and excitement to look forward to. On the subject of the Conservative position, I must correct something that he said about my choice of leadership candidate. He is right that I had a bit of a bad run of supporting unsuccessful leadership candidates, but my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) is so good that I backed him and he still won.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.817.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.824.6", "colnum": "824", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "preceding_text": "r Taunton (Mr. Browne) got through his entire speech without mentioning any of those things until the last minute—they obviously keep him up late at night. Fortunately for all of us, however, that colourful and lurid fiction has no real bearing on the macro-economic reality. In difficult economic times—here I find myself in agreement with the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.824.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.837.5", "colnum": "837", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Norman Baker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Baker", "preceding_text": "I have already given way twice; I must make some progress.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.837.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.838.2", "colnum": "838", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Norman Baker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Come on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Baker", "preceding_text": "I must make some progress. I have taken, I think, six—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.838.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.847.1", "colnum": "847", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Norman Baker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Baker", "preceding_text": "We are in favour of ending—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.847.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.847.5", "colnum": "847", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Norman Baker", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Baker", "preceding_text": "I have already answered that. Let me read the sentence from the motion: \"the increase in intensity and distribution of noise for those living under the flight path through\"— the word \"ending\" is missing—\"runway alternation\". Our policy could not be clearer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.847.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.855.2", "colnum": "855", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Theresa Villiers", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa Villiers", "preceding_text": "The point that I was making was that the Government's misconceived plans for expanding Stansted have no justification whatever—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.855.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.865.0", "colnum": "865", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Alan Keen", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Keen", "preceding_text": "State for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ann Keen) —who has campaigned against a third runway for five years—would be unable to attend the debate because she was on a maternity visit. I only hope that she is making the visit in her capacity as a Health Minister. If that is not the case, I hope that the House will wish me well—and that it is a girl.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.865.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.872.0", "colnum": "872", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "John McDonnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McDonnell", "preceding_text": "I abhor the nature of this debate. I am unhappy that it has become party political knockabout.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.872.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.877.1", "colnum": "877", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": "I have no time. The second fundamental issue that I wish to address—in a minute and a half, or, actually, even less—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.877.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.877.2", "colnum": "877", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "in all this. No one doubts that it has to supply information; no one doubts that it is an interested party, but it has to be open and transparent. I echo the tributes paid to the hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) for her perseverance, which should not have been necessary. The information should have been in the public domain. If the Government have nothing to hide, why will they not—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.877.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.877.2", "colnum": "877", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "ast between her position and that of the official Opposition could not be more acute. The House has the right to know the position of each of the major parties. The Secretary of State is clearly pro a third runway, as she said earlier that there is \"a clear need\" for \"extra runway capacity\" at Heathrow. She did not say that it was subject to anything. The record will show that she said that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.877.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.877.2", "colnum": "877", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "subject to the passing of those tests, they should make that clear to the voters of London. The Conservative leader sent an e-mail to a constituent of my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park on that very issue. One gets a slight sense that the Conservatives—though it pains me to use the expression—say one thing to one set of people and something else to another set of people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.877.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-02", "file": "debates2008-04-02b.xml", "sha256": "6130975244e11ad4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.879.1", "colnum": "879", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "For the avoidance of doubt, the Liberal Democrats oppose the ending of runway alternation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-02b.879.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-03", "file": "debates2008-04-03a.xml", "sha256": "691a19d170e2a4fe", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03a.924.2", "colnum": "924", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "he remaining stages of further major Bills, so that they do not suffer the same fate? The Leader of the House announced that the debate on the Energy Bill—one of the Bills whose remaining stages have yet to be completed—is to be on 30 April . I think that everybody is aware that that is the day before local elections in England and Wales, and many colleagues will probably be elsewhere.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03a.924.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-03", "file": "debates2008-04-03a.xml", "sha256": "691a19d170e2a4fe", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03a.985.1", "colnum": "985", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Randall", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "John Randall", "preceding_text": "a party political one. It is a very serious matter and people from all parties have views on the subject. I find it particularly sad that on that matter, and incidentally on an inquiry into the war in Iraq, the Liberal Democrats do not seem to like anybody else to agree with them. They seem to think that it is their own particular thing, and they are rather sad if anybody dares to agree with them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03a.985.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-03", "file": "debates2008-04-03a.xml", "sha256": "691a19d170e2a4fe", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03a.993.0", "colnum": "993", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Geoffrey Cox", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Geoffrey Cox", "preceding_text": "Yes, a Liberal Democrat council. Nevertheless, I cannot blame the council for everything, and I do not seek to do so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03a.993.0"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-04-03", "file": "debates2008-04-03a.xml", "sha256": "691a19d170e2a4fe", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03a.1013.2", "colnum": "1013", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "He has just come in!", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Lilley", "preceding_text": "e restrictions on immigration but then campaign against the need to build additional houses whenever and wherever it occurs. I hope that the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) is listening to my remarks, because he has said in the past that one way in which he diverges from me and cannot understand me is on my desire to place a restriction on immigration to this country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03a.1006.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-03", "file": "debates2008-04-03b.xml", "sha256": "13d864f994221870", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.924.2", "colnum": "924", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "he remaining stages of further major Bills, so that they do not suffer the same fate? The Leader of the House announced that the debate on the Energy Bill—one of the Bills whose remaining stages have yet to be completed—is to be on 30 April . I think that everybody is aware that that is the day before local elections in England and Wales, and many colleagues will probably be elsewhere.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.924.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-03", "file": "debates2008-04-03b.xml", "sha256": "13d864f994221870", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.935.0", "colnum": "935", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "I will bring the hon. Gentleman's comments to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Departure of Culture—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.935.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-03", "file": "debates2008-04-03b.xml", "sha256": "13d864f994221870", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.959.2", "colnum": "959", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Angela Watkinson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Watkinson", "preceding_text": " have found out in any other way. It has videos about parties where drugs are being taken, jokey commentaries, and comic cartoons about replacement brains. I do not think that that website will deter a single young person from taking illegal drugs. It does not present the subject in anything near a serious enough way. I am dismayed to notice that I have run out of time. I had so much to say—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.959.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-03", "file": "debates2008-04-03b.xml", "sha256": "13d864f994221870", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.985.1", "colnum": "985", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "John Randall", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "John Randall", "preceding_text": "a party political one. It is a very serious matter and people from all parties have views on the subject. I find it particularly sad that on that matter, and incidentally on an inquiry into the war in Iraq, the Liberal Democrats do not seem to like anybody else to agree with them. They seem to think that it is their own particular thing, and they are rather sad if anybody dares to agree with them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.985.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-03", "file": "debates2008-04-03b.xml", "sha256": "13d864f994221870", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.993.0", "colnum": "993", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Geoffrey Cox", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Geoffrey Cox", "preceding_text": "Yes, a Liberal Democrat council. Nevertheless, I cannot blame the council for everything, and I do not seek to do so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-03b.993.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1039.4", "colnum": "1039", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "preceding_text": "We continue to look into the issues of international identity fraud and will continue to do so in order to ensure that we protect the British public to the best of our ability. It is worth stressing, however, that preventing identity fraud is not a matter only for the Government, so I would urge any individual not to release personal information, to use only secure websites—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1039.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1039.4", "colnum": "1039", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "preceding_text": "order to ensure that we protect the British public to the best of our ability. It is worth stressing, however, that preventing identity fraud is not a matter only for the Government, so I would urge any individual not to release personal information, to use only secure websites— [Interruption.]— to get credit references and, of course, to notify key players of changes of address—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1039.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1039.4", "colnum": "1039", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "preceding_text": "r, that preventing identity fraud is not a matter only for the Government, so I would urge any individual not to release personal information, to use only secure websites— [Interruption.]— to get credit references and, of course, to notify key players of changes of address— [Interruption.] It is a serious point, Mr. Speaker, and I am sorry that the Opposition seem to think—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1039.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1046.3", "colnum": "1046", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "Certainly not, in answer to that last question: the Counter-Terrorism Bill is about the protection and security of the public in this country, full stop.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1046.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1051.0", "colnum": "1051", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " so that we try to avoid this boom and bust in debt and asset prices in future. I know that the Prime Minister was with the Kennedy clan last week. Perhaps he should borrow a phrase from President Kennedy: next time, let us fix the roof \"when the sun is shining.\" In the meantime, the Bank of England has to pick up the pieces. I broadly welcome the liquidities scheme that it announced this morning.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1051.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1054.0", "colnum": "1054", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "character whom I frequently encounter in the stories I read to my grandchildren—Little Red Riding Hood, who went around trying to be kind and helpful, but ended up being out-manoeuvred and then eaten by a wolf. The Chancellor is in the process of being slowly devoured by the British banking system. The banks are not in this position by some unfortunate accident. Their own Institute of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1054.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1094.3", "colnum": "1094", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "We \"Brownes\" must stick together to ensure that the main \"Brown\" is put in his place.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1094.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1096.2", "colnum": "1096", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": " a month ago, on 18 March 2008 , during the Divisions in the House on the Budget resolutions, we yet again had a vote on the 10p rate. The Government's position was carried with the support of precisely those Labour MPs who are now making such a fuss, because, as I understand it, they had not then had the opportunity to talk to their constituents and they had not canvassed for the local elections.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1096.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1124.1", "colnum": "1124", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "preceding_text": "etely different from our position now, he guesstimates that we will get through it very soon or a little later. David Smith therefore says that there are two sets of circumstances. First, the economy is in good enough shape to withstand whatever the credit crunch throws at us, contrary to what Opposition Members argue. Secondly, even if we are more vulnerable, only some months are left, hopefully.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1124.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1131.0", "colnum": "1131", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Stewart Hosie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stewart Hosie", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about the supersized wine goblets. I have seen them, and I bet that each glass could contain half a bottle. Obviously, he and I would take all night to drink that amount. I have seen these glasses being presented, but I have always declined them—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1131.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1152.0", "colnum": "1152", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "I will give way in just one moment. We have of course carefully considered the impacts of the package. It was I who gave my right hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) a detailed answer on 18 October about those who gained and those who lost as a result of the overall package. I acknowledge that some of those people are in households in receipt of low incomes—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1152.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21a.xml", "sha256": "8d079a1dc7f74c96", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1152.5", "colnum": "1152", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "erise the situation, but it is not true. The make-up of those who will, overall, pay a relatively small increase in taxes is diverse, and that is why it is difficult to say exactly who they are, and why it is difficult to devise a set of measures to ameliorate the effect of the changes. Overall, this is a package that provides targeted support to the families and pensioners who need it most—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21a.1152.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1039.4", "colnum": "1039", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "preceding_text": "We continue to look into the issues of international identity fraud and will continue to do so in order to ensure that we protect the British public to the best of our ability. It is worth stressing, however, that preventing identity fraud is not a matter only for the Government, so I would urge any individual not to release personal information, to use only secure websites—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1039.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1039.4", "colnum": "1039", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "preceding_text": " order to ensure that we protect the British public to the best of our ability. It is worth stressing, however, that preventing identity fraud is not a matter only for the Government, so I would urge any individual not to release personal information, to use only secure websites— [Interruption]— to get credit references and, of course, to notify key players of changes of address—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1039.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1039.4", "colnum": "1039", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "preceding_text": "er, that preventing identity fraud is not a matter only for the Government, so I would urge any individual not to release personal information, to use only secure websites— [Interruption]— to get credit references and, of course, to notify key players of changes of address— [Interruption.] It is a serious point, Mr. Speaker, and I am sorry that the Opposition seem to think—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1039.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1046.3", "colnum": "1046", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "Certainly not, in answer to that last question: the Counter-Terrorism Bill is about the protection and security of the public in this country, full stop.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1046.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1051.0", "colnum": "1051", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " so that we try to avoid this boom and bust in debt and asset prices in future. I know that the Prime Minister was with the Kennedy clan last week. Perhaps he should borrow a phrase from President Kennedy: next time, let us fix the roof \"when the sun is shining.\" In the meantime, the Bank of England has to pick up the pieces. I broadly welcome the liquidities scheme that it announced this morning.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1051.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1054.0", "colnum": "1054", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "ng that they are advancing billions of pounds to the banks at the same time as they are taking billions of pounds away from low-paid taxpayers. The Chancellor reminds me a little of a character whom I frequently encounter in the stories I read to my grandchildren—Little Red Riding Hood, who went around trying to be kind and helpful, but ended up being out-manoeuvred and then eaten by a wolf.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1054.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1054.0", "colnum": "1054", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "requently encounter in the stories I read to my grandchildren—Little Red Riding Hood, who went around trying to be kind and helpful, but ended up being out-manoeuvred and then eaten by a wolf. [ Interruption. ] The Chancellor is in the process of being slowly devoured by the British banking system. The banks are not in this position by some unfortunate accident. Their own Institute of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1054.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1071.2", "colnum": "1071", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "ies with children are, on average, more than £4,000 a year better off. That means over £80 a week—cash that makes a real difference to those hard-pressed families, and cash that has, more often than not, been opposed by Opposition Members through their continual opposition to the tax credits system. Let us be clear about the crocodile tears we have seen from the Opposition—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1071.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1094.3", "colnum": "1094", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "We \"Browns\" must stick together to ensure that the main \"Brown\" is put in his place.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1094.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1095.1", "colnum": "1095", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "I am grateful for that intervention, which brings me perfectly to the next speech that was delivered on that occasion, which was by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for North-East Fife (Sir Menzies Campbell) , the then leader of the Liberal Democrats—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1095.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1095.1", "colnum": "1095", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": " one sees that the revenue to justify that reduction will be obtained from the abolition of the 10p rate. To fund the reduction, income tax will be increased for many taxpayers. One could say that we will be asking the poor to subsidise the rich. That is an example of the sleight of hand that the Chancellor has demonstrated in the past.\"—[ Official Report , 21 March 2007; Vol. 458, c. 834 .]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1095.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1095.1", "colnum": "1095", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "at the Chancellor has demonstrated in the past.\"—[ Official Report , 21 March 2007; Vol. 458, c. 834 .] [Interruption.] I hear sedentary interventions once again, but there is a difference between being the official Opposition and being an effective Opposition; just being numerically superior in the House of Commons does not make Members more able to stand up on behalf of their constituents.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1095.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1096.2", "colnum": "1096", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": " a month ago, on 18 March 2008 , during the Divisions in the House on the Budget resolutions, we yet again had a vote on the 10p rate. The Government's position was carried with the support of precisely those Labour MPs who are now making such a fuss, because, as I understand it, they had not then had the opportunity to talk to their constituents and they had not canvassed for the local elections.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1096.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1100.0", "colnum": "1100", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "That is an intelligent intervention. The answer is that we shall see at the time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1100.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1124.1", "colnum": "1124", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "preceding_text": "etely different from our position now, he guesstimates that we will get through it very soon or a little later. David Smith therefore says that there are two sets of circumstances. First, the economy is in good enough shape to withstand whatever the credit crunch throws at us, contrary to what Opposition Members argue. Secondly, even if we are more vulnerable, only some months are left, hopefully.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1124.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1129.1", "colnum": "1129", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stewart Hosie", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Stewart Hosie", "preceding_text": "rty, the Ulster Unionist party or the Democratic Unionist party? It has been built up, over a decade, almost exclusively by the British Labour party. I say to the hon. Gentleman with the greatest of respect that we are picking holes in the Finance Bill and finding the things that will not work, and it is for Ministers and for the Government to find solutions to the problems that they have created.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1129.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1131.0", "colnum": "1131", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Stewart Hosie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stewart Hosie", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about the supersized wine goblets. I have seen them, and I bet that each glass could contain half a bottle. Obviously, he and I would take all night to drink that amount. I have seen these glasses being presented, but I have always declined them—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1131.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1134.2", "colnum": "1134", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": "s than a staggering £47 billion from deferred tax charges for which no date of payment is set. The amount actually exceeded the total tax paid by all companies in 2006 by some £2 billion. Frankly, it is indefensible that persons on £200 a week should be required to pay more tax when the 50 largest companies each currently receive on average £1 billion a year of tax benefit.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1134.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1152.0", "colnum": "1152", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "I will give way in just one moment. We have of course carefully considered the impacts of the package. It was I who gave my right hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) a detailed answer on 18 October about those who gained and those who lost as a result of the overall package. I acknowledge that some of those people are in households in receipt of low incomes—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1152.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-21", "file": "debates2008-04-21b.xml", "sha256": "de6bdb1b328f9871", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1152.5", "colnum": "1152", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "erise the situation, but it is not true. The make-up of those who will, overall, pay a relatively small increase in taxes is diverse, and that is why it is difficult to say exactly who they are, and why it is difficult to devise a set of measures to ameliorate the effect of the changes. Overall, this is a package that provides targeted support to the families and pensioners who need it most—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-21b.1152.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-22", "file": "debates2008-04-22c.xml", "sha256": "9b5f5311c47fc566", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22c.1237.3", "colnum": "1237", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "t we need to address the issues arising from the combination of individual inertia and commercial viability, which have resulted in large numbers of moderate to low earners currently not saving enough for their retirement. The Bill provides for the establishment of what has been described as a budget airline type of pension scheme. I am not sure whether I want to follow that analogy too far—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22c.1237.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-22", "file": "debates2008-04-22c.xml", "sha256": "9b5f5311c47fc566", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22c.1251.2", "colnum": "1251", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"When?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "e of keeping an eye on affordability and on the fiscal position, and on taking the right decisions for pensioners, for taxpayers, for the economy and for the long term. I understand the keenness to hear the date of the introduction of the earnings link. Let me put beyond doubt our commitment to reinstate the link. That is not just my guarantee; there is a legal obligation, and we will stick to it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22c.1251.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-22", "file": "debates2008-04-22c.xml", "sha256": "9b5f5311c47fc566", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22c.1281.0", "colnum": "1281", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Michael Penning", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Penning", "preceding_text": "uarantee this to me in writing, if necessary—that benefits paid to pensioners in schemes while they have been waiting will not be claimed back? It seems obvious that they would not be, but successive Governments have often claimed back moneys paid in benefits when people have received compensation. That often happens in respect of injury compensation where people have been on income support.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22c.1281.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-22", "file": "debates2008-04-22c.xml", "sha256": "9b5f5311c47fc566", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22c.1281.0", "colnum": "1281", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Michael Penning", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Penning", "preceding_text": "to those who had been pinpointed as the sort of people who should be getting pension credit. After writing a third or fourth time, the Government should take the hint: those people will never apply for pension credit. They see it as a handout and as taboo, and they would be ashamed to claim it. There is no other reason why they should fail to claim it, if the Government have written to them—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22c.1281.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-22", "file": "debates2008-04-22d.xml", "sha256": "82cc3f6711ec98e8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22d.1227.1", "colnum": "1227", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": ". I know that people want to move on to other issues. We are pleased that Thoresen's money guidance will build on provision from the Pensions Advisory Service and other organisations. We agree with him that auto-enrolment and personal accounts do not create a new need for a different kind of information or guidance. I do not agree that there is a need to supplement all that with one-to-one advice.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-22d.1227.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23a.xml", "sha256": "11033c9c2f5c60cc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23a.1317.3", "colnum": "1317", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why?", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman has not been listening carefully, and he cannot have read the speech by my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) to the King's Fund on Monday. My right hon. Friend made it clear that we do not oppose change in general practice, but it must be driven by GPs themselves.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23a.1317.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23a.xml", "sha256": "11033c9c2f5c60cc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23a.1338.0", "colnum": "1338", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "I am encouraged to hear what the hon. Gentleman says—despite his very recent arrival in the Chamber, which I welcome. I have to say that in many parts of the country—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23a.1338.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23a.xml", "sha256": "11033c9c2f5c60cc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23a.1338.0", "colnum": "1338", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ooh\"", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "I am encouraged to hear what the hon. Gentleman says—despite his very recent arrival in the Chamber, which I welcome. I have to say that in many parts of the country— [Interruption.] I hear a suggestion from a sedentary position that the hon. Gentleman has been saving lives, but I suspect that he was just having his lunch—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23a.1338.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23a.xml", "sha256": "11033c9c2f5c60cc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23a.1407.1", "colnum": "1407", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Clive Efford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Clive Efford", "preceding_text": "l be at the forefront, encouraging people from all sections of the community, including ethnic minority communities, to join the police force. If he attends a parade at Hendon police training college, will he expect the qualified police officers who are turning out to celebrate him, their having been called \"flag-waving picaninnies\"? Would he expect any black police officers to smile at him—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23a.1407.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1302.3", "colnum": "1302", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "Trooper Robert Pearson, who was killed on Monday. The whole country owes them a great debt of gratitude. I also associate my party with the Prime Minister's warm words about Gwyneth Dunwoody. She was the very model of an independent Back Bencher and Select Committee Chairman. She spoke her mind, she had no truck with political correctness, she was courageous in her political beliefs and she—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1302.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1304.3", "colnum": "1304", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"More!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The truth is that under this Government —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1304.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1304.3", "colnum": "1304", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " than when the Government came to power. The Prime Minister talks about the central issue. The central issue is his massive loss of authority. Was there ever anything more humiliating than a Prime Minister breaking off talks with the President and asking for an outside line in the White House in order to beg one of his Parliamentary Private Secretaries not to resign? This is what Labour MPs—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1304.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1304.3", "colnum": "1304", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "e central issue is his massive loss of authority. Was there ever anything more humiliating than a Prime Minister breaking off talks with the President and asking for an outside line in the White House in order to beg one of his Parliamentary Private Secretaries not to resign? This is what Labour MPs— [ Interruption. ] They should be quiet and listen. This is what Labour MPs are saying—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1304.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1305.0", "colnum": "1305", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Let the Leader of the Opposition speak—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1305.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1305.2", "colnum": "1305", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "Why does the right hon. Gentleman never address the central issue—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1305.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1306.1", "colnum": "1306", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "I should like to add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friends of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1306.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1313.2", "colnum": "1313", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Privilege is absolute.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1313.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1316.1", "colnum": "1316", "heading": "Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "egistration with a single general practice promotes equity, provides a 'medical home' for coordinating care, and is an effective mechanism for holding providers to account for the quality of care provided.\" That is where my hon. Friend is coming from. That relationship between patients and their doctor is instrumental in delivering effective care, but the Government are determined to undermine it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1316.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1317.3", "colnum": "1317", "heading": "Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why?", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman has not been listening carefully, and he cannot have read the speech by my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) to the King's Fund on Monday. My right hon. Friend made it clear that we do not oppose change in general practice, but it must be driven by GPs themselves.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1317.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1324.3", "colnum": "1324", "heading": "Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "gnorance and ideology make a fatal combination. The Secretary of State has picked up the ideology of centralisation and combined it with an ignorance of general practice. When I asked about two months ago how many GP practices the Secretary of State had visited, the Minister of State, the hon. Member for Exeter (Mr. Bradshaw) , told me that the Secretary of State had visited one GP practice—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1324.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1338.0", "colnum": "1338", "heading": "Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "I am encouraged to hear what the hon. Gentleman says—despite his very recent arrival in the Chamber, which I welcome. I have to say that in many parts of the country—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1338.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1338.0", "colnum": "1338", "heading": "Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ooh.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "I am encouraged to hear what the hon. Gentleman says—despite his very recent arrival in the Chamber, which I welcome. I have to say that in many parts of the country— [Interruption.] I hear a suggestion from a sedentary position that the hon. Gentleman has been saving lives, but I suspect that he was just having his lunch—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1338.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1338.2", "colnum": "1338", "heading": "Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "It is a state of total confusion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1338.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1340.0", "colnum": "1340", "heading": "Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Howard Stoate", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Howard Stoate", "preceding_text": " of the concept.\" Pilots could, he says, be \"existing health facilities which could be adapted or expanded... on-going developments\" or any other combination that local people decided was good for their area. I do not understand where the hon. Gentleman is coming from when he says that there is no flexibility and no ability to pilot. That letter makes it entirely clear that the flexibility exists.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1340.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1341.0", "colnum": "1341", "heading": "Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "e than the Government's approach, which at least involves some democratic input in the House. The Conservatives' approach is to opt for a centralised quango that does not even have any accountability to this place. It is supposed to have discussions with the Secretary of State before it decides what to do, but it is clear from the powers of this body that the Conservatives seek to establish—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1341.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1369.1", "colnum": "1369", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "preceding_text": "Some are families with young children, and some of them are pensioners, and they appreciate the extended hours delivered by this Labour Government.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1369.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1369.4", "colnum": "1369", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "preceding_text": "f the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley) will get a new GP-led health centre in St. Neots. The Sawston medical centre already offers integrated services, including minor operations and audiology as well as general practice. In Eddisbury, the constituency of my opposite number, the Dene Drive primary care centre has three GP practices, which offer integrated services under one roof.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1369.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1377.7", "colnum": "1377", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "David Evennett", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No, he's not.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Evennett", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend is making a powerful and effective case—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1377.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1379.5", "colnum": "1379", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "David Ruffley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Ruffley", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman would do well to listen to the BCS London figures and the MPS figures that I have quoted.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1379.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1380.3", "colnum": "1380", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "David Ruffley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Ruffley", "preceding_text": "We could trade statistics all day—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1380.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1382.3", "colnum": "1382", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "David Ruffley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Ruffley", "preceding_text": "Not in the least, because no one in this House, and I hope that the hon. Lady is not an exception, thinks that crime on the buses or on the tube—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1382.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1403.3", "colnum": "1403", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Clive Efford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Clive Efford", "preceding_text": "higher than the probability of being a victim of such a crime. We are committed to tackling fear of crime through educating the public about the facts and ensuring they are not overtly frightened by stories that might appear in the newspapers and on television or the radio.\" I say to the hon. Member for Hornchurch that we could add \"in Hansard \", could we not? Hillingdon says on its website—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1403.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1403.7", "colnum": "1403", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "That is not a matter—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1403.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1407.1", "colnum": "1407", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Clive Efford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Clive Efford", "preceding_text": "l be at the forefront, encouraging people from all sections of the community, including ethnic minority communities, to join the police force. If he attends a parade at Hendon police training college, will he expect the qualified police officers who are turning out to celebrate him, their having been called \"flag-waving picaninnies\"? Would he expect any black police officers to smile at him—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1407.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1408.3", "colnum": "1408", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Clive Efford", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Mr. Deputy Speaker.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Clive Efford", "preceding_text": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, there is no denying that the remarks that I quoted were written down. They are on record for anyone who wants to read them. The fact is, Mr. Mayor—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1408.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1414.0", "colnum": "1414", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Justine Greening", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Justine Greening", "preceding_text": "I am grateful for that, Mr. Deputy Speaker. However, I have to say that issues have been raised about the commitment of my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (Mr. Johnson) ; apparently, that does not cut both ways.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1414.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1414.1", "colnum": "1414", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "preceding_text": "hose own record does not allow him to take over that role. I refer in particular to the disgraceful episode that is documented on tape, where the hon. Member for Henley agreed to give details of a journalist to someone who became a convicted fraudster, on the basis that he was an old school friend of his, in order to allow that journalist to be beaten up. Somebody who is prepared to do that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1414.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1415.0", "colnum": "1415", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. The hon. Gentleman has made a very serious charge.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1415.0"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-04-23", "file": "debates2008-04-23b.xml", "sha256": "5eca5cbfc06c5bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1430.2", "colnum": "1430", "heading": "DRAFT CONSTITUTIONAL RENEWAL BILL (JOINT COMMITTEE)", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Object.", "preceding_speaker": "", "preceding_text": "House; (iii) to report from time to time; (iv) to appoint specialist advisers; and (v) to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom. That Mr Alistair Carmichael, Mr Geoffrey Cox, Michael Jabez Foster, Mark Lazarowicz, Martin Linton, Ian Lucas, Fiona Mactaggart, Mr Virendra Sharma, Emily Thornberry, Mr Andrew Tyrie and Sir George Young be members of the Committee.— [Liz Blackman.]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-23b.1430.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1447.5", "colnum": "1447", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman amplifies the point that I made a few moments ago. Of course we have to balance our need to generate electricity, whether from coal-fired, gas-fired or nuclear power stations or from onshore wind farms, with the fact that we need to take environmental considerations into account. If we want more renewable energy, however, we have to put it somewhere—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1447.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1447.5", "colnum": "1447", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "om onshore wind farms, with the fact that we need to take environmental considerations into account. If we want more renewable energy, however, we have to put it somewhere— [ Interruption. ] Someone says from a sedentary position, \"Offshore.\" Yes, indeed. However, our experience is that there have been almost as many objections to offshore wind farms as there are to onshore wind farms—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1447.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1449.1", "colnum": "1449", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Winterton", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Winterton", "preceding_text": "Micra man.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1449.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1449.5", "colnum": "1449", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Justine Greening", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Justine Greening", "preceding_text": "I will do. We also know—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1449.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1453.4", "colnum": "1453", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "amilies. The take-up rate was 50 per cent. in the early years of family income support and only 57 per cent. for family credit, but it is 62 per cent. for working families tax credit. This system is successful, although I accept, as I have said repeatedly this morning, that there is further work to do in respect of households without children. HMRC and I are working hard to improve take-up —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1453.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1459.0", "colnum": "1459", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "First, the hon. Gentleman's position on this—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1459.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1482.1", "colnum": "1482", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "me, given that discussions were continuing between ACAS, INEOS and the trade unions, and that there was a prospect that the dispute would be called off. Now that the dispute is clearly scheduled to take place, I believe that this is the right time for the Government to make a statement. Let me correct one thing that the hon. Lady said. It is not a two-week stoppage; it is a two-day stoppage—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1482.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1497.1", "colnum": "1497", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "David Drew", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Drew", "preceding_text": "I do not necessarily agree with the hon. Gentleman. If I did, I would not ever be able to campaign again to try to save some of my local post offices. I am sure that the Government could use exactly the same logic to say that it was entirely up to the customer, as it is a free market—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1497.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1530.3", "colnum": "1530", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "preceding_text": "As the hon. Gentleman clearly understood the first time around, I was going to make a different point, and, of course, he has now put me off. If he would remind me of what he was saying before I stood up, I could remember.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1530.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1537.1", "colnum": "1537", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Damian Green", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Damian Green", "preceding_text": "f how long it will take for him to receive clearance to get his job back. By any standards, that is nonsense. By definition, working holidaymakers are coming to Britain to work—to do something productive—and the Government are sending them all home and saying to them, \"We can't tell you whether or when you can come back to carry on doing the job that you have been doing for some time.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1537.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1546.1", "colnum": "1546", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "which the proposed immigrant wants to settle, perhaps making visas conditional on particular travel-to-work areas in the first instance. One may not want to apply conditions subsequently, but it is a policy option that we should put on the table and discuss since the points-based system would allow for some variation in the points awarded according to the proposed area of work within the UK—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1546.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1548.1", "colnum": "1548", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "I am not sure that EU law would apply in this case, as we are talking about—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1548.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1549.0", "colnum": "1549", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Barry Gardiner", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Barry Gardiner", "preceding_text": " skills up to GCSE grade C standard before coming to the UK. I welcome the fact that the Minister has moved from that position—I take it that that is what he has done—and that he is now listening to the different points being put. Many eminent British citizens, some of whom have sat on these Benches, might struggle to say yes if asked whether they have GCSE grade C in English language.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1549.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-24", "file": "debates2008-04-24c.xml", "sha256": "4e97037e767751d4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1553.0", "colnum": "1553", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "James Clappison", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Clappison", "preceding_text": "period in history of such sustained and concentrated inward migration as that under the 10 years of this Government. Never before has inward migration reached the level that it has reached under this Government today. Well over 500,000 people are inwardly migrating every year. There is no time in history when that has been the case. If the Minister is aware of such a time, perhaps he will tell us.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-24c.1553.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-25", "file": "debates2008-04-25b.xml", "sha256": "5f841c9ff776011a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1602.1", "colnum": "1602", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Whittingdale", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Whittingdale", "preceding_text": "sh;everything banned before 9 pm and complete freedom afterwards. However, the 9 pm watershed is becoming meaningless. It was created in the days when viewers had a choice of two or three channels and, yes, most children probably were in bed by 9 pm. Several things have changed since then. I wish that my children were in bed by 9 pm, but time and again they are not. I have a 14-year-old son—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1602.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-25", "file": "debates2008-04-25b.xml", "sha256": "5f841c9ff776011a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1610.0", "colnum": "1610", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "In that case, the hon. Member for Edinburgh, South would not even need a separate piece of legislation to kill off Father Christmas. How popular he would be with every child in the country—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1610.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-25", "file": "debates2008-04-25b.xml", "sha256": "5f841c9ff776011a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1610.0", "colnum": "1610", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "In that case, the hon. Member for Edinburgh, South would not even need a separate piece of legislation to kill off Father Christmas. How popular he would be with every child in the country— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Member for Cheltenham (Martin Horwood) says that Father Christmas does not exist—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1610.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-25", "file": "debates2008-04-25b.xml", "sha256": "5f841c9ff776011a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1610.2", "colnum": "1610", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "aid that those provisions are open to interpretation as far as product placement and the definition of a point of sale are concerned. There is also uncertainty about what appears in or on a pack that might suggest that it is promoting itself to youngsters. This is a complete quagmire, and I would be totally opposed to opening these companies up to unlimited fines. In coming to my conclusion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1610.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-25", "file": "debates2008-04-25b.xml", "sha256": "5f841c9ff776011a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1617.0", "colnum": "1617", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Vaizey", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"That was good.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Vaizey", "preceding_text": "iceable effect on obesity there. If we look at Sweden, which also has a ban on unhealthy food advertising, we learn that there are more spherical Swedes than there are fat Finns next door in Finland, which has no such ban. Sweden has a higher obesity problem than Finland, yet the ban has not produced svelte Swedes; there are still spherical Swedes and fewer fat Finns. So we have controlled models.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1617.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-25", "file": "debates2008-04-25b.xml", "sha256": "5f841c9ff776011a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1620.5", "colnum": "1620", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Vaizey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Vaizey", "preceding_text": "dertook before it introduced its current regulations on advertising to children, and the fact that it is reviewing the effect of the regulations and will report back in the summer. The point has been made, not least by my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) in his excellent article in The Grocer , which I recommend to all hon. Members, that the Bill compromises Ofcom's independence.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1620.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-25", "file": "debates2008-04-25b.xml", "sha256": "5f841c9ff776011a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1634.1", "colnum": "1634", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "preceding_text": "out the Olympics is that the infrastructure that will be built, whether in sport or elsewhere, and the stimulus and catalyst of the games in engaging more children in sport make it worth investing in such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for all of us. There will be an impact on our lives in all sorts of ways. The hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans) killed off Father Christmas. My apologies.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-25b.1634.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28b.xml", "sha256": "9ffbf93bb9291904", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28b.37.0", "colnum": "37", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "ortant to realise that the rate is in fact a small profits rate. Any company with profits up to £300,000 benefits from that low corporation tax rate, regardless of its size. Both groups can benefit from one of the other changes in the Bill: the annual investment allowance for expenditure up to £50,000, which has been maligned by Opposition Members. Both the hon. Member for Hoban—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28b.37.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28b.xml", "sha256": "9ffbf93bb9291904", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28b.49.2", "colnum": "49", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": " pre-Budget was brought forward to early October so that it could act as a pre-election Budget—a showcase for whatever bribes the Prime Minister would offer the nation in the election that never was. That plan was torn up when the Prime Minister bottled it and canned the election for reasons that, we are assured, had nothing whatever to do with the opinion polls. The pre-Budget report—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28b.49.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.16.3", "colnum": "16", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "preceding_text": "onal resources provided by the Treasury for operational requirements are over and above the defence budget. He says that it is quite disgraceful that we are trying to conduct these commitments with the moneys that we have, but he needs to reconcile that with the fact that his leader, not a few months ago, refused not only to give any commitment to an uplift in the defence budget but refused—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.16.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.17.3", "colnum": "17", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Derek Twigg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Derek Twigg", "preceding_text": "We have said that we will spend about £8.4 billion over the next 10 years on housing in this country and abroad. There have been decades of neglect by your party, and we accept our responsibility—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.17.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.34.0", "colnum": "34", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Brooks Newmark", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Brooks Newmark", "preceding_text": "Before I begin my speech, I wish to draw Members' attention to my entry in the Register of Members' Interests. I also wish to make an observation: there is not a single Labour Back Bencher present to contribute to this debate on this extremely important clause.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.34.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.36.1", "colnum": "36", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "ortant to realise that the rate is in fact a small profits rate. Any company with profits up to £300,000 benefits from that low corporation tax rate, regardless of its size. Both groups can benefit from one of the other changes in the Bill: the annual investment allowance for expenditure up to £50,000, which has been maligned by Opposition Members. Both the hon. Member for Hoban—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.36.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.39.3", "colnum": "39", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Brooks Newmark", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Brooks Newmark", "preceding_text": "We face difficult economic times, and I am trying to understand the logic of increasing taxation in a period that is particularly difficult for small businesses. How does that provide them with an incentive to continue to grow their business, and what have we done to encourage businesses to come and set up in this country, as they can actually see that business has increased year in, year out?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.39.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.49.2", "colnum": "49", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "dget report was brought forward to early October so that it could act as a pre-election Budget—a showcase for whatever bribes the Prime Minister would offer the nation in the election that never was. That plan was torn up when the Prime Minister bottled it and canned the election for reasons that, we are assured, had nothing whatever to do with the opinion polls. The pre-Budget report—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.49.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.81.5", "colnum": "81", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "It is not for me to produce evidence, as I have not moved the amendment. I seek to find out the reasoning behind it, and it is quite in order for a Member to ask for the reasoning behind an amendment. It is also in order to ask the Member who moves an amendment for evidence to support it, and to be put out if such evidence is not produced—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.81.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.95.3", "colnum": "95", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "We have not said that we would introduce the 10p rate, and it is clear that the Labour Members whose position was critical in forcing the Government's climbdown were not necessarily seeking to reinstate the 10p rate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.95.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.95.5", "colnum": "95", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "No, I shall make a little progress now, if I may.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.95.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.96.4", "colnum": "96", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Lyn Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lyn Brown", "preceding_text": "I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. About 40 per cent. of my constituents earn less than £19,000 a year. That means they will lose out from the 10p rate. However, the vast majority of them will gain substantially because of the way in which the moneys have been redistributed through working family tax credits, child care tax credits and housing benefit.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.96.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.100.0", "colnum": "100", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "vided that the House was satisfied with a complex compensation package. Surely it is a crazy idea to get rid of the 10p rate and try to compensate various groups through ever more complex means, only to end up spending public money on other groups who did not lose but cannot be separated from those who did. The whole idea is nonsense, and it would be far better simply to retain the 10p rate—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.100.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.103.0", "colnum": "103", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"More.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "one can only imagine the atmosphere in his private meeting with the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) , who has a long track record of making keen observations about his qualities or otherwise. Who can forget the observation: \"Allowing Gordon Brown into No 10 would be like letting Mrs. Rochester out of the attic\"? The right hon. Gentleman went on to say: \"He has no empathy with people.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.103.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.106.1", "colnum": "106", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "Yes, is my answer to that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.106.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-28", "file": "debates2008-04-28c.xml", "sha256": "3b8c66956732c307", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.123.1", "colnum": "123", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to my hon. Friend for those comments, and I agree entirely. He will remember who was in power at that time. On working tax credits—I can see the pained expression on your face, Sir Alan.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-28c.123.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29b.xml", "sha256": "24679a57cc4e3bf6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29b.162.1", "colnum": "162", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "My Ministry has achieved a considerable amount in the past year, including a dramatic reduction in crime, as I mentioned just a few minutes ago—if Conservative Members paid attention, such nugatory questions would not have to be put by their Front Benchers. There has been a third reduction in crime, including a third reduction in violent crime—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29b.162.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29b.xml", "sha256": "24679a57cc4e3bf6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29b.192.0", "colnum": "192", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": " usual, but quite rightly—that there is an adultery offset website. Allegedly, the person behind it is a rather spotty youth from somewhere like Plymouth called Kevin. He agrees to remain chaste and not to engage in sexual relations—certainly not adultery—so that someone who signs up to the website can engage in adultery absolutely guilt free because of the adultery offset—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29b.192.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.159.2", "colnum": "159", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "rvative party has dramatically shifted its position on the issue. Originally—just a year ago—it fully welcomed Hayden Phillips's proposals as the basis for agreement, but as was said by the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath) , who used to speak on the subject for the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives then \"walked away\" from those talks without any justification whatever.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.159.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.162.1", "colnum": "162", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "My Ministry has achieved a considerable amount in the past year, including a dramatic reduction in crime, as I mentioned just a few minutes ago—if Conservative Members paid attention, such nugatory questions would not have to be put by their Front Benchers. There has been a one-third reduction in crime, including a one-third reduction in violent crime—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.162.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.181.4", "colnum": "181", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "I wonder whether the Financial Secretary follows the Conservative spokesman's argument, which appears to be that, if people want to reduce the overall tax burden to the Exchequer, they should not vote for the Conservative alternative on Thursday, because of the severance payment cost of getting rid of Mr. Livingstone as Mayor of London.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.181.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.190.4", "colnum": "190", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "omentarily because transport gets singled out—not unfairly, because it is a major contributor to CO2 emissions. However, if one stopped the average person in the street and asked whether domestic households or transport was the much greater contributor to global warming CO2 emissions, the reply would overwhelmingly be, \"Transport.\" Yet the energy produced in our homes is a major contributor.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.190.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.190.4", "colnum": "190", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "ge person in the street and asked whether domestic households or transport was the much greater contributor to global warming CO2 emissions, the reply would overwhelmingly be, \"Transport.\" Yet the energy produced in our homes is a major contributor. [Interruption.] The hon. Lady says from a sedentary position that the public perception is that transport is not a major contributor to CO2 emissions.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.190.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.192.0", "colnum": "192", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": " usual, but quite rightly—that there is an adultery offset website. Allegedly, the person behind it is a rather spotty youth called Kevin from somewhere like Plymouth. He agrees to remain chaste and not to engage in sexual relations—certainly not adultery—so that someone who signs up to the website can engage in adultery absolutely guilt free because of the adultery offset—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.192.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.228.0", "colnum": "228", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Michael Penning", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Penning", "preceding_text": "t make them right. They should be brought in only in exceptional circumstances. I am deeply concerned that this House will be excluded from debating, and being consulted on, important measures that have an effect on almost all our constituents, and that we will leave that power with the Minister of the day. I agree with my hon. Friend that the current Financial Secretary is exemplary in her—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.228.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.250.1", "colnum": "250", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "There is a danger of widening the debate too far, but the hon. Gentleman makes a reasonable point. If I were a Treasury Minister, I would always be wary of creating exemptions because they may cover many categories that one did not envisage. I fear that Scottish National party Members appear to be rather resentful that we are supporting them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.250.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.250.1", "colnum": "250", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "egories that one did not envisage. I fear that Scottish National party Members appear to be rather resentful that we are supporting them. [Interruption.] They had hoped to be in splendid isolation—the press releases had already been written and will now have to be rewritten, based on my comments. I have disappointed the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar by saying that we will support him.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.250.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.260.2", "colnum": "260", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": " solely as a revenue-raising measure. Certainly, my party would like money raised through environmental taxation to be used to offset other types of taxes, including taxes on income, particularly the income of those on low salaries, who most need assistance at a time of rising prices. The Conservative party is playing a risky political game. Its leader cycles to work at the House of Commons—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.260.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.265.3", "colnum": "265", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "preceding_text": "-emission cars. We have announced what VED rates will be three years into the future: the higher a car's emissions, the more likely it is that its VED costs will rise. We are attempting to bring about a behavioural change. People need to look at how they can migrate over time to lower-emission cars. I turn now to why we are opposing amendment No. 6 and recommending that clause 15 stand part—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.265.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-29", "file": "debates2008-04-29c.xml", "sha256": "acc5caf6d8dd90c6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.265.8", "colnum": "265", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "preceding_text": "-emission cars. We have announced what VED rates will be three years into the future: the higher a car's emissions, the more likely it is that its VED costs will rise. We are attempting to bring about a behavioural change. People need to look at how they can migrate over time to lower-emission cars. I turn now to why we are opposing amendment No. 6 and recommending that clause 15 stand part—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-29c.265.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30b.xml", "sha256": "b4962d24fa09e41e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30b.306.3", "colnum": "306", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "st, and clearly there may be a need for talks between the parties to ensure that we return to a slightly more decent, respectful and honourable process. Of course, there is the question of not wanting to leave a constituency unrepresented for too long, but there are practical issues as well as ones of principle. If a by-election is called quickly, although there is no doubt that we will all—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30b.306.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30b.xml", "sha256": "b4962d24fa09e41e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30b.360.1", "colnum": "360", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "preceding_text": " UK and Germany through a different perception of our traditional Anglo-German rivalry. It depicted a mythical Euro solar league, with a shoot-out. There was a goal with lots of footballs in the back, an England goalkeeper in a state of despair and a scoreboard that read, \"Germany 200, England 1\". That is the ratio—200:1—of installed solar generating capacity between the two countries.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30b.360.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30b.xml", "sha256": "b4962d24fa09e41e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30b.360.1", "colnum": "360", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "preceding_text": " and Germany has 70,000, while the UK has 17 biogas plants and Germany has 3,800. All that has happened relatively recently, in the past three to four years. I want to widen the focus of the debate from just electricity to what we do about renewable heat and renewable biogas. We had a public meeting on that last night. Some interest was generated when it was announced that BERR had a team on heat.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30b.360.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.297.1", "colnum": "297", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "is not because it is right, but because it is part of a political calculation. With the 10p tax rate, it was about trying to pose as a tax cutter. This time, it is about trying to pose as being tough on terror. Everybody knows what is happening. Today, apparently, he is admitting mistakes. Why does he not admit the biggest mistake of all: that he puts political calculation and self-interest—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.297.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.305.2", "colnum": "305", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Where is the Minister?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "o not get involved in this matter because I do not know all the details. Sometimes correspondence can go to someone in good faith and the Department concerned is not always seeking to give offence to hon. Members. I think that the best reply that I can give the hon. Gentleman is that he has put his concerns on record, and the appropriate Department and Minister will take note of his deep concerns.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.305.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.305.7", "colnum": "305", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I am not going to invite the right hon. Gentleman to speak—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.305.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.305.7", "colnum": "305", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I am not going to invite the right hon. Gentleman to speak— [ Interruption. ] Order. We have to be careful how we use points of order. I tell the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert) that it may be a point that he wants to raise with the Minister but it is not a point of order, and I will not allow the matter to continue.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.305.7"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.315.1", "colnum": "315", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "in the issue from Scotland. We are introducing a regime to put into practice the principle that new nuclear must pay its full costs, including those for the disposal of waste. We are setting up a new committee to help us get the finances right, but the purpose of the fixed price is to give the investor confidence at the beginning of the life of a nuclear reactor about what the costs will be—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.315.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.360.1", "colnum": "360", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "preceding_text": " UK and Germany through a different perception of our traditional Anglo-German rivalry. It depicted a mythical Euro solar league, with a shoot-out. There was a goal with lots of footballs in the back, an England goalkeeper in a state of despair and a scoreboard that read, \"Germany 200, England 1\". That is the ratio—200:1—of installed solar generating capacity between the two countries.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.360.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.360.1", "colnum": "360", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Simpson", "preceding_text": " and Germany has 70,000, while the UK has 17 biogas plants and Germany has 3,800. All that has happened relatively recently, in the past three to four years. I want to widen the focus of the debate from just electricity to what we do about renewable heat and renewable biogas. We had a public meeting on that last night. Some interest was generated when it was announced that BERR had a team on heat.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.360.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.394.4", "colnum": "394", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "As we saw in the case of micro-hydro, there is always the issue of where one draws the line, yes? [Hon. Members: \"Yes!\"] I am happy to draw the line under the positive arguments that I am putting forward.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.394.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.399.4", "colnum": "399", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Brian Iddon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Brian Iddon", "preceding_text": "ate this afternoon. Many people have been worried about the possibility of a link between childhood leukaemia and electromagnetic fields from high-voltage power cables. As mentioned in Committee, the Department of Health funded the Draper report, which found that children living within 200 m of high-voltage power lines from birth had a 70 per cent. increased risk of developing childhood leukaemia.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.399.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.399.4", "colnum": "399", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Brian Iddon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Brian Iddon", "preceding_text": "s from birth had a 70 per cent. increased risk of developing childhood leukaemia. [ Interruption. ] The Government have received recommendations for action on the matter from the Health Protection Agency, from SAGE, which is the Government's stakeholder group, and from Back Benchers, who carried out a public inquiry under the direction of my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson) .", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.399.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.409.2", "colnum": "409", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": "to proceed either with the total sale of British Energy or regarding their own share, and nothing on foreign ownership. What is the Government's position on the conflict between foreign ownership and national competition? What is their verdict on the choice between short-term cash from the disposal of their shareholding and long-term value, which is an alternative? Perhaps, most pertinently—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.409.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-04-30", "file": "debates2008-04-30c.xml", "sha256": "c8c0e96f7f58abb6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.409.2", "colnum": "409", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": "wnership. What is the Government's position on the conflict between foreign ownership and national competition? What is their verdict on the choice between short-term cash from the disposal of their shareholding and long-term value, which is an alternative? Perhaps, most pertinently— [Interruption.] The Secretary of State mutters, \"It is nothing to do with—\" something, but if he—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-04-30c.409.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-01", "file": "debates2008-05-01a.xml", "sha256": "506098b86025d170", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01a.515.1", "colnum": "515", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Angus MacNeil", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angus MacNeil", "preceding_text": "season came, moving to a caravan for the summer. I hope that that situation will now come to an end. This subject hits all parties. We can easily throw insults around and say that this lot or that lot are to blame, but such things happen, and we have to do something about them. Poverty is a big issue. In this speech, I can only throw a few shafts of light on it, when it requires floodlights—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01a.515.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-01", "file": "debates2008-05-01b.xml", "sha256": "d95364150600ba55", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.482.2", "colnum": "482", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Anne McGuire", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne McGuire", "preceding_text": "st be made to pay, which is why the Government introduced the tax credit system and the national minimum wage in spite of the siren voices on the official Opposition Benches who told us it would cost millions of jobs and in spite of the sleepy heads on the SNP Benches who could not even stay up to vote for it. We know, too, that children living in workless families are much more likely to be poor.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.482.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-01", "file": "debates2008-05-01b.xml", "sha256": "d95364150600ba55", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.518.3", "colnum": "518", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tom Clarke", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tom Clarke", "preceding_text": "mportant though many of their services are. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland the money is being spent by local authorities, but also by the NHS and other agencies. How could it be otherwise, in view of what we were told in the review? To say that the money has been given to the local authorities, with no accountability whatever, is entirely inconsistent with the recommendations that we made.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.518.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-01", "file": "debates2008-05-01b.xml", "sha256": "d95364150600ba55", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.525.1", "colnum": "525", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Anne Begg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne Begg", "preceding_text": "If I remember correctly, when the SNP was in control in Angus, it was also closing rural schools—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.525.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-01", "file": "debates2008-05-01b.xml", "sha256": "d95364150600ba55", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.526.1", "colnum": "526", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Anne Begg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne Begg", "preceding_text": "one presently going through the House, it would have been foolhardy indeed if the Labour group on Aberdeen city council had proposed an alternative budget when we could not even find out what the figures were. The figures are so bad that the Accounts Commission is about to hold a public inquiry in Aberdeen in two weeks' time to find out what has gone so seriously wrong with the council's finances.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.526.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-01", "file": "debates2008-05-01b.xml", "sha256": "d95364150600ba55", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.526.1", "colnum": "526", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Anne Begg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne Begg", "preceding_text": " city council had proposed an alternative budget when we could not even find out what the figures were. The figures are so bad that the Accounts Commission is about to hold a public inquiry in Aberdeen in two weeks' time to find out what has gone so seriously wrong with the council's finances. [Interruption.] If the Accounts Commission cannot work out exactly what has gone on, it shows that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-01b.526.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.556.1", "colnum": "556", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Ivan Lewis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ivan Lewis", "preceding_text": "Desperate, Mr. Speaker. There was no annual carers grant, nor even any distinct recognition of the fact that carers had their own needs, under the previous Government.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.556.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.556.3", "colnum": "556", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Ivan Lewis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ivan Lewis", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend has done a tremendous job of championing the needs of carers since she became a Member of the House, and she continues to do so. She makes an important point. People who care for an ageing parent, a husband or a wife who has—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.556.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.565.4", "colnum": "565", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "preceding_text": "No, my right hon. Friend did not say that. There is good flexibility in the proposals that we put to primary care trusts. Labour Members are interested in making it easier for people to see their GP. It is astonishing that the Conservative party's policy now is to hand over policy to the doctors' union, the BMA, and allow it to decide—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.565.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.570.3", "colnum": "570", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman has an interest in this subject. I believe that he was the chair of the all-party group on noise—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.570.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.570.3", "colnum": "570", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "y find that people, not just young people, have developed problems—sometimes mental health problems—because they live in an environment of constant noise. In the workplace, for example, noise levels can be huge. Some people think that playing a radio station featuring the inane chatter of a disc jockey all day is good for calming the nerves, whereas actually it does the opposite—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.570.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.579.1", "colnum": "579", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Hanson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Hanson", "preceding_text": "ity sentences is more detrimental in short-term cases and an additional 400 people will be in prison as a result of the removal of this measure from the Bill. All that drives me to believe that it should be kept in the Bill, as proposed. Let it not be said that I am somebody who will not listen on behalf of the Government, because some very valid points have been made in the debate to date —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.579.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.614.3", "colnum": "614", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Ann Widdecombe", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ann Widdecombe", "preceding_text": "ir rallies, because we believed in free speech. At the height of the cold war, when we had a whole raft of weapons pointing straight at us from the Warsaw pact countries—we tend to forget that now—people were allowed to stand for Parliament as communists. They would not be elected, but they were allowed to stand. People were allowed to distribute communist literature on street corners.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.614.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.628.2", "colnum": "628", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Maria Eagle", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Maria Eagle", "preceding_text": "The House will be aware that on Report—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.628.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.649.4", "colnum": "649", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Ann Widdecombe", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ann Widdecombe", "preceding_text": " There was and is insufficient will to prosecute blasphemy—it is not a fault of the law—just as there is insufficient will to prosecute practitioners of late abortions, even when they clearly fall outside the law. Somehow it is felt that we should not pursue that matter. The Minister will know that there is an enormous lack of will to ensure that the Hunting Act 2004 is enforced—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.649.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-06", "file": "debates2008-05-06b.xml", "sha256": "6849fe76c6b51f98", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.655.1", "colnum": "655", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Evan Harris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Evan Harris", "preceding_text": "Indeed. I agree. It was also historic when the Lords passed the amendment, but that evening was apparently also the evening of the EU referendum vote here, which was of interest to more than one party, so the occasion was drowned out in the media. Nevertheless, it was a major step forward —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-06b.655.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-07", "file": "debates2008-05-07a.xml", "sha256": "f0dc13dfcc44c8bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07a.689.1", "colnum": "689", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Shame!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Miliband", "preceding_text": "May I begin by paying to tribute to what started off as my hon. Friend's one-woman campaign for universal free school meals? It is an ingenious campaign, and many people in this House will understand its benefits. I was recently in Hull, where the Labour council introduced free school meals in primary schools for a time, but that was unfortunately abolished by the Liberal Democrats—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07a.689.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-07", "file": "debates2008-05-07a.xml", "sha256": "f0dc13dfcc44c8bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07a.725.3", "colnum": "725", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Francis Maude", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Francis Maude", "preceding_text": "before. One of the things that I remember from the way the Government operated in the 1980s, when I was junior Minister, was that, as my right hon. and hon. Friends who were there at the time will remember, No. 10 operated with quite a strong grip over the way the Government worked, with a private office of half a dozen and a policy unit of 10. It did not need delivery units or huge numbers—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07a.725.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-07", "file": "debates2008-05-07b.xml", "sha256": "1b126f14adaf67ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.689.1", "colnum": "689", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "Edward Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Shame!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Miliband", "preceding_text": "May I begin by paying tribute to what started off as my hon. Friend's one-woman campaign for universal free school meals? It is an ingenious campaign, and many people in this House will understand its benefits. I was recently in Hull, where the Labour council introduced free school meals in primary schools for a time, but that was unfortunately abolished by the Liberal Democrats—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.689.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-07", "file": "debates2008-05-07b.xml", "sha256": "1b126f14adaf67ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.695.3", "colnum": "695", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "An Hon. Member: \"Will you?\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "f those on the Opposition Benches in any action needed for the aid and assistance that clearly will be necessary. I join the Prime Minister in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (Mr. Johnson) on his magnificent victory. I am sure the Prime Minister has always secretly wanted to see the back of Ken Livingstone, and I am sure he will have a fruitful relationship with my hon. Friend.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.695.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-07", "file": "debates2008-05-07b.xml", "sha256": "1b126f14adaf67ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.696.3", "colnum": "696", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "se of prisoners. Every week, more prisoners are going to be released under the Prime Minister's early release scheme. He is not going to listen to people when it comes to crime. Up and down the country, people told the Government in the clearest possible terms that they wanted to keep their local post offices. The former Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Norwich, South (Mr. Clarke) —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.696.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-07", "file": "debates2008-05-07b.xml", "sha256": "1b126f14adaf67ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.725.3", "colnum": "725", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day-First Part]", "cue_speaker": "Francis Maude", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Francis Maude", "preceding_text": "before. One of the things that I remember from the way the Government operated in the 1980s, when I was junior Minister, was that, as my right hon. and hon. Friends who were there at the time will remember, No. 10 operated with quite a strong grip over the way the Government worked, with a private office of half a dozen and a policy unit of 10. It did not need delivery units or huge numbers—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.725.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-07", "file": "debates2008-05-07b.xml", "sha256": "1b126f14adaf67ce", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.762.0", "colnum": "762", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Greg Clark", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Greg Clark", "preceding_text": "es today have covered the different aspects of that. It is also not surprising, in a week when Ministers have been called on to the airwaves to give the best possible gloss on the Government's difficulties—our side have had to do that in the past—that the question of presentation and spin has been applied to the administration of the Government and those charged with carrying that out.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-07b.762.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-12", "file": "debates2008-05-12c.xml", "sha256": "4e3a55a1e3477718", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1078.0", "colnum": "1078", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": " be in the best interests of that child if the condition is life-threatening or would severely impair their quality of life. We will table amendments to ensure that the measures are restricted in that way. Likewise, we believe that the so-called \"saviour sibling\" provision should be tightly restricted to life-threatening conditions and those that would seriously impair the life of a sibling—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1078.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-12", "file": "debates2008-05-12c.xml", "sha256": "4e3a55a1e3477718", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1089.1", "colnum": "1089", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend the Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon tells me that the criteria that the NHS set refer to—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1089.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-12", "file": "debates2008-05-12c.xml", "sha256": "4e3a55a1e3477718", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1090.1", "colnum": "1090", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "I hear the hon. Gentleman's point, but I disagree with him.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1090.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-12", "file": "debates2008-05-12c.xml", "sha256": "4e3a55a1e3477718", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1119.0", "colnum": "1119", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Phil Willis", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Willis", "preceding_text": "The House is at its best when it is debating a Bill of this nature. The contributions from right hon. and hon. Members this afternoon demonstrate why it is such a privilege to be here and why I shall be sorry to retire at the next election.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1119.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-12", "file": "debates2008-05-12c.xml", "sha256": "4e3a55a1e3477718", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1140.1", "colnum": "1140", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Evan Harris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Evan Harris", "preceding_text": " that she had nothing against lesbian parents, but at the end of it she attacked them for what I believe she called the \"fantasy\" of their parenting. It is offensive and discriminatory to use such terms. The hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire made the assumption, in his otherwise very good speech, that we should start from that discriminatory hurdle, because it was not causing any trouble—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1140.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-12", "file": "debates2008-05-12c.xml", "sha256": "4e3a55a1e3477718", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1158.3", "colnum": "1158", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Dawn Primarolo", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dawn Primarolo", "preceding_text": "I am happy to give exactly the same undertakings as Lord Darzi gave in another place.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1158.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-12", "file": "debates2008-05-12c.xml", "sha256": "4e3a55a1e3477718", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1160.1", "colnum": "1160", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Dawn Primarolo", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dawn Primarolo", "preceding_text": "It will say that one is the mother and the other is the parent, which conveys the legal standard. The Bill and the review that led to its drafting have evolved through a long period of reflection—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1160.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-12", "file": "debates2008-05-12c.xml", "sha256": "4e3a55a1e3477718", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1161.0", "colnum": "1161", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Hon. Members must let the right hon. Lady speak—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-12c.1161.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13a.xml", "sha256": "2ad9b7a9a09194d7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13a.1192.8", "colnum": "1192", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "Only the hon. Gentleman could turn a question about the new Italian Government into a question about the Lisbon treaty referendum in the Republic of Ireland.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13a.1192.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13a.xml", "sha256": "2ad9b7a9a09194d7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13a.1246.3", "colnum": "1246", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": " been kind and wise enough to make, I am attempting to answer their points and to ensure that we have adequate debate. That is always my aim. The hon. Gentleman from the Government Whips Office just said that we had agreed to the programme motion. As my hon. Friend the Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton made clear, that was before the Government made a number of changes to today's business.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13a.1246.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13a.xml", "sha256": "2ad9b7a9a09194d7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13a.1246.5", "colnum": "1246", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": "Delighted, Madam Deputy Speaker. One of the central aspects of the admissions code covered by the new clause and amendments is the priority given to children who are in care—looked-after children. We agree that it is important that those children receive absolute priority in the admissions process.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13a.1246.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1180.4", "colnum": "1180", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Jones", "preceding_text": "anisation of Iran, most recently in respect of the nuclear warhead facility at Khojir. Given the historic helpfulness of the PMOI to the west and given also the trenchantly expressed judgment of the Court of Appeal last week, can the Foreign Secretary please say when the Government will make a statement to the House as to the continued proscription of the organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1180.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1180.5", "colnum": "1180", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "We were deeply disappointed by the result, given the well documented history of terrorist attacks involving the MEK. I am happy to give details. It explicitly claimed responsibility for a number of serious acts of terrorism on Iranian interests for a number of years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1180.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1180.5", "colnum": "1180", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "eeply disappointed by the result, given the well documented history of terrorist attacks involving the MEK. I am happy to give details. It explicitly claimed responsibility for a number of serious acts of terrorism on Iranian interests for a number of years. [Interruption.] It has never publicly given up violence and gave up its arms only in the face of overwhelming military might in Iraq in 2003.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1180.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1182.3", "colnum": "1182", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "What is bullish and what is bearish in this context I will not go into. What I rely on are British intelligence estimates. That is the right basis for policy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1182.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1182.3", "colnum": "1182", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "What is bullish and what is bearish in this context I will not go into. What I rely on are British intelligence estimates. That is the right basis for policy— [ Interruption. ] I am very, very surprised to see Opposition Members querying the exceptional quality of British intelligence.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1182.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1182.5", "colnum": "1182", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Agency.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "programmes, not just the P1 but the P2 programme—I apologise for going into the detail—and thirdly, there is the question of the additional protocol, which the IAEA has demanded that Iran lives up to. These are not my demands; they are demands that have been made by the international community, unanimously on successive occasions, and by the International Atomic Energy Authority—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1182.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1192.8", "colnum": "1192", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "Only the hon. Gentleman could turn a question about the new Italian Government into a question about the Lisbon treaty referendum in the Republic of Ireland.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1192.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1203.0", "colnum": "1203", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "ister who, on the plane back from America, said that there were no losers from his Budget, but was then forced to admit that there were millions of losers. He said that he would not rewrite his Budget but he now sits as the man next to him rewrites the Budget that he gave. He said that in-year payments were impossible, but now the Government are making in-year payments. Let no one be fooled—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1203.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1207.8", "colnum": "1207", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "It has been put to me, Chancellor, that those in the Press Gallery have the statement—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1207.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1214.6", "colnum": "1214", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Let me say to the hon. Gentleman that that is a matter for the Government to judge—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1214.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1246.1", "colnum": "1246", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": "in our opposition to the programme motion that we felt there was inadequate time to debate the very serious issues surrounding admissions and to debate the other issues surrounding the raising of the participation age. Let us be clear that it is the Government who tabled the new clause and consequent amendments. I sympathise with the hon. Gentleman's anxiety about the lack of time to debate—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1246.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1246.3", "colnum": "1246", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": " been kind and wise enough to make, I am attempting to answer their points and to ensure that we have adequate debate. That is always my aim. The hon. Gentleman from the Government Whips Office just said that we had agreed to the programme motion. As my hon. Friend the Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton made clear, that was before the Government made a number of changes to today's business.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1246.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1246.5", "colnum": "1246", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": "Delighted, Madam Deputy Speaker. One of the central aspects of the admissions code covered by the new clause and amendments is the priority given to children who are in care—looked-after children. We agree that it is important that those children receive absolute priority in the admissions process.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1246.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1335.0", "colnum": "1335", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "preceding_text": "ably will not be him, or indeed other Labour Front Benchers, who will be in a position to respond, because it will be five years from now. That prompts the question whether we are getting into the situation that we have with the Liberal Democrats, in which this Government can make policy knowing that they will not be responsible for the consequence of that legislation when it comes into existence.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1335.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1354.0", "colnum": "1354", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "With the leave of the House, I will wind up the debate. I thank the Minister for his constructive response. I have been impressed this evening, as I was when we debated the points-based system, with the measured and rational way in which the Minister approaches these matters. It is slightly unfortunate that, given that these rules have already entered into force, this is somewhat late in the day.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1354.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-13", "file": "debates2008-05-13b.xml", "sha256": "422015370b312725", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1354.0", "colnum": "1354", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "relate to essential changes to the rules originally put forward by his Department. I am still concerned about the transition from the current situation. As was made clear by my hon. Friend the Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) , we are unfortunately debating matters that have already become law, as a result, in my view, of an unfortunate procedural lapse of this House—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-13b.1354.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-14", "file": "debates2008-05-14b.xml", "sha256": "61f89616e1cae815", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1378.1", "colnum": "1378", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "There we have it —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1378.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-14", "file": "debates2008-05-14b.xml", "sha256": "61f89616e1cae815", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1381.3", "colnum": "1381", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "No, I cannot.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1381.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-14", "file": "debates2008-05-14b.xml", "sha256": "61f89616e1cae815", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1385.1", "colnum": "1385", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "he Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills is proposing today for the first time a major change in workplace rights that will benefit both employees and employers—giving every worker the right to request time off to train. And we will offer every adult a personal skills account so that they can access the training they need, with resources tailored to the individual—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1385.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-14", "file": "debates2008-05-14b.xml", "sha256": "61f89616e1cae815", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1386.0", "colnum": "1386", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. It is bad manners—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1386.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-14", "file": "debates2008-05-14b.xml", "sha256": "61f89616e1cae815", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1386.0", "colnum": "1386", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. It is bad manners— [ Interruption. ] Order. These are things that I cannot do right away. I know about the statement's availability. The Prime Minister is delivering a statement to the House—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1386.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-14", "file": "debates2008-05-14b.xml", "sha256": "61f89616e1cae815", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1389.0", "colnum": "1389", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " to prepare for or even anticipate the scale of immigration that is taking place? Are we not having a welfare Bill because, after 15 years of global growth, Britain has 5 million people on out-of-work benefits? Let us be frank about what today's statement adds up to. It is another re-launch, and the Prime Minister has had to bring it forward. The Government are still struggling to implement—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1389.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-14", "file": "debates2008-05-14b.xml", "sha256": "61f89616e1cae815", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1392.0", "colnum": "1392", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "I thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1392.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-14", "file": "debates2008-05-14b.xml", "sha256": "61f89616e1cae815", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1397.1", "colnum": "1397", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": " top of the huge amount of money that is spent on social housing by the Government as part of the public expenditure plans. If we are going to deal with the problems of the housing market, it is important that interest rates remain low. What really did the damage in the early 1990s—I know that the Conservatives do not want to hark back to this, because there were 200,000 repossessions—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-14b.1397.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-19", "file": "debates2008-05-19d.xml", "sha256": "37bed4098d2fda04", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-19d.135.1", "colnum": "135", "heading": "GENERAL PRACTITIONER DISPENSING", "cue_speaker": "Tony Baldry", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony Baldry", "preceding_text": "the Bloxham GPs from dispensing drugs to local people was one of the crazier decisions that I had come across during my 25 years as a Member of Parliament, and so I asked the Office of Fair Trading if it would investigate what on the face of it seemed to be simply a strengthening of the monopoly against the interests of consumers. [ Interruption. ] It may be for the convenience of the House—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-19d.135.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20a.xml", "sha256": "e500793145bae120", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20a.173.5", "colnum": "173", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "preceding_text": " it, but she is going to get it. I have to say to her that that is utter nonsense. Those who signed up to the amendment and who agree with me are simply saying, \"Come on, this is common sense.\" All we are saying is that we should take into consideration the need of a child for a father, not \"If you do not have a father, you will never get treatment.\" We are suggesting only that that is considered.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20a.173.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20a.xml", "sha256": "e500793145bae120", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20a.176.2", "colnum": "176", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Emily Thornberry", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Emily Thornberry", "preceding_text": "shed in Birmingham, so we would then have to wrestle with the Human Rights Act. Frankly, why, in the 21st century, are we doing this? Why are we putting ourselves in such a position? Why are we saying, \"We are not really overtly discriminating against lesbians or single women, but if we are, the Human Rights Act will sort it out, even though the Human Rights Act does not apply at the moment\"? Why?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20a.176.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20a.xml", "sha256": "e500793145bae120", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20a.197.5", "colnum": "197", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Evan Harris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Evan Harris", "preceding_text": "ent, but the provision deals with people who are making a specific decision to create a family. It is astonishing that it should be seen as some kind of an attack on families. The hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry) very effectively pointed out that the need for a father provision has not brought a single extra father into a family, or retained a man in a family—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20a.197.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20a.xml", "sha256": "e500793145bae120", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20a.206.1", "colnum": "206", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "preceding_text": "is afternoon's debate with profound depression. When I entered this House in 1970, if somebody had told me that nearly 40 years thence, the House would debate the need for a father, I would have thought that that person had taken leave of his senses. What we are talking about is the natural order of things, and I make no apology for standing up for what I believe to be the natural order of things.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20a.206.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20b.xml", "sha256": "565b28a1ecb62f74", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.238.9", "colnum": "238", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Chris McCafferty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris McCafferty", "preceding_text": "recall having said that. What I am saying is that putting restrictions in the way of women who have already made a difficult and, as my hon. Friend the Member for Crosby (Mrs. Curtis-Thomas) said, traumatic decision—she used that word about three times—is just prolonging the agony. Doing so is cruel and unnecessary. There are increased costs to society, but no benefits. Mr. Gale—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.238.9"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20b.xml", "sha256": "565b28a1ecb62f74", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.247.3", "colnum": "247", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Dawn Primarolo", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dawn Primarolo", "preceding_text": " on to make a very important point about the complex reasons for which some women may present late after deciding on an abortion. They may have struggled greatly with that decision. I do not accept the idea that women do this lightly. I cannot believe that I heard it said it was like going to the hairdresser. I cannot believe that women would make the decision in that way. I know that they do not.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.247.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20b.xml", "sha256": "565b28a1ecb62f74", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.253.6", "colnum": "253", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Judy Mallaber", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Judy Mallaber", "preceding_text": "May I finish my arguments? Otherwise, others will not get the chance to contribute to the debate. Earlier today, I took part in a debate for Central TV with one of the hon. Members who has put their name to the amendment on the 16-week limit. Such reductions would lead not to an end to abortions, but to a return to backstreet abortions.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.253.6"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20b.xml", "sha256": "565b28a1ecb62f74", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.257.3", "colnum": "257", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Judy Mallaber", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Judy Mallaber", "preceding_text": "No, I will not give way, because we have very little time left and a number of hon. Members still wish to speak, including those who take a different view from mine, and I respect their right to express their views.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.257.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20b.xml", "sha256": "565b28a1ecb62f74", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.258.6", "colnum": "258", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nadine Dorries", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nadine Dorries", "preceding_text": "at a hospital or at a doctor's are made to wait two to four weeks before a termination. I want to make my position clear: I am not against abortion per se. Actually, I would go further: I would like the morning-after pill to be available from every school nurse and in every supermarket pharmacy—and it should be free for young girls, and not £25 at the chemist's, as it is at the moment.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.258.6"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-20", "file": "debates2008-05-20b.xml", "sha256": "565b28a1ecb62f74", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.269.0", "colnum": "269", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Julie Morgan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Julie Morgan", "preceding_text": "number of vulnerable women. As has already been said, they need time to talk to those women about the decision they have to make. It is so important not to reduce the opportunity for those vulnerable women to discuss those issues. There is a clear consensus in the medical community on survival rates. Many Members have mentioned that consensus, but some have failed to acknowledge it as they should.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-20b.269.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-05-22", "file": "debates2008-05-22b.xml", "sha256": "8ffc9d99bde479fc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-22b.452.2", "colnum": "452", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "e in my constituency one Sunday morning when a man turned up asking where certain villages were. We asked him what he was doing. He said, \"I've come to check your telephone box because it's due to be taken away.\" I had a look at the list of public telephone boxes that are going to be removed from Ribble Valley, and there it was: Dunsop Bridge. The 100,000th telephone box is going to be taken away.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-05-22b.452.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-02", "file": "debates2008-06-02a.xml", "sha256": "2504be026b1e8d22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-02a.600.1", "colnum": "600", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Healey", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Read my lips!\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Healey", "preceding_text": "ices are normally the first to get lost. We can ensure that the inquiry can be conducted fairly and faster than is sometimes the case in the big inquiries, some of which get bogged down for years. On the issue of existing policy statements, I say to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy and my hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington, to paraphrase a former US President: read my words.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-02a.600.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-02", "file": "debates2008-06-02b.xml", "sha256": "56611d4149d67338", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-02b.493.2", "colnum": "493", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "preceding_text": "right hon. and hon. Friends on the Front Bench accept that getting lone parents into work and supporting them is probably the most important thing that we can do to tackle the impact of poverty in our society? In that context, would not the abolition of Sure Start—one of the cost-cutting proposals from the Conservative Front Bench—be a tragedy in areas such as the centre of Manchester?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-02b.493.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-02", "file": "debates2008-06-02b.xml", "sha256": "56611d4149d67338", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-02b.503.3", "colnum": "503", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. In some instances, when matters were being pushed, there was support from local government organisations, planning organisations, professional bodies—everybody outside who really knows about the subject. Nevertheless, everything was refused. During the Committee process, I felt—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-02b.503.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-02", "file": "debates2008-06-02b.xml", "sha256": "56611d4149d67338", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-02b.600.1", "colnum": "600", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Healey", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Read my lips!\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Healey", "preceding_text": "the first to get lost. We can ensure that the inquiry can be conducted fairly and faster than is sometimes the case in the big inquiries, some of which get bogged down for years. On the issue of existing policy statements, I say to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy and my hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) , to paraphrase a former US President: read my words.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-02b.600.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-03", "file": "debates2008-06-03a.xml", "sha256": "077eb5353624e15c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-03a.664.0", "colnum": "664", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Selous", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Selous", "preceding_text": "legislation, not using it fully and then passing more laws when things do not work. I have uncovered information that is directly relevant to amendments Nos. 118 and 119. I do not know whether the Minister is familiar with section 80 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, which Labour passed two years after it came to power. He is not nodding, so I shall give him a gentle introduction to it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-03a.664.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-03", "file": "debates2008-06-03b.xml", "sha256": "ed764c6836a1d408", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-03b.660.2", "colnum": "660", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "James Plaskitt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Plaskitt", "preceding_text": " that for 12 months, and that is enough, so I will not go back into it, interesting and enjoyable though our long debates on the subject were. I hope that he will forgive me, but I think that I would be out of order in any case because the amendment on that has not been selected. I am afraid that I was disappointed by the contribution from the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) .", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-03b.660.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-03", "file": "debates2008-06-03b.xml", "sha256": "ed764c6836a1d408", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-03b.664.0", "colnum": "664", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Selous", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Selous", "preceding_text": "legislation, not using it fully and then passing more laws when things do not work. I have uncovered information that is directly relevant to amendments Nos. 118 and 119. I do not know whether the Minister is familiar with section 80 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, which Labour passed two years after it came to power. He is not nodding, so I shall give him a gentle introduction to it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-03b.664.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-03", "file": "debates2008-06-03b.xml", "sha256": "ed764c6836a1d408", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-03b.705.1", "colnum": "705", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "I would be interested to receive specific examples. I was talking about the topic of renewable heat, and I am not aware of any Liberal Democrat council in the country that is —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-03b.705.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04a.xml", "sha256": "d689cc327f0fb3ed", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04a.837.2", "colnum": "837", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": "benefits were claimed, it would lift 500,000 pensioners out of poverty at a stroke. The report's authors pointed out the effect that higher pension income among new retirees has had on relative poverty levels—that is, if it was not for the massive success, under previous Conservative Governments, of encouraging private and occupational pension saving, the poverty figures would be even worse.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04a.837.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04a.xml", "sha256": "d689cc327f0fb3ed", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04a.838.6", "colnum": "838", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"You abolished it.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": "eat deal of mythology about the link and the scrapping of it, which we have gone into before and no doubt can again. As I understand it, the Government's current position is that they intend to restore the link in 2012 or 2015, or possibly not even then if it is unaffordable. We have already legislated in the Pensions Act 2007 to do that. What we need is the trigger to be pulled by the Government.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04a.838.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.760.1", "colnum": "760", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Bruce", "preceding_text": "With the closure of Montgarrie post office, and the announcement of the closure of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.760.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.765.3", "colnum": "765", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "me Minister says, \"Let's concentrate on the detail.\" Let me take one of the things that he has just said. He said that 24 out of the 30 car models will not be affected. That is what he just said. What he is doing when he uses that figure of 24 is treating the Ford Focus, for example, as one model. In fact, there are 40 models of the Ford Focus. There is the saloon, the estate, the green car—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.765.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.766.1", "colnum": "766", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "I know the Prime Minister thinks that one fills up a car with a barrel of oil, but I am speaking about the cars that people buy with their money. There are 40 models of the Ford Focus—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.766.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.766.4", "colnum": "766", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "Now the right hon. Gentleman says that there can be green taxes, but he excludes any tax on a car from being a green tax. Does he not know that the reforms will save 1.3 million—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.766.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.767.1", "colnum": "767", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "that members of his own Government can come out and attack his policy, and they just sit there as part of his Government. The Prime Minister keeps telling us about reports to the Conservative party; let me read him some reports to the Labour party. This is one from The Times yesterday, with quotations from Cabinet Ministers: \"He's made terrible misjudgments,\"; \"He's crap at communication,\" —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.767.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.776.1", "colnum": "776", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Rubbish!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "n I am doing so is that nine out of 10 immigrants to this country are not Poles or even eastern Europeans; they are from further afield—Africa, the West Indies and the Indian sub-continent. Yet the liberal elite of the BBC constantly refer to immigration from Poland, using the Polish community as a cat's-paw to try to tackle to the thorny issue of mass unchecked immigration into our country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.776.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.780.3", "colnum": "780", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Francis Maude", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Henley!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Francis Maude", "preceding_text": "e is often described as the architect of the welfare state and is sometimes thought of as the apostle of stateism, but he was by no means that. He was a passionate advocate of the benefit to society of what people do themselves. This is national volunteering week, as I said, which I am sure is why the Chamber is relatively empty. I am sure that hon. Members are taking part in voluntary activities.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.780.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.787.5", "colnum": "787", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Francis Maude", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Francis Maude", "preceding_text": "My right hon. Friend makes the point powerfully and he is absolutely right. That is what is meant by having an active civil society, which is thriving and vibrant.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.787.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.803.1", "colnum": "803", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Susan Kramer", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Susan Kramer", "preceding_text": ", which was chaired by Baroness Morgan of Huyton. The focus of both reports is on enabling people to volunteer and removing obstacles so that people can make a genuine choice whether to volunteer and how best to do so. I am glad to see from the Green Paper that they issued this week that the Tories have finally dropped the idea of compulsory volunteering, which always seemed to be a contradiction.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.803.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.836.3", "colnum": "836", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": "I am not saying that at all—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.836.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.837.2", "colnum": "837", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": "benefits were claimed, it would lift 500,000 pensioners out of poverty at a stroke. The report's authors pointed out the effect that higher pension income among new retirees has had on relative poverty levels—that is, if it was not for the massive success, under previous Conservative Governments, of encouraging private and occupational pension saving, the poverty figures would be even worse.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.837.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.837.3", "colnum": "837", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "No, I was just interested.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.837.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.838.6", "colnum": "838", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"You abolished it.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Waterson", "preceding_text": "eat deal of mythology about the link and the scrapping of it, which we have gone into before and no doubt can again. As I understand it, the Government's current position is that they intend to restore the link in 2012 or 2015, or possibly not even then if it is unaffordable. We have already legislated in the Pensions Act 2007 to do that. What we need is the trigger to be pulled by the Government.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.838.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.854.1", "colnum": "854", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Brian Jenkins", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Orchestrated?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Brian Jenkins", "preceding_text": "To put the record straight, the lack of confidence in private pensions came about solely because of the tremendous scandal of the mis-selling of private pensions in this country, orchestrated by the Conservative party when it was in government.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.854.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.855.5", "colnum": "855", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jennifer Willott", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jennifer Willott", "preceding_text": "I am afraid that I am not going to give way. I may allow some interventions at the end.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.855.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-04", "file": "debates2008-06-04b.xml", "sha256": "234ea2296e216b22", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.867.4", "colnum": "867", "heading": "Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Geraldine Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geraldine Smith", "preceding_text": "The Government have said that they will restore that link and we await an announcement. The Conservatives have not given a clear commitment on when they would restore the link with earnings. Perhaps we might have an announcement on that. Are they going to restore the link with earnings? Will that be part of their manifesto and their pledges to the British people?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-04b.867.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.903.3", "colnum": "903", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "gh we cannot be complacent. We are going through a period of unprecedented uncertainty and turbulence in the financial markets, and we are facing the pressures of inflation in relation to fuel and food. We must be mindful of those, but our economy is in a much stronger position than it was 10 or 15 years ago, when 3 million to 4 million people were out of work and there was double-digit inflation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.903.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.905.4", "colnum": "905", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Nadine Dorries", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nadine Dorries", "preceding_text": "This morning, all over Britain, many British mums have finished the school run. During the day, they will probably pop into Tesco, where they will have to leave on the shelves treats for their children that they could have afforded a few months ago.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.905.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.906.9", "colnum": "906", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Justine Greening", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Justine Greening", "preceding_text": "00 have bought new cars in higher bands than B and C, and will therefore pay more VED? In some cases, the increase will be getting on for £250, which is more than a week's take-home pay. How does the Minister expect those households to financially plan ahead when she will not even admit that this retrospective tax will hit them worst? Is it not time to drop this plan and listen to the—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.906.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.923.0", "colnum": "923", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "he appropriate thing to do is to reflect on what changes might need to be made. Without arranging it formally, the Bill will probably come back to the House the week after next, probably on Monday 23 June —if that is the week after next. Hon. Members cannot have it both ways. Either they raise issues and want us to address them, or they raise issues and criticise us if we plough ahead—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.923.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.923.0", "colnum": "923", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "also know that the issue has been raised repeatedly in Westminster Hall. The schedule for Westminster Hall debates shows what an important opportunity they provide for Members to raise questions about their localities. As the right hon. Lady is aware, we have invested in the Post Office and are committed to further such investment, in contrast to the cuts—not cuts, but lack of subsidy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.923.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.927.3", "colnum": "927", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "cue_text": "That this House believes that the home address of any hon. or Rt. hon. Member should not be published if he or she objects to publication on grounds of privacy or personal security.", "preceding_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "preceding_text": "Since I last raised the question of the judges' dangerous decision that MPs' home addresses should all be published, the number of signatories to early-day motion 1620 has risen from 77 to 159.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.927.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.928.1", "colnum": "928", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phyllis Starkey", "preceding_text": "pfulness of those discussions, the real give and take and the real changes that are going to be introduced as a result of those discussions. That was the Leader of the House working with Select Committee Chairs in the most positive way, and it should be commended by all. Of course, two of the Chairs are Members of the Opposition, and I think they would agree with me on that. I want to raise—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.928.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.964.5", "colnum": "964", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Ivan Lewis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ivan Lewis", "preceding_text": "y to the hon. Gentleman that, in fact, he got his timeframe right. Between 1979 and 1997, there was no attempt to do anything about the means-tested system. In contrast to the NHS, social care has been means-tested since 1948, but nothing was done about that between 1979 and 1997, so we will not take lectures from the hon. Gentleman about the inevitable consequences of a means-tested system—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.964.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.988.1", "colnum": "988", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Stephen O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen O'Brien", "preceding_text": "All in good time—and that is not just a light aside, but a serious point. When a Government are in office, they have a responsibility to produce the data that we have called for, upon which everyone can then make an informed judgment and formulate policy.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.988.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-05", "file": "debates2008-06-05b.xml", "sha256": "32b45454c72b330f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.989.0", "colnum": "989", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Roger Berry", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Roger Berry", "preceding_text": "rward. I genuinely agree with the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien) that it is important for these matters to move quickly. Like him, I note that the Green Paper is planned for next year, and I urge my hon. Friend the Minister to ensure that it is produced early next year, if possible, and that decisions are made soon thereafter. My hon. Friend the Minister is doing an outstanding job—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-05b.989.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06a.xml", "sha256": "8e3f0c2b58ae1e8d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06a.1046.3", "colnum": "1046", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Julie Morgan", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Take your time.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Julie Morgan", "preceding_text": "I intend to refer to the Isle of Man later. I shall make progress now, or I shall speak for too long.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06a.1046.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06a.xml", "sha256": "8e3f0c2b58ae1e8d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06a.1076.5", "colnum": "1076", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "preceding_text": "th my hon. Friend that getting on to the electoral register is difficult in some parts of the United States, especially in parts of the rural south. However, even here, it is difficult to get people to register to vote, despite best efforts. If the Conservative Government did one thing to decimate electoral registers, it was introducing the poll tax. People simply took themselves off the register.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06a.1076.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06b.xml", "sha256": "72164e5bf55c6f89", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1046.3", "colnum": "1046", "heading": "PRAYERS", "cue_speaker": "Julie Morgan", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Take your time.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Julie Morgan", "preceding_text": "I intend to refer to the Isle of Man later. I shall make progress now, or I shall speak for too long.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1046.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06b.xml", "sha256": "72164e5bf55c6f89", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1071.4", "colnum": "1071", "heading": "PRAYERS", "cue_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "preceding_text": "different political parties, turnout goes up. When I was a member of Newcastle city council, the Liberal Democrats tried to unseat me on three separate occasions. On the final occasion, we had the highest turnout in the city of Newcastle, which was about 44 per cent.—the good electors of the Walkergate ward were wise enough to re-elect me rather than electing the Liberal Democrat challenger.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1071.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06b.xml", "sha256": "72164e5bf55c6f89", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1076.5", "colnum": "1076", "heading": "PRAYERS", "cue_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "preceding_text": "th my hon. Friend that getting on to the electoral register is difficult in some parts of the United States, especially in parts of the rural south. However, even here, it is difficult to get people to register to vote, despite best efforts. If the Conservative Government did one thing to decimate electoral registers, it was introducing the poll tax. People simply took themselves off the register.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1076.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06b.xml", "sha256": "72164e5bf55c6f89", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1082.1", "colnum": "1082", "heading": "PRAYERS", "cue_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "preceding_text": "e, and I hope that they will receive support from both sides. When the hon. Gentleman was a member of the Committee, he supported the proposals and I hope that they will come to fruition soon. If we make this place relevant and enable people to engage in the process, does that mean that we should reduce the voting age to 16? I have a genuinely open mind on this issue, but I am not convinced—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1082.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06b.xml", "sha256": "72164e5bf55c6f89", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1082.1", "colnum": "1082", "heading": "PRAYERS", "cue_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "preceding_text": "nities, economically and socially, instead of on something that exercises only the minds of a few constitutionalists. We should not waste legislative time on changing the voting age—House of Lords reform is another example—when we could be legislating on issues that would directly benefit the many constituents who are having a tough time economically at the moment. In conclusion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1082.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06b.xml", "sha256": "72164e5bf55c6f89", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1082.1", "colnum": "1082", "heading": "PRAYERS", "cue_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "preceding_text": "egislative time on changing the voting age—House of Lords reform is another example—when we could be legislating on issues that would directly benefit the many constituents who are having a tough time economically at the moment. In conclusion— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Lynne Featherstone) sighs: I can go on, if she would like me to do so—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1082.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06b.xml", "sha256": "72164e5bf55c6f89", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1085.1", "colnum": "1085", "heading": "PRAYERS", "cue_speaker": "Eleanor Laing", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Eleanor Laing", "preceding_text": "I do. The minimum wage is different—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1085.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06b.xml", "sha256": "72164e5bf55c6f89", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1090.0", "colnum": "1090", "heading": "PRAYERS", "cue_speaker": "Harry Cohen", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harry Cohen", "preceding_text": "o is my near neighbour; I appreciate the work that she does. The whole tenor of her speech was that from the ages of 16 to 18 people are serving an apprenticeship to vote. The thought went through my mind—what part is the apprenticeship for? Is it the bit of the cross that goes from left to right or the bit that goes from right to left? That is what a vote is—it is a pretty simple act.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1090.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-06", "file": "debates2008-06-06b.xml", "sha256": "72164e5bf55c6f89", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1104.2", "colnum": "1104", "heading": "PRAYERS", "cue_speaker": "Stewart Jackson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stewart Jackson", "preceding_text": "agement across the whole community. If a party states in its manifesto that it will implement a policy—the Liberal Democrats are as guilty of this as anyone else—such as not introducing tuition fees or holding a referendum on the significant constitutional change introduced by the Nice treaty, but does not introduce that policy once it is in power, people of all ages will be concerned.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-06b.1104.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-09", "file": "debates2008-06-09b.xml", "sha256": "ec51c925924ce46b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09b.124.1", "colnum": "124", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "I cannot give way.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09b.124.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-09", "file": "debates2008-06-09b.xml", "sha256": "ec51c925924ce46b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09b.124.1", "colnum": "124", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "overed already. He referred to recycling as being absolutely crucial in reducing emissions. That is very important. He is entirely right about bringing about behavioural change on waste as opposed to other means. He spoke about annual targets. Every year, the committee will report to Parliament on progress, and every year the Government must respond. We do not support annual targets because—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09b.124.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-09", "file": "debates2008-06-09c.xml", "sha256": "8284d59c5c8f57ff", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09c.7.4", "colnum": "7", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Meg Hillier", "preceding_text": "utely clear and has been from the moment the ID card scheme was first mooted. We believe that once ID cards have been rolled out to the general population, and then only if there is wide acceptance of the scheme, the Government of the day could make a proposal to Parliament to vote on whether ID cards should be compulsory, but there are no plans for compulsion at the point of introduction in 2011.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09c.7.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-09", "file": "debates2008-06-09c.xml", "sha256": "8284d59c5c8f57ff", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09c.9.1", "colnum": "9", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "they were both such huge fun that I cannot remember which it was—that we thought that 140,000 or thereabouts was the appropriate national complement. It is unusual for the hon. Gentleman to be so centrist in his deliberations. I will not dictate to each and every chief constable across the country and tell them how many police officers they should have. That is a matter principally for them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09c.9.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-09", "file": "debates2008-06-09c.xml", "sha256": "8284d59c5c8f57ff", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09c.38.6", "colnum": "38", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "I am sure the cost-benefit analysis, which I hope we will debate today, will be subject to scrutiny in Committee if the House gives the Bill a Second Reading. It is probably best that I do not go into detail, but suffice to say that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09c.38.6"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-09", "file": "debates2008-06-09c.xml", "sha256": "8284d59c5c8f57ff", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09c.124.1", "colnum": "124", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "overed already. He referred to recycling as being absolutely crucial in reducing emissions. That is very important. He is entirely right about bringing about behavioural change on waste as opposed to other means. He spoke about annual targets. Every year, the committee will report to Parliament on progress, and every year the Government must respond. We do not support annual targets because—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-09c.124.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10a.xml", "sha256": "275ed07edea7f96b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10a.207.1", "colnum": "207", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "ely in passing and no more—the very committee that should be more jealously guarding than any other the difference between the police, the CPS and the various arms of the state, and the interaction between the judiciary, the legislature and the Executive, couches some of its reports in terms that suggest that the Executive run the judiciary and legislature, which is not entirely appropriate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10a.207.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10a.xml", "sha256": "275ed07edea7f96b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10a.252.2", "colnum": "252", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Howarth", "preceding_text": " cent.—the 2 per cent. that consider deaths at the hands of agents of the state. At times in the debate, the Government's response to those of us who are deeply troubled by what they are doing has been to say that worrying about it reveals one to be a paranoid conspiracy theorist or an obsessive. It seems to me that that is not the case at all; it is perfectly reasonable to be worried—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10a.252.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10a.xml", "sha256": "275ed07edea7f96b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10a.265.0", "colnum": "265", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "I am sorry to prevent others from contributing, but I am mindful of the time.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10a.265.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10b.xml", "sha256": "03bd794f562ab62d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.143.5", "colnum": "143", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Martin Linton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martin Linton", "preceding_text": "I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. Will he ensure that his White Paper closes the loophole that allows Lord Ashcroft and others to bypass spending limits by channelling money to parliamentary candidates? Will he also ensure that it closes the loophole that allows Lord Ashcroft to escape—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.143.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10b.xml", "sha256": "03bd794f562ab62d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.143.6", "colnum": "143", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Let the hon. Gentleman speak—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.143.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10b.xml", "sha256": "03bd794f562ab62d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.157.2", "colnum": "157", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "ughly endorse the hon. Lady's opinions in favour of restorative justice, which is important. Opinions obviously differ about the success of the fixed penalty notice scheme, but it has been used extensively in the excellent police area of Lancashire. I have talked to police chiefs about the issue, so I know that there is a much higher level of enforcement than the hon. Lady suggests. Overall—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.157.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10b.xml", "sha256": "03bd794f562ab62d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.165.2", "colnum": "165", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": "the Government's thinking as to why we cannot carry on tomorrow night's debate. Unfortunately, there is no way of amending the programme motion. Our only option would be to divide the House, but if we did that it would use up more time that could be used for debating the Bill. So I shall not seek to divide the House on this. Let me just say that in future, unless this Government really want—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.165.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10b.xml", "sha256": "03bd794f562ab62d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.165.2", "colnum": "165", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": " is no way of amending the programme motion. Our only option would be to divide the House, but if we did that it would use up more time that could be used for debating the Bill. So I shall not seek to divide the House on this. Let me just say that in future, unless this Government really want— [Interruption.] The Home Secretary laughs; she obviously does not want a full debate on this issue.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.165.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10b.xml", "sha256": "03bd794f562ab62d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.194.1", "colnum": "194", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "preceding_text": "I will not repeat that verbatim, but the Minister heard what was said, and I am sure that he will make a note of it, mentally or manually. Such an amendment would be fitting, a useful addition to the part of the Bill that we are discussing, and an important safeguard. As someone with personal experience of criminal matters—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.194.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10b.xml", "sha256": "03bd794f562ab62d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.207.1", "colnum": "207", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "ely in passing and no more—the very committee that should be more jealously guarding than any other the difference between the police, the CPS and the various arms of the state, and the interaction between the judiciary, the legislature and the Executive, couches some of its reports in terms that suggest that the Executive run the judiciary and legislature, which is not entirely appropriate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.207.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10b.xml", "sha256": "03bd794f562ab62d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.252.2", "colnum": "252", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Howarth", "preceding_text": " cent.—the 2 per cent. that consider deaths at the hands of agents of the state. At times in the debate, the Government's response to those of us who are deeply troubled by what they are doing has been to say that worrying about it reveals one to be a paranoid conspiracy theorist or an obsessive. It seems to me that that is not the case at all; it is perfectly reasonable to be worried—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.252.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-10", "file": "debates2008-06-10b.xml", "sha256": "03bd794f562ab62d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.268.3", "colnum": "268", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "With those reassurances, and leaving time for the principal mover of the amendments, which is only a courtesy, something that the hon. Member for North-West Norfolk (Mr. Bellingham) will not know much about—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-10b.268.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-11", "file": "debates2008-06-11b.xml", "sha256": "cd7bb5cfaf8decbb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11b.336.1", "colnum": "336", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Davis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davis", "preceding_text": "at to the state that the Government might face. One is a situation that obviously worries the Home Secretary, where perhaps 25 people are arrested and we are left with one, two or three at the end for whom we do not quite have enough evidence. We can deal with that, as was pointed out by my hon. Friend the Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis) , by a variety of other mechanisms, including—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11b.336.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-11", "file": "debates2008-06-11b.xml", "sha256": "cd7bb5cfaf8decbb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11b.342.5", "colnum": "342", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "tary scrutiny is sufficient. I am pleased that the Home Secretary has lowered the period from 30 days to seven. Of course, if we could all have our lives again, it would be much better if the Civil Contingencies Act had been amended so that these proposals were not brought forward, but we are not there at the moment, and I am satisfied that Government's changes will deal with that situation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11b.342.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-11", "file": "debates2008-06-11c.xml", "sha256": "c3ad35823448e5a6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11c.299.3", "colnum": "299", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "It is a matter of necessity because of what the police and the security services have told us. Every senior policeman and every senior member of the security services has told us—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11c.299.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-11", "file": "debates2008-06-11c.xml", "sha256": "c3ad35823448e5a6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11c.306.4", "colnum": "306", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Michael Howard", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Howard", "preceding_text": "May I give the Prime Minister a third opportunity to answer a fundamental question that he has conspicuously failed to answer twice so far?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11c.306.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-11", "file": "debates2008-06-11c.xml", "sha256": "c3ad35823448e5a6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11c.332.1", "colnum": "332", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "n his assertion that there is no evidence that proves that these powers are necessary. Surely the only evidence that there could possibly be would be a catastrophic failure of the criminal justice system that meant that the police were unable to charge somebody before the end of the 28 days and that person then going on to commit a major atrocity. That is precisely what we are all trying to avoid.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-11c.332.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12a.xml", "sha256": "16cf713eef3a304b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.455.3", "colnum": "455", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"What?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "s fell is the Foreign Office, perhaps the Prime Minister should ask the Foreign Secretary for lessons on leadership. Finally, can we have a debate on management technique in government? It is today reported that, according to Downing street insiders, the Prime Minister's \"Don't panic\" message to motorists was deliberately designed to achieve the opposite effect and to get people to panic buy fuel.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.455.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12a.xml", "sha256": "16cf713eef3a304b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.459.4", "colnum": "459", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "course, we remain committed to a more equal society and to narrowing the gap between rich and poor. If he looks at our public service agreements, which embody the objectives for work that takes place throughout Departments, he will see a number of PSAs that require action throughout the Government to narrow the gap between rich and poor in relation to educational and health outcomes and to income.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.459.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12a.xml", "sha256": "16cf713eef3a304b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.459.4", "colnum": "459", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ment to narrow the gap between rich and poor in relation to educational and health outcomes and to income. [Interruption.] The right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) says, \"It's not working.\" I just ask her to look at the relentless and growing trend of inequality between rich and poor and the growing number of poor people under the Government of whom she was a Member. I am prepared to—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.459.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12a.xml", "sha256": "16cf713eef3a304b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.512.2", "colnum": "512", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Amess", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Amess", "preceding_text": " and Goole (Mr. Cawsey) . He is not only a consistent champion of animals, but a distinguished member of MP4, whom I and others had the opportunity of enjoying a few weeks ago. I have listened carefully to the criticisms of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. Mr. Deputy Speaker and I are probably the only hon. Members present who were in the House when it was introduced. I remember it clearly, and—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.512.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12a.xml", "sha256": "16cf713eef3a304b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.531.3", "colnum": "531", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Geoffrey Clifton-Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoffrey Clifton-Brown", "preceding_text": "d) , is present; I congratulate him on opening the debate. My hon. Friends the Members for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Ellwood), and for Canterbury (Mr. Brazier) are here to represent their areas. The right hon. Member for Leeds, West (John Battle) and the hon. Member for Pudsey (Mr. Truswell) are here as they have an interest in Leeds. I do not believe that anyone connected with Nottingham is present.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12a.531.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12b.xml", "sha256": "655ceded8d5382dd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.450.1", "colnum": "450", "heading": "ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "May I say to the hon. Gentleman that it is not akin to a tax; it is technically a tax, but actually any money—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.450.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12b.xml", "sha256": "655ceded8d5382dd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.455.3", "colnum": "455", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"What?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "s fell is the Foreign Office, perhaps the Prime Minister should ask the Foreign Secretary for lessons on leadership. Finally, can we have a debate on management technique in government? It is today reported that, according to Downing street insiders, the Prime Minister's \"Don't panic\" message to motorists was deliberately designed to achieve the opposite effect and to get people to panic buy fuel.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.455.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12b.xml", "sha256": "655ceded8d5382dd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.459.4", "colnum": "459", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "course, we remain committed to a more equal society and to narrowing the gap between rich and poor. If he looks at our public service agreements, which embody the objectives for work that takes place throughout Departments, he will see a number of PSAs that require action throughout the Government to narrow the gap between rich and poor in relation to educational and health outcomes and to income.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.459.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12b.xml", "sha256": "655ceded8d5382dd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.459.4", "colnum": "459", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ment to narrow the gap between rich and poor in relation to educational and health outcomes and to income. [Interruption.] The right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) says, \"It's not working.\" I just ask her to look at the relentless and growing trend of inequality between rich and poor and the growing number of poor people under the Government of whom she was a Member. I am prepared to—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.459.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12b.xml", "sha256": "655ceded8d5382dd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.495.5", "colnum": "495", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "We obviously cannot continue —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.495.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12b.xml", "sha256": "655ceded8d5382dd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.512.2", "colnum": "512", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "David Amess", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Amess", "preceding_text": " and Goole (Mr. Cawsey) . He is not only a consistent champion of animals, but a distinguished member of MP4, whom I and others had the opportunity of enjoying a few weeks ago. I have listened carefully to the criticisms of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. Mr. Deputy Speaker and I are probably the only hon. Members present who were in the House when it was introduced. I remember it clearly, and—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.512.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-12", "file": "debates2008-06-12b.xml", "sha256": "655ceded8d5382dd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.531.3", "colnum": "531", "heading": "Private Business", "cue_speaker": "Geoffrey Clifton-Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoffrey Clifton-Brown", "preceding_text": "d) , is present; I congratulate him on opening the debate. My hon. Friends the Members for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Ellwood), and for Canterbury (Mr. Brazier) are here to represent their areas. The right hon. Member for Leeds, West (John Battle) and the hon. Member for Pudsey (Mr. Truswell) are here as they have an interest in Leeds. I do not believe that anyone connected with Nottingham is present.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-12b.531.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-13", "file": "debates2008-06-13a.xml", "sha256": "cdce731e7877942b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-13a.610.0", "colnum": "610", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "tions were brought under the 1974 Act, the penalties imposed might have been very large—fines in excess of £1 million in relation to the Ladbroke Grove train crash—but the directors did not face personal liability. That is one of the flaws, which I pointed out on several occasions during its passage, of the 2007 Act. However, we are considering an important measure tonight—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-13a.610.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-13", "file": "debates2008-06-13b.xml", "sha256": "b71e80efe32f3ee2", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-13b.610.0", "colnum": "610", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Dismore", "preceding_text": "tions were brought under the 1974 Act, the penalties imposed might have been very large—fines in excess of £1 million in relation to the Ladbroke Grove train crash—but the directors did not face personal liability. That is one of the flaws, which I pointed out on several occasions during its passage, of the 2007 Act. However, we are considering an important measure tonight—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-13b.610.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-13", "file": "debates2008-06-13b.xml", "sha256": "b71e80efe32f3ee2", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-13b.622.0", "colnum": "622", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Anne McGuire", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"More!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Anne McGuire", "preceding_text": "I am delighted to make what I hope will be a shortish contribution to the Third Reading debate. Once again I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Keith Hill) on his efforts in piloting the Bill successfully through the House. I appreciate that praise has been showered on him throughout the process—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-13b.622.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-13", "file": "debates2008-06-13b.xml", "sha256": "b71e80efe32f3ee2", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-13b.627.1", "colnum": "627", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Anne McGuire", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Himself.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Anne McGuire", "preceding_text": " is not a Crown body, so its position is different from the immunity that some Crown bodies, such as Departments, have. A couple of points were made about proposed publicity if the Bill is enacted. Of course, it must go through the other place first. I may be speaking out of turn, but I believe that my right hon. Friend has identified an eminent Member of the other House to pilot it through—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-13b.627.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16b.xml", "sha256": "fe2b9424ae122e66", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.693.0", "colnum": "693", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Francis Maude", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Francis Maude", "preceding_text": "the Library the minutes and the background papers to the review, which will show that it was Labour's refusal to allow further work on trade union funding that brought the talks to an end? Does he recall that he and Peter Watt—the then Labour general secretary—refused point blank even to discuss giving trade union members the right to a real choice in whether to pay the political levy?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.693.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16b.xml", "sha256": "fe2b9424ae122e66", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.694.0", "colnum": "694", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "other Members of this Chamber as well, as the right hon. Gentleman, bear witness to precisely what happened. The truth is that, as we have just witnessed from his partisan approach—which was totally different from the one that he and his party colleagues adopted in the working party—the Conservative party decided to move away from the main recommendations of the Hayden Phillips report.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.694.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16b.xml", "sha256": "fe2b9424ae122e66", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.694.0", "colnum": "694", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "Gentleman, bear witness to precisely what happened. The truth is that, as we have just witnessed from his partisan approach—which was totally different from the one that he and his party colleagues adopted in the working party—the Conservative party decided to move away from the main recommendations of the Hayden Phillips report. [Interruption.] Did the right hon. Gentleman say, \"Yes\"?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.694.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16b.xml", "sha256": "fe2b9424ae122e66", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.703.0", "colnum": "703", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I do not approve of that practice, and I have never followed it myself. We had a great debate about the communications allowance about 18 months ago, and one reason why it was introduced was to control the abuse of overspending, for example, on franked envelopes. That is one of the things that it has achieved, but I told the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans) that if there are issues—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.703.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16b.xml", "sha256": "fe2b9424ae122e66", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.728.2", "colnum": "728", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "preceding_text": "lacements and siblings having to live apart from their brothers and sisters, according to the Fostering Network. We welcome the greater specifications for visiting children far away from home in the residential placement provisions contained in the Bill. We welcome all those measures, not least because many of them were included in the 2005 Conservative manifesto, \"Action for Vulnerable Children\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16b.728.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.664.2", "colnum": "664", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"You bought them.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "In looking at the forward equipment programme, perhaps the Minister can look at the past equipment programme, too. We all want to see value for money, but does he really think that it is value for money for this country to have bought eight Chinooks that are now lying idle in a hangar?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.664.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.694.0", "colnum": "694", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "other Members of this Chamber, as well as the right hon. Gentleman, bear witness to precisely what happened. The truth is that, as we have just witnessed from his partisan approach—which was totally different from the one that he and his party colleagues adopted in the working party—the Conservative party decided to move away from the main recommendations of the Hayden Phillips report.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.694.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.694.0", "colnum": "694", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "Gentleman, bear witness to precisely what happened. The truth is that, as we have just witnessed from his partisan approach—which was totally different from the one that he and his party colleagues adopted in the working party—the Conservative party decided to move away from the main recommendations of the Hayden Phillips report. [Interruption.] Did the right hon. Gentleman say, \"Yes\"?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.694.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.703.0", "colnum": "703", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I do not approve of that practice, and I have never followed it myself. We had a great debate about the communications allowance about 18 months ago, and one reason why it was introduced was to control the abuse of overspending, for example, on franked envelopes. That is one of the things that it has achieved, but I told the hon. Member for Ribble Valley that if there are issues—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.703.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.704.1", "colnum": "704", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "It is a pleasure and a privilege to be able to make this statement today.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.704.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.706.0", "colnum": "706", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "Let me address the three key elements of the right hon. Gentleman's comments. First, it is in this Parliament that we decide the British view of our treaties—that is what we have always done, including when the right hon. Gentleman was in government. I believe that it is right that we—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.706.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.706.2", "colnum": "706", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": " treaty as he recommends, is a new institutional debate about the number of commissioners—an issue left unresolved by the Nice treaty. Precisely the sort of institutional discussion that he says we should abandon or move beyond would be restarted by his proposal. On the Labour Benches, we all have much respect for Lord Owen and his contribution. We respect his foreign policy expertise—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.706.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.710.6", "colnum": "710", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "The right hon. and learned Gentleman says that I am bullying the Irish, but I do not see how I could conceivably be bullying them, since I have gone out of my way to emphasise that the treaty cannot come into force unless it is ratified in Ireland. We are absolutely clear on that point, and he can talk to Irish politicians on any side of the divide. He will know—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.710.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.710.6", "colnum": "710", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "to emphasise that the treaty cannot come into force unless it is ratified in Ireland. We are absolutely clear on that point, and he can talk to Irish politicians on any side of the divide. He will know— [ Interruption. ] Hon. Members suggest that Ireland has been ostracised. The fact that leaders from all over Europe have said that Ireland must be given time to decide on its next move—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.710.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.711.0", "colnum": "711", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "Laeken convention with diligence and seriousness of purpose, but the last thing that Europe needs is another seven years of wrangling about its institutions. This is not the issue that the people of Europe want us to address. If one message has come out of the Irish referendum, it is a command for the leaders of Europe to embrace the agenda of real issues, such as the economy, social policy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.711.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.713.0", "colnum": "713", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": " important points. The Bill has passed with large majorities, including large numbers of Conservative Members. The hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr. Taylor) spoke about the small band of brothers that he was with in the House of Commons, but I assure him that if he looks at the House of Lords voting lists he will find a far larger number of brothers and sisters who supported him on that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.713.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.716.5", "colnum": "716", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "The message to the Poles—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.716.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.720.3", "colnum": "720", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I only wish that 80 per cent. of the British people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.720.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-16", "file": "debates2008-06-16c.xml", "sha256": "a19d253557cf658a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.728.2", "colnum": "728", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "preceding_text": "lacements and siblings having to live apart from their brothers and sisters, according to the Fostering Network. We welcome the greater specifications for visiting children far away from home in the residential placement provisions contained in the Bill. We welcome all those measures, not least because many of them were included in the 2005 Conservative manifesto, \"Action for Vulnerable Children\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-16c.728.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17a.xml", "sha256": "8df0f6c035c5b155", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.815.3", "colnum": "815", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "say that, currently, people in London are on average just half a mile away from their GP surgery. So when the Secretary of State says that he is perfectly willing to campaign on the issue, perhaps he would like to tell all the people of London that the distance to their GP surgery will triple. It is quite clear: we have done the calculation and NHS London said that the distance would be 1.5 miles.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.815.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17a.xml", "sha256": "8df0f6c035c5b155", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.815.3", "colnum": "815", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": " their GP surgery. So when the Secretary of State says that he is perfectly willing to campaign on the issue, perhaps he would like to tell all the people of London that the distance to their GP surgery will triple. It is quite clear: we have done the calculation and NHS London said that the distance would be 1.5 miles. [ Interruption. ] It is quite clear. It is a good one. Don't you worry, it is.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.815.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17a.xml", "sha256": "8df0f6c035c5b155", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.827.1", "colnum": "827", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "It is stated that the Tories claim that 608 practices may close in 58 PCTs.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.827.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17a.xml", "sha256": "8df0f6c035c5b155", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.827.1", "colnum": "827", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "Barnsley has 49.3 GPs and 25.4 nurses per head of population and all the resultant health problems, while Cambridgeshire—the hon. Gentleman's part of the world—has 74.6 GPs and twice as many nurses per head of population. That is why, as another major part of this proposal, we are putting 130 new GP practices in under-doctored areas, which I presume the Conservative party also opposes.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.827.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17a.xml", "sha256": "8df0f6c035c5b155", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.883.1", "colnum": "883", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "The drug treatment and testing orders were reformed into a better and more effective system.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.883.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17a.xml", "sha256": "8df0f6c035c5b155", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.883.1", "colnum": "883", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "operation in 1981. Let us also compare our record with the system that we inherited. On youth crime, it was taking 142 days— 20 weeks—to get a young offender from arrest to sentence. That is now down to 60 days. The hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs criticises our record on prisons. I am very happy to compare our record with the record of the previous Conservative Administration.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.883.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17a.xml", "sha256": "8df0f6c035c5b155", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.883.1", "colnum": "883", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "e the noun \"crisis\" to describe the prison situation, but by God, there was a crisis for many years throughout the 1980s and 1990s! More people escaped from so-called secure prisons in a week in 1992 than escaped in the whole of last year. I am told that it got so bad that private secretaries would not bother to inform Ministers following each escape; they would tot them up at the end of the week.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17a.883.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.794.4", "colnum": "794", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Paddy Tipping", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Paddy Tipping", "preceding_text": "But would not the creation of 152 GP-led surgeries, open from 8 am until 8 pm, seven days a week, provide greater choice and better health opportunities for patients—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.794.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.812.1", "colnum": "812", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "State is getting desperate. I have here the presentation document from Hull PCT. If it devised the proposal, why does the powerpoint presentation say, \"Darzi GP-led health centre\"? It does not say that it is something that the PCT thought up. The proposal's criteria are exactly those that the Department of Health have specified. The document's conclusion says: \"The number of GP sites will reduce.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.812.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.813.2", "colnum": "813", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "f a number of nurses. I did not make that up; the Prime Minister stood at the Dispatch Box and paraded the fact that there would be 150 polyclinics in London. It is absurd that the hon. Member for Regent's Park and Kensington, North has challenged us on single-handed GPs when the evidence is clear that the best quality and outcomes framework results are achieved by practices with two or three GPs.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.813.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.815.3", "colnum": "815", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "say that, currently, people in London are on average just half a mile away from their GP surgery. So when the Secretary of State says that he is perfectly willing to campaign on the issue, perhaps he would like to tell all the people of London that the distance to their GP surgery will triple. It is quite clear: we have done the calculation and NHS London said that the distance would be 1.5 miles.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.815.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.815.3", "colnum": "815", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": " their GP surgery. So when the Secretary of State says that he is perfectly willing to campaign on the issue, perhaps he would like to tell all the people of London that the distance to their GP surgery will triple. It is quite clear: we have done the calculation and NHS London said that the distance would be 1.5 miles. [ Interruption. ] It is quite clear. It is a good one. Don't you worry, it is.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.815.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.817.2", "colnum": "817", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"There are.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "mmercially run, providers of medical services practices, but I am opposed to the top-down system of imposing polyclinics, which is undermining the existing GP structure. It is interesting that the Prime Minister, when challenged at his press conference last week, retorted that there would be thousands of additional GPs. I think that he said that there are already thousands of additional GPs—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.817.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.823.0", "colnum": "823", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "That is what we are doing—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.823.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.824.0", "colnum": "824", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "I just mentioned that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.824.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.827.1", "colnum": "827", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "It is stated that the Tories claim that 608 practices may close in 58 PCTs.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.827.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.827.1", "colnum": "827", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": " has 49.3 GPs and 25.4 nurses per head of population and all the resultant health problems, while Cambridgeshire—the hon. Gentleman's part of the world—has 74.6 GPs and twice as many nurses per 100,000 head of population. That is why, as another major part of this proposal, we are putting 130 new GP practices in under-doctored areas, which I presume the Conservative party also opposes.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.827.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.882.9", "colnum": "882", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I do not accept what the hon. Gentleman says. If we are looking at what is happening to trends—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.882.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.883.1", "colnum": "883", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "The drug treatment and testing orders were reformed into a better and more effective system.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.883.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.883.1", "colnum": "883", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "operation in 1981. Let us also compare our record with the system that we inherited. On youth crime, it was taking 142 days— 20 weeks—to get a young offender from arrest to sentence. That is now down to 60 days. The hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs criticises our record on prisons. I am very happy to compare our record with the record of the previous Conservative Administration.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.883.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.883.1", "colnum": "883", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "e the noun \"crisis\" to describe the prison situation, but by God, there was a crisis for many years throughout the 1980s and 1990s. More people escaped from so-called secure prisons in a week in 1992 than escaped in the whole of last year. I am told that it got so bad that private secretaries would not bother to inform Ministers following each escape; they would tot them up at the end of the week.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.883.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.884.3", "colnum": "884", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "Well, okay. Some crimes did.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.884.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.887.1", "colnum": "887", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": " Managing the criminal justice system is not easy. It requires professionalism on the part of the prison and probation services, and I hope that all Members will join me in paying tribute to their staff at every level. It also requires consistency of approach. When asked about home detention curfew, the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs skated over whether the Conservatives would abolish it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.887.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.887.1", "colnum": "887", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": " of the prison and probation services, and I hope that all Members will join me in paying tribute to their staff at every level. It also requires consistency of approach. When asked about home detention curfew, the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs skated over whether the Conservatives would abolish it. [Interruption.] Perhaps they would not abolish it; perhaps he would like to clarify this?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.887.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.887.1", "colnum": "887", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "important to put on record what the learned trial judge, the honourable Mrs. Justice Swift, said in sentencing that man for that terrible murder: \"It is right that I should say that the fact that you were released early cannot, in my view, be said to have been causative of what happened thereafter. It is highly likely that the events that took place would have occurred whenever you were released.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.887.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-17", "file": "debates2008-06-17b.xml", "sha256": "d3f5276d00d512e4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.904.1", "colnum": "904", "heading": "Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "David Davies", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davies", "preceding_text": "y because many are serving life sentences because they have committed murder. Those who are sentenced to between four and 10 years in prison are only 33 per cent. likely to reoffend within two years. The reason is simple: as any prison officer will confirm, those dealing with these people need a bit of time to work with them. This is where I suddenly become a bit more fluffy and Guardian -reading.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-17b.904.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.940.0", "colnum": "940", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister wants to know whether we support a \"post-ratification referendum\"—ratifying what, exactly, after the Irish \"No\" vote? Instead of going on about John Major, why does the Prime Minister not supply some leadership? I know that he is determined—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.940.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.964.8", "colnum": "964", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "preceding_text": "w there can be any purpose whatsoever in a country continuing with the ratification process if the treaty can come into effect only by unanimity. If I had £5 every time I heard, in the past 10 years and more, integrationists saying that the high watermark of integration has been reached and that the sea will now recede, I could retire from this House tomorrow and live very comfortably—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.964.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.984.3", "colnum": "984", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "One of the ironies of the position taken by those such as the hon. Gentleman is that one of the major ideas behind the Lisbon treaty was improving the democratic accountability of EU institutions—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.984.3"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.989.0", "colnum": "989", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "They have just made a decision!", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "f course, need to listen to the Irish, our Government should ask them for a decision relatively soon. Without saying what the decision should be, it is legitimate for another member state to say, \"You haven't got years and years on this, because you are part of the European Union that has to work out how it will go forward.\" It is legitimate to ask the Irish when they are going to make a decision.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.986.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.993.0", "colnum": "993", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mary Creagh", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mary Creagh", "preceding_text": "iberal Democrats earlier. I wonder whether it is a demonstration of cojones on the part of his leader not to reject Alun Cairns as a Welsh Tory prospective parliamentary candidate for saying that he would not support the Italian football team because they were a bunch of \"greasy wops\". I wonder why the Conservative party has not expelled someone who expounds such racist and xenophobic views—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.993.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1016.0", "colnum": "1016", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": " whether that suggestion was true—perhaps the Minister for Europe could tell us in the wind-ups—but I would welcome the Foreign Secretary and the Minister for Europe taking part in a roadshow around the United Kingdom. Perhaps one of them could travel on the top deck of the bus and the other on the bottom deck. Why do we not want to go to make the case for Europe to the British people?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1016.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1021.0", "colnum": "1021", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "titution—who announced it first in Brussels, which makes me think that it was an attempt to subvert what the Irish said. Some 53 per cent. of the Irish electorate voted. We are not remotely near that figure in our European elections, and it is not the case across Europe as a whole. There must be some country where the voting figures are higher, but that shows how disengaged the people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1021.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1025.0", "colnum": "1025", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mark Lazarowicz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Lazarowicz", "preceding_text": "y personal attack on the right hon. Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz) , I would have recognised the sincerity and passion with which the hon. Gentleman presented his case. I hope that he will understand that if I were even to attempt to respond directly to the points that he has made, I would not be able to deliver the contribution that I have prepared for any reasonable length of time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1025.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1047.0", "colnum": "1047", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Aldridge-Brownhills.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "rom the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) , whom I have missed over the past few weeks. In the middle of one of his interventions, he rather bizarrely announced—I think it was this—the death of Dido. Hansard will of course record properly what he said, but his comments, although not often humorous, nevertheless brought a wry smile to the face of the hon. Member for Aldridge-Wells—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1047.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18b.xml", "sha256": "a6a709c312e4488d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1048.1", "colnum": "1048", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "I will try. I also thank the hon. Gentleman for his customary courtesy, in inviting me to join his first-past-the-post group. I look forward to responding to him on that matter. Many issues were raised in our debate, and I think that every country in the European Union was mentioned. Sixteen countries outside the European Union were mentioned.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18b.1048.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18c.xml", "sha256": "c3c29b70ce03aa73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18c.1022.0", "colnum": "1022", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "titution—who announced it first in Brussels, which makes me think that it was an attempt to subvert what the Irish said. Some 53 per cent. of the Irish electorate voted. We are not remotely near that figure in our European elections, and it is not the case across Europe as a whole. There must be some country where the voting figures are higher, but that shows how disengaged the people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18c.1022.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.930.0", "colnum": "930", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "David Anderson", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "David Anderson", "preceding_text": "The Minister will surely agree that the youth culture of today has moved on somewhat from the days when he and I thought that we were going to be Britain's answer to \"The Blues Brothers\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.930.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.940.0", "colnum": "940", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister wants to know whether we support a \"post-ratification referendum\"—ratifying what, exactly, after the Irish no vote? Instead of going on about John Major, why does the Prime Minister not supply some leadership? I know that he is determined—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.940.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.940.1", "colnum": "940", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"As always!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Members must allow the Leader of the Opposition to speak. Mr. Norris, you are far too noisy.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.940.1"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.940.4", "colnum": "940", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "More! More!", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "nts to show that the Conservative party has really changed, why does he not change its position to support for the European Union? If he wants to lead his party, why is he being led by the Back-Bench anti-Europeans who are calling the tune every time? We know where we are: we are in favour of Europe and the 3 million jobs that depend on it, and we will work for a European Union that helps Britain.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.940.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.944.3", "colnum": "944", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "nals to be prosecuted last year alone. Some 400 of those cases were murders, 600 were rapes and many of them were very severe assaults, and those people would not have been prosecuted without the use of DNA. Therefore, I find it surprising that the Opposition position is that we relegate the use of DNA and that the now Mr. David Davis says that we should get rid of DNA altogether. As far as—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.944.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.950.2", "colnum": "950", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of European affairs. I am delighted to open the traditional pre-European Council debate today. The House will know that my statement on Monday addressed the Irish referendum result—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.950.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.957.4", "colnum": "957", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No. I am going to make some progress.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.957.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.961.1", "colnum": "961", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": " that commitment and to agree how this money can be best used to support the MDGs in an agenda for action that sets out specific milestones, actions and time frames in key areas such as education, health and agriculture. Finally, this week's European Council meeting of Heads of Government is the chance for a preliminary discussion on the Irish referendum result among Heads of State and Government.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.961.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.964.8", "colnum": "964", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "preceding_text": "ere can be any purpose whatsoever in a country continuing with the ratification process if the treaty can come into effect only by unanimity. If I had £5 for every time I heard, in the past 10 years and more, integrationists saying that the high watermark of integration has been reached and that the sea will now recede, I could retire from this House tomorrow and live very comfortably—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.964.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.965.3", "colnum": "965", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Give way!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No, I have finished—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.965.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.984.3", "colnum": "984", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "One of the ironies of the position taken by those such as the hon. Gentleman is that one of the major ideas behind the Lisbon treaty was improving the democratic accountability of EU institutions—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.984.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.993.0", "colnum": "993", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mary Creagh", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mary Creagh", "preceding_text": "iberal Democrats earlier. I wonder whether it is a demonstration of cojones on the part of his leader not to reject Alun Cairns as a Welsh Tory prospective parliamentary candidate for saying that he would not support the Italian football team because they were a bunch of \"greasy wops\". I wonder why the Conservative party has not expelled someone who expounds such racist and xenophobic views—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.993.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.997.1", "colnum": "997", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mary Creagh", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mary Creagh", "preceding_text": "ou, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think that it is a matter of European concern when a party has members who express such xenophobic sentiments. Returning to the Lisbon treaty, I do not believe that anyone wants yet more debate and negotiation on the minutiae of the composition of the EU institutions. I am sure that that prospect sends shivers down the spines of Members on both sides of the House—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.997.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.998.1", "colnum": "998", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Rifkind", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Rifkind", "preceding_text": "I cannot speak for the Conservative party; I can only express my view of what would be legally possible and appropriate. If a treaty is being—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.998.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1006.1", "colnum": "1006", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Gisela Stuart", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Gisela Stuart", "preceding_text": "I will—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1006.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1015.2", "colnum": "1015", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": " Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) gave a very good speech a couple of weeks ago on the importance of the Polish community in the United Kingdom. I supported his ten-minute Bill and I wish him well with its success. The arrival of the A8 and the importance of enlargement is very clear to this House, even though for some time, of course, the Conservatives opposed enlargement of the EU by asking for—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1015.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1017.0", "colnum": "1017", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": " whether that suggestion was true—perhaps the Minister for Europe could tell us in the wind-ups—but I would welcome the Foreign Secretary and the Minister for Europe taking part in a roadshow around the United Kingdom. Perhaps one of them could travel on the top deck of the bus and the other on the bottom deck. Why do we not want to go to make the case for Europe to the British people?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1017.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1018.0", "colnum": "1018", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "roportional representation and represent huge regions, so they are further away from the electors and therefore less accountable than Members of Parliament. None of the MEPs for the west midlands lives, works or has offices in Shropshire. The Conservatives ones are very good, but the Labour ones never come to Shropshire. Mr. Bushill-Matthews, Mr. Bradbourn and Mr. Harbour are very good MEPs—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1018.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1022.0", "colnum": "1022", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "titution—who announced it first in Brussels, which makes me think that it was an attempt to subvert what the Irish said. Some 53 per cent. of the Irish electorate voted. We are not remotely near that figure in our European elections, and it is not the case across Europe as a whole. There must be some country where the voting figures are higher, but that shows how disengaged the people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1022.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1026.0", "colnum": "1026", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Lazarowicz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Lazarowicz", "preceding_text": " attack on my right hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz) , I would have recognised the sincerity and passion with which the hon. Gentleman presented his case. I hope that he will understand that if I were even to attempt to respond directly to the points that he has made, I would not be able to deliver the contribution that I have prepared for any reasonable length of time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1026.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1047.0", "colnum": "1047", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Aldridge-Brownhills.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "rom the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) , whom I have missed over the past few weeks. In the middle of one of his interventions, he rather bizarrely announced—I think it was this—the death of Dido. Hansard will of course record properly what he said, but his comments, although not often humorous, nevertheless brought a wry smile to the face of the hon. Member for Aldridge-Wells—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1047.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1049.1", "colnum": "1049", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "I will try. I also thank the hon. Gentleman for his customary courtesy, in inviting me to join his first-past-the-post group. I look forward to responding to him on that matter. Many issues were raised in our debate, and I think that every country in the European Union was mentioned. Sixteen countries outside the European Union were mentioned.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1049.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-18", "file": "debates2008-06-18d.xml", "sha256": "a6b57b921182adde", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1051.2", "colnum": "1051", "heading": "PETITION", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "On behalf of my constituents in Greenfields in Shrewsbury, I present a petition to the House calling for the post office in that community to be saved. Five post offices in my constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham are under threat of closure, and I shall try to present a petition on each of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-18d.1051.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19b.xml", "sha256": "bdb9342678c8b7de", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19b.1132.1", "colnum": "1132", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "preceding_text": "s been designed to provide a reflective peace in order to wrestle with some of the longer-term issues to which I have already referred, or, as we all suspect, it is a stalling device designed to get the Government through planning round '08 or '09. My right hon. Friend the Member for North-East Hampshire was absolutely right to say that we have no idea whether PR08 has been concluded or not—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19b.1132.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19b.xml", "sha256": "bdb9342678c8b7de", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19b.1132.1", "colnum": "1132", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "preceding_text": "h planning round '08 or '09. My right hon. Friend the Member for North-East Hampshire was absolutely right to say that we have no idea whether PR08 has been concluded or not— [ Interruption. ] The Minister says that he has just told us. Perhaps he will tell us when that short examination is going to report to the House. I will give way to him if he would like to put that on record now—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19b.1132.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1075.6", "colnum": "1075", "heading": "HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION", "cue_speaker": "Nick Harvey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nick Harvey", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman knows from discussions that we have had on the matter that I have a great deal of sympathy with what he is saying. We have asked officials of the House to keep in touch with officials from the House of Lords who are investigating the possibility of an on-site watering facility—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1075.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1077.5", "colnum": "1077", "heading": "LEADER OF THE HOUSE", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ticular Thursday that the right hon. Gentleman wishes to raise, because he thinks that we should have had a topical debate but did not, he should do so. I should point out that there is a dearth of proposals for topical debates. I would not want anyone to get the impression that there is a vast number of topical debate requests that I ignore in favour of a topic chosen by the Prime Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1077.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1079.0", "colnum": "1079", "heading": "LEADER OF THE HOUSE", "cue_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Helen Goodman", "preceding_text": "n and Embryology Bill. It spent two days before the Committee of the whole House, as was agreed in a programme motion on Second Reading. Let us take, as the hon. Gentleman does, the Counter-Terrorism Bill. We had two days on Report and the programme motion was debated for 45 minutes at the beginning of that stage. Let us take the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill, where we had an allocation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1079.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1090.5", "colnum": "1090", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "cue_text": "That this House believes that the home address of any hon. or Rt. hon. Member should not be published if he or she objects to publication on grounds of privacy or personal security.", "preceding_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "preceding_text": "Some 235 right hon. and hon. Members have so far signed early-day motion 1620.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1090.5"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1094.3", "colnum": "1094", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Hear, hear.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Liddell-Grainger", "preceding_text": "rose—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1094.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1095.6", "colnum": "1095", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "e recognise the need for housing and that we engage in meaningful debate about where the houses should be. My point to all hon. Members—who are looking at proposals at the moment; this is no done deal—is that, if, at the end of this process, an eco-town is not built in their area, they will still have to face up to the challenge of meeting the need for housing in their community—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1095.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1110.0", "colnum": "1110", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. There are currently only two code 3 houses—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1110.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1132.1", "colnum": "1132", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "preceding_text": "s been designed to provide a reflective peace in order to wrestle with some of the longer-term issues to which I have already referred, or, as we all suspect, it is a stalling device designed to get the Government through planning round '08 or '09. My right hon. Friend the Member for North-East Hampshire was absolutely right to say that we have no idea whether PR08 has been concluded or not—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1132.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1132.1", "colnum": "1132", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "preceding_text": "anning round '08 or '09. My right hon. Friend the Member for North-East Hampshire was absolutely right to say that we have no idea whether PR08 has been concluded or not— [ Interruption. ] The Minister says that he has just told us. Perhaps he will tell us when that short examination is going to report to the House. I will give way to him if he would like to put that on the record now—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1132.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1133.3", "colnum": "1133", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "preceding_text": "what? If the Minister does not want to answer that now, I hope that the Under-Secretary will specifically answer it in his concluding speech. The Minister has told us the pretty desperate news—albeit something that we had expected all along—that the Type 7 and 8 ships of the Type 45 class are to be cancelled. I think that the House will want absolutely cast-iron assurances today—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1133.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-19", "file": "debates2008-06-19c.xml", "sha256": "2debb56fabcc4257", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1155.0", "colnum": "1155", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "James Arbuthnot", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Arbuthnot", "preceding_text": "ice everything in defence of the values of this country. They are the best of this country, and we are very lucky indeed as a result of what they give to us and what they give up. This is the first defence procurement debate that we have had since the man who was probably our last ever Minister for Defence Procurement resigned in order to take up other challenges. We do hope that he wins the race.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-19c.1155.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-20", "file": "debates2008-06-20a.xml", "sha256": "1f2ce134062ad4e6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20a.1211.0", "colnum": "1211", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Leigh", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Leigh", "preceding_text": "There has been a problem with secrecy. It is in the interests of everyone, including those who believe passionately in Europe, to achieve more transparency and accountability, so that such reports are released, whether they are hot potatoes or not—and especially as they relate to tobacco.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20a.1211.0"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-06-20", "file": "debates2008-06-20b.xml", "sha256": "3e71e989c740e8c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20b.1191.29", "colnum": "1191", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Staggering!", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "Did my hon. Friend also hear the Foreign Secretary talking about the Irish vote this morning, and pivoting most of his comments on the suggestion that the Irish constitution should be revised? That is what people seem to be aiming at, judging by his remarks this morning.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20b.1191.28"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-20", "file": "debates2008-06-20b.xml", "sha256": "3e71e989c740e8c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20b.1211.0", "colnum": "1211", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Leigh", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Leigh", "preceding_text": "There has been a problem with secrecy. It is in the interests of everyone, including those who believe passionately in Europe, to achieve more transparency and accountability, so that such reports are released, whether they are hot potatoes or not—and especially as they relate to tobacco.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20b.1211.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-20", "file": "debates2008-06-20b.xml", "sha256": "3e71e989c740e8c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20b.1224.4", "colnum": "1224", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "Let me be absolutely clear about this. I agree, my party agrees and Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament agree that we need to reduce the regulatory burden that comes out of Brussels and to simplify the administrative arrangements so that the cost of compliance is reduced. The hon. Gentleman will know that there are programmes in place to try to do that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20b.1224.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-20", "file": "debates2008-06-20b.xml", "sha256": "3e71e989c740e8c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20b.1234.0", "colnum": "1234", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "s clearly expert in the matter. If the Minister present intervened on me to clarify the position on this issue, which is relevant and pertinent to what we are discussing today, we would be absolutely gripped and I should be delighted to listen to what she has to say on whether the Government do now intend not to place the Act in Rome, so that it is not properly ratified until after the court case.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-20b.1234.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23b.xml", "sha256": "221414b0fd8de74b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23b.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " So why, when the only people given the chance to speak say no, does he fail to show any leadership? Even Tony Blair was better than this. When France and the Netherlands voted the treaty down in its original form, Tony Blair halted ratification and said that people were \"blowing the trumpets round the city walls.\" Why did the Prime Minister not give the same sort of lead following the Irish vote?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23b.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23b.xml", "sha256": "221414b0fd8de74b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23b.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " realise that the European Union is going in entirely the wrong direction? A year ago, the Prime Minister stood on the steps of Downing street and said that he would protect the British way of life, build trust in government and bring the change that could not \"be met by the old politics\". But let us look at what he has done: he has brought back a constitution, pretending it is a new treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23b.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23b.xml", "sha256": "221414b0fd8de74b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23b.108.3", "colnum": "108", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": "case of the other 34 Members of the House of the Commons and the House of Lords, and the case of the Iranian opposition in exile. Things do change, as history tells us. A year before Jomo Kenyatta was invited to Buckingham palace to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, he was described by the Crown's representative as the prince of darkness and death. People change and get respect.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23b.108.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.16.1", "colnum": "16", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Hodge", "preceding_text": "ause the arts change and it is important that the Arts Council reflects that in its distribution of moneys. I share the hon. Gentleman's concern that we should always work towards reducing the money spent on administration and ensuring that it goes out to the front line. The Arts Council has been taking steps over the past years to reduce its administrative costs, and it has succeeded in doing so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.16.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " So why, when the only people given the chance to speak say no, does he fail to show any leadership? Even Tony Blair was better than this. When France and the Netherlands voted the treaty down in its original form, Tony Blair halted ratification and said that people were \"blowing the trumpets round the city walls.\" Why did the Prime Minister not give the same sort of lead following the Irish vote?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " realise that the European Union is going in entirely the wrong direction? A year ago, the Prime Minister stood on the steps of Downing street and said that he would protect the British way of life, build trust in government and bring the change that could not \"be met by the old politics\". But let us look at what he has done: he has brought back a constitution, pretending it is a new treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.33.0", "colnum": "33", "heading": "OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "preceding_text": "I would like to ask my right hon. Friend many questions about the policy issues, but I am afraid that there is a great barrier between my wish and the reality. That barrier is the Irish referendum. It is quite clear from all the legal advice and the Crotty decision that Ireland would require another referendum or amendments to be made to the constitution, the Lisbon treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.33.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.33.1", "colnum": "33", "heading": "OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": " give that country time to consider the position. There are many reasons that the Taoiseach will want to look at in reflecting on the result of the referendum and many issues were not exclusively concerned with the treaty itself. There are reasons such as the state of the economy and other matters in Ireland, as well as the provisions of the treaty, that could have contributed to the result—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.33.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.48.0", "colnum": "48", "heading": "OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "of very poor people. I have said in the House before that I have met people in this country who are providing care and sending money back. When they are asked about the conditions of their families, they say, \"This money is the only thing that is keeping them alive.\" Honestly, I ask in the nicest possible way that people should stop suggesting the idea; I promise that it is a very bad idea —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.48.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.105.2", "colnum": "105", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Ruffley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Ruffley", "preceding_text": "s, as he and the Home Secretary have in front of them, a POAC decision. They sought to challenge it in the Court of Appeal, but they did not get leave to fight another day and were thus obliged, by law, to introduce this order. We would be in no different position from the Minister. That is about as clear an answer as I can give the House, and it is a factually accurate, legally watertight answer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.105.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.106.0", "colnum": "106", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": "I am proud to be one of the 35 people referred to in the case of Lord Alton and others. Others in that 35 are in the Chamber tonight. I deliberately say that I am proud because it was a unique group of people —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.106.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.108.3", "colnum": "108", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": "case of the other 34 Members of the House of the Commons and the House of Lords, and the case of the Iranian opposition in exile. Things do change, as history tells us. A year before Jomo Kenyatta was invited to Buckingham palace to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, he was described by the Crown's representative as the prince of darkness and death. People change and get respect.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.108.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-23", "file": "debates2008-06-23c.xml", "sha256": "e6add649ba185613", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.132.0", "colnum": "132", "heading": "NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CORE SPATIAL STRATEGY", "cue_speaker": "Parmjit Dhanda", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Parmjit Dhanda", "preceding_text": "le of joint working. I would like to add my own congratulations to the unit and all those concerned on producing this important strategy. It is not an easy piece of work. The hon. Member for Kettering has highlighted points 3 and 16 on page 28, but I do not know the wider context. Let me be honest and say that although I have had a flick through, I have not read all 90 pages of the document—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-23c.132.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24c.xml", "sha256": "2d17171ea150b88f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.184.1", "colnum": "184", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Griffiths", "cue_text": "hon. Members: \"Why not?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Griffiths", "preceding_text": "I do not accept that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.184.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24c.xml", "sha256": "2d17171ea150b88f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.209.1", "colnum": "209", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "preceding_text": " major energy suppliers to increase their spending on the most vulnerable by £225 million. The Warm Front programme has been rolled out under the Government and it has had a huge effect, particularly in constituencies such as mine, which have a high proportion of old terraced housing. Driving costs are 16 per cent. lower under this Government than they were under the Conservative Government.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.209.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24c.xml", "sha256": "2d17171ea150b88f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.218.1", "colnum": "218", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "I have not looked back—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.218.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24c.xml", "sha256": "2d17171ea150b88f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.240.2", "colnum": "240", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman makes his point. I now want to come up to date. I have some sympathy with the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley) —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.240.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24c.xml", "sha256": "2d17171ea150b88f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.240.4", "colnum": "240", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "preceding_text": "on, the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb) , has already identified the problem: closures will be made without any political accountability, unlike at the moment. The Conservatives say that in effect there will be no local closures, but how on earth will the system be regulated when the service must modernise and new facilities, operation procedures and the like must be implemented—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24c.240.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.142.4", "colnum": "142", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "I thank my hon. Friend for the gracious way in which he carefully put his point. I do not agree with him, however. I think that Peter Mandelson is doing a fantastic job as Commissioner.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.142.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.146.3", "colnum": "146", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Kim Howells", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kim Howells", "preceding_text": "I am sorry: the Royal Navy.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.146.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.155.3", "colnum": "155", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Robathan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Robathan", "preceding_text": "not a proportionate response? The House might know that there was a derogation under the original legislation in 1994. Members might wonder what the European Court of Justice does, and now I can tell them: it judges these matters, and it overturned the proportionate approach and the derogation. It transpires, I regret to say, that this ridiculous situation is all down to the wicked European Union.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.155.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.162.2", "colnum": "162", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Michael Jabez Foster", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Jabez Foster", "preceding_text": "What the hon. Gentleman says is exactly what he and his hon. Friends keep saying. What particular cuts would have been made by a Conservative Government in the past 10 years? What expenditure would not have been incurred, to make the savings that would have achieved his objective?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.162.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.164.3", "colnum": "164", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "mdash;the NICE years—were here for ever, and there were no rainy days to prepare for, and no roof to fix while the sun was shining. He borrowed through a boom, apparently oblivious to the need to prepare for the possibility that it would not be perpetual. Now he can stick \"inappropriate pro-cyclical fiscal policy\" on his mantelpiece next to \"post-neoclassical endogenous growth theory\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.164.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.171.0", "colnum": "171", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "97. We have also introduced the winter fuel payment, which will be increased this year by £50 for the over-60s and by £100 for the over-80s, particularly because we know that pensioners will be facing winter fuel bill pressures as a result of rising oil prices. We have increased the pensioner tax allowance this year as well. We have, therefore, already done a lot to support pensioners.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.171.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.171.0", "colnum": "171", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "cing winter fuel bill pressures as a result of rising oil prices. We have increased the pensioner tax allowance this year as well. We have, therefore, already done a lot to support pensioners. [Interruption.] My party colleagues on the Back Benches are reminding me of other measures, such as concessionary fares, free bus passes and the Warm Front programme to help pensioners insulate their houses.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.171.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.184.1", "colnum": "184", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Griffiths", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why not?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Griffiths", "preceding_text": "I do not accept that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.184.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.208.0", "colnum": "208", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "preceding_text": "ic foods has gone up. However, as we look at that combination of facts, it is important for us to remember that since 1997 Britain has benefited from relatively low inflation, which has been on average half what it was in the previous 20 years. Even now, inflation is far lower than in the past. It rose above 20 per cent. in the 1980s and above 10 per cent. in the 1990s. Families are rightly—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.208.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.209.1", "colnum": "209", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "preceding_text": " major energy suppliers to increase their spending on the most vulnerable by £225 million. The Warm Front programme has been rolled out under the Government and it has had a huge effect, particularly in constituencies such as mine, which have a high proportion of old terraced housing. Driving costs are 16 per cent. lower under this Government than they were under the Conservative Government.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.209.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.216.5", "colnum": "216", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "most up-to-date medical and allied services available.\" The Prime Minister of the day, Winston Churchill, said that on 2 March 1944 , anticipating the establishment of a national health service. In a spirit of consensus, I will acknowledge that the NHS was inspired by the work of a Liberal, William Beveridge, designed by a Conservative, Henry Willink, and implemented by a socialist, Aneurin Bevan.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.216.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.216.5", "colnum": "216", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "ipating the establishment of a national health service. In a spirit of consensus, I will acknowledge that the NHS was inspired by the work of a Liberal, William Beveridge, designed by a Conservative, Henry Willink, and implemented by a socialist, Aneurin Bevan. [Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"] I was talking to a nurse; my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) and I have met a number of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.216.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.218.1", "colnum": "218", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "I have not looked back—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.218.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.223.1", "colnum": "223", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "ome of the most positive comparators, such as France. The Commonwealth Fund, from New York, which Ministers like to quote, states that the UK health care system is the worst for waiting times, for mortality rates, for hospital-acquired infections, for preventive care such as breast cancer screening, for caring for those with long-term conditions and for GP access out of hours. So, precisely—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.223.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.223.5", "colnum": "223", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Lansley", "preceding_text": "e that NHS staff are happy to contemplate that. They are prepared for it, as long as the competition is fair and they are judged on genuine outcomes, and as long as they are given the opportunity to do the best for patients in a framework that continues to be supportive and true to the principles of the national health service. In supporting the motion this evening in a non-partisan fashion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.223.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.224.0", "colnum": "224", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "S. Medical research is just one of the many advantages bequeathed by our predecessors in 1946, when the National Health Service Bill was approved in this House. It can hardly be said that the NHS emerged from deep political consensus and professional support. The historian Kenneth Morgan pointed out that the conflict between the BMA and the Government lasted longer than the second world war—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.224.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.224.0", "colnum": "224", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "gan pointed out that the conflict between the BMA and the Government lasted longer than the second world war— [Interruption.] The hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb) says that it is still going on, and I shall come back to that in a few moments. My hon. Friend the Member for Livingston (Mr. Devine) cited a reference from a debate in this House 60 years ago. This was April 1948—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.224.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.226.3", "colnum": "226", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "Of course I will look at that, but today's occasion should not get bogged down in mileage allowances: let us look at the bigger picture—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.226.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.226.3", "colnum": "226", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "hould not get bogged down in mileage allowances: let us look at the bigger picture— [Interruption.] I know that there are three or four ex-nurses in their places around me now. As I said, I will look at the issue, but let us move on from mileage allowances to the big debate in 1948 about whether we should establish a national health service. I am unsure how the Liberals voted in 1946 —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.226.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.228.3", "colnum": "228", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "ew staff, produced a paper proposing the replacement of a tax-financed NHS by a system of private insurance. That was presented to Ministers by the Chancellor and promptly leaked to The Economist , so it became a big scandal. History records that we can thank Lord Fowler, who was Secretary of State for Social Services, for killing off that proposal. We should also remember that every single—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.228.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.230.0", "colnum": "230", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "That is a very good question. [Interruption.] It is a very good question. Last week we had a debate on polyclinics. The argument about GP-led health centres—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.230.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.230.4", "colnum": "230", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "with sustained growth in resources, delivered significant progress: better access, improved treatment in A and E, better treatment for cancer patients and significant reductions in mortality rates from the major killer diseases. From December, no patient will be waiting more than 18 weeks for an operation following referral to treatment. I shall quote Professor John Appleby, chief economist—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.230.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.233.1", "colnum": "233", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "d, because the Government know best how the money should be spent. We see micro-management from Whitehall: the Government tell every hospital in the country to undertake a deep clean, at vast expense. The clinicians tell us that that is not the best way to tackle hospital-acquired infections; but the Government know best. Then there is the debacle of the Medical Training Application Service—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.233.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.237.1", "colnum": "237", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "That suggests to me that waiting time targets might re-emerge, either locally or through the independent board.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.237.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.237.1", "colnum": "237", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "le get access to condition-specific treatment within a defined period, and if they do not receive the treatment, it is paid for by the locally elected health board, if necessary in the private sector. Interestingly, it has not led in Denmark to a haemorrhaging of patients to the private sector; rather, it has been the biggest single driver of improved efficiencies within the state hospital system.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.237.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-24", "file": "debates2008-06-24d.xml", "sha256": "70ba9ed4ec4c0138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.240.2", "colnum": "240", "heading": "Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman makes his point. I now want to come up to date. I have some sympathy with the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-24d.240.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.593.1", "colnum": "593", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": " by showing clinical teams where their greatest opportunities lie. We will create a national quality framework, so that every provider of NHS services systematically measures, analyses and improves its performance. Front-line teams will be supported by a new set of graphically illustrated quality measures that will inform the daily decisions that lead to improvement, known as a clinical dashboard.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.593.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.608.4", "colnum": "608", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "That is myth No. 380 from the Opposition. What we have announced in the pharmacy White Paper is a consultation to look at dispensing pharmacies, principally because we need to ensure that patients have a proper choice. All the things that the hon. Gentleman mentioned in Hansard are absolute, complete, undiluted poppycock. We are not proposing any such thing.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.608.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.623.2", "colnum": "623", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I suppose that that is a clarification. [Interruption.] It is a clarification of sorts. I confess that I have simply referred to the Conservative party policy documents. Obviously, the hon. Gentleman has announced today that they have all changed. I very much—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.623.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.629.4", "colnum": "629", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Robert Flello", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Robert Flello", "preceding_text": "Does my right hon. Friend understand the great sadness felt by my constituents and others in north Staffordshire? They sit on vast reserves of coal, but the mines were closed in the 1980s by the party that now talks about what should have been done in the past in terms of investing for the future—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.629.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.640.0", "colnum": "640", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "preceding_text": "ral: we are covering some of our beautiful countryside with onshore wind farms, when the Government could have made decisions that meant that that was not necessary and we could have had a policy that really worked. The Government's policy has been careless and lazy. The Beane valley is a chalk river valley in my constituency. It has no pylons and its countryside has been the same for 1,000 years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.640.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.661.2", "colnum": "661", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Paice", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Paice", "preceding_text": "y solely on the current situation. Since my hon. Friend has referred us back to the NVZ proposals, it is worth pointing out that I challenged the Secretary of State only a couple of weeks ago about this problem and the gold-plating issue. I heard various sotto voce comments to the effect that there was no gold-plating in the proposals, but I have to tell the Secretary of State that there is—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.661.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.678.0", "colnum": "678", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Ian Gibson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Gibson", "preceding_text": "ght to ensure that safe pesticides exist, and as the argument develops we ought seriously to consider GM crops again. We all know the arguments in respect of GM crops, and I do not want to go through them now, because we will do so on many future occasions, but about 300 million Americans have consumed food derived from GM crops—without a single tort in the most litigious society in history.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.678.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.690.0", "colnum": "690", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "ry of State, it would be to please ensure that that one constituent is treated in a much better way in future. If the right hon. Gentleman is interested to know more about the serious problems that my constituent has faced, I would be happy to talk to him about them. It does not have to be like this. France has eradicated bovine TB. Fewer than 0.004 per cent. of herds in France are infected—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.690.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.695.0", "colnum": "695", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "ond to the market. He is right to say that the EU is an important player in global food production. As the hon. Member for South-East Cambridgeshire said, we also have that responsibility. We will continue to be a contributor to the world, and we will of course support Africa and develop its agricultural industry, as mentioned by the right hon. Member for Flyde in a thought-provoking speech—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.695.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.697.1", "colnum": "697", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State recently gave the go-ahead to a trial involving potatoes, but they were sadly vandalised—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.697.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.697.1", "colnum": "697", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"When?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "ildren on to farms so that they understand that food is not produced neatly wrapped in cellophane by supermarkets, but grown and reared on our farms. The hon. Member for Leominster (Bill Wiggin) referred to animal diseases, and we are grateful for the partnership arrangement for bluetongue. Hon. Members referred to TB. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will make a decision on that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.697.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30a.xml", "sha256": "dd6f4939462707c8", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.703.2", "colnum": "703", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Geoffrey Clifton-Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoffrey Clifton-Brown", "preceding_text": "I should like to start, Mr. Speaker, by thanking you very much for giving me the opportunity to raise the subject of dualling the Swindon to Kemble railway line. I welcome to the debate my constituency neighbours, the hon. Members for Stroud (Mr. Drew) and for Cheltenham (Martin Horwood), and the Minister, who is in his place.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30a.703.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.593.1", "colnum": "593", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": " by showing clinical teams where their greatest opportunities lie. We will create a national quality framework, so that every provider of NHS services systematically measures, analyses and improves its performance. Front-line teams will be supported by a new set of graphically illustrated quality measures that will inform the daily decisions that lead to improvement, known as a clinical dashboard.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.593.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.599.2", "colnum": "599", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "harter. I have the patients charter in front of me. What does it refer to? This, after 16 years of Conservative government: \"For hip or knee replacements and cataract operations, a waiting time guarantee of 18 months\". It was signed by Baroness Bottomley in 1995. What did the Conservatives go on to say? They said: \"From April 1995, the NHS is broadening\" this \"to cover all admissions to hospital.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.599.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.605.1", "colnum": "605", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "verse result that there are half as many GPs per head of population in the poorest areas. That is Dr. Julian Tudor Hart's inverse care law, under which the people who need the care most are least likely to get it. We are not putting up with that any more. Putting new GP services in the 25 poorest communities in the country will tackle health inequalities, and it is essential that we do that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.605.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.608.4", "colnum": "608", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "That is myth No. 380 from the Opposition. What we have announced in the pharmacy White Paper is a consultation to look at dispensing pharmacies, principally because we need to ensure that patients have a proper choice. All the things that the hon. Gentleman mentioned in Hansard are absolute, complete, undiluted poppycock. We are not proposing any such thing.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.608.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.623.0", "colnum": "623", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "represent in all those regards not a step forward, but a step backwards. The one thing that investors tell us time and again is to keep the incentive regime predictable and not to scrap the renewables obligation for large-scale electricity generation. So what do the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton and his party actually propose to do? They still propose to scrap the renewables obligation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.623.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.623.2", "colnum": "623", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I suppose that that is a clarification.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.623.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.623.2", "colnum": "623", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I suppose that that is a clarification. [Interruption.] It is a clarification of sorts. I confess that I have simply referred to the Conservative party policy documents. Obviously, the hon. Gentleman has announced today that they have all changed. I very much—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.623.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.627.4", "colnum": "627", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "I have not yet quite finished this point. I will give way to the hon. Lady shortly.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.627.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.629.1", "colnum": "629", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "lton is naive. He has had a very substantial career in the oil industry. He and many of his colleagues cannot really believe in the approach that has just been put forward by the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) . It must be the panderers who have come out on top again. The panderers used to be an endangered species, as we all remember, but sadly they now seem to be alive and well—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.629.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.629.4", "colnum": "629", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Robert Flello", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Robert Flello", "preceding_text": "Does my right hon. Friend understand the great sadness felt by my constituents and others in north Staffordshire? They sit on vast reserves of coal, but the mines were closed in the 1980s by the party that now talks about what should have been done in the past in terms of investing for the future—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.629.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.640.0", "colnum": "640", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "preceding_text": "ral: we are covering some of our beautiful countryside with onshore wind farms, when the Government could have made decisions that meant that that was not necessary and we could have had a policy that really worked. The Government's policy has been careless and lazy. The Beane valley is a chalk river valley in my constituency. It has no pylons and its countryside has been the same for 1,000 years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.640.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.649.3", "colnum": "649", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "osals that will push forward carbon capture and storage—a vital technology in the fight against climate change. Indeed, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State noted that we have published today a consultation document on CCS. Although that consultation is ongoing, we intend to continue to process power station applications and take decisions under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.649.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.661.2", "colnum": "661", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "James Paice", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Paice", "preceding_text": "y solely on the current situation. Since my hon. Friend has referred us back to the NVZ proposals, it is worth pointing out that I challenged the Secretary of State only a couple of weeks ago about this problem and the gold-plating issue. I heard various sotto voce comments to the effect that there was no gold-plating in the proposals, but I have to tell the Secretary of State that there is—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.661.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.672.5", "colnum": "672", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "preceding_text": "o so, that trade is indeed a good thing, which is why I have just told the House that we need an open global trading system. However, I also said to my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, East (Kerry McCarthy) that individuals have a choice. If they are going to eat apples, which lots of people do—doing so is very good for them—they can decide where they want their apples to come from.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.672.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.673.1", "colnum": "673", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "preceding_text": "I will give way one final time in a minute, as it is my hon. Friend. What is striking about this debate is that all of us can think of things that we might need to worry about—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.673.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.674.1", "colnum": "674", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Rogerson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Rogerson", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend makes a good point. I listened with interest to the Secretary of State, but I was disappointed that he did not focus a little more on that question and on the Government's role in at least ensuring that single farm payments are made in time to farmers who rely on them to invest in the sorts of things that we want to see—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.674.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.676.3", "colnum": "676", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Roger Williams", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Roger Williams", "preceding_text": "unted for and spent, but some of the compliance requirements do not seem to go that way at all. Nitrate vulnerable zones have been mentioned. It is all very well for the Secretary of State to say, \"I wasn't there when the agreement was made,\" but we have to deal with the issue now, and ensure that Britain is not disadvantaged while other countries are not made to sort out their difficulties—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.676.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.678.0", "colnum": "678", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Ian Gibson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Gibson", "preceding_text": " safe pesticides exist, and as the argument develops we ought seriously to consider genetically modified crops again. We all know the arguments in respect of GM crops, and I do not want to go through them now, because we will do so on many future occasions, but about 300 million Americans have consumed food derived from GM crops—without a single tort in the most litigious society in history.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.678.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.690.0", "colnum": "690", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "ary of State, it would be to please ensure that that one constituent is treated in a much better way in future. If the right hon. Gentleman is interested to know more about the serious problems that my constituent has faced, I would be happy to talk to him about them. It does not have to be like this. France has eradicated bovine TB. Less than 0.004 per cent. of herds in France are infected—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.690.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-06-30", "file": "debates2008-06-30b.xml", "sha256": "f667f465a36f3761", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.697.1", "colnum": "697", "heading": "Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"When?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "ildren on to farms so that they understand that food is not produced neatly wrapped in cellophane by supermarkets, but grown and reared on our farms. The hon. Member for Leominster (Bill Wiggin) referred to animal diseases, and we are grateful for the partnership arrangement for bluetongue. Hon. Members referred to TB. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will make a decision on that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-06-30b.697.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01a.xml", "sha256": "d4742b514785a6fd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01a.734.1", "colnum": "734", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "on system, in which the general population can experience at first hand exactly how, where and when they are being taxed. It will lead to greater understanding of the taxation system and, I hope, mark the beginning of the end of stealth taxes, with which the incumbent Government have become synonymous. There is not enough time to go through examples of every tax, and no one would want me to do so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01a.734.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01a.xml", "sha256": "d4742b514785a6fd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01a.821.4", "colnum": "821", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Frank Field", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Frank Field", "preceding_text": "swer, however, and I very much hope that the Economic Secretary will respond to the main points in the debate. When historians write up the Labour Government, the two changes they will pick on as the most lasting are the ban on smoking and the establishment of civil partnerships. Both of them changed in a significant and good way the nature of our society, one because it used the law to set—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01a.821.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.718.0", "colnum": "718", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "s from reports, one can pick and choose what slant one wants to put on the matter. The challenge panel has been tasked with testing out the developers on whether the plans deserve the brand of \"eco\" or whether they were trying to get another plan in under the radar. I thought that everyone wanted it to do that. One task the panel had was to press developers on how to reduce reliance on cars—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.718.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.725.5", "colnum": "725", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "placency is not one of them. Clearly the pressure on our housing list is concerning, which is why we have doubled the amount of money that we can spend on affordable housing. As I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Pudsey (Mr. Truswell) , however, we also have to look at the different types of housing that we provide to people. The waiting list is not an indicator of absolute need. Since—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.725.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.734.1", "colnum": "734", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Evans", "preceding_text": "on system, in which the general population can experience at first hand exactly how, where and when they are being taxed. It will lead to greater understanding of the taxation system and, I hope, mark the beginning of the end of stealth taxes, with which the incumbent Government have become synonymous. There is not enough time to go through examples of every tax, and no one would want me to do so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.734.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.759.5", "colnum": "759", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "I am getting to the point, but the Labour party could learn much from the process because it is instructive on the way in which a political party that has lost its moorings and is trying to position itself in a way that is advantageous to Opposition parties can end up—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.759.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.761.2", "colnum": "761", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "That is precisely what I am waiting with bated breath to hear the Financial Secretary announce—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.761.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.762.3", "colnum": "762", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "It was not me who started it; it was the Prime Minister, with such an appallingly ill-judged electioneering Budget. Anyone who thought that his judgment was sound—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.762.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.762.7", "colnum": "762", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "I am having difficulty getting to the nub of my argument, so perhaps the hon. Gentleman will allow me to make a little more progress—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.762.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.775.1", "colnum": "775", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"When?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "ete, whether they will be cast-iron and, by my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Leicestershire, whether they will be copper-bottomed. I cannot find a form of words that will provide a stronger way of saying this. I shall mention some of the things that we have considered, but we intend to make proposals that will do precisely what my right hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead is looking for.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.775.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.776.9", "colnum": "776", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jane Kennedy", "preceding_text": "I should tell the House that I believe that new clause 6, tabled by the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge, is technically flawed.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.776.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.779.7", "colnum": "779", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Taylor", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Taylor", "preceding_text": " me again. There are Whips all round the Chamber, who do not routinely see me as a paid-up member of the deferential patsy tendency from which ministerial aspirants are traditionally selected. However, I can tell my right hon. Friend that with a huge amount of trust and good will, which I hope will be repaid in the pre-Budget report, and after great agonising, I shall not at this stage move—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.779.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-01", "file": "debates2008-07-01b.xml", "sha256": "581065a3136160b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.821.4", "colnum": "821", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Frank Field", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Frank Field", "preceding_text": "swer, however, and I very much hope that the Economic Secretary will respond to the main points in the debate. When historians write up the Labour Government, the two changes they will pick on as the most lasting are the ban on smoking and the establishment of civil partnerships. Both of them changed in a significant and good way the nature of our society, one because it used the law to set—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-01b.821.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-02", "file": "debates2008-07-02b.xml", "sha256": "6d38c5b94a4ef806", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02b.877.1", "colnum": "877", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "ve Britain's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment and business expansion location. The agenda will send a signal to business that UK plc wants to begin the long process of rebuilding its reputation as a mature, stable and attractive location for business—a reputation that, I am afraid, the Government rather casually placed in jeopardy in their darkest hour last November—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02b.877.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-02", "file": "debates2008-07-02c.xml", "sha256": "f4fb288b2d875a92", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02c.856.2", "colnum": "856", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "Have we not, once again, seen the Prime Minister's utter inability to be straight with people? Why cannot he give a straight answer to a straight question? The Chief Whip —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02c.856.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-02", "file": "debates2008-07-02c.xml", "sha256": "f4fb288b2d875a92", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02c.867.2", "colnum": "867", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "loped system of tax collection, would not be appropriate in a mature tax jurisdiction such as ours. It is important that we look at all these issues, however, and that we are able to do so with no holds barred. Many people to whom we speak, including those with an intimate knowledge of how government works, and including some who were sitting on the Treasury Bench only a couple of years ago—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02c.867.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-02", "file": "debates2008-07-02c.xml", "sha256": "f4fb288b2d875a92", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02c.877.1", "colnum": "877", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "ve Britain's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment and business expansion location. The agenda will send a signal to business that UK plc wants to begin the long process of rebuilding its reputation as a mature, stable and attractive location for business—a reputation that, I am afraid, the Government rather casually placed in jeopardy in their darkest hour last November—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02c.877.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-02", "file": "debates2008-07-02c.xml", "sha256": "f4fb288b2d875a92", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02c.883.1", "colnum": "883", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "preceding_text": "g programme of tax simplification in place, and the Government continue to use PBRs and Budgets to simplify the tax system wherever they can. The hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge is quite wrong to say that the length of the tax guide indicates how complicated the tax system is. We want to ensure that our legislation is accessible and simple to users, which can involve increasing its length.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-02c.883.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-03", "file": "debates2008-07-03b.xml", "sha256": "78a911798fcc6f20", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1033.2", "colnum": "1033", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "avel patterns or any information that could lead to Members being insecure and therefore unable to speak freely in this House. There will be an opportunity to debate this issue in the second of this afternoon's debates. I know that the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) has tabled an amendment, but I hope that he will not press it to a vote. We simply have to act —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1033.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-03", "file": "debates2008-07-03b.xml", "sha256": "78a911798fcc6f20", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1067.2", "colnum": "1067", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "John Spellar", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Spellar", "preceding_text": "cause so much emphasis is now placed on performance-related pay. Indeed, the SSRB's latest report on senior salaries adds another 1 per cent.—up to 8 per cent. of total salaries—to the performance pot. Settlements and earnings are quite different things. This is how we got into this problem, with our link to the senior civil service; the rates have stuck, but the earnings have gone up.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1067.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-03", "file": "debates2008-07-03b.xml", "sha256": "78a911798fcc6f20", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1089.4", "colnum": "1089", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"You will.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "Mr. Speaker, the third expression of opinion motion would put into effect Sir John Baker's three-year £650 catch-ups. I have placed it on the Order Paper for the convenience of the House, and am prepared to move it formally, but if I do so, we will then be voting no—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1089.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-03", "file": "debates2008-07-03b.xml", "sha256": "78a911798fcc6f20", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1099.1", "colnum": "1099", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Nick Harvey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nick Harvey", "preceding_text": "und;25 to zero. When we made that change, it was I who was sent to the media studios. The interviewers did not say, \"This is entirely commendable. The House of Commons has reduced its receipt threshold from £250 to £25.\" The first question on the lips of every interviewer was, \"Why are you sticking at this £25 threshold when the rest of the world expects receipts for everything?\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1099.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-03", "file": "debates2008-07-03b.xml", "sha256": "78a911798fcc6f20", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1102.0", "colnum": "1102", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Nick Harvey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nick Harvey", "preceding_text": "The comment about being lyrical could be employed there, too. The proposals include measures that are intended to try to improve the reputation of the House, and we believe that they constitute a balanced package. I know that some Members are unhappy that we are getting rid of the so-called \"John Lewis list\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1102.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-03", "file": "debates2008-07-03b.xml", "sha256": "78a911798fcc6f20", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1125.2", "colnum": "1125", "heading": "NHS 60TH ANNIVERSARY", "cue_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "preceding_text": "but without whom the health service would not work. I do not want to be too partisan in these days when even the Tory party says it loves the NHS. However, it might be worth pointing out that I understand that some hours ago the Tory party demanded access to some of the \"NHS at 60\" badges, which I am proud to be wearing. In earlier debates, I saw very few Conservative Members wearing those badges.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1125.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-03", "file": "debates2008-07-03b.xml", "sha256": "78a911798fcc6f20", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1125.2", "colnum": "1125", "heading": "NHS 60TH ANNIVERSARY", "cue_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "preceding_text": "ication to the NHS in 1946 when the Bill to create it was being taken through the House. My namesake—but no relation, I think—Major Lloyd said that taking over the hospitals was like Henry VIII taking over the monasteries, but most of our constituents are delighted that our hospitals are now part of the NHS and safe in Labour's hands. I wish the Tories had been so careful with the NHS.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-03b.1125.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07c.xml", "sha256": "7e7fd0d67eed19fe", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07c.1202.1", "colnum": "1202", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "preceding_text": " for Scarborough and Whitby (Mr. Goodwill) said, the scheme has also been a victim of its own success, as there has been a big increase in the number of bus journeys. On the face of it, that is absolutely right, and I see many people around Worthing getting on buses, so the buses are being well used. I have to say, however, that many of the people who get on those buses do not get off them —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07c.1202.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07c.xml", "sha256": "7e7fd0d67eed19fe", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07c.1202.1", "colnum": "1202", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "preceding_text": "round and comes all the way back in order to deposit them on the right side of the road. That seems absurd, but it is happening. It provides another example of excessive bus journeys, which have to be accounted for by the local bus company. I am trying to address the problem by getting the local authority to put a pedestrian crossing of some description on that part of the road, which should help.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07c.1202.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07c.xml", "sha256": "7e7fd0d67eed19fe", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07c.1207.1", "colnum": "1207", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Rosie Winterton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rosie Winterton", "preceding_text": "nce of community transport. I absolutely agree with her. More quality partnerships, and if necessary, quality contracts are needed. In that way, it could be easier for local authorities in some instances to insist on integrated ticketing. I am sure that she needs no reminder that those on the main Opposition Front Bench have consistently voted against the changes in the Local Transport Bill—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07c.1207.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1149.7", "colnum": "1149", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members:\"Labour has not got one yet. \"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I say again that topical questions are not for questions about by-elections; those are for the candidates out there.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1149.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1155.0", "colnum": "1155", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "James Paice", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Paice", "preceding_text": "What powers will the group have to do anything? He spoke of more money being available. Will he tell us how much, and where it will come from? The right hon. Gentleman, as he said, has declined to control badgers and, in doing so, has gone against not only the demands of farmers but the recommendation of the Select Committee, the advice of Sir David King and even the evidence collected by the ISG.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1155.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1159.1", "colnum": "1159", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "preceding_text": "the evidence and I have talked to all those who have a view. Sir David King looked at the science and said what the effect would be if we met all the conditions. By his own acknowledgement, he did not consider the practicality. In reaching a decision, I am bound to consider both the science and the practicality. Self-evidently, if all the badgers were, for the sake of argument, to be culled—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1159.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1162.1", "colnum": "1162", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "preceding_text": "I am sure that my hon. Friend will believe me when I say that the easiest decision that I could have taken would have been to announce another study, another review, another piece of work—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1162.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1199.2", "colnum": "1199", "heading": "ESTIMATES DAY — [3rd Allotted Day] — ESTIMATES, 2008-09 — DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "scheme, that the amount is adequate and that local taxpayers in Shropshire do not have to cover the difference. I want to highlight for the Minister some specific points about Shropshire. Shropshire has a much higher percentage of over-85-year-olds than anywhere else in the country, and Shrewsbury has been voted the number one retirement destination in England, because it is such a beautiful town.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1199.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1199.2", "colnum": "1199", "heading": "ESTIMATES DAY — [3rd Allotted Day] — ESTIMATES, 2008-09 — DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "hat everything be done uniformly. The Opposition are always calling for local flexibility, but I very much hope that the Minister will assure us that there will be certain guidelines for councils. It would be rather iniquitous for any council to allow a disabled person to use the scheme only after 9.30 am if that person were trying to get to work. Very few people whom I know start work at 9.30 am.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1199.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1202.1", "colnum": "1202", "heading": "ESTIMATES DAY — [3rd Allotted Day] — ESTIMATES, 2008-09 — DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "preceding_text": " for Scarborough and Whitby (Mr. Goodwill) said, the scheme has also been a victim of its own success, as there has been a big increase in the number of bus journeys. On the face of it, that is absolutely right, and I see many people around Worthing getting on buses, so the buses are being well used. I have to say, however, that many of the people who get on those buses do not get off them —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1202.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1202.1", "colnum": "1202", "heading": "ESTIMATES DAY — [3rd Allotted Day] — ESTIMATES, 2008-09 — DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "preceding_text": "round and comes all the way back in order to deposit them on the right side of the road. That seems absurd, but it is happening. It provides another example of excessive bus journeys, which have to be accounted for by the local bus company. I am trying to address the problem by getting the local authority to put a pedestrian crossing of some description on that part of the road, which should help.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1202.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1205.3", "colnum": "1205", "heading": "ESTIMATES DAY — [3rd Allotted Day] — ESTIMATES, 2008-09 — DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "preceding_text": " see the Minister, they basically said, \"Great scheme, but we don't want to run it. We want all our council tax payers to have the benefit of it, but we don't want our council tax payers to have to pay for it as well, given that this is supposed to be fully funded.\" My local council leaders would prefer the scheme to be taken out of their hands and to be run nationally or by some other body—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1205.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1207.1", "colnum": "1207", "heading": "ESTIMATES DAY — [3rd Allotted Day] — ESTIMATES, 2008-09 — DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Rosie Winterton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rosie Winterton", "preceding_text": "nce of community transport. I absolutely agree with her. More quality partnerships and, if necessary, quality contracts are needed. In that way, it could be easier for local authorities in some instances to insist on integrated ticketing. I am sure that she needs no reminder that those on the main Opposition Front Bench have consistently voted against the changes in the Local Transport Bill—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1207.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-07", "file": "debates2008-07-07d.xml", "sha256": "38365042ea36f390", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1251.3", "colnum": "1251", "heading": "DEPARTMENT FOR INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS", "cue_speaker": "Ian Pearson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Pearson", "preceding_text": "I shall talk about delivery plans in a moment—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-07d.1251.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08a.xml", "sha256": "be78f36741b77a0f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1290.2", "colnum": "1290", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": "mittee of the other place was made two or three weeks ago, but the trial took place as long ago as 2004, the murder took place in 2002 and the Court of Appeal considered the matter in 2006. Throughout that time, I suspect that lawyers within the Government will have been anticipating—if they were not, they should have been—one result or the other. That is to say, a confirmation —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1290.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08a.xml", "sha256": "be78f36741b77a0f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1290.2", "colnum": "1290", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": " ago as 2004, the murder took place in 2002 and the Court of Appeal considered the matter in 2006. Throughout that time, I suspect that lawyers within the Government will have been anticipating—if they were not, they should have been—one result or the other. That is to say, a confirmation —[ Interruption. ] If the Home Secretary would keep her mouth shut briefly, we could get on.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1290.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08a.xml", "sha256": "be78f36741b77a0f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1329.0", "colnum": "1329", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "preceding_text": "fully told us. That information will undoubtedly inform the debate when the matter next comes before the House. Finally, the amendments that the hon. Member for Cambridge has tabled to clause 3(2) are sensible. In effect, clause 3(2) says that if a defendant wants anonymity for a witness, they have to give full details to the prosecution. Why should the prosecution not do the same for the defence?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1329.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08a.xml", "sha256": "be78f36741b77a0f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1329.0", "colnum": "1329", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "preceding_text": "he person is leaked by a police source? I am not impugning the police; my brother is a serving officer, as was my father. I am not anti-police in any way, but there are bad apples in every barrel. We have seen several police leaks recently that have caused mayhem here and there. I am concerned that a defendant has to give full details, which could end up anywhere, whereas the prosecution does not.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1329.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08a.xml", "sha256": "be78f36741b77a0f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1335.1", "colnum": "1335", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Howarth", "preceding_text": "ope that the Government will listen to the case that will be made for having the independent counsel. One view, which I have heard Ministers allude to, is that the judge can do the investigatory work. That is implausible given the judge's other tasks, and it is also implausible to expect a judge who was, for example, a commercial silk suddenly to turn into a criminal defence or prosecution lawyer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1335.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08a.xml", "sha256": "be78f36741b77a0f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1351.2", "colnum": "1351", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": " authority and, to a degree, article 6 authority. I do not dismiss any of the arguments made this evening by my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Medway (Mr. Marshall-Andrews) —I was about to say \"Maidstone\" but that was a Freudian slip. Both constituencies begin with \"M\" and both are in Kent; both are close to the very first constituency I fought, which was Tunbridge and Malling—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1351.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08a.xml", "sha256": "be78f36741b77a0f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1351.2", "colnum": "1351", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "dash; [ Interruption. ] I lost. Indeed, I came third and took a pound off the Liberal candidate who was convinced it would be him, so at least I came away from the count with something. I listened with great care to what my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Medway said, as I did to the other right hon. and hon. Members on both sides of the House. We have to pin down some serious issues—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1351.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08a.xml", "sha256": "be78f36741b77a0f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1362.1", "colnum": "1362", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": "Thank you very much. I am most grateful to the Solicitor-General.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1362.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08a.xml", "sha256": "be78f36741b77a0f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1368.0", "colnum": "1368", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Howarth", "preceding_text": "ee with the point made by the hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) about \"serious\" being a cause of confusion. Indeed, that word might offer some advantage. However, there is a question about somebody who is threatened with abduction. Is that a matter of their safety, whether or not they are threatened with an injury or an assault? There is some argument for the Government's draft as it is —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08a.1368.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1267.5", "colnum": "1267", "heading": "TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Michael Fabricant", "cue_text": "Laughter", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Fabricant", "preceding_text": "Does the right hon. Lady understand that it is not much fun standing on a platform and a high-speed train sucks you off because of the turbulence—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1267.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1290.2", "colnum": "1290", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": "mittee of the other place was made two or three weeks ago, but the trial took place as long ago as 2004, the murder took place in 2002 and the Court of Appeal considered the matter in 2006. Throughout that time, I suspect that lawyers within the Government will have been anticipating—if they were not, they should have been—one result or the other. That is to say, a confirmation —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1290.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1290.2", "colnum": "1290", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": " ago as 2004, the murder took place in 2002 and the Court of Appeal considered the matter in 2006. Throughout that time, I suspect that lawyers within the Government will have been anticipating—if they were not, they should have been—one result or the other. That is to say, a confirmation —[ Interruption. ] If the Home Secretary would keep her mouth shut briefly, we could get on.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1290.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1307.1", "colnum": "1307", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "of, the identity of the witness is known to the judge, and the screening—and, for example, the mechanical disguising of the voice—is for the defendant and his representatives, but the jury can see the witness. Therefore, such special measures are put in place—and precisely those arrangements were put in place in the case of Davis, which was the subject of the Law Lords' judgment.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1307.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1308.1", "colnum": "1308", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "They do things differently, and they always have done. The right hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife (Sir Menzies Campbell) , who is present, is a good Scots lawyer, and one of the things I learned on almost the first day I began studying English law was that I would gradually become acquainted with the legal systems of Ireland, Australia, Canada and Malta, but never of Scotland.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1308.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1310.2", "colnum": "1310", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": "Not for the first time, the Lord Chancellor alleges that the courts have an inherent jurisdiction to appoint a special advocate, as distinct from an amicus or counsel to an inquiry, for example. When he deals with the special advocate proposals, will he please arm himself with some authority for that view? I know that he mentioned the Davis case—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1310.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1329.0", "colnum": "1329", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "preceding_text": "fully told us. That information will undoubtedly inform the debate when the matter next comes before the House. Finally, the amendments that the hon. Member for Cambridge has tabled to clause 3(2) are sensible. In effect, clause 3(2) says that if a defendant wants anonymity for a witness, they have to give full details to the prosecution. Why should the prosecution not do the same for the defence?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1329.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1329.0", "colnum": "1329", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Elfyn Llwyd", "preceding_text": "he person is leaked by a police source? I am not impugning the police; my brother is a serving officer, as was my father. I am not anti-police in any way, but there are bad apples in every barrel. We have seen several police leaks recently that have caused mayhem here and there. I am concerned that a defendant has to give full details, which could end up anywhere, whereas the prosecution does not.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1329.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1335.1", "colnum": "1335", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Howarth", "preceding_text": "ope that the Government will listen to the case that will be made for having the independent counsel. One view, which I have heard Ministers allude to, is that the judge can do the investigatory work. That is implausible given the judge's other tasks, and it is also implausible to expect a judge who was, for example, a commercial silk suddenly to turn into a criminal defence or prosecution lawyer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1335.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1351.2", "colnum": "1351", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": " authority and, to a degree, article 6 authority. I do not dismiss any of the arguments made this evening by my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Medway (Mr. Marshall-Andrews) —I was about to say \"Maidstone\" but that was a Freudian slip. Both constituencies begin with \"M\" and both are in Kent; both are close to the very first constituency I fought, which was Tunbridge and Malling—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1351.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1351.2", "colnum": "1351", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "dash; [ Interruption. ] I lost. Indeed, I came third and took a pound off the Liberal candidate who was convinced it would be him, so at least I came away from the count with something. I listened with great care to what my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Medway said, as I did to the other right hon. and hon. Members on both sides of the House. We have to pin down some serious issues—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1351.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1362.1", "colnum": "1362", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": "Thank you very much. I am most grateful to the Solicitor-General.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1362.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-08", "file": "debates2008-07-08b.xml", "sha256": "ea96579729bc177a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1368.0", "colnum": "1368", "heading": "Orders of the Day — CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Howarth", "preceding_text": "ee with the point made by the hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) about \"serious\" being a cause of confusion. Indeed, that word might offer some advantage. However, there is a question about somebody who is threatened with abduction. Is that a matter of their safety, whether or not they are threatened with an injury or an assault? There is some argument for the Government's draft as it is —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-08b.1368.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09b.xml", "sha256": "8154a73826d9b92c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1415.0", "colnum": "1415", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "preceding_text": "uncil and has no role on policy, but earns £33,000 a year, to be barred from any democratic political activity because of that. It sends out the wrong message. It is right to correct that situation, which was caused by the previous Government. Finally, the hon. Gentleman said that we had stripped powers away from local government, and that if we gave it more powers, that would be the answer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1415.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09b.xml", "sha256": "8154a73826d9b92c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1443.1", "colnum": "1443", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Justine Greening", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Justine Greening", "preceding_text": " their actions have serious and damaging consequences for people's cost of living. We talked earlier about dithering over the fuel duty rise. What families need from the Government is certainty. They need to be able to plan ahead. I will tell the Financial Secretary what she could do right now: she could tell us when the Government are going to make an announcement on their planned fuel duty rise.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1443.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09b.xml", "sha256": "8154a73826d9b92c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1446.1", "colnum": "1446", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Justine Greening", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Justine Greening", "preceding_text": "er beneficial aspect of our measure. It would not only provide stability for household finances—although that is the most important part of what we are doing—but provide stability, as she ought to know, for the public finances. Our proposal would ensure that at times of rising oil prices, the Government would receive an unexpected windfall. Ministers have questioned our proposal—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1446.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09b.xml", "sha256": "8154a73826d9b92c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1487.3", "colnum": "1487", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bob Neill", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Neill", "preceding_text": "end the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham has said, in due course an incoming Conservative Government will need to take some fundamental action on how we allocate and distribute grant. The Government are trying to shift and shuffle responsibility. I see that the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing is here. He is very good at shifting and shuffling responsibility—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1487.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09b.xml", "sha256": "8154a73826d9b92c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1494.0", "colnum": "1494", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "preceding_text": "s. They are supposed to act in a way that is not only sound in terms of the philosophy of what they are doing, but which makes sense pragmatically in terms of making it likely that they will achieve the objectives of the institution for which they have a charge. They suddenly asked for 78 per cent—I think the figure is 78.5 per cent. actually, but I always say 78 per cent. to try to be fair.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09b.1494.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1394.0", "colnum": "1394", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"He is.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I shall try to settle this, and I think that this is the easiest way. The Minister is not responsible for party campaigns.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1394.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1400.0", "colnum": "1400", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Robert Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Robert Smith", "preceding_text": "rose—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1400.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1402.0", "colnum": "1402", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "Of course, all offers of help from the Opposition to get our legislation through are very welcome. The right hon. Gentleman was in the Cabinet under the previous Conservative Government, so perhaps he knows a bit about the economy. Perhaps he will remember that when he was in the Cabinet—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1402.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1402.2", "colnum": "1402", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Higher!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "Since the right hon. Gentleman is offering Labour Members economic advice, perhaps I can remind him of the time when he was in the Cabinet. Was unemployment higher or lower than it is now? It was higher. Were interest rates higher or lower than they are now?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1402.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1402.2", "colnum": "1402", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Higher!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "Since the right hon. Gentleman is offering Labour Members economic advice, perhaps I can remind him of the time when he was in the Cabinet. Was unemployment higher or lower than it is now? It was higher. Were interest rates higher or lower than they are now? [Hon. Members: \"Higher!\"] Was debt higher or lower than it is now?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1402.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1407.1", "colnum": "1407", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "What we are concerned about is this. We are in government in order—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1407.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1411.1", "colnum": "1411", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"We've had enough of them!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "preceding_text": "ew and scrutiny systems, which should be analogous to the Select Committee system at national level. Local public officials will need to appear before regular public hearings, and there will be a new right to petition to hold local officers to account at public meetings. There will be a consultation on making it easier to demand a referendum on whether to have a directly elected local mayor—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1411.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1411.1", "colnum": "1411", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "preceding_text": "councils at community level, such as parish and neighbourhood councils, and will introduce a new right for local people to appeal to the Secretary of State if their council denies them the opportunity to establish a community council. We will introduce a national system to recognise the contribution of councillors who have served two full terms, by giving them the title \"Alderman\" or \"Alderwoman\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1411.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1411.1", "colnum": "1411", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "preceding_text": " local people to appeal to the Secretary of State if their council denies them the opportunity to establish a community council. We will introduce a national system to recognise the contribution of councillors who have served two full terms, by giving them the title \"Alderman\" or \"Alderwoman\". [Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"] That is fine. Some Members of Parliament would be entitled to use that title—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1411.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1415.0", "colnum": "1415", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "preceding_text": "uncil and has no role on policy, but earns £33,000 a year, to be barred from any democratic political activity because of that. It sends out the wrong message. It is right to correct that situation, which was caused by the previous Government. Finally, the hon. Gentleman said that we had stripped powers away from local government, and that if we gave it more powers, that would be the answer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1415.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1426.0", "colnum": "1426", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Clelland", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Clelland", "preceding_text": "I am an honorary alderman of Gateshead council—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1426.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1444.1", "colnum": "1444", "heading": "Opposition Day", "cue_speaker": "Justine Greening", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Justine Greening", "preceding_text": " their actions have serious and damaging consequences for people's cost of living. We talked earlier about dithering over the fuel duty rise. What families need from the Government is certainty. They need to be able to plan ahead. I will tell the Financial Secretary what she could do right now: she could tell us when the Government are going to make an announcement on their planned fuel duty rise.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1444.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1446.1", "colnum": "1446", "heading": "Opposition Day", "cue_speaker": "Justine Greening", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Justine Greening", "preceding_text": " the other beneficial aspect of our measure. It would provide not only stability for household finances—although that is the most important part of what we are doing—but stability, as she ought to know, for the public finances. Our proposal would ensure that at times of rising oil prices, the Government would receive an unexpected windfall. Ministers have questioned our proposal—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1446.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1471.1", "colnum": "1471", "heading": "Opposition Day", "cue_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kitty Ussher", "preceding_text": "n. Friend asked what we were doing to help people to cope. We understand, of course, as I said in my opening statement, the significant difficulties faced by families feeling the pinch. At such a time, it is right for the Government to use whatever resources are at their disposal to ensure that everybody—whether they be working class or middle class—has access to good impartial advice.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1471.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1487.3", "colnum": "1487", "heading": "Deferred divisions", "cue_speaker": "Bob Neill", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Neill", "preceding_text": "ber for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Mr. Higg) has said, in due course an incoming Conservative Government will need to take some fundamental action on how we allocate and distribute grant. The Government are trying to shift and shuffle responsibility. I see that the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing is here. He is very good at shifting and shuffling responsibility—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1487.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1489.1", "colnum": "1489", "heading": "Deferred divisions", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "ional commander with the local Member of Parliament, who is a member of the Select Committee, and we examined Staffordshire's innovative approach to reducing bureaucracy and red tape. It had reduced casework files from 16 pages to one page. I do not know whether that has happened in Lincolnshire; nor am I sure whether it has occurred in Leicestershire, because I have not asked our chief constable.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1489.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-09", "file": "debates2008-07-09c.xml", "sha256": "4a0309f48a4453df", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1494.0", "colnum": "1494", "heading": "Deferred divisions", "cue_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Quentin Davies", "preceding_text": "s. They are supposed to act in a way that is not only sound in terms of the philosophy of what they are doing, but which makes sense pragmatically in terms of making it likely that they will achieve the objectives of the institution for which they have a charge. They suddenly asked for 78 per cent—I think the figure is 78.5 per cent. actually, but I always say 78 per cent. to try to be fair.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-09c.1494.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-10", "file": "debates2008-07-10a.xml", "sha256": "4caef1d062bb8c7d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10a.1552.0", "colnum": "1552", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "ts at the moment, it would make no sense for them to cut development aid because it is needed to help Africa with both the agricultural agenda and the environmental agenda. I disagree with the right hon. Gentleman when he says that we did not do enough on millennium development goals at the summit. It is true that there is legitimate debate among countries about the level of development aid—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10a.1552.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-10", "file": "debates2008-07-10b.xml", "sha256": "c54b3cbbbefa7d1f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1542.4", "colnum": "1542", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "preceding_text": "Of course we must recognise that the economic downturn is a worry for our constituents, but it is shared across the world. Siemens in Germany has made redundancy announcements, the Federal Reserve in America is having to make more provisions for its banking sector, and the Irish economy is stuttering. Does my right hon. Friend share my further worry that, while there is a downturn—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1542.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-10", "file": "debates2008-07-10b.xml", "sha256": "c54b3cbbbefa7d1f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1543.0", "colnum": "1543", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Ben Chapman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ben Chapman", "preceding_text": "nouncement of a scheme to provide personal advice on money matters in the north of England to the tune of £30 million, but can the Minister tell me how it is to be delivered? Will it be wholly internet-based, will it be provided through organisations such as the citizens advice bureaux, or will there be a combination of those arrangements? Will the Minister also tell me to what extent—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1543.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-10", "file": "debates2008-07-10b.xml", "sha256": "c54b3cbbbefa7d1f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1551.0", "colnum": "1551", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " help people who need a car to get to work? First, why does he not scrap his retrospective vehicle excise duty tax hike for next year? Will he at least admit that when he told me from the Dispatch Box that a majority of drivers would benefit, he was wrong? Will he now correct himself and apologise to the House for getting it wrong? Secondly, will he look at our proposal for a fair fuel stabiliser?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1551.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-10", "file": "debates2008-07-10b.xml", "sha256": "c54b3cbbbefa7d1f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1552.0", "colnum": "1552", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "ts at the moment, it would make no sense for them to cut development aid because it is needed to help Africa with both the agricultural agenda and the environmental agenda. I disagree with the right hon. Gentleman when he says that we did not do enough on millennium development goals at the summit. It is true that there is legitimate debate among countries about the level of development aid—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1552.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-10", "file": "debates2008-07-10b.xml", "sha256": "c54b3cbbbefa7d1f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1554.0", "colnum": "1554", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "and everyone else followed. Today, emerging powers such as China and India are a bit like large shareholders, demanding change that the board cannot deliver, and since today is the day for Tory jokes about Heathcliff, I hope that the Prime Minister will agree that the G8 should not die a death like Heathcliff—a man ranting and raving at a world he can no longer understand, control or change.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1554.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-10", "file": "debates2008-07-10b.xml", "sha256": "c54b3cbbbefa7d1f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1570.3", "colnum": "1570", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ation Committee, including those from regional development agencies, strategic health authorities, the Highways Agency and regional arts agencies, as well as regional Ministers and members of the Liaison Committee. We had some very important evidence-gathering sessions. Then the Modernisation Committee made a decision, as the right hon. Gentleman said. Although the Committee was agreed that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1570.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-10", "file": "debates2008-07-10b.xml", "sha256": "c54b3cbbbefa7d1f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1608.2", "colnum": "1608", "heading": "ISLE OF MAN", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Rosindell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Rosindell", "preceding_text": "ure, the will for democracy and a passion for freedom, backed up by a robust legal system. Given our geographical and historical proximity, a strong business culture is also shared by the UK and the Isle of Man, which in recent years has succeeded in becoming a gateway to the City of London in ways that are highly beneficial to both. Of course, the Isle of Man is not a member of the European Union", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-10b.1608.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14b.xml", "sha256": "d83d27a0b463d7b5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14b.21.1", "colnum": "21", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "ld welcome views on those options. The cross-party group faithfully and assiduously followed the mandate set for it by the Commons in March 2007. We are now keen for there to be a wide-ranging and thorough debate on our proposals. But I hope that all members of the cross-party group share my view that to have got this far on such an important but highly complex issue is a considerable achievement.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14b.21.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14b.xml", "sha256": "d83d27a0b463d7b5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14b.54.0", "colnum": "54", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John McDonnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McDonnell", "preceding_text": "This is the first time that I have been accused of calling the shots on Government legislation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14b.54.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14c.xml", "sha256": "76e1ca46c1517601", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.21.1", "colnum": "21", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "ld welcome views on those options. The cross-party group faithfully and assiduously followed the mandate set for it by the Commons in March 2007. We are now keen for there to be a wide-ranging and thorough debate on our proposals. But I hope that all members of the cross-party group share my view that to have got this far on such an important but highly complex issue is a considerable achievement.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.21.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14c.xml", "sha256": "76e1ca46c1517601", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.36.4", "colnum": "36", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I understand the right hon. and learned Gentleman's point. The closed party list is no part of these proposals; let us be clear about that. It was in our 1997 manifesto—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.36.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14c.xml", "sha256": "76e1ca46c1517601", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.36.4", "colnum": "36", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I understand the right hon. and learned Gentleman's point. The closed party list is no part of these proposals; let us be clear about that. It was in our 1997 manifesto— [Interruption.] We will leave aside how it got there— Interruption.] Not by me—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.36.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14c.xml", "sha256": "76e1ca46c1517601", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.54.0", "colnum": "54", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John McDonnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McDonnell", "preceding_text": "This is the first time that I have been accused of calling the shots on Government legislation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.54.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14c.xml", "sha256": "76e1ca46c1517601", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.60.0", "colnum": "60", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": "We are discussing employment at extremely short notice. I do not wish to labour the point; others have said that the Government are frightened of Catholics in by-elections.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.60.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14c.xml", "sha256": "76e1ca46c1517601", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.98.2", "colnum": "98", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "suggest in any other sense—than the hon. Gentleman. Of course, when the facts, circumstances or evidence changes, one should change one's mind. Just to be accurate in terms of my own position, on civil nuclear I have moved from being nuclear-neutral to being in favour. However, I must not get back into my comfort territory, as I am in temporary employment tonight in talking about employment.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.98.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14c.xml", "sha256": "76e1ca46c1517601", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.98.7", "colnum": "98", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "preceding_text": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Paul Farrelly) to make an intervention about the debate when he has not been involved in it?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.98.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14c.xml", "sha256": "76e1ca46c1517601", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.104.0", "colnum": "104", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Malcolm Wicks", "preceding_text": "nment's commitment to the three-member panel in all cases where the reasonableness of behaviour is an important element of the tribunal's consideration. Parliament has accepted for many years the case for tribunal chairs to sit alone in certain jurisdictions where that is not a key concern. I hope that we can reassure the hon. Gentleman on that point. I turn, towards the end of this address—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.104.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-14", "file": "debates2008-07-14c.xml", "sha256": "76e1ca46c1517601", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.110.4", "colnum": "110", "heading": "PETITIONS", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Rogerson", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Rogerson", "preceding_text": "I have the honour of presenting a petition on behalf of the people of the town of Launceston and the district of North Cornwall, who are concerned about the threat to the HMRC office in the town. The office employs between 50 and 60 members of staff who work on compliance—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-14c.110.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-15", "file": "debates2008-07-15c.xml", "sha256": "49e0ae82c1cd5fb3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-15c.137.3", "colnum": "137", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "What my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary was talking about—for example, paralleling what has already taken place in the Lewisham youth offending team, where the offender is confronted with the consequences of their offending—is at the heart of systems of restorative justice, which the hon. Gentleman, I and the whole House applaud. So, I do not understand the point —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-15c.137.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16c.xml", "sha256": "2756fde19597715a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16c.244.3", "colnum": "244", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "Our defence budget is rising every year, and it will continue to rise. We will not allow the training of our defence forces to remain inadequate. We now have the second biggest defence budget in the world—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16c.244.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.240.1", "colnum": "240", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Richard Burden", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Burden", "preceding_text": "As a constituency MP as well as Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend will be aware of the problems that people face with rising household bills, including rising fuel bills—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.240.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.240.1", "colnum": "240", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Richard Burden", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Burden", "preceding_text": "hold bills, including rising fuel bills— [Interruption.] May I say that Labour Members are aware of the problems faced by people outside the House, even if Conservative Members are not? Does my right hon. Friend share my assessment that while most people understand that the roots of those problems are international in nature, and therefore the room for any single Government is limited—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.240.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.242.2", "colnum": "242", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister had a chance to vote against the John Lewis list and he funked it—he stayed in the Downing street bunker. He could have come across and voted for it. Yet again —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.242.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.242.3", "colnum": "242", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Let the right hon. Gentleman speak.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.242.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.242.5", "colnum": "242", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "sions, we will take them. Action against terrorism—he ran away. Education to 18—he ran away. GP access—he ran away. Action against pollution—he ran away. There are all those issues. Nuclear energy—he runs away. During the recess, he needs to address the big substantive issues. This is a Conservative party that gives no answers, offers no solution and has no substance.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.242.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.244.3", "colnum": "244", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "Our defence budget is rising every year, and it will continue to rise. We will not allow the training of our defence forces to remain inadequate. We now have the second biggest defence budget in the world—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.244.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.255.3", "colnum": "255", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "me way to restoring public confidence in Parliament as a body and hon. Members as individuals. It failed to do so. Members voted to keep the John Lewis list and rejected a system of external auditing. The newspapers, which had welcomed the report from the Members Estimate Committee, were accordingly negative about the vote taken by this House. Of course, we should not be driven by the media—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.255.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.255.3", "colnum": "255", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "viduals. It failed to do so. Members voted to keep the John Lewis list and rejected a system of external auditing. The newspapers, which had welcomed the report from the Members Estimate Committee, were accordingly negative about the vote taken by this House. Of course, we should not be driven by the media— [Laughter.] I say to those hon. Members who are laughing that we should listen—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.255.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.257.5", "colnum": "257", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. These are personal matters.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.257.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.261.7", "colnum": "261", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "If hon. Members will just wait—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.261.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.262.4", "colnum": "262", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "To correct my right hon. Friend, I did not say that it was not necessary to have a second home, or, as she further implied, to furnish it at the expense of the taxpayer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.262.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.262.6", "colnum": "262", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "The figures that will be published today are based on the right-to-know form that was published earlier this year. I have a certain sympathy with the intention of the hon. Gentleman's amendment, but there are some practical issues involved in implementing it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.262.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.264.6", "colnum": "264", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"We've already got them.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "in their allowances and expenses. Those will be published in the way we are publishing the expenses and allowances claims for Members of Parliament. We are taking action unilaterally and I hope that it means that Conservative MEPs will abide by additional transparency rules, over and above those of the European Parliament. The Labour party is not adopting those rules for its MEPs and I hope—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.264.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.275.2", "colnum": "275", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kevan Jones", "preceding_text": "00 a year—an unreceipted, tax-free bung. Secondly, on the audit of offices and other aspects, the proposal was not for a financial audit but for £1,500 a day to be paid to consultants for snooping around offices. What I am in favour of, which is being proposed now, is a rigorous audit of all budget heads. What the hon. Gentleman is talking about is not what was being put forward—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.275.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.275.3", "colnum": "275", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "I am afraid to say, as the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) is saying, that the hon. Gentleman is misrepresenting the position—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.275.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.275.5", "colnum": "275", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "I shall give way to the right hon. Gentleman in a moment. The difference was that it would have been an audit of everything, not just—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.275.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.275.5", "colnum": "275", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "I shall give way to the right hon. Gentleman in a moment. The difference was that it would have been an audit of everything, not just— [Interruption.] Potentially of everything. It was not just of the additional costs allowance. Most people out there cannot understand why we are not willing to have everything audited and willing to have only some things audited.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.275.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.276.3", "colnum": "276", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "Not for a moment. Every one of my Liberal Democrat colleagues who was here—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.276.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.278.0", "colnum": "278", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "No, no. The Leader of the House therefore thought that she had better respond to the Conservative motion by producing something that tried to take things forward.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.278.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.305.0", "colnum": "305", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "preceding_text": "ave to follow! This is an important and necessary debate, particularly in the context of the vote of 3 July . I appreciate the strength of feeling that has been expressed on both sides of the House, and the fact that there was passion on both sides of the argument clearly demonstrates the need to have this debate again. It is regrettable that the debate has regularly turned into a partisan affair.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.305.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.305.2", "colnum": "305", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "preceding_text": "I should like to make some progress.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.305.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.306.1", "colnum": "306", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "preceding_text": "What I do will be published later today.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.306.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.306.1", "colnum": "306", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "preceding_text": "What I do will be published later today. [Interruption.] I am mindful of the time constraint and the fact that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.306.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.306.10", "colnum": "306", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "preceding_text": "roperly. It would be absurd if somebody were to say to a headmaster that the salaries of his teachers were to be classed as his expenses, or if a manager or director were told that the salaries of all the people working under him were to be classed as his expenses, so it is absurd that the salaries of our staff should be classed as expenses. We need to clarify that in the mind's eye of the public.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.306.10"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.307.1", "colnum": "307", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "preceding_text": "san speeches, to the point where the Deputy Speaker had to reprimand them and remind them of the wording of the motion. The hon. Member for North Durham said that we should look only at the rotten apples of recent years. Let me remind him that in recent years two Labour Prime Ministers have had the police knocking on their doors as regards money and financial irregularities. Let us remember—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.307.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.308.2", "colnum": "308", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Shailesh Vara", "preceding_text": "Perhaps the hon. Gentleman should ask his own Chief Whip about that. We will deal with our matters as we wish; the hon. Gentleman should deal with his own matters. Time is pressing. All that I would say—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.308.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.320.3", "colnum": "320", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "down, fuel duty would rise. If our fair fuel stabiliser had been introduced in the 2008 Budget, fuel would be about 5p a litre cheaper at the pump, which would save about £3.50 on a tank of fuel for a Ford Mondeo, and inflation would be not 3.8 per cent. but about 3.3 per cent. Government revenues would not differ from the Budget predictions, which were based on an oil price of $84 a barrel.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.320.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-16", "file": "debates2008-07-16d.xml", "sha256": "83b1095b1902cf7a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.346.0", "colnum": "346", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Griffiths", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Griffiths", "preceding_text": "hich he has clearly quickly grasped, and, most important for his constituents, a good knowledge of the issues that face them. Clearly, they are going to have a champion in him. It is a great pleasure to speak in this debate, because I have rarely seen an Opposition motion so steeped in cant. The truth is that the people who led the charge to keep fuel duty high are on the Opposition Benches—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-16d.346.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.388.2", "colnum": "388", "heading": "ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Shame!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "I have had no recent discussions with the Mayor of London—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.388.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.389.5", "colnum": "389", "heading": "ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan R Shaw", "preceding_text": "This is a bit of a one-man band today—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.389.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.397.5", "colnum": "397", "heading": "ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Graham Allen", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Allen", "preceding_text": "st raised the issue with the departmental team, what progress has been made on bringing forward incentives to introduce biodegradable chewing gum? Chewing gum blights our townscapes and spoils our children's outings. Members on both sides of the House have been raising the issue for several months now. Will the Minister tell us when he will be able to introduce a measure to improve the incentives?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.397.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.412.1", "colnum": "412", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"And vote\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "nk that we are all concerned about people who lost out as a result of what happened to Equitable Life and we are all concerned to understand where the responsibility lies and where regulation should have been improved—as it can and has been. There will be full consideration in government and we will see how we can ensure that this House has a proper chance to question, possibly debate—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.412.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.413.7", "colnum": "413", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Julian Lewis", "preceding_text": "Next time the Leader of the House bumps into the Secretary of State for Defence—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.413.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.416.0", "colnum": "416", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "As we are discussing the business for next week, I do not want to detain the House on issues that were debated at length yesterday on an Opposition motion. On the question of expenses of MEPs, and how Labour MEPs deal with the issue, my understanding is that there is a voluntary arrangement whereby Labour MEPs put their expenses on their own websites.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.416.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.417.2", "colnum": "417", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, but the questions are getting longer and longer. We have quite a long list of business items to deal with today. I think that the right hon. and learned Lady might have got the sense of what the hon. Gentleman is saying.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.417.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.427.4", "colnum": "427", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Des Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Des Browne", "preceding_text": "I welcome my hon. Friend's welcome for the paper. He is a member of the Defence Committee and so has significant knowledge that qualifies his welcome. I admit that I am slightly embarrassed that I cannot immediately answer his specific question—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.427.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.438.1", "colnum": "438", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Possibly?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "The Home Affairs Select Committee possibly does deserve some credit—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.438.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.439.1", "colnum": "439", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "ife has been used. Where a community sentence is given, the sentence should bring home, particularly to young people, the consequences of even just carrying a knife. That is the right way to address the problem. The hon. Gentleman will not tempt me down the route of supporting his proposal for a new system of proportional representation; that may disappoint some people on the Labour Benches—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.439.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.469.2", "colnum": "469", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Beckett", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Beckett", "preceding_text": "ore the use of investigators. The Committee has used an investigator to examine administrative matters such as the vetting system and postal arrangements. However, I must emphasise that the Committee will nevertheless continue to conduct major inquiries itself. We all feel a responsibility to examine the evidence first hand on important issues such as rendition or the 7 July London bombings—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.469.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.470.1", "colnum": "470", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "mittee's authoritative and detailed annual report for 2006-07. I would particularly like to pay tribute to the work of my right hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sir Alan Beith) on the Committee. Members might be aware that he is not present today because he is recovering from successful treatment for a heart problem. I am sure that all Members of the House wish him a speedy recovery.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.470.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.473.1", "colnum": "473", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Dari Taylor", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dari Taylor", "preceding_text": "hat the Government attach importance to the work of the ISC. The belief that the Committee provides independent and effective parliamentary oversight is gratifying. We spend hours and hours on that work: I make no complaint, but it is worth putting on record that we spend as much time as it takes, and more, if we think that the answers that we have been given are not as complete as they should be.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.473.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.477.1", "colnum": "477", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Michael Mates", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Mates", "preceding_text": " followed with any ease in the House of Commons, where there is constant public access, without having a place with separate security and separate guards, 24 hours a day, as happens in our current accommodation. It is therefore not the principle so much as the practicality of the proposal to which I object. I would like the Committee to become as normal as possible, but the key word is \"possible\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.477.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-17", "file": "debates2008-07-17b.xml", "sha256": "9864422d59f36539", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.485.1", "colnum": "485", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": " is the same as it is for other Select Committees. We could make special arrangements for the Clerk, such as deep vetting, as the phrase has it. Incidentally, one of the questions I asked about deep vetting concerned an MI5 operative whose spouse was involved in what is referred to as the sex industry. I asked about the vetting in that case, but I did not get an answer because it is secret —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-17b.485.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.518.3", "colnum": "518", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "David Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davies", "preceding_text": "Nevertheless, some constituents serving in the armed forces —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.518.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.526.1", "colnum": "526", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Des Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Des Browne", "preceding_text": "I read in my copy of The Times this morning that the hon. Gentleman was threatening to grill me about the increase in the fuel bill.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.526.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.526.1", "colnum": "526", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Des Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Des Browne", "preceding_text": "The Times this morning that the hon. Gentleman was threatening to grill me about the increase in the fuel bill. [Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman says, \"Don't believe what you read in the papers.\" I have often given him that advice, including when he has briefed the papers to report what was being reported. The fact is that I did not recognise the detail that had informed the story in The Times .", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.526.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.531.0", "colnum": "531", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Chris Grayling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Grayling", "preceding_text": "etting the Green Paper out before the summer recess? I know that many in his party most definitely did not want it published three days before the Glasgow, East poll and I have some sympathy with them. If I were running a by-election campaign on which my leader's future depended, I would not want such a document published in an area of high benefit dependency three days before polling day, either.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.531.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.531.0", "colnum": "531", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "Chris Grayling", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Grayling", "preceding_text": "ished in an area of high benefit dependency three days before polling day, either. [Interruption.] But then, hon. Members may suspect that the Secretary of State had other reasons for wanting the document published this week in particular. Hon. Members may not know that the Secretary of State began his political career as Tony and Cherie Blair's babysitter. He has come a long way since then—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.531.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.536.0", "colnum": "536", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "ourse, happy to continue to reflect on proposals for a single working age benefit, but I think that the Liberal Democrats have to say how they would achieve that. Which benefit rates would they cut in order to have that harmonisation; or, if they are not proposing to cut any benefits, where would they find the extra money to lift everybody up to the level of the highest benefits within the system?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.536.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.536.0", "colnum": "536", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "e best way of helping people to improve their mental health. We also need to work with employers to change the culture of stigma that too often still applies to people who have mental heath problems. The hon. Lady asked about child poverty, and we all agree that its eradication is an important goal. I am not sure that she agrees with us, however, on the target of eradicating child poverty by 2020.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.536.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.536.0", "colnum": "536", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": " culture of stigma that too often still applies to people who have mental heath problems. The hon. Lady asked about child poverty, and we all agree that its eradication is an important goal. I am not sure that she agrees with us, however, on the target of eradicating child poverty by 2020. [Interruption.] I am glad that the Liberal Democrats are now formally committed to the 2020 and 2010 targets.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.536.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.549.3", "colnum": "549", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Kevin Brennan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kevin Brennan", "preceding_text": "I have been given a delightful choice.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.549.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.551.6", "colnum": "551", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Kevin Brennan", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Kevin Brennan", "preceding_text": "ole programme and approach as regards early intervention and the co-location of services. The 21st century school, working closely with children's centres and so on, will be a place where services are co-located and where early intervention is a natural part of its work. I will now try to make further progress, as the purpose of these debates is to give Back Benchers an opportunity to participate.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.551.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.588.1", "colnum": "588", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Lembit �pik", "preceding_text": "ragged before, means that there is more than one for every day between now and the next general election. We could therefore have a Homes and Communities Agency advent calendar with an amendment behind every door, and on the final day—the day of the election—we could have the jolly face of the Minister to lift our spirits as we go to vote. All kinds of possibilities reside there—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.588.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.599.0", "colnum": "599", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Grant Shapps", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Grant Shapps", "preceding_text": "a scale that is large enough to make a significant difference to communities throughout Britain who would greatly appreciate the outcome. The Minister talked about tenant empowerment and, broadly speaking, I welcome and agree with some of the changes, which may not go far enough, but I respect the fact that we do not have the time this evening to get into the detail that was possible in Committee.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.599.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.604.0", "colnum": "604", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Rogerson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Rogerson", "preceding_text": "with the amendments relating to community land trusts. The hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield referred to Rock, in my constituency, a number of times. It would perhaps have been nice if he had given me notice of his plans to do so; it would also have been nice if he had told me that he was coming to the constituency. It would have been nice to have seen him there and to have welcomed him, but —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.604.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.606.4", "colnum": "606", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Drew", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Drew", "preceding_text": " gives as much opportunity as possible. In addition, my friend David Rodgers would have words with me if I did not point out that we need to make it clear that in terms of forms of mutual home ownership, there is a particular co-operative way in which community land trusts can operate. If I did not make that point, it would also disappoint my three Co-operative friends on the Labour Benches—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.606.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.616.4", "colnum": "616", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Wright", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Wright", "preceding_text": "hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Lembit Öpik) about stock transfer and ballots. He knows that we have strengthened current arrangements and made ballots on transfer of stock mandatory; that part of the Bill has been warmly welcomed. He will remember, as will the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) who is just leaving the Chamber, that my letter of 17 July dealt with evidence—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.616.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-21", "file": "debates2008-07-21b.xml", "sha256": "7b1d01d2234a431f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.618.6", "colnum": "618", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Iain Wright", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Wright", "preceding_text": "under the Bill will amend legislation that also extends to Scotland. The amendments will ensure that these consequential amendments apply only in England and Wales. I hope that the House will be content with the amendments. Although they are minor, they are crucial to ensuring that the Bill works in practice. All that is left for me to do now is wish my daughter Hattie a very happy sixth birthday.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-21b.618.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-22", "file": "debates2008-07-22c.xml", "sha256": "4d2b29b9e0ad8f04", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.654.4", "colnum": "654", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "There was never a proposal to take a person who had stabbed someone to meet their victim in accident and emergency, or in any other part of the hospital.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.654.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-22", "file": "debates2008-07-22c.xml", "sha256": "4d2b29b9e0ad8f04", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.655.2", "colnum": "655", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \" Go on.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "It is just as well that I am not presenting an end-of-term report on the Opposition Front Bench—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.655.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-22", "file": "debates2008-07-22c.xml", "sha256": "4d2b29b9e0ad8f04", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.666.0", "colnum": "666", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": " military capability and so constrain the success of our efforts to bring stability to Afghanistan. I regret that there is still no real clarity in detail on when we will finally leave. That continues the odd nod and wink strategy that has guided our approach to Iraq for some time. Such uncertainty about timing is unfair on our troops, unfair on their families and, of course, unfair on the Iraqis.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.666.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-22", "file": "debates2008-07-22c.xml", "sha256": "4d2b29b9e0ad8f04", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.675.3", "colnum": "675", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "he militias out of Basra and the surrounding area. The operation was, of course, led by Prime Minister Maliki, but supported by UK and US forces. As a result of it, militias have been cleaned out of the area, but we must remain vigilant about the potential for militias either to come into Iraq from other countries, or to be involved in Basra itself. That is why we must strengthen the Iraqi forces.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.675.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-22", "file": "debates2008-07-22c.xml", "sha256": "4d2b29b9e0ad8f04", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.683.0", "colnum": "683", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Why not?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": "ants to work to this timetable. I am happy to let him work to the timetable that he thinks is right to get to the heart of what has occurred. The hon. Gentleman asked me about the procurement process. That process was handled at arm's length from Ministers. At no point have Ministers seen the contracts drawn up between the QCA and ETS. At no point were Ministers consulted on those contracts—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.683.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-07-22", "file": "debates2008-07-22c.xml", "sha256": "4d2b29b9e0ad8f04", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.702.1", "colnum": "702", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "very London Member says this—for the Government to be much more ambitious about their social housing programme. Over the summer, I hope that the Government talk to the new Mayor of London to ensure that he is ambitious about not only one and two-bedroomed properties, but three and four-bedroomed properties, too. We have had a great sporting summer so far, although the cricket is a bit risky.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-07-22c.702.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06a.xml", "sha256": "165e60d4265fa8b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.12.5", "colnum": "12", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "t done his homework. I am led to believe that one Polly Toynbee is the columnist of choice for those on the Conservative Benches these days, and I am sure that her column is the first thing that he looks for when the papers drop through his letterbox. In The Guardian today, she says: \"at less than the price of a daily newspaper, the BBC remains astounding value.\" I happen to agree with that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.12.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06a.xml", "sha256": "165e60d4265fa8b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.15.2", "colnum": "15", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Hunt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Hunt", "preceding_text": "Mr. Speaker, may I welcome you back after the recess? I welcome the new Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the hon. Member for Stevenage (Barbara Follett) , to her post. Her biography states that she is not so much a champagne socialist as a cappuccino socialist. As a cappuccino Conservative, I look forward to many stimulating cups of coffee with her at arts events.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.15.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06a.xml", "sha256": "165e60d4265fa8b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "tatement that he is pursuing a case-by-case approach. He is right, and we have no quarrel with what he did in relation to Bradford & Bingley and HBOS-Lloyds—that seemed to be the right approach. However, we are now in a different situation, where banks are being picked off one by one. I set out proposals yesterday, and the Conservative leader said something rather similar this morning—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06a.xml", "sha256": "165e60d4265fa8b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.54.0", "colnum": "54", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Martyn Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martyn Jones", "preceding_text": "t I had never had any contact with in my life, as far as I was aware. I thought that I would stop paying it, but I then decided to find out more about it. I was going into town the next day, so I took the reference number and popped into the building society. I found that the money was going into a fundraising account for the Labour party that had been closed about 10 years previously, apparently.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.54.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06a.xml", "sha256": "165e60d4265fa8b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.65.1", "colnum": "65", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "cial education and social investment. That seems a reasonable assumption: many will welcome it, but others who want more money spent on financial education and social investment will not. It remains a mystery to me why the Department for Children, Schools and Families is taking the lead role unless the emphasis is going to be on youth services. The Department's remit is exclusive to England—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.65.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06a.xml", "sha256": "165e60d4265fa8b7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.75.3", "colnum": "75", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tom Levitt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tom Levitt", "preceding_text": "That is interesting, and it does not reflect well on the people of the northern part of Derbyshire who are obviously more careless than the people in the southern part of Derbyshire—I hope that does not get reported.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06a.75.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.6.0", "colnum": "6", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "I shall come to the hon. Gentleman's question, but first I wish to put some facts on the table. Some £265 million of public money was made available to support our Olympians and Paralympians in preparing for the games in Beijing. Let us cast our minds back. Practically nothing was available in the run-up to the Atlanta Olympics and Britain came 36th in the medals table.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.6.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.12.5", "colnum": "12", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "e his homework. I am led to believe that one Polly Toynbee is the columnist of choice for those on the Conservative Benches these days, and I am sure that her column is the first thing that he looks for when the papers drop through his letterbox. In The Guardian today, she says that: \"at less than the price of a daily newspaper, the BBC remains astounding value.\" I happen to agree with that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.12.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.15.2", "colnum": "15", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Hunt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Hunt", "preceding_text": "Mr. Speaker, may I welcome you back after the recess? I welcome the new Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the hon. Member for Stevenage (Barbara Follett) , to her post. Her biography states that she is not so much a champagne socialist as a cappuccino socialist. As a cappuccino Conservative, I look forward to many stimulating cups of coffee with her at arts events.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.15.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.23.0", "colnum": "23", "heading": "OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " per cent. interest rates. This week, one of our high street banks has written to many of its small business customers, increasing their interest rate to 15.8 per cent. All of us need to work together to stop Britain sliding from a banking crisis into a deep recession. Of course, constructive support does not mean that we are suspending our critical faculties. We will return at a later date—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.23.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.23.0", "colnum": "23", "heading": "OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "ore dramatic measures to help our banks, including support from creditors and Government injection of capital? Of course there would have to be very strict conditions to protect taxpayers and ensure that they benefited first from any gain, and we could not contemplate taxpayers' money being used to prop up the kind of salaries and bonuses that we have seen in recent years. We must make sure—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.23.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "tatement that he is pursuing a case-by-case approach. He is right, and we have no quarrel with what he did in relation to Bradford & Bingley and HBOS-Lloyds—that seemed to be the right approach. However, we are now in a different situation, where banks are being picked off one by one. I set out proposals yesterday, and the Conservative leader said something rather similar this morning—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.50.1", "colnum": "50", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mark Hoban", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Hoban", "preceding_text": "us priorities? The Bill makes frequent reference to the Secretary of State, but given that the priorities cover three Departments—the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Treasury and the Cabinet Office—and the Big Lottery Fund itself is accountable to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, to which Secretary of State does the Bill refer? We need some clarity—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.50.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.54.0", "colnum": "54", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Martyn Jones", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martyn Jones", "preceding_text": "t I had never had any contact with in my life, as far as I was aware. I thought that I would stop paying it, but I then decided to find out more about it. I was going into town the next day, so I took the reference number and popped into the building society. I found that the money was going into a fundraising account for the Labour party that had been closed about 10 years previously, apparently.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.54.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.65.1", "colnum": "65", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "cial education and social investment. That seems a reasonable assumption: many will welcome it, but others who want more money spent on financial education and social investment will not. It remains a mystery to me why the Department for Children, Schools and Families is taking the lead role unless the emphasis is going to be on youth services. The Department's remit is exclusive to England—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.65.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-06", "file": "debates2008-10-06b.xml", "sha256": "64bc5c5bc6628838", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.90.0", "colnum": "90", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "James Duddridge", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Duddridge", "preceding_text": "res that they are not eligible for such money or do not fit into a category. That is the complete opposite of one or two other funds that I know such as the Essex Community Foundation and the Southend Fund, which touch a number of charities, and donate small amounts—£1,000 or £2,000. I cannot help but think that the Government have missed a trick by going to the Big Lottery Fund.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-06b.90.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.121.2", "colnum": "121", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Lidington", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Short!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Lidington", "preceding_text": "First, may I associate my colleagues with the tribute to the outgoing members of the Foreign Secretary's ministerial team? I also welcome his three new colleagues and hope that they have a good, fruitful and enjoyable time at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.121.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.135.0", "colnum": "135", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Anne McIntosh", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Anne McIntosh", "preceding_text": "At this time of turmoil in the financial markets, we look to the European Union to give some guidance, particularly as it is a single market. How can the Foreign Secretary encourage our European partners to put aside potentially very narrow self-interest that could have huge implications for neighbouring countries, and urge them to act in the European interest?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.135.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.135.1", "colnum": "135", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Together?\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "nce of which my colleagues and I have spoken many times is a reality, not only economically but in other spheres. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is at the ECOFIN meeting today, and that is the most obvious place to reinforce the need for the co-ordination of which the hon. Lady speaks. It is also important to say that next week's European Council, which the Prime Minister and I will attend—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.135.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.136.3", "colnum": "136", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Oliver Heald", "preceding_text": "rague spring by the Soviet Union, there was a deep sense of shock throughout Europe to see what happened in Georgia—Russian tanks on the streets of another country. There have been some reports that the Russian authorities were rather shocked by the response of the international community. What assessment has the Foreign Secretary made of that, and is he satisfied that he has made all—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.136.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.138.1", "colnum": "138", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "Briefly, Mr. Speaker, we addressed the issue directly in the investigation that we undertook of all allegations of rendition through Diego Garcia, following my statement in February. A written—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.138.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.148.1", "colnum": "148", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "I can offer to send the hon. Gentleman a copy of our plan for a strong economy. Members of the OBR will be appointed by the Chancellor for a single term—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.148.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.152.1", "colnum": "152", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"And learned\".", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "I have to point out to the hon. Gentleman—[Hon. Members: \"Right hon.\"] — the right hon. Gentleman—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.152.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.207.3", "colnum": "207", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "I have given way to the hon. Gentleman enough already.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.207.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.212.0", "colnum": "212", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jennifer Willott", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jennifer Willott", "preceding_text": "ncerns. There are areas in the Welsh valleys, very close to my constituency, where there are very high levels of worklessness, which is extremely damaging to entire communities. Despite huge efforts, the Government have not managed sufficiently to reduce persistent poverty levels in the UK. That is one of their failings. I want to flag up the issue of rising youth unemployment. Gordon Brown—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.212.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.229.1", "colnum": "229", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Albert Owen", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Albert Owen", "preceding_text": "ld. Indeed, I have campaigned for new nuclear build in my constituency, but I have been very disappointed by the Conservative party. It is dithering on nuclear power stations, trying to use the policy as a last resort, when we all know that it takes a decade for them to go through the planning system and be built. I am prepared to take an intervention from a Tory Front Bencher on that point—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.229.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-07", "file": "debates2008-10-07c.xml", "sha256": "10ff8df429569681", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.237.2", "colnum": "237", "heading": "Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony McNulty", "preceding_text": "osals brought forward by the British Government.\"—[ Official Report , 6 October 2008; Vol. 480, c. 23 .] I fully endorse that. We have had nothing in that spirit from either the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) or the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alan Duncan) . They could have been consensual. They claim to be consensual on the issue of unemployment and welfare reform.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-07c.237.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08b.xml", "sha256": "c34fc95b61f7daef", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.269.1", "colnum": "269", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "e are in discussion, on a case-by-case basis, with the banks that want to take up the scheme about the level of executive remuneration, especially the bonus system that has caused so much difficulty. Our aim is to support and reward work, enterprise and responsible risk-taking, but not irresponsible and excessive risk-taking, which has caused so much damage. The Financial Services Authority—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.269.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08b.xml", "sha256": "c34fc95b61f7daef", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.274.5", "colnum": "274", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "ial markets, but let me say, because I think it should be clear to the people of this country, that the dividing line here is not between business and being anti-business, or between market and being anti-market. The dividing line that we have is between rewarding hard work, effort and responsibility—rewarding enterprise—and rewarding excessive risk-taking or irresponsible risk-taking.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.274.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08b.xml", "sha256": "c34fc95b61f7daef", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.280.0", "colnum": "280", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "ncellor have a commitment that those banks that are most in trouble and most in need of taxpayer support will not be paying bonuses this year to their senior executives? The Prime Minister did not answer that question clearly and it would be good to have an answer from the Chancellor; there should not be rewards for failure—no bonuses for those who took their banks to the edge of bankruptcy.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.280.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08b.xml", "sha256": "c34fc95b61f7daef", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.281.0", "colnum": "281", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "s that we need here—although I am bound to say that no one will convince me that we should back to the old days when we had nine or 10 regulators in this country who were all tripping over each other. It would also be absolute nonsense to go back to the days of self-regulation. However, I believe that the Bank of England should now have a statutory role in ensuring financial stability—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.281.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08b.xml", "sha256": "c34fc95b61f7daef", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.360.1", "colnum": "360", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Beverley Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Beverley Hughes", "preceding_text": " the existing notification scheme as effective as possible. In that regard, we have already done a number of things. When my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff, West (Kevin Brennan) was the Under-Secretary of State, he wrote to all directors of children's services asking them to do all they can to raise awareness of the scheme and to maximise notifications. Similar efforts have been made in Wales.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08b.360.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08c.xml", "sha256": "73b6e8f82e231114", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.262.4", "colnum": "262", "heading": "DUCHY OF LANCASTER", "cue_speaker": "Francis Maude", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Francis Maude", "preceding_text": "float. When he has had a chance to look into the issue, will he tell us what role was played by Margaret McDonagh, the former general secretary of the Labour party, who is a director of the Catz Club, and by Amanda Delew, a former Labour party fundraiser who is now the fundraiser for the Catz Club? Can he tell us why the Futurebuilders website has removed all reference to its funding of Catz Club?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.262.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08c.xml", "sha256": "73b6e8f82e231114", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.269.1", "colnum": "269", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "e are in discussion, on a case-by-case basis, with the banks that want to take up the scheme about the level of executive remuneration, especially the bonus system that has caused so much difficulty. Our aim is to support and reward work, enterprise and responsible risk taking, but not irresponsible and excessive risk taking, which has caused so much damage. The Financial Services Authority—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.269.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08c.xml", "sha256": "73b6e8f82e231114", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.281.0", "colnum": "281", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "hat we need here—although I am bound to say that no one will convince me that we should go back to the old days when we had nine or 10 regulators in this country who were all tripping over each other. It would also be absolute nonsense to go back to the days of self-regulation. However, I believe that the Bank of England should now have a statutory role in ensuring financial stability—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.281.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08c.xml", "sha256": "73b6e8f82e231114", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.290.4", "colnum": "290", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "I am not aware of central banks blocking lending. I am aware that some people in this country have experienced difficulty in getting access to funding through our banks, and we are looking into that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.290.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08c.xml", "sha256": "73b6e8f82e231114", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.312.1", "colnum": "312", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Loughton", "preceding_text": "It is—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.312.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08c.xml", "sha256": "73b6e8f82e231114", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.326.1", "colnum": "326", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Annette Brooke", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Annette Brooke", "preceding_text": "lready been pointed out, because young people in care are particularly vulnerable and may have missed out on education, they may still need support between the ages of 18 to 21 while they complete education that might in other circumstances have been completed earlier. We all know that the average age for leaving home is now 24—I fear from personal circumstances that it is even higher—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.326.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-08", "file": "debates2008-10-08c.xml", "sha256": "73b6e8f82e231114", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.360.1", "colnum": "360", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Beverley Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Beverley Hughes", "preceding_text": "he existing notification scheme as effective as possible. In that regard, we have already done a number of things. When my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff, West (Kevin Brennan) was the Under-Secretary of State, he wrote to all directors of children's services asking them to do all they could to raise awareness of the scheme and to maximise notifications. Similar efforts have been made in Wales.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-08c.360.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-09", "file": "debates2008-10-09a.xml", "sha256": "6a3802373df16db6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-09a.491.0", "colnum": "491", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Linda Gilroy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Linda Gilroy", "preceding_text": " of decisions taken by this Government, who ordered the two largest aircraft carriers ever sailed by the Navy. This Government are continuing the modernisation of our amphibious shipping so that it is now stronger than it has been for many decades. This Government equipped our attack submarines with land-attack missiles and are building the Type 45 destroyers and the Astute class submarines—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-09a.491.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-09", "file": "debates2008-10-09b.xml", "sha256": "9571779df6e30b5e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-09b.422.3", "colnum": "422", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "There will be a general debate on access to primary care next Thursday. I suggest that the hon. Gentleman catch the Speaker's eye in that debate and raise his constituents' concerns then. However, I remind him and the House that there has been unprecedented investment in, and improvement to, primary care services since this Government came to power and made the NHS a priority.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-09b.422.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-09", "file": "debates2008-10-09b.xml", "sha256": "9571779df6e30b5e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-09b.495.0", "colnum": "495", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Linda Gilroy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Linda Gilroy", "preceding_text": " of decisions taken by this Government, who ordered the two largest aircraft carriers ever sailed by the Navy. This Government are continuing the modernisation of our amphibious shipping so that it is now stronger than it has been for many decades. This Government equipped our attack submarines with land-attack missiles and are building the Type 45 destroyers and the Astute class submarines—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-09b.495.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13b.xml", "sha256": "4e26770189197980", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13b.594.0", "colnum": "594", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "nce of that; all I am saying is that there will be other pressures on that presidency. If Mr. Obama appoints people such as Susan Rice, Tony Lake and others, some of whom served in the Clinton Administration and are well known in Europe, we can feel reasonably confident. Even a McCain presidency would be a significant improvement, in many respects, on what we had to deal with under President Bush.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13b.594.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13b.xml", "sha256": "4e26770189197980", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13b.595.2", "colnum": "595", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"And Foy.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "I am tempted to refer the hon. Gentleman to Lord Mandelson of Hartlepool.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13b.595.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13b.xml", "sha256": "4e26770189197980", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13b.611.0", "colnum": "611", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Hugh Bayley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hugh Bayley", "preceding_text": "dened and effective Serb regular and paramilitary troops would be. He told us a story: as a boy, he had been taken by his father to see the miracle of a Prime Minister flying back to Britain by aeroplane. He saw Chamberlain come off that aeroplane and wave that piece of paper, and he said that that was appeasement then, and he believed that not intervening militarily in Bosnia was appeasement too.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13b.611.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13b.xml", "sha256": "4e26770189197980", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13b.616.0", "colnum": "616", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tim Boswell", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Boswell", "preceding_text": "al reports were recently issued about the security of our postal voting system—already referred to earlier—and an outline report has been drafted on the 42-day detention proposals. That, of course, stresses the importance of process and safeguards. I am given to understand that the other place has taken a lively and, in my view, entirely commendable decision on that matter today—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13b.616.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.528.2", "colnum": "528", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"So are you!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": "I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his appearance at today's Question Time; he is rather lonely on his Benches.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.528.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.546.0", "colnum": "546", "heading": "CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "n relation to Government nominees sitting in boardrooms, I never thought that a particularly useful course of action to follow\".—[ Official Report , 8 October 2008; Vol. 480, c. 286 .] He has just told us that he is appointing five members to two different bank boards. Why does he now believe that that is a useful course of action? I happen to agree that it is, but I want to know why —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.546.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.589.0", "colnum": "589", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jo Swinson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jo Swinson", "preceding_text": "ended detention without charge to 28 days in his Public Order and Security Act, the then Foreign Secretary said: \"The Zimbabwean authorities also continue to devise new powers to stamp out legitimate opposition, such as detention for up to a month without trial, which could be used to suppress dissent and protest.\"—[ Official Report , 1 July 2004; Vol. 423, c. 454 .] I think we should—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.589.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.598.0", "colnum": "598", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "nce of that; all I am saying is that there will be other pressures on that presidency. If Mr. Obama appoints people such as Susan Rice, Tony Lake and others, some of whom served in the Clinton Administration and are well known in Europe, we can feel reasonably confident. Even a McCain presidency would be a significant improvement, in many respects, on what we had to deal with under President Bush.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.598.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.599.2", "colnum": "599", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"And Foy.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Gapes", "preceding_text": "I am tempted to refer the hon. Gentleman to Lord Mandelson of Hartlepool.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.599.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.615.0", "colnum": "615", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Hugh Bayley", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hugh Bayley", "preceding_text": "dened and effective Serb regular and paramilitary troops would be. He told us a story: as a boy, he had been taken by his father to see the miracle of a Prime Minister flying back to Britain by aeroplane. He saw Chamberlain come off that aeroplane and wave that piece of paper, and he said that that was appeasement then, and he believed that not intervening militarily in Bosnia was appeasement too.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.615.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.620.0", "colnum": "620", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Tim Boswell", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Tim Boswell", "preceding_text": "al reports were recently issued about the security of our postal voting system—already referred to earlier—and an outline report has been drafted on the 42-day detention proposals. That, of course, stresses the importance of process and safeguards. I am given to understand that the other place has taken a lively and, in my view, entirely commendable decision on that matter today—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.620.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.624.1", "colnum": "624", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "ere\", and we have proposed in this counter-terror Bill a way in which the police and prosecutors could apply to a judge to enable them to continue an investigation of a terrorist suspect in the most difficult, most complex and most challenging of circumstances. This House has voted in favour of a reserve power, which could be used only where there is a grave and exceptional terrorist threat—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.624.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.625.0", "colnum": "625", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "nfirm that the Government lost by 191 votes, that 24 Labour peers taking the Labour Whip voted against the Government—including Lord Irvine of Lairg, Lord Falconer of Thoroton and Lord Dubs—and that there were massive abstentions by Labour peers, so that the Government were able to muster only 118 votes from a total of well in excess of 200 peers taking the Labour Whip? Will she—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.625.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.627.0", "colnum": "627", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "ld naval command to say, \"Make smoke, beat the retreat\", and this Bill is precisely making smoke. These excessive powers were a dagger-thrust at our hard-won liberties. Does the Home Secretary now recognise that the longest period of detention without charge in any comparable democracy is 12 days in Australia, which is less than half the current period in Britain, let alone what she was proposing?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.627.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.628.3", "colnum": "628", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "I do not doubt my hon. Friend's sincerity in wanting to fight terrorism—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.628.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.629.1", "colnum": "629", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "Actually, Andy Hayman did make it clear in his recent article that he believes that there may well be a time when longer than 28 days will need to be used.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.629.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-13", "file": "debates2008-10-13c.xml", "sha256": "a303f58ddcac37d9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.635.0", "colnum": "635", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Perhaps it will help the right hon. Gentleman if I tell the House that it is for Ministers to judge whether they need to make statements to the House. Although I need to be given prior notice of their intention, neither my permission nor that of the House is required, as is made clear in \"Erskine May\", page 358—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-13c.635.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14a.xml", "sha256": "3184189aa0d4e314", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14a.662.7", "colnum": "662", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "preceding_text": "I may be forgiven for my heart sinking when my hon. Friend said that he did \"not wish to be difficult, but\"—yet he asked a pertinent question. He is right that there should be wider awareness of the role of regional Ministers. I think that regional Ministers have done some excellent work across the country over the past few months as regional champions for their areas—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14a.662.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14a.xml", "sha256": "3184189aa0d4e314", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14a.679.0", "colnum": "679", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": "onse comprehensible and I agreed with almost all of it. I was glad that I was not the only person in the House to be totally confused by the remarks of the shadow Schools Secretary. We know that the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove) likes to read out a prepared text, but as I had given him mine an hour before, one would think that he could have written a slightly more comprehensible one.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14a.679.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14a.xml", "sha256": "3184189aa0d4e314", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14a.706.4", "colnum": "706", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "eman is slightly confusing the attack point that he wants to make; he is roping in my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Mr. Tyrie) , and that has not been the main line that No. 10 has taken—this does not apply to the Treasury, to be fair—in briefing against me for the past week while we have been trying to offer some cross-party support for what the Prime Minister has been doing.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14a.706.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14a.xml", "sha256": "3184189aa0d4e314", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14a.752.0", "colnum": "752", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Charles Walker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Charles Walker", "preceding_text": "s in the FSA understand nothing, as they can afford to employ people earning only £250,000 a year?\" Well, in this case that is a good thing. All the rocket scientists in the investment banks will have to sit down and come up with financial instruments that mere mortals—talented people, but still mere mortals—understand, and if they do not understand them, they will not be traded.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14a.752.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14b.xml", "sha256": "b3ed7a3f9a3a5c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.660.5", "colnum": "660", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Beckett", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Beckett", "preceding_text": "Perhaps the hon. Gentleman should take note of the fact that the Prime Minister was talking about a period of a substantial number of years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.660.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14b.xml", "sha256": "b3ed7a3f9a3a5c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.667.0", "colnum": "667", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hazel Blears", "preceding_text": "I may be forgiven for my heart sinking when my hon. Friend said that he did not wish to be difficult, but—yet he asked a pertinent question. He is right that there should be wider awareness of the role of regional Ministers. I think that regional Ministers have done some excellent work across the country over the past few months as regional champions for their areas—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.667.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14b.xml", "sha256": "b3ed7a3f9a3a5c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.675.3", "colnum": "675", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Beckett", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Beckett", "preceding_text": ", when it comes to housing development, we set our face against any such development. He will also know, however, that it is for local authorities to consider how they make their proposals; indeed, that is in train in his constituency. Knowing him as I do, I am confident that he will keep a close eye on that and, should the local authority make such proposals, that he will raise them again —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.675.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14b.xml", "sha256": "b3ed7a3f9a3a5c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.696.3", "colnum": "696", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "I will give way to just about everybody who asks to intervene, but I would like to make—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.696.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14b.xml", "sha256": "b3ed7a3f9a3a5c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.706.6", "colnum": "706", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "ng and financial crisis, and faced with the near-collapse of the entire system, we would give our support to the measures that the Government were bringing forward. Indeed—this is a point that some Labour MPs have put to me—I actually talked about recapitalisation before the Chancellor did. We made our suggestions and, as I say, we are very happy to support the specific measures—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.706.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14b.xml", "sha256": "b3ed7a3f9a3a5c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.710.4", "colnum": "710", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "eman is slightly confusing the attack point that he wants to make; he is roping in my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Mr. Tyrie) , and that has not been the main line that No. 10 has taken—this does not apply to the Treasury, to be fair—in briefing against me for the past week while we have been trying to offer some cross-party support for what the Prime Minister has been doing.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.710.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14b.xml", "sha256": "b3ed7a3f9a3a5c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.720.0", "colnum": "720", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman is missing the point; the whole point is that it is designed to restrain rapid lending in a boom period and that that relaxes when the cycle turns in the opposite direction.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.720.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-14", "file": "debates2008-10-14b.xml", "sha256": "b3ed7a3f9a3a5c86", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.756.0", "colnum": "756", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Charles Walker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Charles Walker", "preceding_text": "s in the FSA understand nothing, as they can afford to employ people earning only £250,000 a year.\" Well, in this case that is a good thing. All the rocket scientists in the investment banks will have to sit down and come up with financial instruments that mere mortals—talented people, but still mere mortals—understand, and if they do not understand them, they will not be traded.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-14b.756.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15a.xml", "sha256": "ebb7c56ebc087544", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15a.787.4", "colnum": "787", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "We look forward to the action—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15a.787.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15a.xml", "sha256": "ebb7c56ebc087544", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15a.834.0", "colnum": "834", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "preceding_text": " more of it. A Labour Government are impoverishing this country. Fortunately, a Conservative Government will come to power, but, unfortunately, they will yet again inherit an economic mess left behind by Labour utopian politicians. However, those politicians fail to deliver that utopia and, most importantly, spend the hard-working taxpayer's money. They always visit misery on those with the least.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15a.834.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15a.xml", "sha256": "ebb7c56ebc087544", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15a.837.5", "colnum": "837", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Timms", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear\"", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Timms", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman knows that I returned to the Treasury only 10 days ago.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15a.837.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.786.2", "colnum": "786", "heading": "NORTHERN IRELAND", "cue_speaker": "Owen Paterson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Owen Paterson", "preceding_text": "Northern Ireland is not exempt from the economic crisis. Unemployment rose by 45 per cent. during the past year in mid-Ulster —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.786.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.792.0", "colnum": "792", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "We look forward to the action—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.792.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.826.0", "colnum": "826", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 2008-09", "cue_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "preceding_text": "And as a surprise.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.826.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.838.0", "colnum": "838", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 2008-09", "cue_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "preceding_text": " more of it. A Labour Government are impoverishing this country. Fortunately, a Conservative Government will come to power, but, unfortunately, they will yet again inherit an economic mess left behind by Labour utopian politicians. However, those politicians fail to deliver that utopia and, most importantly, spend the hard-working taxpayer's money. They always visit misery on those with the least.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.838.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.841.5", "colnum": "841", "heading": "SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 2008-09", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Timms", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Timms", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman knows that I returned to the Treasury only 10 days ago.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.841.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.846.1", "colnum": "846", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 3) BILL", "cue_speaker": "John Healey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Healey", "preceding_text": "t place a new burden of activity with new cost on local government, they pay for it. In the case of the concessionary travel, which was widely welcomed across the country, local authorities are receiving an additional £212 million this financial year to pay for the additional right for elderly people to travel free on buses, not only in their local authority area but anywhere in the country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.846.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.848.3", "colnum": "848", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 3) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Turner", "cue_text": "Laughter", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Turner", "preceding_text": "The problem facing the Isle of Wight, which is not subject to people travelling in from outside, at least not by bus, anyway—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.848.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.857.3", "colnum": "857", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 3) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Bob Neill", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Certainly on our side.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Neill", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend makes a valid point that can be recognised across the House, and it strikes me, representing as I do a suburban constituency—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.857.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.858.4", "colnum": "858", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 3) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Bob Neill", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Neill", "preceding_text": ", the fact that the hon. Gentleman feels that he has to resort to that type of allegation shows that he is rather behind the pace of the argument. Certainly, no one who represented an authority in suburban London that has been on the floor for six or seven years would say that Westminster or Wandsworth were benefiting from some illicit screwing—I am sorry, I mean skewing—of the system.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.858.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-15", "file": "debates2008-10-15b.xml", "sha256": "e91eb52e4c4983a4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.864.3", "colnum": "864", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 3) BILL", "cue_speaker": "Ronnie Campbell", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Ronnie Campbell", "preceding_text": "emember that these councils had a capital programme that they put to the people and got elected. Now they are being told they cannot spend that money—\"You can't do this, you can't do that, we need all that money because we've got a black hole here.\" In all fairness to the Liberals, I do not blame them entirely for the black hole, because our previous administration made a mess of it as well.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-15b.864.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16a.xml", "sha256": "80570999ccec2bfb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16a.922.2", "colnum": "922", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "ble that an important debate in Government time on democracy and human rights around the world was interrupted by the making of a statement in the middle of it. Why could the statement not have been made at 10 o'clock, as is traditionally the case if an urgent statement is made? We could have had the full debate as planned, and the statement, and everyone would have been alerted in the normal way.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16a.922.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.906.1", "colnum": "906", "heading": "INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS", "cue_speaker": "John Hayes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Hayes", "preceding_text": "It is good to be questioning the Secretary of State, rather than one of the two novices sitting either side of him—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.906.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.908.2", "colnum": "908", "heading": "INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS", "cue_speaker": "John Denham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Denham", "preceding_text": "I shall undoubtedly read the article with great interest. It is difficult for me to comment, given that I have not seen the article or the statistics that it contains, but I can say that some of the statistics that are currently in play are very misleading. I do not think it fair—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.908.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.912.1", "colnum": "912", "heading": "INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS", "cue_speaker": "John Denham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Denham", "preceding_text": "I am delighted to have Lord Drayson as a member of my team. His record both in business and in science as a Minister is outstanding. He made it clear in his interviews that his personal view, which he had expressed prior to being a Minister, was that we should join a manned space programme. The position of the Government, which he supports and understands, is that we have a review of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.912.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.924.0", "colnum": "924", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "eral debate on defence on Thursday week, in which the issues can be fully explored. The right hon. Lady raised the question of those who need to buy annuities because they are approaching their 75th birthday. I have nothing to add to what I told the House yesterday. As I said then, this issue does affect some people; it is only a small number of people, but it does affect a number of people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.924.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.926.2", "colnum": "926", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "ble that an important debate in Government time on democracy and human rights around the world was interrupted by the making of a statement in the middle of it. Why could the statement not have been made at 10 o'clock, as is traditionally the case if an urgent statement is made? We could have had the full debate as planned, and the statement, and everyone would have been alerted in the normal way.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.926.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.928.0", "colnum": "928", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": " the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, North (Joan Ryan) about Sri Lanka, and I shall consider that as a request for a topical debate. Like the shadow Leader of the House, the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) raised the topic of the statement on 42 days. We wanted to ensure that the House was told first and at the earliest possible opportunity.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.928.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.964.1", "colnum": "964", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Charles Hendry", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Charles Hendry", "preceding_text": " will be fundamental to our energy security. In spite of what the Minister says, the Government have been timid on the issue of carbon capture and storage. Even when they were telling us that the economy was doing well and the coffers were flush, they did not invest in more than one pilot project. They said that they would fund three projects from the receipts from the EU emissions trading scheme.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.964.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.973.1", "colnum": "973", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Alan Whitehead", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Whitehead", "preceding_text": "s, but I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor) that the danger arises if one applies the prisoner's dilemma theory to that bright idea. It may well be the case that all the meters would switch to a single supply at the same time or, alternatively, there would be a constant, chaotic switching, because perfect information about a market would be available.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.973.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.996.2", "colnum": "996", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Anne Moffat", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"He is not the hon. Lady's friend.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Anne Moffat", "preceding_text": "Is my right, or not, hon. Friend—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.996.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.1002.0", "colnum": "1002", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Neil Gerrard", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Neil Gerrard", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman is confusing two different things, as a GP-led health centre is not the same as a polyclinic—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.1002.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.1007.2", "colnum": "1007", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "eir treatment within that defined period, it is paid for privately. That guarantees access for every citizen, irrespective of their income or wealth. Health economists tell us that in Denmark the approach has resulted in a radical improvement in the efficiency of state hospitals, and not in a great leakage to the private sector. I commend that approach to him—perhaps he should re-examine it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.1007.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.1024.0", "colnum": "1024", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Michael Penning", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Penning", "preceding_text": "and to follow three members of the Health Committee. Having left the Committee myself only just over a year ago, I know how diligently they work. The Health Committee is one of the great Committees in this House, and I do not hold back in my praise of it—although I wonder whether the Minister might drag himself away from his notes for five seconds and listen to a contribution this afternoon?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.1024.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-16", "file": "debates2008-10-16b.xml", "sha256": "6a6dc157e0919bfd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.1027.0", "colnum": "1027", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ben Bradshaw", "preceding_text": "I shall endeavour to respond to as many of the points made in this good and constructive debate as I can in the short time that has been left to me. I hope that hon. Members will understand if I am not able to respond to their points, and I shall endeavour to write to them where that is the case.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-16b.1027.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-17", "file": "debates2008-10-17b.xml", "sha256": "81bcdfda58eaf0ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-17b.1044.1", "colnum": "1044", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "preceding_text": "I thank my hon. Friend for his excellent question. I can see officials busily writing away as I speak. May I remind the House that he holds the record for the longest speech made here on a Friday? On that day, someone made 53 interventions to assist him in making the longest speech—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-17b.1044.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-17", "file": "debates2008-10-17b.xml", "sha256": "81bcdfda58eaf0ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-17b.1045.2", "colnum": "1045", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "preceding_text": "I will, but may I just finish this passage? I fear that, if I lose my place, I might have to begin again. The Planning Bill also includes a key clause—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-17b.1045.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-17", "file": "debates2008-10-17b.xml", "sha256": "81bcdfda58eaf0ca", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-17b.1048.1", "colnum": "1048", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "preceding_text": "I will in a moment; I am not scared!", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-17b.1048.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-20", "file": "debates2008-10-20b.xml", "sha256": "fd46fc959dbc2fcd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-20b.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "right hon. Gentleman's comments on the economy are concerned, let me just say that the reason we can borrow at this time is that our levels of national debt are low. That is the right policy. I noticed that, on the radio this morning, he could not make up his mind from one minute to the next whether it was the right policy to borrow for this. It is because we have cut the levels of national—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-20b.26.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21a.xml", "sha256": "d8ab366384128a78", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.169.7", "colnum": "169", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Damian Green", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Damian Green", "preceding_text": "would be admitted and the limit would take account of wider societal effects such as housing, public service provision and community cohesion. Most years, we would expect there to be a positive level of migration into the UK, but it would be substantially lower than current levels. The limit would be set after consultation with employers, local authorities and major public service providers—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.169.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21a.xml", "sha256": "d8ab366384128a78", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.179.2", "colnum": "179", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "ngle other number of such importance that has been proved so extraordinarily wrong. In retrospect, we should have had transitional arrangements too. The Liberal Democrats backed the Government's policy on the basis of the Home Office forecast, and no one can have imagined that it would be out by such an order of magnitude. However, we must remember the substantial benefits of free movement —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.179.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21a.xml", "sha256": "d8ab366384128a78", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.182.2", "colnum": "182", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "turned? We have absolutely no idea of who was here, who should be here or who is here. That is precisely why there is a crisis of confidence in the system. I am glad that both the Government and the Conservatives are now in favour of a national border force, an idea that we introduced to the debate. We need it, along with exit controls, employer checks and enforcement. Between 1997 and 2006—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.182.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21a.xml", "sha256": "d8ab366384128a78", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.211.0", "colnum": "211", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Brokenshire", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Brokenshire", "preceding_text": "illion by 2011, 65 million by 2016 and more than 71 million by 2031. Part of the increase is accounted for by a change in Britain's birth rate, which had been declining but is now increasing, and a rise in life expectancy. However, the most important source of population growth, as we discussed today and have seen in recent years, accounting for about 70 per cent., is inward migration from abroad.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.211.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21a.xml", "sha256": "d8ab366384128a78", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.218.7", "colnum": "218", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman is deliberately sowing confusion between the work-based element and the spouse-based element. I do not think that my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris) is suggesting that a UK national should not, under the conditions we are putting in place, be allowed to bring his spouse into the country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.218.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21a.xml", "sha256": "d8ab366384128a78", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.228.2", "colnum": "228", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": "ions by 1p for at least six months; and endorses these measures as a first step towards alleviating business pain. I move the motion tonight at a time of probably the greatest threat to business survival that this country has seen for 70 or 80 years. The prognosis is dire, the pressure is great, and many businesses already are feeling that the pressures on them will drive them to extinction—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.228.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21a.xml", "sha256": "d8ab366384128a78", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.241.2", "colnum": "241", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Thurso", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Thurso", "preceding_text": ". I might risk the possibility of the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alan Duncan) writing a letter to the Caithness Courier or the John O'Groat Journal , both of which I know he has read from time to time. On a lighter note, I cannot help but note that the Secretary of State, as the newest day boy in the other place, is shadowed on these Benches by Britain's only downwardly mobile politician.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21a.241.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.146.3", "colnum": "146", "heading": "TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "preceding_text": "n hour from Heathrow. All those are major considerations. If the Opposition's position rests somehow on an environmental case, they need to face up to the fact that the great majority of people travelling into Heathrow, who catch long-distance flights, would transfer their journeys to continental airports such as Schiphol, Paris and Frankfurt. There would be no saving of carbon, but instead—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.146.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.166.3", "colnum": "166", "heading": "Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Damian Green", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"More!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Damian Green", "preceding_text": "told human misery and division\". He is right, although those are strong words. He made his best point while praising Dutch immigration policy, saying: \"We are about 10 years behind.\" Perhaps he would like to explain who has been in power during those 10 years in which immigration policy has been such a failure. I think that we can now leave the Home Office team to sort out their differences—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.166.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.184.0", "colnum": "184", "heading": "Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"What?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": " sort that the hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green) proposes would be problematic. One of them comes from my own experience. When I was running a team of economists in the City, I needed at one stage to hire a PhD in economics who was an Arabic speaker. We knew that there was absolutely no chance of finding such a person in the London labour market, because we had advertised and failed to do so.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.184.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.218.7", "colnum": "218", "heading": "Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman is deliberately sowing confusion between the work-based element and the spouse-based element. I do not think that my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris) is suggesting that a UK national should not, under the conditions we are putting in place, be allowed to bring his spouse into the country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.218.7"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.241.2", "colnum": "241", "heading": "Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "John Thurso", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Thurso", "preceding_text": ". I might risk the possibility of the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alan Duncan) writing a letter to the Caithness Courier or the John O'Groat Journal , both of which I know he has read from time to time. On a lighter note, I cannot help but note that the Secretary of State, as the newest day boy in the other place, is shadowed on these Benches by Britain's only downwardly mobile politician.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.241.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.250.0", "colnum": "250", "heading": "Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Margaret Moran", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Margaret Moran", "preceding_text": "products and services, in buying and selling and in controls to reduce risk and maximise opportunity. They will then be focused on long-term success—economic, social and environmental—not on the short-term, get-rich-quick projects that got us into this mess in the first place. People are looking for such businesses and we need to support our small business sector so that they get them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.250.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.254.2", "colnum": "254", "heading": "Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "preceding_text": "situation and trying to blame these foreign circumstances on my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister. If people think that I am wrong about that, perhaps I may pray in aid Mr. David Smith, the economics editor of The Sunday Times . He describes the Tory claim—which I do not have time fully to reiterate—that everything lies at the door of my right hon. Friend as just plain \"daft\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.254.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.255.1", "colnum": "255", "heading": "Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "preceding_text": " cent. of gross domestic product is half the G7 average of 93 per cent.; America is on 61 per cent., Germany on 63 per cent.; France on 64 per cent., Canada on 68 per cent., Italy on 104 per cent., and Japan on 195 per cent. We are in as good a place as any to be able to afford the borrowing that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has put in place. As for us having a big public deficit—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.255.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.255.1", "colnum": "255", "heading": "Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Stephen Hesford", "preceding_text": "on 195 per cent. We are in as good a place as any to be able to afford the borrowing that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has put in place. As for us having a big public deficit— [Interruption.] I would be grateful if the hon. Member for St. Albans (Anne Main) did me the courtesy of listening to what I am saying. These are serious matters, but she is grinning all over her face—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.255.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.263.0", "colnum": "263", "heading": "Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Gareth Thomas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gareth Thomas", "preceding_text": " contribution to this agenda. My hon. Friend the Member for Luton, South (Margaret Moran) rightly reminded us that when we think about small businesses, we need also to consider in our analysis the contribution that social enterprises can make to the economy and their specific needs in the economic circumstances that we face. We will indeed do that. I join the right hon. Member for Rutland —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.263.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-21", "file": "debates2008-10-21b.xml", "sha256": "99be6d5663ed123f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.278.2", "colnum": "278", "heading": "ENERGY POLICY (SCOTLAND)", "cue_speaker": "John Robertson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Robertson", "preceding_text": "rettably more than can be said for a number of renewable developments with which we have had problems. That opposition has set us further back in meeting the challenge we face. Taking the opportunity provided by new nuclear build, with no cost or subsidies to the taxpayer, makes sense and it is vital if we are to avoid dependency on imported gas. The First Minister will not listen to reason—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-21b.278.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22b.xml", "sha256": "10573f7ac51d44cf", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22b.376.2", "colnum": "376", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": "rom the nucleus of one woman's egg, the DNA from the mitochondria of the donor woman's egg and nuclear DNA from the father's sperm. There is a third issue to address. As well as allowing three-parent babies and reproductive cloning, if the mitochondrial disease was caused by flaws in the nucleus, the loophole in proposed new section 3ZA(5) would also allow genetic engineering of nuclear DNA—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22b.376.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.290.0", "colnum": "290", "heading": "WALES", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Let me gently say again that I am not expecting a statement to be read out. Members are asking supplementary questions, and they should not be read out.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.290.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.296.2", "colnum": "296", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "I can announce today new guidance —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.296.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.296.2", "colnum": "296", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "g system been so close to collapse. I agree with him. Having taken action on the banking system, we must now take action on the global financial recession, which is likely to cause recession in the US, France, Italy, Germany, Japan and—because no country can insulate itself from it—Britain too. That is why we are giving our undivided attention to helping families and businesses —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.296.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.297.1", "colnum": "297", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "that he got it wrong? He keeps quoting the national debt figures, but let us look at what that does not include: billions of pounds spent on PFI, Network Rail and pension liabilities, even before we get to Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley. He could not lecture the banks on borrowing because he was borrowing so much, and he cannot lecture them on transparency because he is hiding so much—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.297.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.297.3", "colnum": "297", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "They do not like being told that they are being governed by a master of dodgy accounting—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.297.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.297.4", "colnum": "297", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Let the Leader of the Opposition speak—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.297.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.298.3", "colnum": "298", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "I have already answered about the Bank of England Governor and what he said. [I nterruption.] This is a very important issue for the country. People must understand—which the Opposition appear not to—the cause of the problems that we are dealing with.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.298.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.300.2", "colnum": "300", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "I asked the Prime Minister about fuel poverty and he gave me a wholly different answer. The answer shows that this Prime Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.300.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.300.2", "colnum": "300", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "I asked the Prime Minister about fuel poverty and he gave me a wholly different answer. The answer shows that this Prime Minister— [Interruption.] He is all at sea—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.300.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.300.2", "colnum": "300", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "I asked the Prime Minister about fuel poverty and he gave me a wholly different answer. The answer shows that this Prime Minister— [Interruption.] He is all at sea— [Interruption.]— if not in a luxury yacht, like some prominent members of the Opposition.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.300.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.300.3", "colnum": "300", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Please allow the right hon. Gentleman to be heard.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.300.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.351.2", "colnum": "351", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Burrowes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Burrowes", "preceding_text": "It will probably not surprise the Minister to hear that during the 20 or so minutes of my speech, I have been seeking to make the very point that the definitions are not covered, which is why we need amendment No. 47 to plug the gap. That follows on from the relationship with animal legislation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.351.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.357.3", "colnum": "357", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Nadine Dorries", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nadine Dorries", "preceding_text": "I thank my right hon. Friend for that clarification. I wish to ask the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble) why we should not clearly state in the Bill that it prohibits the insemination of human sperm into an animal. What is the problem with including such a provision in the Bill?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.357.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-22", "file": "debates2008-10-22c.xml", "sha256": "89b788e437a8aa23", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.376.2", "colnum": "376", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISIONS", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": "rom the nucleus of one woman's egg, the DNA from the mitochondria of the donor woman's egg and nuclear DNA from the father's sperm. There is a third issue to address. As well as allowing three-parent babies and reproductive cloning, if the mitochondrial disease was caused by flaws in the nucleus, the loophole in proposed new section 3ZA(5) would also allow genetic engineering of nuclear DNA—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-22c.376.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23b.xml", "sha256": "049bfb50231e3fc3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23b.457.1", "colnum": "457", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It is not a holiday.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "Yes, it was an election year. No Government have announced such a small number of sitting days for nearly 30 years. When people are going to lose their jobs, for us to give ourselves holidays—an extended Christmas and new year holiday, for instance—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23b.457.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23b.xml", "sha256": "049bfb50231e3fc3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23b.475.3", "colnum": "475", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Clappison", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Clappison", "preceding_text": "debating with him in the time that is left. This is a Government debate in Government time. We note the level of participation on the Labour Benches, although we look forward to having a debate with the hon. Member for Luton, North (Kelvin Hopkins) as well as with the sole representative of the Liberal Democrats and my colleagues in the Opposition. Notwithstanding that limited participation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23b.475.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23c.xml", "sha256": "7af81085fde96b51", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.454.0", "colnum": "454", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "t bit. She talks about the Government re-announcing things, but I think that I have heard her peroration perhaps 25 times in the past year. It is good that she is on her usual form. First, the right hon. Lady mentioned crime statistics, but she failed to say that the latest crime statistics show that crime again has fallen by 6 per cent. That means that crime has fallen by 39 per cent. since 1997.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.454.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23c.xml", "sha256": "7af81085fde96b51", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.457.1", "colnum": "457", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It is not a holiday.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "Yes, it was an election year. No Government have announced such a small number of sitting days for nearly 30 years. When people are going to lose their jobs, for us to give ourselves holidays—an extended Christmas and new year holiday, for instance—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.457.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23c.xml", "sha256": "7af81085fde96b51", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.459.2", "colnum": "459", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "The Secretary of State was here earlier this week and answered many questions.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.459.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23c.xml", "sha256": "7af81085fde96b51", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.461.1", "colnum": "461", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "As sympathetic as I am to the comments of the hon. Gentleman, whom I think of as an hon. Friend—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.461.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23c.xml", "sha256": "7af81085fde96b51", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.465.2", "colnum": "465", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "cent. again this year, and by 39 per cent. since 1997. Violence against the person has fallen by 7 per cent. over the past year. I do not think that he should cast aspersions around in that way. It is obviously important that announcements are made to the House, and I shall look into precisely what arrangements have been made. The Home Secretary was in the House earlier this week on two occasions.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.465.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23c.xml", "sha256": "7af81085fde96b51", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.468.0", "colnum": "468", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "der-age people can get alcohol and that they work closely with the police to close down pubs that enable young people to do that. Yes, there are difficulties for all small businesses, including pubs, at the moment, which is why we have tried to make sure that the banks are recapitalised so that loans are available to small businesses. We have tried to make sure that every small business is —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.468.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23c.xml", "sha256": "7af81085fde96b51", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.475.3", "colnum": "475", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "James Clappison", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Clappison", "preceding_text": "debating with him in the time that is left. This is a Government debate in Government time. We note the level of participation on the Labour Benches, although we look forward to having a debate with the hon. Member for Luton, North (Kelvin Hopkins) as well as with the sole representative of the Liberal Democrats and my colleagues in the Opposition. Notwithstanding that limited participation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.475.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23c.xml", "sha256": "7af81085fde96b51", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.489.0", "colnum": "489", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "John Howell", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Howell", "preceding_text": "I thank my hon. Friend for that valid point, which illustrates again the need for flexibility and for things to be tailored. May I also congratulate him on being the first Member to have intervened on a speech that I have made since I have come to this House?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.489.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-23", "file": "debates2008-10-23c.xml", "sha256": "7af81085fde96b51", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.524.0", "colnum": "524", "heading": "Point of Order", "cue_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "preceding_text": "on) walked in with a huge box full of all of the reports that we are discussing. I have a list of them on a large piece of paper, but he has a box of them, which sums up the way in which he approaches his work on the Committee. He is on top of all the detail of its scrutiny. He asked why EDS has not paid HMRC's compensation. There was a PAC hearing on 8 October at which the subject came up —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-23c.524.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27a.xml", "sha256": "8d5055d1b400b5f0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27a.548.2", "colnum": "548", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Campbell", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Campbell", "preceding_text": "Even the Minister of State, Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham, East and Saddleworth (Mr. Woolas) hopes that my right hon. Friend would want to take the drivers out before crushing the cars.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27a.548.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27a.xml", "sha256": "8d5055d1b400b5f0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27a.601.1", "colnum": "601", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Angela Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Smith", "preceding_text": "party that believed in local control and in giving local people more say in how their services were delivered. The responses given by the hon. Gentleman to my interventions exposed what I think to be the true Conservative position. That position is unreconstructed and unmodernised and is based totally on dogma rather than an appreciation of what is pragmatic and what will deliver for local people.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27a.601.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27b.xml", "sha256": "dfc3abb8ebb7b7bd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.548.2", "colnum": "548", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Alan Campbell", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Campbell", "preceding_text": "Even the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham, East and Saddleworth (Mr. Woolas) hopes that my right hon. Friend would want to take the drivers out before crushing the cars.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.548.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27b.xml", "sha256": "dfc3abb8ebb7b7bd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.552.5", "colnum": "552", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Woolas", "preceding_text": "hon. Gentleman is right to imply that it is illegal immigration that most concerns the public. That is why I am pleased to be able to report to the House that the successes that have been achieved mean that we are now stopping one illegal immigrant every eight minutes. On the issue of foreign national prisoners, the figures have improved as well. Since April, when the agency came into being—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.552.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27b.xml", "sha256": "dfc3abb8ebb7b7bd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.562.0", "colnum": "562", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Reading!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "preceding_text": "ir objection to a lap-dancing club seeking a licence in a residential area close to local schools. However, the task of opposing those establishments is made difficult because of a lacuna in the Licensing Act 2003. Will my right hon. Friend use the forthcoming policing and crime reduction Bill to ensure that local communities are given greater control over the licensing of lap-dancing clubs—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.562.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27b.xml", "sha256": "dfc3abb8ebb7b7bd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.566.0", "colnum": "566", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "Further to that point of order, Mr. Speaker. I must point out that the hon. Member for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush has been writing about the matter to individuals in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith and Fulham. For it simply to be suggested that he has involved himself—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.566.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27b.xml", "sha256": "dfc3abb8ebb7b7bd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.601.1", "colnum": "601", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Angela Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Smith", "preceding_text": "party that believed in local control and in giving local people more say in how their services were delivered. The responses given by the hon. Gentleman to my interventions exposed what I think to be the true Conservative position. That position is unreconstructed and unmodernised and is based totally on dogma rather than an appreciation of what is pragmatic and what will deliver for local people.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.601.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27b.xml", "sha256": "dfc3abb8ebb7b7bd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.608.0", "colnum": "608", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Ian Stewart", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"He's not right honourable.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Ian Stewart", "preceding_text": " there is an unknown. We do not yet have an adequate explanation of what happens when we move into the period after 12 months. I ask the Under-Secretary to consider the matter before the next stage. I say again, however, that a good step forward has been taken on behalf of working people. When I heard the Member for Wimbledon—he is not yet honourable, I do not think, not for a long time yet.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.608.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27b.xml", "sha256": "dfc3abb8ebb7b7bd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.616.1", "colnum": "616", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Paul Clark", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Clark", "preceding_text": "I think that my hon. Friend may well have put his finger directly on the intention behind some of these amendments—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.616.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-27", "file": "debates2008-10-27b.xml", "sha256": "dfc3abb8ebb7b7bd", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.618.5", "colnum": "618", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Paul Clark", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Clark", "preceding_text": "e have moved a long way on TUPE provisions and extended them to include those on pensions. Before I conclude, may I make one point clear? I gave an answer on the 112-day consultation period: all that is out to consultation with the very people whom some of my colleagues want to see involved—the trade unions—as well as all concerned. We have had an interesting debate about major issues.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-27b.618.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28a.xml", "sha256": "a2b5c1a9b2c860d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28a.802.1", "colnum": "802", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "preceding_text": "I welcome the hon. Gentleman's comments in that respect. As he said, the new clause gives the Secretary of State the power to define the limits—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28a.802.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28a.xml", "sha256": "a2b5c1a9b2c860d0", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28a.806.1", "colnum": "806", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "preceding_text": "as of Members on the Benches behind them. I also support new clause 11. That is accompanied by a statement of Conservative party policy by my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Gregory Barker) —the belief that we should not be allowing the creation and building of any more dirty coal power plants. Looking ahead, there is a real risk of an energy shortfall from 2017 onwards—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28a.806.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.719.6", "colnum": "719", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman and I probably have slightly different views.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.719.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.720.5", "colnum": "720", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "And neither is the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow) , and neither are most of my hon. Friends—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.720.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.748.1", "colnum": "748", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Steve Webb", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Steve Webb", "preceding_text": "If it is about oil, no.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.748.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.771.1", "colnum": "771", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "d increase. The trend was in the wrong direction. Therefore, to suggest that an 80 per cent. cut is feasible troubles me greatly. The youngest Member of the House is the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) , who was here for the earlier part of the debate, but has had to slip out. She is 28. She will be 70 in 2050. It is unlikely that she will be an active Member of the House by then.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.771.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.783.2", "colnum": "783", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Gregory Barker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gregory Barker", "preceding_text": "This very belated conversion to feed-in tariffs—which the Conservatives have been campaigning on for two years now—is very welcome, but we have yet to see the detail, and as the detail will be of critical importance, can the Minister now tell us who will pay for the feed-in tariff?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.783.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.785.7", "colnum": "785", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "I might invite the hon. Gentleman to consider how much he wants to back—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.785.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.794.1", "colnum": "794", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Gregory Barker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"We've just increased them.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gregory Barker", "preceding_text": "he budget of the Warm Front scheme this year by more than 25 per cent. for the next three years, leading to 50,000 fewer vulnerable households receiving assistance next year. The value of cold weather payments, which were introduced by a Conservative Government, declined in real terms over the last four years, failing to keep pace even with the rate of inflation, let alone with soaring fuel costs.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.794.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.802.1", "colnum": "802", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Martin Horwood", "preceding_text": "I welcome the hon. Gentleman's comments in that respect. As he said, the new clause gives the Secretary of State the power to define the limits—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.802.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.806.1", "colnum": "806", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "preceding_text": "as of Members on the Benches behind them. I also support new clause 11. That is accompanied by a statement of Conservative party policy by my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Gregory Barker) —the belief that we should not be allowing the creation and building of any more dirty coal power plants. Looking ahead, there is a real risk of an energy shortfall from 2017 onwards—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.806.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-28", "file": "debates2008-10-28b.xml", "sha256": "1cc6107cffa2ceae", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.811.2", "colnum": "811", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Peterhead.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "Absolutely not. There is no prejudgment on our part, but the hon. Gentleman is indeed prejudging the issue, and obviously takes no account of issues of energy security. The hon. Gentleman made a number of other points about CCS, as did other hon. Members, particularly in relation to the BP Peterborough project.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-28b.811.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29a.xml", "sha256": "bf16afe20673e487", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.887.0", "colnum": "887", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"More!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister says—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.887.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29a.xml", "sha256": "bf16afe20673e487", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.887.0", "colnum": "887", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "at he wants us to listen; we have been hearing about his fiscal rules for 10 years. He stood there and lectured us about the brilliance of his fiscal rules. Why will he not now admit that they are dead? Let us just remember them—he used to be so proud of them. Rule one was, \"Only borrow to invest\"; now he is having to borrow to pay for unemployment benefit. That rule is dead. Rule two—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.887.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29a.xml", "sha256": "bf16afe20673e487", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.887.4", "colnum": "887", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "I asked the Prime Minister whether he agreed that you cannot spend your way out of a recession. Why did he not just say yes? I have a quote for him. It is something that he said in 1997—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.887.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29a.xml", "sha256": "bf16afe20673e487", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.931.2", "colnum": "931", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Lyn Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Lyn Brown", "preceding_text": "re, we are to receive a temporary facility, to be built for the games and demolished afterwards. And the stadium! This field of dreams still does not have any post-2012 tenants who can work with the community to provide affordable multi-use facilities. Unfortunately, it now seems too late for it to benefit from the interest expressed many months ago by an excellent local premier league side—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.931.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29a.xml", "sha256": "bf16afe20673e487", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.945.0", "colnum": "945", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andy Reed", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Reed", "preceding_text": "I am sure that you will appreciate, Madam Deputy Speaker, the frustration felt by hon. Members on both sides of the House about the lack of time remaining in this debate. So, in conclusion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29a.945.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.879.6", "colnum": "879", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "lmarnock and Loudoun (Des Browne) . Although this is my first time at the Dispatch Box as Secretary of State for Scotland, I know very well that I am not accountable for the words, deeds or actions for Scotland's First Minister. However, I am aware that he has compared Scotland to Iceland, Ireland and Norway. Of course, Iceland is now bankrupt as a country, Ireland faces an austerity budget—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.879.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.885.3", "colnum": "885", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Anne Begg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne Begg", "preceding_text": "I am glad to hear that because obviously the oil and gas industry is important for Aberdeen and the whole economy of the north-east of Scotland. I hope that there is a long future for the industry in the North sea—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.885.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.886.3", "colnum": "886", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "the Leader of the Opposition does not understand that that is the problem, he will not be able to come to a proper solution, because the solution lies in recapitalising the banks, then ensuring that they start lending again. If we could have a sensible debate about the matter across the Floor of this House, and he removed the partisan way in which he is dealing with it, as he promised to do—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.886.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.887.0", "colnum": "887", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "s that he wants us to listen; we have been hearing about his fiscal rules for 10 years. He stood there and lectured us about the brilliance of his fiscal rules. Why will he not now admit that they are dead? Let us just remember them—he used to be so proud of them. Rule 1 was, \"Only borrow to invest\"; now he is having to borrow to pay for unemployment benefit. That rule is dead. Rule 2—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.887.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.887.1", "colnum": "887", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "May I just remind the right hon. Gentleman of what he said only a few days ago?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.887.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.887.3", "colnum": "887", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "I just repeat what the right hon. Gentleman said.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.887.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.887.4", "colnum": "887", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "I asked the Prime Minister whether he agreed that you cannot spend your way out of a recession. Why did he not just say yes? I have a quote for him. It is something that he said in 1997—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.887.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.891.4", "colnum": "891", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "a barrel, whereas it used to be $150, and it is important that those price cuts are passed on to all customers. We cannot take the advice of the shadow Chancellor on this matter. He resurfaced—or tried to resurface—with a statement that the price of petrol should go down, yet his fuel duty stabiliser would mean that the price of petrol would now automatically go up by 5p a litre—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.891.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.893.0", "colnum": "893", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Colin Challen", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Colin Challen", "preceding_text": "l have to be made. We also face the threat of climate change, which puts extra demands on the economy and what the Government have to finance. May I draw my right hon. Friend's attention to my early-day motion 2351—\"Climate change and the UK's contribution to the Kopernikus satellite programme\"? It is a very important scientific programme to monitor, given the impact of climate change—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.893.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.894.6", "colnum": "894", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "ported by mortgage interest repayment help. The new system will begin on 1 January , and will apply to people who have been unemployed for 13 weeks. We are taking the actions that are necessary, including, from the beginning of January, buying up old houses that are on the market so that we can encourage the housing market to move forward. I believe that we are taking the policy initiatives—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.894.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.912.7", "colnum": "912", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "I know that the hon. Gentleman is not fabled for his imagination, but he should try to think of the possibility of an Olympic team training on his doorstep, at a local training camp. Can he not imagine what that will do to inspire—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.912.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.916.5", "colnum": "916", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "I will not give way just now, because I am making an important point.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.916.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.916.5", "colnum": "916", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "I will not give way just now, because I am making an important point. [Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman needs to listen to this point. I saw it —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.916.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.916.7", "colnum": "916", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "reas such as St. Helens, where I went to school. That change was the result of failure to respond to one of the key elements of the teachers' dispute of the mid-1980s. We saw the collapse of an informal, ad hoc, voluntary system of providing after-school sport, and no alternative was put in its place, which deprived millions of children of a quality introduction to sport during their school years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.916.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.931.2", "colnum": "931", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Lyn Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Lyn Brown", "preceding_text": "re, we are to receive a temporary facility, to be built for the games and demolished afterwards. And the stadium! This field of dreams still does not have any post-2012 tenants who can work with the community to provide affordable multi-use facilities. Unfortunately, it now seems too late for it to benefit from the interest expressed many months ago by an excellent local premier league side—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.931.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.945.0", "colnum": "945", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Andy Reed", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Reed", "preceding_text": "I am sure that you will appreciate, Madam Deputy Speaker, the frustration felt by hon. Members on both sides of the House about the lack of time remaining in this debate. So, in conclusion—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.945.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.991.7", "colnum": "991", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Philip Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Davies", "preceding_text": "I would not like to answer that, given that I might well mislead the House if I gave a specific number. As I said earlier, I used to visit the Canterbury store regularly when I worked for Asda. I would say that I have visited the city on at least half a dozen to a dozen occasions—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.991.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.996.6", "colnum": "996", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Chope", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Chope", "preceding_text": "s me, it should not be cooked again, particularly if it is pork or chicken. Once the food has been seized and has cooled down, will the provisions about storing it at an appropriate temperature require hot or cold storage? We do not need to go into those issues now, but it is important that we should flag them up, because the Bill is novel in comparison with the other Bills. The third issue—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.996.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.997.5", "colnum": "997", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Chope", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No, he's not!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Chope", "preceding_text": "s Bill will involve the police, community support officers and council officers, in contrast to the provisions in the Bournemouth Borough Council Bill. Perhaps my hon. Friend the Member for Canterbury will help me on this point when he responds to the debate. Perhaps he has been called away. I was expecting him to respond to the debate, but he seems to be temporarily absent from the Chamber—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.997.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.998.1", "colnum": "998", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "I am not quite sure to whom the right hon. Lady is alluding—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.998.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-29", "file": "debates2008-10-29b.xml", "sha256": "295d99619803df4d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.1001.3", "colnum": "1001", "heading": "Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day—Second Part]", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Chope", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Chope", "preceding_text": "rtificates containing false addresses, but there is no evidence of that. I will give way to my hon. Friend if he can produce any evidence that a pedlar in Canterbury has used a certificate containing a false address, and can tell us whether, if that has happened, it has resulted in that person's prosecution. Perhaps this is another of the myths being peddled by those who are against pedlars—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-29b.1001.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30a.xml", "sha256": "c00e878952092ad5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30a.1105.0", "colnum": "1105", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Linda Gilroy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Linda Gilroy", "preceding_text": "s tended to make it sound as if they are happening over and again. Nevertheless, when they come they will, of course, be a source of deep regret and play into the ongoing concerns of my constituents. Earlier this afternoon, my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Devonport (Alison Seabeck) and I discussed the death by a thousand cuts of Devonport naval base and dockyard with the regional Minister.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30a.1105.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30a.xml", "sha256": "c00e878952092ad5", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30a.1114.0", "colnum": "1114", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "preceding_text": "r distil any principle from such meaningless cant? That attempt to overlay our foreign policy with a spurious moral authority that it cannot possess has had disastrous results. We have tangled our military capabilities with legal complexities that result in terrorists being held prisoner in Basra in better conditions and safer accommodation than we have been able to provide for our own servicemen.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30a.1114.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1015.1", "colnum": "1015", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Lyn Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lyn Brown", "preceding_text": "I congratulate the Chancellor on the recapitalisation of banks, which has been admired and copied throughout the world, but was that task helped by the leaking of confidential documents by the Bank of England and by the hon. Gentleman on the Opposition Front Bench on \"The Andrew Marr Show\"? What does the Chancellor think of his opposite number's judgment?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1015.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1015.4", "colnum": "1015", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Well she should have done. I call Julian Brazier.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1015.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1016.0", "colnum": "1016", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "I look forward to the advance warnings of the attacks on me, which certainly would have helped in the last week. The banks, of course, should act responsibly to help small businesses as the economy deteriorates, but does the Chancellor agree that the Government should act responsibly as well? Can he confirm that he is still—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1016.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1021.0", "colnum": "1021", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Karen Buck", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Karen Buck", "preceding_text": "Mr Speaker, I wonder whether it might be possible for you to accept a note signed by everyone on the Labour Benches, because for the next 18 months we all intend to do little else other than attack the shadow Chancellor.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1021.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1072.2", "colnum": "1072", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "ions and to express them freely and fairly in this House without any let or hindrance, and he does that—and good luck to him. However, it is one thing to be long on the analysis of the problems, but we in this place must also be clear about the solutions. Those who are suggesting that the mission is doomed to failure and should be curtailed or ended, and that our guys should come home—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1072.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1072.2", "colnum": "1072", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "d to failure and should be curtailed or ended, and that our guys should come home— [Interruption.] Well, I respect the hon. Gentleman for not saying that, but those who do say it have to be able to deal with one other question, which is important as it affects security here in the UK: would they be happy with the return of the Taliban and al-Qaeda and the safe havens that would be generated?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1072.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1084.0", "colnum": "1084", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Liam Fox", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Liam Fox", "preceding_text": " he will be well into that debate as we move forward. The Secretary of State concentrated on Afghanistan for the bulk of his speech and, clearly, that is the top priority for NATO at present. He correctly reiterated the main reasons for our being there, the first of which is our national security. It is often forgotten in the debate about Afghanistan that we are there primarily for our own safety.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1084.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1086.1", "colnum": "1086", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Liam Fox", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Liam Fox", "preceding_text": " Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in Baghdad, because contracts for reconstruction are being, and will be, picked up by the Americans, the Germans, the French and the Russians. Given our commitment to Iraq, it would be unthinkable were we not to have appropriate representation in Baghdad to ensure that British companies get their fair share of the reconstruction contracts.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1086.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1097.0", "colnum": "1097", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "John Smith", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hooray!\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Smith", "preceding_text": "vestment on the defence front line, which is where we want all the spare money to go. In the current difficult economic times, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer is looking for a public sector project to provide jobs, stability in the economy and investment in training for the future of this country, and to save money, I can think of none better than the defence technical academy at MOD St. Athan.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1097.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1104.1", "colnum": "1104", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Robert Key", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Robert Key", "preceding_text": "I am glad that the hon. Gentleman has popped into our debate, which has been very important indeed.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1104.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1105.0", "colnum": "1105", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Linda Gilroy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Linda Gilroy", "preceding_text": " tended to make it sound as if they are happening over and again. Nevertheless, when they come, they will, of course, be a source of deep regret and play into the ongoing concerns of my constituents. Earlier this afternoon, my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Devonport (Alison Seabeck) and I discussed the death by a thousand cuts of Devonport naval base and dockyard with the regional Minister.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1105.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1114.0", "colnum": "1114", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bernard Jenkin", "preceding_text": "r distil any principle from such meaningless cant? That attempt to overlay our foreign policy with a spurious moral authority that it cannot possess has had disastrous results. We have tangled our military capabilities with legal complexities that result in terrorists being held prisoner in Basra in better conditions and safer accommodation than we have been able to provide for our own servicemen.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1114.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-10-30", "file": "debates2008-10-30b.xml", "sha256": "d95d31ffd161f097", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1130.0", "colnum": "1130", "heading": "TOPICAL DEBATE", "cue_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Ainsworth", "preceding_text": "ding of armed forces issues. I have noticed that, and I do not think that it is just because of where I stand. The people have moved and developed a greater understanding of defence issues and our armed forces. The work done by the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and Stamford (Mr. Davies) helped in some small measure to focus that increased recognition.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-10-30b.1130.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-03", "file": "debates2008-11-03a.xml", "sha256": "ac5a28438273b917", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03a.32.5", "colnum": "32", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tom Levitt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tom Levitt", "preceding_text": " I very much appreciate the spirit in which my hon. Friend the Minister has tabled this amendment, as he promised that he would following our debate in Committee. He has been as good as his word. I will, if necessary, follow him into the Lobby to support new clause 3. My hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd, South (Mr. Jones) and I were part of the awkward squad on the Back Benches in Committee—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03a.32.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-03", "file": "debates2008-11-03a.xml", "sha256": "ac5a28438273b917", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03a.57.0", "colnum": "57", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "Let me reverse the position of amendment No. 10 for a moment. If clause 5(4) were not in the Bill—precisely what the amendment is designed to achieve—and I moved an amendment to put the same wording of subsection (4) back into the Bill, I suspect that the Government would respond by arguing that it was unnecessary and there was no need for it —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03a.57.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-03", "file": "debates2008-11-03b.xml", "sha256": "37bfcfc87c1e6ea3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03b.20.2", "colnum": "20", "heading": "DEFENCE", "cue_speaker": "John Hutton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hutton", "preceding_text": "All Defence Ministers will use temperate language to describe all these matters.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03b.20.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-03", "file": "debates2008-11-03b.xml", "sha256": "37bfcfc87c1e6ea3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03b.32.5", "colnum": "32", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tom Levitt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tom Levitt", "preceding_text": " I very much appreciate the spirit in which my hon. Friend the Minister has tabled this amendment, as he promised that he would following our debate in Committee. He has been as good as his word. I will, if necessary, follow him into the Lobby to support new clause 3. My hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd, South (Mr. Jones) and I were part of the awkward squad on the Back Benches in Committee—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03b.32.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-03", "file": "debates2008-11-03b.xml", "sha256": "37bfcfc87c1e6ea3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03b.57.0", "colnum": "57", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "Let me reverse the position of amendment No. 10 for a moment. If clause 5(4) were not in the Bill—precisely what the amendment is designed to achieve—and I moved an amendment to put the wording of subsection (4) back into the Bill, I suspect that the Government would respond by arguing that it was unnecessary and there was no need for it —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-03b.57.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04b.xml", "sha256": "3834bbdbb76f3163", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04b.136.0", "colnum": "136", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "aid, of course, is that we should not withdraw this treatment; we should ensure that NHS treatment continues; we should allow the patient to pay for that treatment; but we should not under any circumstances—to reiterate a point put to me in a consultation by the hon. Member for Billericay—endanger the principles of the NHS. The system of top-ups would, however, endanger that principle.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04b.136.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04b.xml", "sha256": "3834bbdbb76f3163", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04b.136.0", "colnum": "136", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": " but what Professor Richards has said is that we cannot carry on with this cruel system, but neither can we allow the NHS to be used to subsidise private care. I do not know the current position of Conservative Front Benchers on this issue. It has been all kinds of things over the last 10 years and I am not sure what it is today on this particular Wednesday; it might well have changed again—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04b.136.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04b.xml", "sha256": "3834bbdbb76f3163", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04b.136.0", "colnum": "136", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "Office of Fair Trading review of the pharmaceutical industry a while ago. The hon. Gentleman and the Conservative party need to understand this: either we keep the current system, which Labour Members value, of reaching a voluntary agreement with the pharmaceutical industry through the PPRS or we move to reference pricing—the European model. I believe that we would lose out from that system.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04b.136.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.107.0", "colnum": "107", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend may know that a very important report on dental care has recently been published by the Health Committee, whose Chairman is in his place—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.107.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.108.0", "colnum": "108", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": " Gentleman personally, but I wonder where we would have been on health inequalities if the Black report, which was commissioned in the late 1970s but reported in the early 1980s, had been implemented. Three hundred copies were published on a bank holiday Monday, with a foreword by the then Conservative Secretary of State, Patrick Jenkin, stating that everything in the report was basically rubbish.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.108.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.118.1", "colnum": "118", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Dawn Primarolo", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Dawn Primarolo", "preceding_text": "Yes, I did seriously mean that answer, and if the hon. Gentleman refers back to the consultation document, he will see that it sets down four possible ways of looking at an issue that has not been reviewed for more than 60 years, but there are no specific proposals to do anything.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.118.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.136.0", "colnum": "136", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "aid, of course, is that we should not withdraw this treatment; we should ensure that NHS treatment continues; we should allow the patient to pay for that treatment; but we should not under any circumstances—to reiterate a point put to me in a consultation by the hon. Member for Billericay—endanger the principles of the NHS. The system of top-ups would, however, endanger that principle.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.136.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.136.0", "colnum": "136", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": " but what Professor Richards has said is that we cannot carry on with this cruel system, but neither can we allow the NHS to be used to subsidise private care. I do not know the current position of Conservative Front Benchers on this issue. It has been all kinds of things over the last 10 years and I am not sure what it is today on this particular Wednesday; it might well have changed again—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.136.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.136.0", "colnum": "136", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "Office of Fair Trading review of the pharmaceutical industry a while ago. The hon. Gentleman and the Conservative party need to understand this: either we keep the current system, which Labour Members value, of reaching a voluntary agreement with the pharmaceutical industry through the PPRS or we move to reference pricing—the European model. I believe that we would lose out from that system.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.136.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.139.0", "colnum": "139", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "I thank the hon. Gentleman for his welcome for the statement. He says that it is a remarkable U-turn, but this guidance has been around for many years. We can track it back to the early '80s, under the Thatcher Government, and it was there before that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.139.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.139.0", "colnum": "139", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "but I said that if we allowed NHS care and private care to be given together—I talked about an episode of treatment, to introduce a new variation into all the descriptions, back in December last year—that could be the end of the founding principles of the NHS. It could be, and Mike Richards has accepted that it could be, which is why separate care is an important part of his proposals.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.139.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.156.2", "colnum": "156", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John McDonnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McDonnell", "preceding_text": "All this is destroying my revolutionary credentials. Let me be clear: we are trying to reach a consensus with the Government. For five years, we have consulted every trade union, through the TUC, on our proposals. There was even a resolution at the Labour party conference proposing similar trade union reforms.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.156.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.158.3", "colnum": "158", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John McDonnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McDonnell", "preceding_text": "Various Members will have their own experiences of this situation, but for most trade unionists, let alone lawyers, it is an incredibly onerous task to comply with the law in question. It is costly, overcomplicated and, to be frank, it provides a battleground and a fair income—with the greatest respect to my hon. Friend—for lawyers.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.158.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.170.3", "colnum": "170", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Lorely Burt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lorely Burt", "preceding_text": "From a sedentary position, the hon. Member for Blyth Valley (Mr. Campbell) describes my position as wishy-washy. I would suggest—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.170.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.173.0", "colnum": "173", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Michael Penning", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Penning", "preceding_text": " Friend highlights the complete chaos that still exists within the trade unions. Perhaps before the unions go to the employers and ask where their members are, they should make a point of contacting their members and explaining to them how much of their contribution to the trade union goes to the Labour party and is bankrolling the Government. That is crucial, because if they are doing that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.173.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.179.0", "colnum": "179", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "preceding_text": "a dialogue about such issues. Let me turn briefly to new clause 3, which seeks to strengthen the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 in respect of the supply of workers. The approach behind the conduct regulations is to seek to reflect the interests of work-seekers, employment agencies and employment businesses, and the companies that use their services—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.179.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.179.0", "colnum": "179", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick McFadden", "preceding_text": "urn briefly to new clause 3, which seeks to strengthen the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 in respect of the supply of workers. The approach behind the conduct regulations is to seek to reflect the interests of work-seekers, employment agencies and employment businesses, and the companies that use their services— [ Interruption. ] Regulation 7—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.179.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.187.4", "colnum": "187", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John McDonnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McDonnell", "preceding_text": "I shall briefly speak on new clause 4. I am conscious of the time; there is important business to discuss, as I said earlier. The new clause seeks to provide—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.187.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.190.2", "colnum": "190", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Jonathan Djanogly", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jonathan Djanogly", "preceding_text": "Yes. Perhaps the payroll has become so big that they now think they can—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.190.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.195.1", "colnum": "195", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I know that part of the difference between us is how this is interpreted. I am not concerned about whether he says that that is his intention but about whether the words in the Bill will be interpreted in that way by a tribunal or a court.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.195.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.197.0", "colnum": "197", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "preceding_text": "My right hon. Friend knows that he and I have great mutual respect, admiration and all the rest of it, but that does not mean to say that he is right in this case .", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.197.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-04", "file": "debates2008-11-04c.xml", "sha256": "70c6bc3ee9d93d73", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.197.4", "colnum": "197", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tony Lloyd", "preceding_text": "With great respect, these are interesting debating points, but they are not serious debating points. As I said to the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead, if we are determined to capture fascist organisations—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-04c.197.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05a.xml", "sha256": "7d2a84c2c1631734", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.244.0", "colnum": "244", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Leech", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Leech", "preceding_text": "May I add my condolences to the family of the dead soldier? Over the next few weeks, the residents of Greater Manchester will have the opportunity to vote in the referendum on introducing congestion charging in return for £1.5 billion Government investment in public transport. Many people support road pricing but do not support the scheme. Will the Prime Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.244.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05a.xml", "sha256": "7d2a84c2c1631734", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.246.4", "colnum": "246", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The IMF repeatedly warned this Government about the high levels of both personal and Government debt. I do not know why the Prime Minister did not just agree with my question, because this is what he said to the Labour conference in 1995.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.246.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05a.xml", "sha256": "7d2a84c2c1631734", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.246.4", "colnum": "246", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The IMF repeatedly warned this Government about the high levels of both personal and Government debt. I do not know why the Prime Minister did not just agree with my question, because this is what he said to the Labour conference in 1995. [Interruption.] It is another quote, and perhaps Labour Members would like to listen to it. These were the great words of the leader.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.246.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05a.xml", "sha256": "7d2a84c2c1631734", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.246.4", "colnum": "246", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "rnment about the high levels of both personal and Government debt. I do not know why the Prime Minister did not just agree with my question, because this is what he said to the Labour conference in 1995. [Interruption.] It is another quote, and perhaps Labour Members would like to listen to it. These were the great words of the leader. [Interruption.] Why do not Labour Members listen for a change?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.246.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05a.xml", "sha256": "7d2a84c2c1631734", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.247.3", "colnum": "247", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister says that I have in some way misrepresented what Lord Myners said. Let me explain exactly what he said. In the other place, Lord Lea asked him: \"If we are going to hold inquiries, do we not need a wider public inquiry?\" Lord Myners replied: \"My Lords, I agree with my noble friend.\"—[ Official Report, House of Lords, 3 November 2008; Vol. 705, c. 16 .] That is what he said.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.247.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05a.xml", "sha256": "7d2a84c2c1631734", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.256.1", "colnum": "256", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Duddridge", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah.\"", "preceding_speaker": "James Duddridge", "preceding_text": "ly on the Bill and I particularly thank Richard Kitchen, the policy director of the DVLA, the Department for Transport and a large number of ex-Ministers. In fact, most of the people sponsoring and supporting the Bill are ex-Ministers who speak fondly of some of the modest changes they would have made to deregulate the marketplace. They all told me they wished they had done more at the time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.256.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05a.xml", "sha256": "7d2a84c2c1631734", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.308.0", "colnum": "308", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Lee Scott", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lee Scott", "preceding_text": " is for small businesses—and perhaps sometimes for big businesses, too. The banks should certainly use the money they are being given more wisely to help the very people who are suffering from these problems. Let me touch briefly on a number of other issues. I cannot remember who it was, but a Government Member spoke earlier about councils and the provision of social services packages—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.308.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05a.xml", "sha256": "7d2a84c2c1631734", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.308.0", "colnum": "308", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Lee Scott", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lee Scott", "preceding_text": "s of getting the money: either through the Government of the day whose resources are finite, or through the council tax—yet we know that many people cannot afford rises at the moment. That has to be measured. I am going to use some particular words now—I apologise to Ministers for not clearing these words with anyone—as perhaps some form of ring-fencing of moneys is needed—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.308.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05a.xml", "sha256": "7d2a84c2c1631734", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.308.0", "colnum": "308", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Lee Scott", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lee Scott", "preceding_text": "se resources are finite, or through the council tax—yet we know that many people cannot afford rises at the moment. That has to be measured. I am going to use some particular words now—I apologise to Ministers for not clearing these words with anyone—as perhaps some form of ring-fencing of moneys is needed— [Interruption.] Perhaps that is why I am on the Back Benches—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05a.308.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.239.2", "colnum": "239", "heading": "INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT", "cue_speaker": "Ivan Lewis", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Ivan Lewis", "preceding_text": "I am very optimistic that President-elect Obama will find a slot in his diary for me in the next few days—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.239.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.244.0", "colnum": "244", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "John Leech", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Leech", "preceding_text": "May I add my condolences to the family of the dead soldier? Over the next few weeks, the residents of Greater Manchester will have the opportunity to vote in the referendum on introducing congestion charging in return for £1.5 billion of Government investment in public transport. Many people support road pricing but do not support the scheme. Will the Prime Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.244.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.244.2", "colnum": "244", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "John Leech", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Leech", "preceding_text": "Will the Prime Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.244.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.245.2", "colnum": "245", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The Labour party—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.245.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.245.4", "colnum": "245", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "rose—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.245.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.246.3", "colnum": "246", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "If I can take debt overall in our economy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.246.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.246.4", "colnum": "246", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The IMF repeatedly warned this Government about the high levels of both personal and Government debt. I do not know why the Prime Minister did not just agree with my question, because this is what he said to the Labour conference in 1995.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.246.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.246.4", "colnum": "246", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The IMF repeatedly warned this Government about the high levels of both personal and Government debt. I do not know why the Prime Minister did not just agree with my question, because this is what he said to the Labour conference in 1995. [Interruption.] It is another quote, and perhaps Labour Members would like to listen to it. These were the great words of the leader.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.246.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.246.4", "colnum": "246", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "rnment about the high levels of both personal and Government debt. I do not know why the Prime Minister did not just agree with my question, because this is what he said to the Labour conference in 1995. [Interruption.] It is another quote, and perhaps Labour Members would like to listen to it. These were the great words of the leader. [Interruption.] Why do Labour Members not listen for a change?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.246.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.247.3", "colnum": "247", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister says that I have in some way misrepresented what Lord Myners said. Let me explain exactly what he said. In the other place, Lord Lea asked him: \"If we are going to hold inquiries, do we not need a wider public inquiry?\" Lord Myners replied: \"My Lords, I agree with my noble friend.\"—[ Official Report, House of Lords, 3 November 2008; Vol. 705, c. 16 .] That is what he said.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.247.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.247.4", "colnum": "247", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "The reason why the American people voted for change is that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.247.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.251.7", "colnum": "251", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Dennis Skinner", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dennis Skinner", "preceding_text": "Does the Prime Minister agree that it is quite remarkable that, after the economic tsunami lapped the shores of every continent, countries of the left, right and centre—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.251.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.252.6", "colnum": "252", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "We are committed to greater fairness in the NHS, and we know the worries of people who have long-term illnesses. We have agreed to abolish prescription charges for all cancer patients next year, and we are committed to abolishing charges for everyone with a long-term condition as we deliver savings in the drugs budget over the coming years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.252.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.256.1", "colnum": "256", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "James Duddridge", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah.\"", "preceding_speaker": "James Duddridge", "preceding_text": "ly on the Bill and I particularly thank Richard Kitchen, the policy director of the DVLA, the Department for Transport and a large number of ex-Ministers. In fact, most of the people sponsoring and supporting the Bill are ex-Ministers who speak fondly of some of the modest changes they would have made to deregulate the marketplace. They all told me they wished they had done more at the time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.256.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.276.0", "colnum": "276", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Roger Berry", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Roger Berry", "preceding_text": "ample. RADAR—the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation—estimates than only a quarter of employers know about the programme. It is a very important way of reducing discrimination by employers who might be worried about the additional costs of employing a disabled person. It is a critical programme: please, please can it have as much money and as much publicity as possible?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.276.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.287.1", "colnum": "287", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Jennifer Willott", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jennifer Willott", "preceding_text": " of delaying support, rather than introducing it right at the beginning; on the setting of targets for contracts that are not achievable and will cause the commissioning system not to work properly; and on not enough money being put into those contracts to ensure that those furthest from the job market are able to get jobs. I would be grateful if the Minister could respond to some of those issues.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.287.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.308.0", "colnum": "308", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Lee Scott", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lee Scott", "preceding_text": " is for small businesses—and perhaps sometimes for big businesses, too. The banks should certainly use the money they are being given more wisely to help the very people who are suffering from these problems. Let me touch briefly on a number of other issues. I cannot remember who it was, but a Government Member spoke earlier about councils and the provision of social services packages—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.308.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.308.0", "colnum": "308", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Lee Scott", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lee Scott", "preceding_text": " of getting the money: either through the Government of the day whose resources are finite, or through the council tax—yet we know that many people cannot afford rises at the moment. That has to be measured. I am going to use some particular words now—I apologise to Ministers for not clearing these words with anyone—as perhaps some form of ring-fencing of moneys is needed.—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.308.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-05", "file": "debates2008-11-05b.xml", "sha256": "a397f2347e806cf4", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.308.0", "colnum": "308", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Lee Scott", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Lee Scott", "preceding_text": "e resources are finite, or through the council tax—yet we know that many people cannot afford rises at the moment. That has to be measured. I am going to use some particular words now—I apologise to Ministers for not clearing these words with anyone—as perhaps some form of ring-fencing of moneys is needed.— [Interruption.] Perhaps that is why I am on the Back Benches—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-05b.308.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-06", "file": "debates2008-11-06a.xml", "sha256": "3ccbd3213d68c5ee", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-06a.356.0", "colnum": "356", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": " that can impede health and safety. That is why, when we came into government after many years of Tory rule, we introduced a legal prohibition on requiring people to work very long hours. Following a European Court judgment there have been some changes, to which other Governments across the piece are now agreeing, about how on-call time is calculated for the purposes of the working time directive.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-06a.356.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-06", "file": "debates2008-11-06b.xml", "sha256": "53a5cfde92584e1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-06b.338.4", "colnum": "338", "heading": "ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS", "cue_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Hilary Benn", "preceding_text": "That is a really worthwhile thing to do, and a number of local authorities are promoting schemes to encourage parents and children to walk to school. For example, the introduction of 20 mph zones in many residential areas changes the balance between the car and the pedestrian, and we ought to take as many steps as possible—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-06b.338.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-06", "file": "debates2008-11-06b.xml", "sha256": "53a5cfde92584e1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-06b.364.0", "colnum": "364", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "about. The Prime Minister made it clear only yesterday that it is fortunate that we face this economic challenge against a background of relatively high levels of employment and relatively low levels of unemployment. Having paid off debt over the past 10 years, as well as investing in the NHS and education, we are in as good a position as we could be to face those difficult economic circumstances.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-06b.364.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-06", "file": "debates2008-11-06b.xml", "sha256": "53a5cfde92584e1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-06b.452.0", "colnum": "452", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Rosindell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Rosindell", "preceding_text": "de a series of relevant points. All Members of Parliament have constituents who are deeply unhappy about the way in which crime is tackled in this country by the police and feel that a lot more needs to be done, and he said that the people of this country feel left out of the loop and have concerns about intervening. There has been a breakdown in the relationship between the police and the public.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-06b.452.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10a.xml", "sha256": "078dada4d647b2eb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10a.492.3", "colnum": "492", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": "macro-economic reality.\"—[ Official Report , 2 April 2008; Vol. 474, c. 824-5 .] It is only fair that we do not isolate the Exchequer Secretary too much, however, because Labour Back Benchers faithfully echoed everything that she said. I do not want to criticise a gentleman in his absence, but I am sure that he will not mind my quoting what he said. He is one of the more distinguished—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10a.492.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10a.xml", "sha256": "078dada4d647b2eb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10a.539.2", "colnum": "539", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": " that confronted me as I opened the newspaper was \"Osborne admits his mistake\". I thought that progress had been made, but soon found out that the headline referred to a completely separate catastrophic error of judgement by the hon. Gentleman. However, I had to wait only a further 24 hours for the Telegraph headline: \"George Osborne: Slash interest rates to drag Britain out of economic nosedive\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10a.539.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10a.xml", "sha256": "078dada4d647b2eb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10a.542.3", "colnum": "542", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "bly detailed conversation about the Conservative proposal, concluded that it was completely potty, and therefore decided not to support it. We were well advised in that, because now the Conservatives, keen to tell everybody their policies, will be putting out leaflets, inappropriately called \"In Touch\", in every constituency saying, \"Vote Conservative—we'll put your petrol up by 5p a litre.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10a.542.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.472.6", "colnum": "472", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Tobias Ellwood", "preceding_text": "I do not know whether you are a betting man, Mr. Speaker—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.472.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.478.1", "colnum": "478", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "I do not consider it right for me, or any other Minister, to provide a running commentary on the levels of individual salaries in the BBC, just as it is not right for me to provide a running commentary on the salaries of footballers, although I am often asked to do that. However—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.478.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.479.4", "colnum": "479", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "omes the report, as it was my understanding that his party's stated policy was to examine the case for devolution within broadcasting, whereas, rather embarrassingly for him and his colleagues, the commission has explicitly rejected the central argument it was set up to test. We will give the recommendations due consideration because they are important and they deserve to be given careful thought.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.479.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.479.4", "colnum": "479", "heading": "CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT", "cue_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andy Burnham", "preceding_text": "nderstanding that his party's stated policy was to examine the case for devolution within broadcasting, whereas, rather embarrassingly for him and his colleagues, the commission has explicitly rejected the central argument it was set up to test. We will give the recommendations due consideration because they are important and they deserve to be given careful thought. [Interruption.] We will—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.479.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.487.1", "colnum": "487", "heading": "OLYMPICS", "cue_speaker": "Tessa Jowell", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Tessa Jowell", "preceding_text": "First, I should like to make it absolutely clear that people of world-class experience and stature are working on the project. That is why all the major projects in the construction programme are already on budget and on time. The hon. Gentleman proposes his various flamboyant—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.487.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.492.3", "colnum": "492", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vincent Cable", "preceding_text": ", that colourful and lurid fiction has no real bearing on the macro-economic reality.\" It is only fair that we do not isolate the Exchequer Secretary too much, however, because Labour Back Benchers faithfully echoed everything that she said. I do not want to criticise a gentleman in his absence, but I am sure that he will not mind my quoting what he said. He is one of the more distinguished—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.492.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.508.0", "colnum": "508", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Eagle", "preceding_text": "boost our competitiveness on energy, planning, transport, housing, science, skills and digital technology. As the International Monetary Fund recently stated: \"For over a decade, the United Kingdom has sustained low inflation and rapid economic growth—an exceptional achievement....fruit of strong policies and policy frameworks, which provide a strong foundation to weather global\" challenges.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.508.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.508.1", "colnum": "508", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"You.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "uts for everyman, funded by amorphous wealthy individuals, or as the leader of the Liberal Democrats described them today, top earners. That is too easy. We have reached the point in this economic debate where difficult decisions have to be taken, although I know that is not something the Liberal Democrats specialise in. Who are those wealthy individuals or top earners? They are the usual victims.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.508.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.508.1", "colnum": "508", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": " for having called for a 2 per cent. base rate cut by the Bank of England, but on 15 September he told his party conference: \"The Government must not compromise the independence of the Bank of England by telling it to slash interest rates.\" Then he got on the train back to London and spent the next three weeks going around the television studios calling precisely for a cut in interest rates—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.508.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.510.3", "colnum": "510", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "George Mudie", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Mudie", "preceding_text": "Does the hon. Gentleman not think that it is a bit harsh to say that we have a recession and that there is nothing that we can do about it?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.510.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.512.1", "colnum": "512", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Philip Hammond", "preceding_text": "My right hon. Friend is right, but he is perhaps rather generous to describe the £3 billion as an equity investment in Northern Rock; I think that it was a write-off of debt, about which the Government had little choice.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.512.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.539.2", "colnum": "539", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "e that confronted me as I opened the newspaper was \"Osborne admits his mistake\". I thought that progress had been made, but soon found out that the headline referred to a completely separate catastrophic error of judgment by the hon. Gentleman. However, I had to wait only a further 24 hours for the Telegraph headline: \"George Osborne: Slash interest rates to drag Britain out of economic nosedive\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.539.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.542.3", "colnum": "542", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Jeremy Browne", "preceding_text": "bly detailed conversation about the Conservative proposal, concluded that it was completely potty, and therefore decided not to support it. We were well advised in that, because now the Conservatives, keen to tell everybody their policies, will be putting out leaflets, inappropriately called \"In Touch\", in every constituency saying, \"Vote Conservative—we'll put your petrol up by 5p a litre.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.542.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.566.3", "colnum": "566", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": " to pretend that we can ignore the way in which the world is changing, we cannot do so. The way in which the Post Office operates and the market in which it does so are different from what happened 10 or 15 years ago; they are even different from the situation two years ago. Some 4 million fewer visits a week are made to a post office and 1 million car tax disc renewals are done online each month.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.566.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.569.0", "colnum": "569", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "I know that this is a difficult thing to say, but due process is important. It is important that we take decisions legally, and I am sure that everyone in the House would agree with that. On the subject of the timing, I can reassure Members that we will take the decision very soon—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.569.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.577.1", "colnum": "577", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "n bothered to turn up for this debate. We shall make that clear in Manchester when crocodile tears are wept about the Post Office card account. The Liberal Democrat MP who got his seat on a bogus scare about the closure of the cancer hospital cannot even be bothered to turn up and speak up for his constituents on the Post Office card accounts, as I—a loyal Labour Back Bencher—am doing.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.577.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.585.2", "colnum": "585", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Greg Mulholland", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Greg Mulholland", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman and I agree on many things, and I am sure that we both felt real hurt over England's woeful performances in the rugby league world cup. I am sure that we both agree that England will improve hugely in the semi-final at the weekend. However, he does not actually know what Liberal Democrat policy is on this issue—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.585.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.585.2", "colnum": "585", "heading": "Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]", "cue_speaker": "Greg Mulholland", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Greg Mulholland", "preceding_text": "ngland will improve hugely in the semi-final at the weekend. However, he does not actually know what Liberal Democrat policy is on this issue— [ Interruption. ] Let me make it very clear, so that he and others can understand it: our policy is simply to inject a large amount of private capital into Royal Mail and properly support it, and to leave the post offices and let the network continue.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.585.2"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-11-10", "file": "debates2008-11-10b.xml", "sha256": "1c4b7e9532b2fed1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.607.15", "colnum": "607", "heading": "DELEGATED LEGISLATION", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "No. Division deferred till Wednesday 12 November , pursuant to Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) .", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "I think the Ayes have it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-10b.607.14"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11b.xml", "sha256": "a71b2a3be6a2de40", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.624.5", "colnum": "624", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I do think it is important that America becomes fully engaged with development issues, and the size of its economy gives it a unique capacity to do so. Let me say to my right hon. Friend—I hope that he will still talk to me when I have said this—that of all the things the Bush Administration have done, one of the most significant was their work on health issues.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.624.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11b.xml", "sha256": "a71b2a3be6a2de40", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.650.3", "colnum": "650", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "preceding_text": "hat might not otherwise be viable. It also means that operators can offer greater choice and more frequent services than they could if they relied only on meeting local demand or providing \"point to point\" services. Without the connecting passengers, we could potentially lose flights from Heathrow to destinations such as Seattle, Bangalore and Riyadh. Heathrow also serves crucial domestic markets.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.650.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11b.xml", "sha256": "a71b2a3be6a2de40", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.682.2", "colnum": "682", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Wilshire", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Noise.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Wilshire", "preceding_text": "As he rightly says, for his scheme to work Heathrow will have to be shut. If that happened, where would it leave the 70,000 people who work inside the boundary fence? They would face redundancy. I hope we all agree that redundancies are a bad thing. Heathrow's key problems are all horribly familiar to us: frustrating departure delays, annoying landing delays, cancelled flights, missing bags—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.682.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11b.xml", "sha256": "a71b2a3be6a2de40", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.706.2", "colnum": "706", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": " airline industry has of course staked its demand for continued expansion on the claim that it is central to the UK economy. However, it is not. No one will deny that the aviation industry has an important role, but it ranks as only the 26th largest industry in the country. It is half the size of the computer industry and, until a few months ago, just a 10th the size of banking and finance —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.706.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11b.xml", "sha256": "a71b2a3be6a2de40", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.730.0", "colnum": "730", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "preceding_text": "ny people prefer to take direct flights from regional or other London airports. This has been a good debate, with the exception, I am afraid to say, of the contributions from those on the Government and official Opposition Front Benches. The Conservatives have performed an extraordinary volte-face over the past couple of months, standing the policy that they have supported for so long on its head.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11b.730.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.624.5", "colnum": "624", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I do think it is important that America becomes fully engaged with development issues, and the size of its economy gives it a unique capacity to do so. Let me say to my right hon. Friend—I hope that he will still talk to me when I have said this—that of all the things the Bush Administration did, one of the most significant was their work on health issues.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.624.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.627.6", "colnum": "627", "heading": "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE", "cue_speaker": "Bill Rammell", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It is not.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Bill Rammell", "preceding_text": "That is an operational matter—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.627.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.640.0", "colnum": "640", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "preceding_text": "ration between the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Garda Siochana in the Republic of Ireland. I was in Northern Ireland talking to police leaders only a couple of weeks ago. Sir Hugh Orde appeared before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee only last week, and it makes complete sense to have that sort of co-ordination. To politicise the police in the way that has been suggested—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.640.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.644.3", "colnum": "644", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman has an extremely distinguished record on such matters and has consistently argued his case on environmental protection. Sadly, he has rarely influenced his Front Benchers, either in government or since the Conservatives have been in opposition.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.644.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.650.1", "colnum": "650", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "preceding_text": "We have not consulted on that matter and it is not a decision that we have to take.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.650.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.650.1", "colnum": "650", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "preceding_text": "she represents—will use Heathrow and other British airports pretty regularly. I shall deal further with the issue of Heathrow acting as a hub in a few moments, but the logical consequence of Conservative party policy is clear: more and more constituents who want to use Heathrow will be told that the only way of getting the connecting flight they want is to go to Schiphol, Paris or Frankfurt.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.650.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.650.1", "colnum": "650", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "preceding_text": "told that the only way of getting the connecting flight they want is to go to Schiphol, Paris or Frankfurt. [Interruption.] I see that the hon. Member for Chipping Barnet shakes her head, but that is already happening. The number of British citizens who have to take connecting flights to travel to the continent, simply because the capacity at Heathrow is not available, has increased significantly.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.650.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.650.3", "colnum": "650", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "preceding_text": "ate routes that might not otherwise be viable. It also means that operators can offer greater choice and more frequent services than they could if they relied only on meeting local demand or providing \"point to point\" services. Without the connecting passengers, we could lose flights from Heathrow to destinations such as Seattle, Bangalore and Riyadh. Heathrow also serves crucial domestic markets.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.650.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.656.4", "colnum": "656", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "preceding_text": "ality around Heathrow is actually emissions from road vehicles. Our analysis shows that even immediately outside the airport, nitrogen dioxide emissions from road vehicles in 2002 exceeded that from airport sources, and near the M4, nitrogen dioxide from road use represents 70 per cent. of the total nitrogen dioxide emissions, with aviation accounting for only 4 per cent. That does not mean—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.656.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.658.3", "colnum": "658", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Geoff Hoon", "preceding_text": " range of views on the issue of Heathrow expansion, not just from people and businesses located close to the airport but from others right across the UK. I am grateful for the opportunity of this debate and I look forward to responding to points where I can, although I hope that the House will recognise that I may sometimes be constrained in my replies to ensure complete fairness and transparency.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.658.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.660.2", "colnum": "660", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Theresa Villiers", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa Villiers", "preceding_text": "One of the reasons for that change is BAA's decision to try to sweat the more profitable routes at the expense of the less profitable ones.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.660.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.668.3", "colnum": "668", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Theresa Villiers", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa Villiers", "preceding_text": "In using that statistic, we have always made it clear that it related to a full, national network, which we want to see built. At least we are making a start—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.668.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.668.3", "colnum": "668", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Theresa Villiers", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa Villiers", "preceding_text": "In using that statistic, we have always made it clear that it related to a full, national network, which we want to see built. At least we are making a start— [ Interruption. ] The Secretary of State tells the House, \"I'm a big fan of high-speed rail\", but he refuses to match the commitment that we have made to building high-speed rail.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.668.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.678.6", "colnum": "678", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Norman Baker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Baker", "preceding_text": "out the value of all those transit passengers. Part of the cause of passenger congestion at Heathrow is people who come in, spend £5 at Heathrow on a cup of coffee and give nothing else to the economy. It is about time we reassessed what the point of Heathrow is; it is about serving this country, rather than serving people who are getting off one plane and on to another to go somewhere else.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.678.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.682.2", "colnum": "682", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "David Wilshire", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Noise.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Wilshire", "preceding_text": "As he rightly says, for his scheme to work Heathrow will have to be shut. If that happened, where would it leave the 70,000 people who work inside the boundary fence? They would face redundancy. I hope we all agree that redundancies are a bad thing. Heathrow's key problems are all horribly familiar to us: frustrating departure delays, annoying landing delays, cancelled flights, missing bags—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.682.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.706.2", "colnum": "706", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Meacher", "preceding_text": ", the airline industry has of course staked its demand for continued expansion on the claim that it is central to the UK economy, but it is not. No one will deny that the aviation industry has an important role, but it ranks as only the 26th largest industry in the country. It is half the size of the computer industry and, until a few months ago, just a 10th the size of banking and finance —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.706.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.730.0", "colnum": "730", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "preceding_text": "ny people prefer to take direct flights from regional or other London airports. This has been a good debate, with the exception, I am afraid to say, of the contributions from those on the Government and official Opposition Front Benches. The Conservatives have performed an extraordinary volte-face over the past couple of months, standing the policy that they have supported for so long on its head.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.730.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.738.2", "colnum": "738", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Jim Fitzpatrick", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Fitzpatrick", "preceding_text": "on. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham (Mr. Hands) , my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush (Mr. Slaughter) and the hon. Members for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin) and for Canterbury (Mr. Brazier) for being unable to respond in detail to their contributions. In conclusion, to round off the comments on the economic impact, I want to refer to the CBI briefing for this debate—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.738.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.738.2", "colnum": "738", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Jim Fitzpatrick", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Fitzpatrick", "preceding_text": "nds) , my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush (Mr. Slaughter) and the hon. Members for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin) and for Canterbury (Mr. Brazier) for being unable to respond in detail to their contributions. In conclusion, to round off the comments on the economic impact, I want to refer to the CBI briefing for this debate— [ Interruption. ] It states on page 2—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.738.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-11", "file": "debates2008-11-11c.xml", "sha256": "a9b4c0a1f3abd812", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.738.2", "colnum": "738", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Jim Fitzpatrick", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Fitzpatrick", "preceding_text": " [ Interruption. ] It states on page 2— [ Interruption. ] I know that Opposition Members do not want to hear this, but it states: \"Surveys of business opinion have consistently demonstrated the importance of Heathrow...Nine out of ten companies surveyed in London or in areas close...said that they regarded the airport as either 'vital' or 'very important'...80 per cent. of businesses\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-11c.738.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12b.xml", "sha256": "54eb290c4bfa786a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12b.776.1", "colnum": "776", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Hogg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Hogg", "preceding_text": "es early on a Wednesday or have pressing engagements at freebie dinners, but that is not a first priority for hon. and right hon. Members. I want to make a few general points. First, there is a general principle that in a democratic body, Members who wish to express a view on matters of importance should be able to do so. Of course it is true that that is often a bore. Many of us are boring—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12b.776.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12b.xml", "sha256": "54eb290c4bfa786a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12b.799.2", "colnum": "799", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman did not sit in this House between '92 and '98; if he had, he could not make that statement. The Government of that time did not have a majority, and therefore could not insist in the way this Government do that they shall have every jot and iota of their business.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12b.799.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12b.xml", "sha256": "54eb290c4bfa786a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12b.880.2", "colnum": "880", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Richard Younger-Ross", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No they don't!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Younger-Ross", "preceding_text": "ption on the part of some Members, the system had its merits, and we need to examine how that structure worked. As the shadow Leader of the House has mentioned, there needs to be a still wider debate on how we undertake scrutiny in this House. Denmark joined what is now the EU at the same time as the UK, but it has a far more robust system of scrutiny, as do all the new countries that have joined.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12b.880.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12b.xml", "sha256": "54eb290c4bfa786a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12b.889.1", "colnum": "889", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "Very briefly, Madam Deputy Speaker—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12b.889.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.761.2", "colnum": "761", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "Let me ask the Prime Minister again about the local review. Sharon Shoesmith, who is carrying it out, said—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.761.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.761.3", "colnum": "761", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "The procedure that was created after the inquiry by Laming said that local authority directors of children's services and local members had to accept their responsibility. We created local safeguarding children's boards—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.761.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.762.0", "colnum": "762", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "I asked a straightforward question and have got absolutely no answer. Just on the most basic—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.762.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.762.1", "colnum": "762", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Please allow the right hon. Gentleman to be heard. It will not do for us to shout across the Chamber after this terrible news has come to us. It is best to let the right hon. Gentleman speak—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.762.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.763.1", "colnum": "763", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "I think that what the Prime Minister said just now was, frankly, cheap. I am not making—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.763.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.763.3", "colnum": "763", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "You accused me of party politics about this—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.763.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.763.3", "colnum": "763", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "You accused me of party politics about this— [Interruption.] My apologies, Mr. Speaker; he accused me of—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.763.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.763.4", "colnum": "763", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I appeal to the House again: it is not good, at a time when we have heard this news about a little child who has gone before us, that we should be shouting across the Chamber. Let the Leader of the Opposition speak, and also—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.763.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.770.0", "colnum": "770", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "I think that the judgment of the shadow Chancellor on this matter does need to be questioned. The fuel duty stabiliser would mean that petrol, which is 97p a litre now, would have to rise today by 5p, and this is certainly not the right time to penalise motorists with a rise in petrol duty.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.770.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.776.1", "colnum": "776", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Hogg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Hogg", "preceding_text": "es early on a Wednesday or have pressing engagements at freebie dinners, but that is not a first priority for hon. and right hon. Members. I want to make a few general points. First, there is a general principle that in a democratic body, Members who wish to express a view on matters of importance should be able to do so. Of course it is true that that is often a bore. Many of us are boring—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.776.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.777.0", "colnum": "777", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": " not know whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman has seen them, but there have been two articles in the press in the last week suggesting that the new, or reinstated, Government Chief Whip would not allow Labour Members to become members of a Select Committee if they have ever voted against the Government. Therefore, the only people who would go on the Select Committee would be people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.777.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.781.2", "colnum": "781", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": "I have been listening to the hon. Gentleman patiently and have some sympathy for what he is saying. However, what has happened demonstrates not only the weakness of the Government, but the poverty of the Opposition. The Opposition have been asleep when they should have been kicking up—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.781.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.785.4", "colnum": "785", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Patrick Cormack", "preceding_text": "Well, he did have something of substance to talk about! I would not want to enter the verbosity stakes with my hon. and illustrious Friend. Perhaps we could do a charity competition on it one day, but that could hardly be in this House, because it would be for money, albeit for charity —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.785.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.799.2", "colnum": "799", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Shepherd", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman did not sit in this House between 1992 and 1998; if he had, he could not make that statement. The Government of that time did not have a majority, and therefore could not insist in the way this Government do that they shall have every jot and iota of their business.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.799.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.814.2", "colnum": "814", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "I will give way a couple more times, but I would like to speak as briefly as possible in order to give hon. Members—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.814.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.826.2", "colnum": "826", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Peter Soulsby", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Soulsby", "preceding_text": "I thank my fellow member of the Modernisation Committee for giving way. Does he not accept that the strength and credibility of Select Committees are enormously enhanced by the fact that when they are critical of the Government, as they often are, either directly or indirectly, that happens despite them having a Government majority?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.826.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.834.0", "colnum": "834", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Robert Key", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Robert Key", "preceding_text": "They were a world war two attempt to divide up the country for administrative reasons, and I regret that the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, East (Mr. Prescott) , when he was Deputy Prime Minister, did not decide to rearrange the regions. I, for example, feel myself to be a man of Wessex rather than of the west country. I have always regarded Bristol as being in the west midlands —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.834.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.866.1", "colnum": "866", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "Indeed, as my right hon. and learned Friend whispers, my hon. Friend is Back Bencher of the year—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.866.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.867.1", "colnum": "867", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: He is here!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": "I am a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and I have the Chairman's authority to speak on his behalf.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.867.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.869.7", "colnum": "869", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "It is certainly true that when I visited the European Scrutiny Committee it felt as if time had stood still. However, the hon. Gentleman—and if I may say so, his constituent—makes an important mistake. The European Scrutiny Committee—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.869.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.874.4", "colnum": "874", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "If the hon. Gentleman disputes my comments about the general public's views about what happens in this House to legislation from Brussels, he should ask people on the street what they think. The majority of people in this country believe that European legislation just comes out of Brussels and that Parliament does not play a proper—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.874.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.875.1", "colnum": "875", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that extremely important point. The precise point is that people should be able to see what is happening. As it happens, my proposals to change European scrutiny would give the House much greater abilities to scrutinise European legislation in a variety of ways.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.875.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.875.5", "colnum": "875", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": " of time given to Front Benchers in relation to interventions. I also accept the need to ensure that Back Benchers have a suitable amount of time to speak in topical debates. I do not accept, however, that the Liberal Democrats should be given the same amount of time to speak as the official Opposition. I hope that the House will support my amendment, which would ensure that the conventions—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.875.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.877.4", "colnum": "877", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "preceding_text": "I am going to continue. Let me explain what the Committee does. We decide whether—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.877.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.880.2", "colnum": "880", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "Richard Younger-Ross", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No they don't!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Richard Younger-Ross", "preceding_text": "ption on the part of some Members, the system had its merits, and we need to examine how that structure worked. As the shadow Leader of the House has mentioned, there needs to be a still wider debate on how we undertake scrutiny in this House. Denmark joined what is now the EU at the same time as the UK, but it has a far more robust system of scrutiny, as do all the new countries that have joined.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.880.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.889.1", "colnum": "889", "heading": "DEFERRED DIVISION", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "Very briefly, Madam Deputy Speaker—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.889.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.909.4", "colnum": "909", "heading": "MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (STANDING ORDERS)", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "I shall not, because time is very short.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.909.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-12", "file": "debates2008-11-12c.xml", "sha256": "dfff1793eaab328b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.909.6", "colnum": "909", "heading": "MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (STANDING ORDERS)", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": ", for Ealing, Southall (Mr. Sharma), for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington and for Brent, South (Ms Butler), and the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Dewsbury (Mr. Malik) , and the Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham (Mr. Lammy) do not represent just the ethnic minority communities.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-12c.909.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13a.xml", "sha256": "d253725cbf6e076b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13a.965.1", "colnum": "965", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "ent created the Post Office card account in 2003. We announced that there would be a successor in 2006. On the basis of the legal advice that we received at the time, we put the contract out to tender. During that process, I have been unable to comment publicly or privately on the matter. I know that that has been frustrating for hon. Members, and I thank them for their patience and understanding.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13a.965.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13a.xml", "sha256": "d253725cbf6e076b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13a.966.0", "colnum": "966", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": " most vulnerable customers but giving a £20 million boost to Post Office revenues. Will the Secretary of State pledge to look again at this sensible proposal and undertake to adopt it? Can the Secretary of State also confirm that the proposed new contract fully complies with all the requirements and stipulations laid down by the EU and that the EU has already signified that this is the case?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13a.966.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13a.xml", "sha256": "d253725cbf6e076b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13a.1007.2", "colnum": "1007", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "preceding_text": "Programmes were put in place in Russia at the time of the change following the fall of the Berlin wall and the change to the Commonwealth of Independent States, as was.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13a.1007.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13a.xml", "sha256": "d253725cbf6e076b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13a.1036.1", "colnum": "1036", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davies", "preceding_text": "No. If the Minister cares to look at what I just said, I made a factual comment.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13a.1036.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.937.0", "colnum": "937", "heading": "ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "Well, the hon. Gentleman knows very well that Ofgem has undertaken a consultation and has said that the energy companies must respond by December. In case he has missed it—I know that he is not that well informed —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.937.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.943.4", "colnum": "943", "heading": "LEADER OF THE HOUSE", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman certainly lost the argument comprehensively. There is a more important point to be made. If we changed the rules on when Select Committees meet in private and when they meet in public, he would immediately start to complain —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.943.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.945.3", "colnum": "945", "heading": "LEADER OF THE HOUSE", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Tuesday.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "On that subject, can Ministers also try to ensure that the same honesty applies whenever there are ministerial answers? On the debate about Heathrow yesterday—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.945.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.965.1", "colnum": "965", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "ent created the Post Office card account in 2003. We announced that there would be a successor in 2006. On the basis of the legal advice that we received at the time, we put the contract out to tender. During that process, I have been unable to comment publicly or privately on the matter. I know that that has been frustrating for hon. Members, and I thank them for their patience and understanding.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.965.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.966.0", "colnum": "966", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Duncan", "preceding_text": " most vulnerable customers but giving a £20 million boost to Post Office revenues. Will the Secretary of State pledge to look again at this sensible proposal and undertake to adopt it? Can the Secretary of State also confirm that the proposed new contract fully complies with all the requirements and stipulations laid down by the EU and that the EU has already signified that this is the case?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.966.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.973.2", "colnum": "973", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Hywel Williams", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Hywel Williams", "preceding_text": "We on my Bench welcome this decision, however much we regret disappointing our printers.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.973.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.976.2", "colnum": "976", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "As I have said, if we had listened to the Conservative party, we would not have been able to make this decision—or it would have been difficult. I am happy —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.976.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.980.5", "colnum": "980", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "James Purnell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "James Purnell", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman made the same claim earlier this week, but actually the RBS already offers that through its accounts.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.980.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1007.2", "colnum": "1007", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "preceding_text": "Programmes were put in place in Russia at the time of the change following the fall of the Berlin wall and the change to the Commonwealth of Independent States, as was.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1007.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1010.2", "colnum": "1010", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "Can we get back to the core of this debate, which is transparency? Nobody is saying that we should cut aid, but this year we are going to borrow more than £40 billion for the deficit that the socialists have got us into—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1010.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1010.2", "colnum": "1010", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "Can we get back to the core of this debate, which is transparency? Nobody is saying that we should cut aid, but this year we are going to borrow more than £40 billion for the deficit that the socialists have got us into— [ Interruption. ] We are more than £800 billion in debt already, excluding the private finance initiatives—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1010.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1010.3", "colnum": "1010", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "preceding_text": "Let me endeavour to answer the question, in as much as I am able to understand it. If the hon. Gentleman is genuinely saying that the socialists in Lehman Brothers—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1010.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1010.3", "colnum": "1010", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "preceding_text": "Let me endeavour to answer the question, in as much as I am able to understand it. If the hon. Gentleman is genuinely saying that the socialists in Lehman Brothers— [ Interruption. ] —in the Mississippi mortgage markets and in the White House are responsible for the global financial crisis, which, of course, afflicts not just this country—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1010.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1016.1", "colnum": "1016", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Mitchell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Mitchell", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his intervention, and in my speech I will come precisely to the point to which he alludes.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1016.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1016.4", "colnum": "1016", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Daniel Kawczynski", "preceding_text": "We did not—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1016.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1036.1", "colnum": "1036", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "David Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Davies", "preceding_text": "No. If the Minister cares to look at what I just said, I made a factual comment.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1036.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-13", "file": "debates2008-11-13b.xml", "sha256": "1b8c1020be864207", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1055.0", "colnum": "1055", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Mitchell", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Mitchell", "preceding_text": "I am most grateful to the junior Minister for giving way. I have set out very clearly my party's attitude to budget support, and explained that, in principle, it is the best form of aid. However, I made it very clear why it has to be made more accountable—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-13b.1055.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17a.xml", "sha256": "7e268e09681941cb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17a.21.1", "colnum": "21", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "lobal flows of capital, the need to ensure a global framework for financial services as a precondition for prosperity and security. As epitomised by the sub-prime crisis, which started in America, at the root of the banking crisis was a failure by banks to manage risk, to understand increasingly opaque and complex financial products and to make transparent a developing shadow banking system—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17a.21.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17a.xml", "sha256": "7e268e09681941cb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17a.24.0", "colnum": "24", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It's true.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "s, the Prime Minister was the economic policy maker in Britain, so what responsibility does he take for those failings here? I turn to the recession, about which the Prime Minister makes two claims. The first claim is that Britain's economic situation is all imported from abroad. He has said that it started in America so many times that it is starting to sound ridiculous. Can he answer this—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17a.24.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17a.xml", "sha256": "7e268e09681941cb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17a.24.0", "colnum": "24", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "eeper recession next year than anywhere in the EU except for Estonia and Latvia? Far from being well prepared, Britain faces a deep recession. Is that not why in the past few months our currency has fallen more sharply than any major currency and more sharply than ever before in our recent history? \"A weak currency arises from a weak economy which in turn is the result of a weak Government\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17a.24.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17a.xml", "sha256": "7e268e09681941cb", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17a.24.0", "colnum": "24", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "k Government\"— [Interruption.] I do not know why the hon. Gentleman is pointing at me; that was not my hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Mr. Osborne) this week, but the Prime Minister when he was shadow Chancellor. As the hon. Gentleman was talking, I shall read the quote again. It says that \"a weak currency arises from a weak economy which in turn is the result of a weak Government\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17a.24.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.21.1", "colnum": "21", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "lobal flows of capital, the need to ensure a global framework for financial services as a precondition for prosperity and security. As epitomised by the sub-prime crisis, which started in America, at the root of the banking crisis was a failure by banks to manage risk, to understand increasingly opaque and complex financial products and to make transparent a developing shadow banking system—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.21.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.24.0", "colnum": "24", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"It's true.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "s, the Prime Minister was the economic policy maker in Britain, so what responsibility does he take for those failings here? I turn to the recession, about which the Prime Minister makes two claims. The first claim is that Britain's economic situation is all imported from abroad. He has said that it started in America so many times that it is starting to sound ridiculous. Can he answer this—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.24.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.24.0", "colnum": "24", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "eeper recession next year than anywhere in the EU except for Estonia and Latvia? Far from being well prepared, Britain faces a deep recession. Is that not why in the past few months our currency has fallen more sharply than any major currency and more sharply than ever before in our recent history? \"A weak currency arises from a weak economy which in turn is the result of a weak Government\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.24.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.24.0", "colnum": "24", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "k Government\"— [Interruption.] I do not know why the hon. Gentleman is pointing at me; that was not my hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Mr. Osborne) this week, but the Prime Minister when he was shadow Chancellor. As the hon. Gentleman was talking, I shall read the quote again. It says that \"a weak currency arises from a weak economy which in turn is the result of a weak Government\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.24.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "and to the shadow Chancellor, and I have come to the conclusion that they do not understand what is happening in the world economy. I do not think that the Leader of the Opposition realises that while last year, and in the last few months, the problem has been inflation—we have had inflation combined with a credit crunch—in the next year, the problem is deflation and the problem—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "g across Europe and across the world: unless we take the fiscal action that is necessary now, and help businesses and families now, we will be undoing any benefit that can come from monetary policy and cuts in interest rates. I hope that the Conservatives will think again. The right hon. Gentleman sometimes quotes Canada. The Prime Minister of Canada has just said, at the end of the meeting—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.26.0", "colnum": "26", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "ss we take the fiscal action that is necessary now, and help businesses and families now, we will be undoing any benefit that can come from monetary policy and cuts in interest rates. I hope that the Conservatives will think again. The right hon. Gentleman sometimes quotes Canada. The Prime Minister of Canada has just said, at the end of the meeting— [Interruption.] The Prime Minister—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.26.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.27.0", "colnum": "27", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I expect better from you, Mr. Soames, than shouting across the Chamber.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.27.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.28.0", "colnum": "28", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "I would like to add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.28.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.28.1", "colnum": "28", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Mr. Luff, you should calm down—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.28.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.32.1", "colnum": "32", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": " think that the former Leader of the Opposition should think twice about what he says about the currency at this stage. I have never, whether in opposition or government, given a running commentary on the currency, as the Opposition seem to want to do. I think that it is highly irresponsible for them to do that in the present circumstances. May I say that, in 1989, Lady Thatcher complained —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.32.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.33.4", "colnum": "33", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "Here we have a voice from the Conservative party saying that there should be a fiscal stimulus—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.33.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.34.0", "colnum": "34", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "tion will reflect on what they have said about sterling. It is one thing to get a cheap and quick headline: it is another thing to take responsible action on behalf of the British economy. These are the people who said at their party conference, when they were in another particular predicament, that they would work with the Government and we would have all-party agreement on economic policy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.34.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.34.2", "colnum": "34", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "A year ago, the dollar was at a low level. This year, the pound is at a lower level. Currencies change—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.34.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.35.4", "colnum": "35", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "John Maples", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Maples", "preceding_text": "ash;he is doing both jobs, I think—is talking as though the economy is not already receiving a huge fiscal boost. The Government will run a deficit this year of £50 billion or £60 billion. If we add all those American banks that went wrong, such as Northern Rock and Halifax Bank of Scotland, it must come to well over £100 billion. The recession has to take its course—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.35.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.38.0", "colnum": "38", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "Last week, the Conservative party announced a proposal for employment that would cut employers' national insurance and spend £2.5 billion on it. It was immediately—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.38.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.38.0", "colnum": "38", "heading": "CAFCASS", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "Last week, the Conservative party announced a proposal for employment that would cut employers' national insurance and spend £2.5 billion on it. It was immediately— [ Interruption. ] The right hon. Gentleman says he knows that we have been looking at it. It was immediately rejected by the chambers of commerce and by the national Federation of Small Businesses because as usual—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.38.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.56.0", "colnum": "56", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "preceding_text": "s and effort into raising opportunities for those with least, but instead there are now more than 1 million young people in the 16-to-24 age group who are not in employment, education or training; that means that more than 1 million young people are missing out on either work or training. On Government figures, that is a 15 per cent. increase in the number of people in that predicament since 1997.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.56.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.56.0", "colnum": "56", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Graham Stuart", "preceding_text": " described. Can he also put me right on one other point I am concerned about? As a result of this measure, if there is an outstanding young student who at, for example, the age of 17 completes their school education and wins a scholarship to one of our top universities, but who wants to take a year off, will they be able to do so, or will they be compelled to be engaged in education for that year?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.56.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.81.1", "colnum": "81", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Madam Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Madam Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": " to discuss Lords amendments Nos. 181, 182, 209 and 210. The amendments were introduced by the Government in another place in response to the noble Baronesses Walmsley and Howe and supported by all parties. I think that they were based originally on amendments that the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) had tabled. The amendments would make a small legislative change following a major change—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.81.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.83.0", "colnum": "83", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Hayes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hayes", "preceding_text": "ts Nos. 170, 181, 182 and 209 refer to the removal of the obligation on schools and local education authorities to implement the assessment arrangements in schools. We have consistently argued that there are problems with the content of some of the tests and that as a consequence they have, to some degree, become discredited. Those problems were compounded by the administration fiasco this summer.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.83.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.84.2", "colnum": "84", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Hayes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hayes", "preceding_text": "The numbers that I have here are not proportions, but numbers of people.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.84.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-17", "file": "debates2008-11-17b.xml", "sha256": "dfbef65eebda9f1e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.93.3", "colnum": "93", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "David Laws", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Laws", "preceding_text": "Gentleman's attention to the view of his noble Friends that there is enough flexibility in the amendment to allow for his concerns. He will also know that on 11 November Baroness Morgan put on the record in another place the specific areas in which there would be a requirement on schools to consult in different ways with pupils, and those certainly excluded issues such as staff appointments—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-17b.93.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-18", "file": "debates2008-11-18b.xml", "sha256": "58a7d0342c6171b1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.114.1", "colnum": "114", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Claire Curtis-Thomas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Claire Curtis-Thomas", "preceding_text": "After years of neglect by the previous incumbents in government, there has been substantial investment in social housing in my area. Slum houses have been removed and new buildings have been put up that are far more suitable for the people in our community, and we thank the Minister and this Government for that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.114.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-18", "file": "debates2008-11-18b.xml", "sha256": "58a7d0342c6171b1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.114.1", "colnum": "114", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Claire Curtis-Thomas", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Claire Curtis-Thomas", "preceding_text": "After years of neglect by the previous incumbents in government, there has been substantial investment in social housing in my area. Slum houses have been removed and new buildings have been put up that are far more suitable for the people in our community, and we thank the Minister and this Government for that— [Interruption.] It needs to be said—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.114.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-18", "file": "debates2008-11-18b.xml", "sha256": "58a7d0342c6171b1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.118.3", "colnum": "118", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that demonstration of his prejudice against Gypsy and Traveller sites—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.118.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-18", "file": "debates2008-11-18b.xml", "sha256": "58a7d0342c6171b1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.120.0", "colnum": "120", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sadiq Khan", "preceding_text": " orders are entirely a matter for the local authority. If a local authority wished to compulsorily purchase any land, it would have to demonstrate that there was a compelling case in the public interest before confirming a compulsory purchase order. Such an order should be a last resort that is used only when efforts to purchase land by agreement have failed. However, it is a basic courtesy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.120.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-18", "file": "debates2008-11-18b.xml", "sha256": "58a7d0342c6171b1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.120.1", "colnum": "120", "heading": "COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. The Minister has been asked a question, and hon. Members should let him reply.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.120.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-18", "file": "debates2008-11-18b.xml", "sha256": "58a7d0342c6171b1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.133.3", "colnum": "133", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "able heat incentive—I think that the hon. Gentleman is in favour of it—the mechanisms must be in place to deliver it. In the debate that follows this one, we can look at what is going to be done in broad terms, knowing that we are essentially creating powers that will at a later stage be the subject of substantive discussion. In due course, further orders will be put through the House.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.133.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-18", "file": "debates2008-11-18b.xml", "sha256": "58a7d0342c6171b1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.197.3", "colnum": "197", "heading": "CLIMATE CHANGE BILL [ LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2)", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "cost but in that much broader and deeper context of putting a global deal together.\"—[ Official Report, House of Lords, 11 March 2008; Vol. 699, c. 1416 .] We are, and have been, determined not to set a limit in the Bill and not to undermine the European Union emissions trading scheme. No limit is specified in the Bill, but we are making provision for setting limits in secondary legislation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.197.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-18", "file": "debates2008-11-18b.xml", "sha256": "58a7d0342c6171b1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.199.1", "colnum": "199", "heading": "CLIMATE CHANGE BILL [ LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2)", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "d. The hon. Gentleman mentioned President-elect Obama. Of course, we have great hopes that his election will result in the sea change in US policy on climate change for which we have all been waiting for so long, and that it will make such a huge difference to the proceedings at Copenhagen. We are happy to accept the hon. Gentleman's congratulations to the Government on the UK's leadership —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.199.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-18", "file": "debates2008-11-18b.xml", "sha256": "58a7d0342c6171b1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.201.3", "colnum": "201", "heading": "CLIMATE CHANGE BILL [ LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2)", "cue_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Joan Ruddock", "preceding_text": "cases. That does not mean that we not very committed and anxious to do what we can to improve energy efficiency throughout the Government estate. Right hon. and hon. Members will appreciate that Governments have acquired over a long history a great many buildings that are probably the least efficient that we could find. There is a huge historical backlog when it comes to solving the problem—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-18b.201.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19a.xml", "sha256": "61a9ba798760aeed", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19a.308.1", "colnum": "308", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "served as Parliamentary Private Secretary. These are people of the highest possible eminence, and they accepted that there would be an emergency. Liberty also accepts that, and even the great Shami Chakrabarti, for whom I have huge admiration, accepts that. I know that the Conservative party has also recently had huge admiration for Liberty, proving that being in opposition is a wonderful thing --", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19a.308.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.224.0", "colnum": "224", "heading": "NORTHERN IRELAND", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Carmichael", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Carmichael", "preceding_text": "consequence of the actions of a tiny number of dangerous individuals, police officers daily face a threat to their lives, merely because they are police officers. Will the Secretary of State therefore give an undertaking that, as well as devolving the powers relating to policing and criminal justice, we will devolve a budget that is sufficient to meet the very particular needs of Northern Ireland?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.224.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.227.0", "colnum": "227", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Doing more?\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister says that we have done what we can. My question is, do not we need to go ahead and consider doing more? Is the Prime Minister considering—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.227.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.227.5", "colnum": "227", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. The Prime Minister is answering. I can hear him answering.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.227.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.228.0", "colnum": "228", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "It is amazing for a former Chancellor, but I think that the Prime Minister has forgotten the difference between monetary policy and fiscal policy. He has forgotten—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.228.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.228.2", "colnum": "228", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "He loves to lecture on economics, but for him it is actually all about the politics. Let me say to him—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.228.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.228.6", "colnum": "228", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "The Prime Minister is so fond of trading quotes; let me give him one that I found from just yesterday. This is the former economic adviser to his own Government, Derek Scott. He was asked—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.228.6"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.232.6", "colnum": "232", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "May I just tell the hon. Gentleman that, in his constituency—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.232.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.270.3", "colnum": "270", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": "The Bill states, at the top of page 54: \"The Secretary of State may certify in relation to an inquest\" and so on. Does he carry on the certification process privately, or is it susceptible to counter-argument, and is his decision to certify justiciable?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.270.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.299.7", "colnum": "299", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Vernon Coaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vernon Coaker", "preceding_text": "All I can say to the hon. Gentleman is that the proposed Bill is available for him to scrutinise. He will be able to raise questions about it and provoke debate in the normal way. The Bill is there should the Government believe it necessary to introduce it—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.299.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.308.1", "colnum": "308", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "d as Parliamentary Private Secretary. These are people of the highest possible eminence, and they accepted that there would be an emergency. Liberty also accepts that, and even the great Shami Chakrabarti, for whom I have huge admiration, accepts that. I know that the Conservative party has also recently had huge admiration for Liberty, proving that being in opposition is a wonderful thing —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.308.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-19", "file": "debates2008-11-19b.xml", "sha256": "ff0e61de1bfad435", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.331.4", "colnum": "331", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Vernon Coaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Vernon Coaker", "preceding_text": "The group covers amendments to the notification, notification order and foreign travel restriction order provisions. Four substantive issues are addressed in the amendments with a further number of comparatively minor and technical amendments. First, Lords amendment No. 46 has the effect of ensuring—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-19b.331.4"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-20", "file": "debates2008-11-20b.xml", "sha256": "f7c9da6c427b42c7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20b.407.1", "colnum": "407", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "preceding_text": "cognise the value of quota to the people who own it, but we must also recognise that a lot of quota is not used. More can be done, therefore, and every time we ask about what more the Government can do on alternative quota allocation, the first thing they say is, \"We're doing a lot already.\" It is not working. I recommend that the Minister speaks to the new under-10 metres fleet association—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20b.407.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-20", "file": "debates2008-11-20b.xml", "sha256": "f7c9da6c427b42c7", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20b.424.0", "colnum": "424", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "preceding_text": "ry, we are left with £3.3 billion. The fish are caught in our waters, though not by our vessels—thereby not providing employment in this country—and sold in Europe. That is the effect of the common fisheries policy. We have been swindled, and the policy was devised for that purpose. I shall keep the flame of antagonism alive, even it burns lower on the Conservative Benches—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20b.424.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-20", "file": "debates2008-11-20c.xml", "sha256": "dc167bb2abb79629", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.407.1", "colnum": "407", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman will have to wait until the end of my speech to get the full answer to that, but let me tell him this—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.407.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-20", "file": "debates2008-11-20c.xml", "sha256": "dc167bb2abb79629", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.407.1", "colnum": "407", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "preceding_text": "cognise the value of quota to the people who own it, but we must also recognise that a lot of quota is not used. More can be done, therefore, and every time we ask about what more the Government can do on alternative quota allocation, the first thing they say is, \"We're doing a lot already.\" It is not working. I recommend that the Minister speaks to the New Under Ten Fishermen's Association—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.407.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-20", "file": "debates2008-11-20c.xml", "sha256": "dc167bb2abb79629", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.412.1", "colnum": "412", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bill Wiggin", "preceding_text": "The Minister has to decide which side he is on —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.412.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-20", "file": "debates2008-11-20c.xml", "sha256": "dc167bb2abb79629", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.424.0", "colnum": "424", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "preceding_text": " we are left with £3.3 billion. The fish are caught in our waters, though not by our vessels—thereby not providing employment in this country—and sold in Europe. That is the effect of the common fisheries policy. We have been swindled, and the policy was devised for that purpose. I shall keep the flame of antagonism alive, even if it burns lower on the Conservative Benches—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.424.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-20", "file": "debates2008-11-20c.xml", "sha256": "dc167bb2abb79629", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.424.0", "colnum": "424", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Austin Mitchell", "preceding_text": "urpose. I shall keep the flame of antagonism alive, even if it burns lower on the Conservative Benches— [Interruption.] Perhaps the hon. Gentleman wants to intervene—or throw the books that he is moving at me for treading on his ground. I shall keep the flame alive. I am glad that the Scottish National party is beginning to take up the torch that I have been carrying for several years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.424.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-20", "file": "debates2008-11-20c.xml", "sha256": "dc167bb2abb79629", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.429.2", "colnum": "429", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Henry Bellingham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Henry Bellingham", "preceding_text": " mentioned, and they will have substantial influence and more power than the existing sea fishery committees. It would make sense to wait until those bodies have been established, and then take a long, hard look at the reef problem. I know that this is a technical area, and I can see that the eyes of some Members in all parts of the House are glazing over, but this is important to my constituents.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.429.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-20", "file": "debates2008-11-20c.xml", "sha256": "dc167bb2abb79629", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.450.0", "colnum": "450", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Andrew George", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew George", "preceding_text": "tability tenets that have affected the western waters, means that our fishermen are discarding a tremendous amount of fish. The proposals for the allocation of quotas for this year, particularly cod and other fish, will not save a single fish. Those fish are being caught anyway and will be discarded. I hope that the Minister looks carefully at that. The hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-20c.450.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24a.xml", "sha256": "f8ba0c2f8e6f237f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.490.1", "colnum": "490", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": " extra support to the economy, borrowing will rise to £78 billion this year and £118 billion next, or 8 per cent. of GDP. But then, from 2010, as I take action to reduce borrowing when the economy begins to recover, borrowing will fall to £105 billion, then £87 billion, then £70 billion and then £54 billion. By 2015-16, we will again be borrowing only to invest.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.490.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24a.xml", "sha256": "f8ba0c2f8e6f237f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.494.0", "colnum": "494", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "15-16. The reduction in VAT lowers the amount of tax paid on tobacco, alcohol and petrol. In addition, of course, petrol prices have come down by about 7p a litre since last month alone, so I will offset the VAT reduction by increasing those duties to an amount that will keep the overall cost to consumers the same this year. Of course, if we see a stronger economy and increased tax revenues—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.494.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24a.xml", "sha256": "f8ba0c2f8e6f237f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.504.0", "colnum": "504", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "n, which followed the path that he advocates and found itself saddled with debt and stagnation for a decade? The international bodies that he quotes in his defence have clearly stated that fiscal stimulus is an option only for countries with strong public finances. Perhaps this generation of Labour politicians needs to be reminded of what Jim Callaghan told them at a Labour party conference—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.504.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24a.xml", "sha256": "f8ba0c2f8e6f237f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.504.0", "colnum": "504", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "e have learned from past mistakes...you cannot spend your way out of a recession\". It turns out that he has forgotten past mistakes, and now he is condemned to repeat them. The Chancellor could have taken a different path today—the path of radical monetary action and responsible fiscal policy. That is the right route out of a recession. Instead of boasting about the bank rescue abroad—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.504.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24a.xml", "sha256": "f8ba0c2f8e6f237f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.507.2", "colnum": "507", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "sing market. He is the one who said that the International Monetary Fund would not support the idea of a fiscal stimulus across the world, only a day before the IMF said that that was precisely what was necessary. This is the man who said that the Bank of England could not cut interest rates because of our policy, just a week before it cut interest rates by the largest amount for many, many years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.507.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24a.xml", "sha256": "f8ba0c2f8e6f237f", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.566.0", "colnum": "566", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Paul Truswell", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Truswell", "preceding_text": "I rise to speak to amendment (a) to Lords amendment No. 8, which stands in my name and that of various hon. Members across the House. One of the reasons why my Back-Bench colleagues and I tabled the amendment was to give my right hon. Friend the Minister the opportunity to join the pantheon of our Front-Bench heroes, to which many of his colleagues have recently been elevated.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24a.566.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.489.1", "colnum": "489", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "tructures. The new chairman of the FSA will also examine whether the right processes are in place to ensure that the FSA can supervise the system. The current financial crisis has also illustrated two further issues. First, the recent financial turbulence has highlighted the potential problems with overseas territories and Crown dependencies, such as the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.489.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.504.0", "colnum": "504", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "e have learned from past mistakes...you cannot spend your way out of a recession\". It turns out that he has forgotten past mistakes, and now he is condemned to repeat them. The Chancellor could have taken a different path today—the path of radical monetary action and responsible fiscal policy. That is the right route out of a recession. Instead of boasting about the bank rescue abroad—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.504.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.507.2", "colnum": "507", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman is right about one thing: there is a very clear choice before the country today—and that is between a Government who are prepared to help people and help businesses and an Opposition who are prepared to do absolutely nothing to help.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.507.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.507.2", "colnum": "507", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "sing market. He is the one who said that the International Monetary Fund would not support the idea of a fiscal stimulus across the world, only a day before the IMF said that that was precisely what was necessary. This is the man who said that the Bank of England could not cut interest rates because of our policy, just a week before it cut interest rates by the largest amount for many, many years.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.507.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.508.0", "colnum": "508", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. We must have order.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.508.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.508.2", "colnum": "508", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Mr. Grayling, I have asked for order. I expect a Front Bencher to respect the Chair.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.508.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.508.2", "colnum": "508", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Mr. Grayling, I have asked for order. I expect a Front Bencher to respect the Chair. [Interruption.] Just shouting \"Answer\" is not good enough. That goes for the Conservative Chief Whip as well. He should be quiet as well.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.508.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.517.5", "colnum": "517", "heading": "WORK AND PENSIONS", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "eman cares to look at the position of most countries of comparable size to ours, he will see that most of them have had far higher debt levels than we have had. If his charge against us is that we spent money on schools, hospitals, roads and housing, I will plead guilty to it, but I remind him that the Conservative party usually called for us to spend even more money on all those things, not less.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.517.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.522.1", "colnum": "522", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "David Laws", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Laws", "preceding_text": "On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.522.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.544.0", "colnum": "544", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "John Healey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Healey", "preceding_text": "and respect what the hon. Member for Beckenham (Mrs. Lait) called the long track record of several hon. Members, on both sides of the House—not least the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) —in raising concerns about garden grabbing, or development in back gardens. However, it is curious, given that long track record of campaigning, that the evidence is so thin and anecdotal —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.544.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-24", "file": "debates2008-11-24b.xml", "sha256": "34e591d9dd73f79a", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.566.0", "colnum": "566", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Paul Truswell", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Truswell", "preceding_text": "I rise to speak to amendment (a) to Lords amendment No. 8, which stands in my name and that of various hon. Members across the House. One of the reasons why my Back-Bench colleagues and I tabled the amendment was to give my right hon. Friend the Minister the opportunity to join the pantheon of our Front-Bench heroes, to which many of his colleagues have recently been elevated.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-24b.566.0"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.597.3", "colnum": "597", "heading": "PRIVATE BUSINESS", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Object. Debate to be resumed tomorrow.", "preceding_speaker": "", "preceding_text": "chester City Council Bill, which was originally introduced in the House of Lords in Session 2006-07 on 21st January 2007, should have leave to suspend any further proceedings on the Bill in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament according to the provisions of Private Business Standing Order 188A (Suspension of bills).— [The Chairman of Ways and Means.]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.597.2"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.597.6", "colnum": "597", "heading": "PRIVATE BUSINESS", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Object. Debate to be resumed tomorrow.", "preceding_speaker": "", "preceding_text": "outh Borough Council Bill, which was originally introduced in the House of Lords in Session 2006-07 on 21st January 2007, should have leave to suspend any further proceedings on the Bill in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament according to the provisions of Private Business Standing Order 188A (Suspension of bills).— [The Chairman of Ways and Means.]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.597.5"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.597.9", "colnum": "597", "heading": "PRIVATE BUSINESS", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Object. Debate to be resumed tomorrow.", "preceding_speaker": "", "preceding_text": "at the promoters of the Canterbury City Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House on 22nd January 2008, should have leave to suspend any further proceedings on the Bill in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament according to the provisions of Private Business Standing Order 188A (Suspension of bills).— [The Chairman of Ways and Means.]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.597.8"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.597.12", "colnum": "597", "heading": "PRIVATE BUSINESS", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Object. Debate to be resumed tomorrow.", "preceding_speaker": "", "preceding_text": "ed, That the promoters of the Leeds City Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House on 22nd January 2008, should have leave to suspend any further proceedings on the Bill in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament according to the provisions of Private Business Standing Order 188A (Suspension of bills).—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.597.11"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.598.2", "colnum": "598", "heading": "PRIVATE BUSINESS", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Object. Debate to be resumed tomorrow.", "preceding_speaker": "", "preceding_text": "at the promoters of the Nottingham City Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House on 22nd January 2008, should have leave to suspend any further proceedings on the Bill in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament according to the provisions of Private Business Standing Order 188A (Suspension of bills).— [The Chairman of Ways and Means.]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.598.1"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.598.5", "colnum": "598", "heading": "PRIVATE BUSINESS", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Object. Debate to be resumed tomorrow .", "preceding_speaker": "", "preceding_text": "at the promoters of the Reading Borough Council Bill, which was originally introduced in this House on 22nd January 2008, should have leave to suspend any further proceedings on the Bill in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament according to the provisions of Private Business Standing Order 188A (Suspension of bills).— [The Chairman of Ways and Means.]", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.598.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.611.1", "colnum": "611", "heading": "TRANSPORT", "cue_speaker": "Fiona Mactaggart", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Transport questions\"", "preceding_speaker": "Fiona Mactaggart", "preceding_text": "Today is white ribbon day—the day to mark the \"end male violence against women\" campaign. In view of the fact that women are less likely than—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.611.1"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.633.3", "colnum": "633", "heading": "WOMEN AND EQUALITY", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "indicated assent.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman asks leave to debate a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely the pre-Budget report. I am satisfied that the matter raised by the hon. Gentleman is proper to be discussed under Standing Order No. 24 . Has the hon. Gentleman leave of this House?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.633.2"}
{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.634.4", "colnum": "634", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "Yes!", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Griffiths", "preceding_text": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Is it in order for hon. Members to pile into this Chamber—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.634.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.634.6", "colnum": "634", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Nigel Griffiths", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nigel Griffiths", "preceding_text": "Is it in order for them to pile into this Chamber on an important statement on employment, in which they have shown no interest, in order to demand a statement tomorrow? Why should it be that those who have no interest in the issue of unemployment—because they created so much—should have such a say in this place?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.634.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.634.8", "colnum": "634", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Three hours!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "preceding_text": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Now that you have allowed three days—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.634.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.644.6", "colnum": "644", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "With this it will be convenient to consider Lords amendment No. 10A.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.644.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.685.0", "colnum": "685", "heading": "PENSIONS BILL (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2)", "cue_speaker": "Rosie Winterton", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rosie Winterton", "preceding_text": "(Andrew Selous) and for Rochdale (Paul Rowen) for their support on the Kindertransport amendments. I shall try to deal very quickly with the points that have been made, but if anything is left out, I shall write to hon. Members. On the issue of data security, we will ensure that the sharing of data will be in compliance with existing safeguards and will follow statutory and best practice guidance.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.685.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-25", "file": "debates2008-11-25b.xml", "sha256": "a9f8015870a1fb6d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.692.0", "colnum": "692", "heading": "PENSIONS BILL (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2)", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "Likewise, I will not detain the House for very long. I am tempted to say to the Deputy Leader of the House that he can breathe a sigh of relief, because the usual suspects are not in the Chamber.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-25b.692.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.740.1", "colnum": "740", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption .", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "milies across the country who fear their impact, and it is astonishing that the Government did not want them debated in the House of Commons. The only explanation is that the Prime Minister is running away from the argument, because he knows that he is losing the argument. This Budget started to unravel from the moment it was delivered. The doubling of the national debt shocked the entire country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.740.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.741.1", "colnum": "741", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer!\"", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman should have paid attention on Monday, because the Chancellor—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.741.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.741.9", "colnum": "741", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "If hon. Members will allow me, I shall make some progress and take some interventions later. I am aware that many Members want to speak in the debate, and that Front-Bench speeches have a time limit. Therefore, I shall proceed.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.741.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.741.9", "colnum": "741", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " progress and take some interventions later. I am aware that many Members want to speak in the debate, and that Front-Bench speeches have a time limit. Therefore, I shall proceed. [ Interruption. ] Well, I shall take some interventions later if the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mr. Hall) can think of some better ones. Now, let us be clear. We know about the secret plan for VAT; it is totally—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.741.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.742.6", "colnum": "742", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. It is the hon. Gentleman's privilege to give way to who he wants to give way to.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.742.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.742.13", "colnum": "742", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " national debt is set to double to £1 trillion, and there is that record 8 per cent. deficit. We used to think of Britain as a low-tax, low-debt economy that was one of the most successful in the world, but now we must get used to seeing Britain as the rest of the world does: as a high-tax, high-debt country that cannot get a grip on its public finances. Let us turn to table B10 on page 198.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.742.13"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.744.3", "colnum": "744", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "It is going to be the next Conservative Government who sort out the economic mess. Now—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.744.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.745.8", "colnum": "745", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "I am going to make some progress—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.745.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.745.8", "colnum": "745", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " of a permanent rise in taxes on the incomes of those whom they expect to go shopping. This is what the senior tax partner at Grant Thornton said after the Chancellor spoke on Monday: \"It's the wrong time to cut VAT, as it's an inefficient use of taxpayers' money when you have a trade deficit. And it's an odd thing to do when inflation is falling and some fear we are heading for deflation.\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.745.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.745.8", "colnum": "745", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "d some fear we are heading for deflation.\"— [ Interruption. ] Labour Members do not like what the senior tax partner at Grant Thornton says. How about this, from President Sarkozy of France? He asked yesterday why \"Should we use up our available room for manoeuvre on reducing prices when prices are already falling?\" The German Chancellor has also ruled out a temporary reduction in VAT—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.745.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.745.8", "colnum": "745", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " before it comes into force on Monday. It is only because we called for an emergency debate that we are even discussing it in the House of Commons. Far from rushing to support the move, retailers have been quick to point out the administrative nightmare of re-ticketing prices, reprinting catalogues and price lists and reprogramming cash tills, which will cost them tens of millions of pounds—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.745.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.749.8", "colnum": "749", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "ary at the Treasury to find out what had happened, as the House would expect. What I found was this: the Financial Secretary had not, in fact, signed that document. It transpires that someone within either the Treasury or Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs had typed the Financial Secretary's name alongside an impact assessment that he did not know about, he had not seen and he had never authorised.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.749.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.786.1", "colnum": "786", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "preceding_text": "ly, I should say that I have been somewhat surprised. Given that the Tories demanded this debate, I thought that we would hear some great alternative solutions from them. What I want to find out from the wind-ups is whether the Opposition are in favour of tax cuts now to boost the economy. Will they vote against the £60 payment to pensioners and the increases in child benefit and tax credit?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.786.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.791.4", "colnum": "791", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "er countries across the world are all introducing fiscal boosts for their economies because they know that there is too much at stake for Governments to stand back and allow the recession to take its course. They all know that the nature of the shocks to the financial system, alongside falling inflation, means that monetary policy is not enough. Even the International Monetary Fund has said—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.791.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26c.xml", "sha256": "a2c1d7e6b7ec4227", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.830.2", "colnum": "830", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Adrian Bailey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Adrian Bailey", "preceding_text": "I support the measure proposed by my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor) , and I wish to make it clear that as chairman of the all-party group on building societies and financial mutuals, I completely endorse his arguments. When the vote on Halifax demutualisation was held, I was one of the 3 per cent.—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26c.830.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.714.8", "colnum": "714", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "I am very pleased to hear—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.714.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.714.9", "colnum": "714", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Let the Prime Minister speak.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.714.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.715.6", "colnum": "715", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "\"Give it back!\" the hon. Gentleman says—he can get the document on the internet.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.715.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.717.1", "colnum": "717", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman does not seem to understand that, around the world—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.717.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.720.7", "colnum": "720", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Soames", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Soames", "preceding_text": "Will the Prime Minister reassure the House that all the millions of people who are suffering financial hardship because of his mismanagement of the economy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.720.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.734.0", "colnum": "734", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "John Healey", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Shame!\"", "preceding_speaker": "John Healey", "preceding_text": "As the House would expect, I prepared quite well for this statement, but I had not covered the issue of weed-killing in Brent.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.734.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.735.2", "colnum": "735", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "John Healey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Healey", "preceding_text": "The Government have fully funded the extra entitlement for nearly 11 million older people to ride anywhere they choose free on local buses. That has been a liberation for many people, and I am disappointed that the hon. Gentleman should adopt that fairly negative tone in the House.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.735.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.740.1", "colnum": "740", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "milies across the country who fear their impact, and it is astonishing that the Government did not want them debated in the House of Commons. The only explanation is that the Prime Minister is running away from the argument, because he knows that he is losing the argument. This Budget started to unravel from the moment it was delivered. The doubling of the national debt shocked the entire country.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.740.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.741.1", "colnum": "741", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer!\"", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman should have paid attention on Monday, because the Chancellor—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.741.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.741.9", "colnum": "741", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "If hon. Members will allow me, I shall make some progress and take some interventions later. I am aware that many Members want to speak in the debate, and that Front-Bench speeches have a time limit. Therefore, I shall proceed.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.741.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.741.9", "colnum": "741", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "me progress and take some interventions later. I am aware that many Members want to speak in the debate, and that Front-Bench speeches have a time limit. Therefore, I shall proceed. [Interruption.] Well, I shall take some interventions later if the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mr. Hall) can think of some better ones. Now, let us be clear. We know about the secret plan for VAT; it is totally—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.741.9"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.742.6", "colnum": "742", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. It is the hon. Gentleman's privilege to give way to who he wants to give way to.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.742.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.742.13", "colnum": "742", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " national debt is set to double to £1 trillion, and there is that record 8 per cent. deficit. We used to think of Britain as a low-tax, low-debt economy that was one of the most successful in the world, but now we must get used to seeing Britain as the rest of the world does: as a high-tax, high-debt country that cannot get a grip on its public finances. Let us turn to table B10 on page 198.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.742.13"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.744.3", "colnum": "744", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "It is going to be the next Conservative Government who sort out the economic mess. Now—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.744.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.745.8", "colnum": "745", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "I am going to make some progress—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.745.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.745.8", "colnum": "745", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " of a permanent rise in taxes on the incomes of those whom they expect to go shopping. This is what the senior tax partner at Grant Thornton said after the Chancellor spoke on Monday: \"It's the wrong time to cut VAT, as it's an inefficient use of taxpayers' money when you have a trade deficit. And it's an odd thing to do when inflation is falling and some fear we are heading for deflation.\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.745.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.745.8", "colnum": "745", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "d some fear we are heading for deflation.\"— [ Interruption. ] Labour Members do not like what the senior tax partner at Grant Thornton says. How about this, from President Sarkozy of France? He asked yesterday why \"Should we use up our available room for manoeuvre on reducing prices when prices are already falling?\" The German Chancellor has also ruled out a temporary reduction in VAT—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.745.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.745.8", "colnum": "745", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": " before it comes into force on Monday. It is only because we called for an emergency debate that we are even discussing it in the House of Commons. Far from rushing to support the move, retailers have been quick to point out the administrative nightmare of re-ticketing prices, reprinting catalogues and price lists and reprogramming cash tills, which will cost them tens of millions of pounds—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.745.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.749.8", "colnum": "749", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "ary at the Treasury to find out what had happened, as the House would expect. What I found was this: the Financial Secretary had not, in fact, signed that document. It transpires that someone within either the Treasury or Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs had typed the Financial Secretary's name alongside an impact assessment that he did not know about, he had not seen and he had never authorised.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.749.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.752.8", "colnum": "752", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "I will give way in a moment, but I am going to mention Europe, which I know distresses a lot of Opposition Members.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.752.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.753.7", "colnum": "753", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "In one moment. It would be wrong to argue that the Conservatives did nothing about unemployment in the 1980s and 1990s. They did: they changed the way that it was calculated 31 times. We put up with unemployment that had risen to 3 million. At the same time, the number of people on incapacity benefit rose. I remind the House that there are many people—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.753.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.786.1", "colnum": "786", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Miller", "preceding_text": "ly, I should say that I have been somewhat surprised. Given that the Tories demanded this debate, I thought that we would hear some great alternative solutions from them. What I want to find out from the wind-ups is whether the Opposition are in favour of tax cuts now to boost the economy. Will they vote against the £60 payment to pensioners and the increases in child benefit and tax credit?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.786.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.791.4", "colnum": "791", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Yvette Cooper", "preceding_text": "er countries across the world are all introducing fiscal boosts for their economies because they know that there is too much at stake for Governments to stand back and allow the recession to take its course. They all know that the nature of the shocks to the financial system, alongside falling inflation, means that monetary policy is not enough. Even the International Monetary Fund has said—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.791.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.796.0", "colnum": "796", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": " the debate, but my colleagues and I have tried twice to get a vote on the substantive matters to do with the pre-Budget report, first by tabling a prayer against the proposals for the tax changes and secondly by seeking a vote on whether we have had enough time today to debate the pre-Budget report. Labour and the Conservatives voted together to prevent that vote. Will you advise the House—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.796.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.826.1", "colnum": "826", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Peter Bone", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Peter Bone", "preceding_text": "y a charge for that, and being charged higher interest. That is unacceptable when every person in this country, man, woman and child, has paid more than £600 each to the banks to recapitalise them. Such loans should be made easier. The businesses should not have to go through a lot of kerfuffle. I have been in business and I know what it is like to have to go and see the bank manager —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.826.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.830.2", "colnum": "830", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Adrian Bailey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Adrian Bailey", "preceding_text": "I support the measure proposed by my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor) , and I wish to make it clear that as chairman of the all-party group on building societies and financial mutuals, I completely endorse his arguments. When the vote on Halifax demutualisation was held, I was one of the 3 per cent.—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.830.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-11-26", "file": "debates2008-11-26d.xml", "sha256": "c6c829cf92f371bc", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.834.2", "colnum": "834", "heading": "Orders of the Day", "cue_speaker": "Harry Cohen", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harry Cohen", "preceding_text": "I am not going to press my new clause to a Division.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-11-26d.834.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03b.xml", "sha256": "e3f6dade70a17138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03b.18.7", "colnum": "18", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "Let me just make the following point to the Prime Minister, and then I will give way to all the Members who are standing. It is no good the Prime Minister hiding behind the defence of \"I didn't know\" and \"I support the operational independence of the police.\" People want to know—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03b.18.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03b.xml", "sha256": "e3f6dade70a17138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03b.21.4", "colnum": "21", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " for a new bank holiday? Given that the Prime Minister is about to stand up and cancel happy hour, we need cheering up. When will it be? It would not matter if those ideas were all just gimmicks, but some of them really raised people's hopes. Whatever happened to social homebuy? The scheme was launched in a blaze of glory and was by now meant to have helped 10,000 families to buy their home—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03b.21.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03b.xml", "sha256": "e3f6dade70a17138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03b.21.4", "colnum": "21", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "worst recession in the G7 next year. That is how well prepared we are. He told us that Britain's debt is more sustainable, but just yesterday Britain's credit-worthiness slipped behind that of Portugal, Belgium and even HSBC. The other claim of the past 10 weeks is that the whole world is following the Prime Minister's plan for fiscal stimulus. This weekend, the German Finance Minister said—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03b.21.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03b.xml", "sha256": "e3f6dade70a17138", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03b.26.2", "colnum": "26", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "bish\" to officials, as Members on both Front Benches spoke. On her role as Chairman of the Transport Committee, foolish was the witness who had not prepared fully for an evidence session. Legendary was the loud tapping of her pen if witnesses dared to speak from notes: grown men made weak at the knees. Always formidable, always her own person and fiercely independent, she is already sorely missed.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03b.26.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3", "colnum": "1", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "ing accountable for the actions of its Officers. I should emphasise from the start that it is not for me to comment on the allegations that have been made against the hon. Member or on the disposal of those allegations in the judicial process. I should also remind the House, as stated in chapter 7 of \"Erskine May,\" that parliamentary privilege has never prevented the operation of the criminal law.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3", "colnum": "1", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "was told that they might be forthcoming the next morning. At 7 am on Thursday, police called upon the Serjeant at Arms and explained the background to the case, and disclosed to the Serjeant the identity of the Member. The Serjeant at Arms called me, told me the Member's name and said that a search might take place of his offices in the House. I was not told that the police did not have a warrant.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3", "colnum": "1", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "y of the Member. The Serjeant at Arms called me, told me the Member's name and said that a search might take place of his offices in the House. I was not told that the police did not have a warrant. [Hon. Members: \"Ah!\"] Order. I have been told that the police did not explain, as they are required to do, that the Serjeant was not obliged to consent, or that a warrant could have been insisted upon.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3", "colnum": "1", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "embers: \"Ah!\"] Order. I have been told that the police did not explain, as they are required to do, that the Serjeant was not obliged to consent, or that a warrant could have been insisted upon. [ Interruption. ] Order. Let me make the statement. I regret that a consent form was then signed by the Serjeant at Arms, without consulting the Clerk of the House. I must make it clear to the House—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3", "colnum": "1", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "at I was formally told by the police only yesterday, by letter from Assistant Commissioner Robert Quick, that the hon. Member was arrested on 27 November on suspicion of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office and on suspicion of aiding and abetting misconduct in public office. I have reviewed the handling of this matter. From now on, a warrant will always be required when a search—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.1.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.3.1", "colnum": "3", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I am very reluctant to interrupt a right hon. and learned Member, especially a former Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition, but those things can come up in the debate on Monday.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.3.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.3.3", "colnum": "3", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "It is up to the Government to table the motion. I do not have powers to table the motion.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.3.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.4.4", "colnum": "4", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Reid", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Reid", "preceding_text": "f Parliament, but the second is the principle that, outside those particular rights and privileges, we are all, as citizens of this country, subject to the law as well. Thirdly, whether or not Ministers should have been consulted, the principle of the independent operation of the police should be reasserted, as indeed it was during the investigations into the previous Prime Minister and his staff.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.4.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.4.4", "colnum": "4", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John Reid", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Reid", "preceding_text": "d have been consulted, the principle of the independent operation of the police should be reasserted, as indeed it was during the investigations into the previous Prime Minister and his staff. [ Interruption. ] Some of those points would carry a little more weight if they had been raised during that period. Finally, the principle of the political neutrality of the civil service will also be—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.4.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.5.4", "colnum": "5", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "preceding_text": "Thank you for your statement, Mr. Speaker, but may I press you a little bit further? You have directed the Executive to draft the motion, but many of us are concerned that they are party to the whole issue that took place with the arrest of my hon. Friend—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.5.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.5.7", "colnum": "5", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "I say to the right hon. Gentleman that the motion will be amendable.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.5.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.5.8", "colnum": "5", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Winnick", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Winnick", "preceding_text": "tion. There was a breach of parliamentary convention, and I would like to see those responsible—the most senior police officers involved—come to the Bar of the House and explain their conduct. That would be quite apart from the Committee that you have suggested should be set up by the House. We need an explanation—and we need it promptly—of why the police acted as they did.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.5.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.7.3", "colnum": "7", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Tom Levitt", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Tom Levitt", "preceding_text": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Notwithstanding the details of this particular case, would it be in order for you to reassert on behalf of the House the right of Ministers to expect 100 per cent. loyalty and discretion from their staff, and to say that we are proud of the professional and independent civil servants—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.7.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.7.6", "colnum": "7", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "May I point out to the hon. Gentleman that this is a matter for the Government?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.7.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.7.10", "colnum": "7", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "I am sorry, but I am not taking any more points of order.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.7.10"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.8.1", "colnum": "8", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "I have to acquaint the House that this House has this day attended Her Majesty in the House of Peers, and that Her Majesty was pleased to make a Most Gracious Speech from the Throne to both Houses of Parliament, of which I have, for greater accuracy, obtained a copy.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.8.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.8.1", "colnum": "8", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "I have to acquaint the House that this House has this day attended Her Majesty in the House of Peers, and that Her Majesty was pleased to make a Most Gracious Speech from the Throne to both Houses of Parliament, of which I have, for greater accuracy, obtained a copy. [ Interruption. ] Order. Could I ask hon. Members—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.8.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.15.0", "colnum": "15", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "described the Prime Minister as \"niggardly, brooding, credit-grasping, impossible to work with and fatally flawed.\" I am sure that at some stage the real Peter Mandelson will stand up. As well as those who have left us and those who have returned, there is of course one person who is here despite the best efforts of the Government, and that is my hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Damian Green) .", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.15.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.15.0", "colnum": "15", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "g, credit-grasping, impossible to work with and fatally flawed.\" I am sure that at some stage the real Peter Mandelson will stand up. As well as those who have left us and those who have returned, there is of course one person who is here despite the best efforts of the Government, and that is my hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Damian Green) . [ Interruption. ] I hope there is something—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.15.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.17.5", "colnum": "17", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "I want to make a little more progress before I give way again. I want to focus on one question that I think is being asked up and down the country: where does the Prime Minister stand on this issue?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.17.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.17.7", "colnum": "17", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. The right hon. Gentleman says he will not give way just now. He will give way, but he will not—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.17.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.18.2", "colnum": "18", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Michael Jabez Foster", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Jabez Foster", "preceding_text": "The right hon. Gentleman asked another question—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.18.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.18.5", "colnum": "18", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "ite extraordinary. The approach that the hon. Gentleman is taking, and that some Labour Front-Bench Members seem to be taking, is that Members of Parliament should not release information that is in the public interest and that they should be pursued and arrested for doing so. If that approach had been taken when the Prime Minister was in opposition, he would have spent most of his life in prison.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.18.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.18.7", "colnum": "18", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "Let me just make the following point to the Prime Minister, and then I will give way to all the Members who are standing. It is no good the Prime Minister hiding behind the defence of \"I didn't know\" and \"I support the operational independence of the police.\" People want to know—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.18.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.19.9", "colnum": "19", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "John Reid", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Reid", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to the Leader of the Opposition. This follows on from the point just made, which is one of fundamental principle. Whatever happened during this specific case—all of us have concerns about that, and they will be addressed—what the Leader of the Opposition is saying from the Dispatch Box is tantamount to the creation of a new principle if he were Prime Minister —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.19.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.20.11", "colnum": "20", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "John Reid", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Reid", "preceding_text": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Is it in order to point out, for the record, that the Leader of the Opposition inadvertently —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.20.11"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.21.4", "colnum": "21", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": " for a new bank holiday? Given that the Prime Minister is about to stand up and cancel happy hour, we need cheering up. When will it be? It would not matter if those ideas were all just gimmicks, but some of them really raised people's hopes. Whatever happened to social homebuy? The scheme was launched in a blaze of glory and was by now meant to have helped 10,000 families to buy their home—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.21.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.21.4", "colnum": "21", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "worst recession in the G7 next year. That is how well prepared we are. He told us that Britain's debt is more sustainable, but just yesterday Britain's credit-worthiness slipped behind that of Portugal, Belgium and even HSBC. The other claim of the past 10 weeks is that the whole world is following the Prime Minister's plan for fiscal stimulus. This weekend, the German Finance Minister said—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.21.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.24.0", "colnum": "24", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "t the national insurance change, but that is not just a tax rise on anyone earning over £19,000—it is also a tax rise on every job in the country. Can anyone think of anything more stupid than putting a tax rise on jobs when the economy is going to be struggling to recover? We all know what the secret tax rise is—VAT will first be raised to 18.5 per cent. and then to 20 per cent.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.24.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.26.1", "colnum": "26", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "Yes, of course we will support it, but the problem with the Government's approach is that they keep legislating for things that they are not achieving. Child poverty is getting worse.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.26.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.26.2", "colnum": "26", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "bish\" to officials, as Members on both Front Benches spoke. On her role as Chairman of the Transport Committee, foolish was the witness who had not prepared fully for an evidence session. Legendary was the loud tapping of her pen if witnesses dared to speak from notes: grown men made weak at the knees. Always formidable, always her own person and fiercely independent, she is already sorely missed.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.26.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.30.3", "colnum": "30", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "I notice that Conservative Members do not want to talk about the economy.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.30.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.31.1", "colnum": "31", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "That is a matter for the inquiry to decide, which is the right thing to happen.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.31.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.31.7", "colnum": "31", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "That is precisely why an inquiry has been set up. An inquiry is being set up in this Chamber, and an inquiry has been set up by the police themselves. We should wait until the outcome of the inquiry.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.31.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.31.8", "colnum": "31", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. Hon. Members should be calm. They may not like the answers, but the Prime Minister is entitled to give whatever answers he wishes to give.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.31.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.32.2", "colnum": "32", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "The House has a long tradition of not drawing the Speaker into the argument; I would not want that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.32.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.32.6", "colnum": "32", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Once again, it is a debate. It is not always the case that exact accuracy is called for.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.32.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.32.11", "colnum": "32", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "We are waiting for the results of the inquiry—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.32.11"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.5", "colnum": "33", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "I am going to make progress. In the last 10 years—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.8", "colnum": "33", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "I am not going to comment on a police inquiry that is ongoing, and I would caution Opposition Members against doing so as well. This is an ongoing police inquiry, and it is right to defend the operational independence of the police.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.10", "colnum": "33", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Kenneth Clarke", "preceding_text": "Does the Prime Minister accept that there is no dispute about the operational independence of the police being very important and that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.10"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.13", "colnum": "33", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "o what no country has done before in providing new protections for home owners. We will do everything in our power to ensure that no hard-working family who demonstrate to their bank a willingness to pay can or should face the fear of repossession of their family home. We want to build three protections and put them in place for home owners—three pillars for people worried about their homes.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.13"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.13", "colnum": "33", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": " themselves—again, new investment brought forward by this scheme that the Opposition would not support. For 10,000 more first-time buyers, the £1 billion home owner's support package will mean additional money for housing, which the Opposition would refuse to provide. We are not only providing real help for businesses and families now, but meeting our country's need for future housing.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.13"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.13", "colnum": "33", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "rs, the £1 billion home owner's support package will mean additional money for housing, which the Opposition would refuse to provide. We are not only providing real help for businesses and families now, but meeting our country's need for future housing. [Interruption.] We will also help the construction industry and give communities real help, with new investment in reformed public services.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.33.13"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.36.2", "colnum": "36", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "I have already made it clear that I am making progress with the measures in the Queen's Speech that will help businesses and families in this country. Clearly, the Opposition have no interest in measures that give people jobs, help people with businesses and help people stay in their homes. Building on our plan to raise education—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.36.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.38.3", "colnum": "38", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "There will be a statement before the House rises at Christmas. I can say to the hon. Gentleman that that will be done.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.38.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.39.0", "colnum": "39", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "e royal prerogative and giving more power to Parliament over peace and war, and over treaties. We are also planning to make the Intelligence and Security Committee more linked to parliamentary action and parliamentary decision, and for more reports to Parliament. Let us remember that Labour is the party that brought in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to enable people to have information—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.39.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.39.1", "colnum": "39", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "d I cannot understand why he will not say precisely that, too. It is with comic timing that the Government's Queen's Speech has included words about the need to strengthen the role of Parliament, given that this Government show no sign of understanding how much the House has been neutered by the over-centralised, over-secretive and over-mighty Executive that exist under our non-constitution—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.39.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-03", "file": "debates2008-12-03c.xml", "sha256": "c065664fa906e97b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.42.1", "colnum": "42", "heading": "OUTLAWRIES BILL", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "Conservative Governments have failed them, their families and communities for so long. One lot want to do everything and the other lot want to do nothing: it is a terrible choice between a wrong direction or simply going backwards. This Government's determination to do very little only seems to be outdone by the Conservatives' determination to do even less. Listening to my right hon. Friend—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-03c.42.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04b.xml", "sha256": "020ba0028945d17d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.130.1", "colnum": "130", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": "Can the Leader of the House help to clarify one point that has troubled me overnight.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.130.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04b.xml", "sha256": "020ba0028945d17d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.136.2", "colnum": "136", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "e that a Member of Parliament was the target of their investigation? If the Cabinet Office was kept updated, why was not the Home Secretary? Why was the Cabinet Office not kept updated if it had initiated the investigation? Were counter-terrorism police operating without any Home Office ministerial notification, oversight or accountability from start to finish? The Home Secretary has stated—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.136.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04b.xml", "sha256": "020ba0028945d17d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.165.8", "colnum": "165", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "dea—a pale imitation of our proposal for elected police commissioners who would be responsible for local policing, directly accountable to the communities they serve and taking over the functions of police authorities. As I speak to senior police officers, it becomes apparent that there are serious concerns that the elected representatives are far more likely to lead to politicisation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.165.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04b.xml", "sha256": "020ba0028945d17d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.173.1", "colnum": "173", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "be elected by the first-past-the-post system. That would be the first time that any new body had been elected under that system since 1997. We know from peer-reviewed academic literature that if elections are carried out under first past the post, the resulting body is substantially less representative in terms of both gender and ethnic minority than is the case with other electoral systems—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.173.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04b.xml", "sha256": "020ba0028945d17d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.176.4", "colnum": "176", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "he integration of ethnic minority communities, which is absolutely crucial and a vital part of ensuring that a proper immigration policy works, but why are the Government cutting funding for non-English speakers? There has been a 39 per cent. plunge in non-English speakers enrolling on English language courses: the number is down from nearly 550,000 to 335,000—the lowest since 2001-02—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.176.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04b.xml", "sha256": "020ba0028945d17d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.210.1", "colnum": "210", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": "ort building on that land for a variety of reasons—the green belt, questions of flooding and irrigation, and compelling water engineering issues. I hope that I would get the Secretary of State's support if there were an appeal. I note that there is also a draft communications data Bill. It appears to be primarily designed to regularise matters or provide for the state to marshal information.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.210.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04b.xml", "sha256": "020ba0028945d17d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.212.0", "colnum": "212", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nick Herbert", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nick Herbert", "preceding_text": "t to launch\" it; then he said it was launching \"before Easter\". After Easter, they were still \"finalising the process\". In May this year, the Justice Secretary said he would be making an announcement \"before the summer recess\". The build-up to the statement of values is acquiring a tantric quality. The question must be asked how much value the Government believe this statement of values still has.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.212.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04b.xml", "sha256": "020ba0028945d17d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.224.3", "colnum": "224", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "inal justice system in England and Wales that it was \"struck by the blanket and indiscriminate nature of the power of retention in England and Wales.\" It therefore declared that retention outwith article 8 of the European convention on human rights. I make first a preliminary point, which is germane to the issue of Bills of Rights and responsibilities—a subject to which I shall return later.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04b.224.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.121.0", "colnum": "121", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "me falls because they are put on short time or lose their jobs. The arrangements are by way of a Government guarantee to banks in order that they should allow interest deferral for a period of two years. Further details are being worked up and will be made available to the House. The right hon. Lady raised the question of Equitable Life, and a statement on that will be made before Christmas—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.121.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.122.3", "colnum": "122", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Prentice", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Prentice", "preceding_text": "Will the House be able to add names to the Speaker's Committee or leave names off? Will Members be able to apply to join the Committee, because I would rather like to be a member?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.122.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.125.4", "colnum": "125", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Quite right.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "t to do anything that would prejudice the prosecution—if there is a prosecution. It is also incumbent on us all to do nothing that might prejudice the defence. We all have a responsibility. There is currently a police investigation and there are suspects. It is not for one side of the House to be the prosecution and the other to be the defence. The matter should not be party political—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.125.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.130.1", "colnum": "130", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": "Can the Leader of the House help to clarify one point that has troubled me overnight?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.130.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.134.1", "colnum": "134", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "that the Home Office deals with, I agreed with the view of Sir David Normington, my Department's permanent secretary, that it was essential to request police assistance in identifying the source of those leaks. The sustained level of leaking that had already taken place clearly suggested that this could go on, would escalate, and that more information of greater sensitivity could potentially leak.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.134.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.134.1", "colnum": "134", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "mington, my Department's permanent secretary, that it was essential to request police assistance in identifying the source of those leaks. The sustained level of leaking that had already taken place clearly suggested that this could go on, would escalate, and that more information of greater sensitivity could potentially leak. [Interruption.] Since the request for police assistance was made—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.134.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.134.3", "colnum": "134", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Sensitively?\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "Let me be clear that even if I had been informed, I believe it would have been wholly inappropriate for me to seek to intervene in the operational decisions being taken by the police. I will not do that and I should not do that. On 1 December , I spoke to the acting commissioner to reassure myself that the investigation was being pursued diligently, sensitively and in a proportionate manner—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.134.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.134.3", "colnum": "134", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "e it would have been wholly inappropriate for me to seek to intervene in the operational decisions being taken by the police. I will not do that and I should not do that. On 1 December , I spoke to the acting commissioner to reassure myself that the investigation was being pursued diligently, sensitively and in a proportionate manner—[Hon. Members: \"Sensitively?\"] Sir Paul informed me—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.134.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.136.0", "colnum": "136", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "I thank the Home Secretary for previous sight of her statement. The issues at stake are indeed very serious. They involve basic ministerial oversight over counter-terrorism police operations against a Member of this House which were heavy-handed and incompetent at best, and at worst an unwarranted assault on our democracy—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.136.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.136.0", "colnum": "136", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "ere heavy-handed and incompetent at best, and at worst an unwarranted assault on our democracy— [ Interruption. ] Let us be equally clear what is not at stake. We can all agree that MPs are not above the law, and that the police have no place in politics. Nor does this have anything to do with national security. There is not the slightest evidence of that, and Her Majesty's Opposition—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.136.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.136.2", "colnum": "136", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "e that a Member of Parliament was the target of their investigation? If the Cabinet Office was kept updated, why was not the Home Secretary? Why was the Cabinet Office not kept updated if it had initiated the investigation? Were counter-terrorism police operating without any Home Office ministerial notification, oversight or accountability from start to finish? The Home Secretary has stated—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.136.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.146.6", "colnum": "146", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Answer!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "On the first point—the only point—I have made it clear that I asked some of those questions yesterday evening. Bob Quick, the Assistant Commissioner, responded to me today, and I have placed that letter in the Library.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.146.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.149.0", "colnum": "149", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "I think, frankly, that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is confusing his role as a Member of this House with his presumably desired role as a member of the judiciary.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.149.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.151.3", "colnum": "151", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jacqui Smith", "preceding_text": "I would certainly be prepared to take that up with the Metropolitan police—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.151.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.152.4", "colnum": "152", "heading": "Points of Order", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Howarth", "preceding_text": "Further to the point of order of my hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Damian Green) , Mr. Speaker. Given the unreliability of the information upon which the Home Secretary has relied today, how on earth can this House possibly give any credence to anything that the Home Secretary has said today in respect of the Metropolitan police?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.152.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.160.3", "colnum": "160", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew Slaughter", "preceding_text": "I am grateful for the Home Secretary's intention to assert more control over lap-dancing clubs, the expansion of which into residential areas is of great concern to many communities, including mine.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.160.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.164.2", "colnum": "164", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "I would like to follow up, if I may, the point made by the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne) . The Conservative party was clear in government. I have here its campaign guide for 1994, which says—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.164.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.165.8", "colnum": "165", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": "dea—a pale imitation of our proposal for elected police commissioners who would be responsible for local policing, directly accountable to the communities they serve and taking over the functions of police authorities. As I speak to senior police officers, it becomes apparent that there are serious concerns that the elected representatives are far more likely to lead to politicisation—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.165.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.168.0", "colnum": "168", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": " I share the Home Secretary's wish for decisive action to be taken against those profiting from prostitution and human trafficking. Why, however, has she cut the Metropolitan police's human trafficking unit, which was the most effective such unit in the country, and why have convictions for trafficking for sexual exploitation halved in the last year from what was an already low and declining rate?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.168.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.173.1", "colnum": "173", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "be elected by the first-past-the-post system. That would be the first time that any new body had been elected under that system since 1997. We know from peer-reviewed academic literature that if elections are carried out under first past the post, the resulting body is substantially less representative in terms of both gender and ethnic minority than is the case with other electoral systems—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.173.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.176.4", "colnum": "176", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Christopher Huhne", "preceding_text": "he integration of ethnic minority communities, which is absolutely crucial and a vital part of ensuring that a proper immigration policy works, but why are the Government cutting funding for non-English speakers? There has been a 39 per cent. plunge in non-English speakers enrolling on English language courses: the number is down from nearly 550,000 to 335,000—the lowest since 2001-02—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.176.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.189.0", "colnum": "189", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Mark Field", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Field", "preceding_text": "My hon. Friend referred to the British way, something which many of us feel strongly in our hearts. It has been the tradition in this country that we have an unwritten constitution. Does he now feel that the time is ripe for a codified constitution to be put in place to protect the liberties that all of us have perhaps taken for granted, but feel at this stage—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.189.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.210.1", "colnum": "210", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Andrew MacKinlay", "preceding_text": "ort building on that land for a variety of reasons—the green belt, questions of flooding and irrigation, and compelling water engineering issues. I hope that I would get the Secretary of State's support if there were an appeal. I note that there is also a draft communications data Bill. It appears to be primarily designed to regularise matters or provide for the state to marshal information.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.210.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.212.0", "colnum": "212", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Nick Herbert", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nick Herbert", "preceding_text": "t to launch\" it; then he said it was launching \"before Easter\". After Easter, they were still \"finalising the process\". In May this year, the Justice Secretary said he would be making an announcement \"before the summer recess\". The build-up to the statement of values is acquiring a tantric quality. The question must be asked how much value the Government believe this statement of values still has.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.212.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.219.0", "colnum": "219", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "This has been an interesting and unexpectedly lively debate. I am pleased to say that three Conservative Back Benchers were able to speak, but that rather more spoke from the Government Benches.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.219.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.219.0", "colnum": "219", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "he beginning of the debate. I enjoyed the speech made by the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert) ; it must have been the first time that the adjective \"tantric\" has been worked into a debate on the rather solemn and sober matter of crime and justice. I am grateful to him for his approbation for my second outing in the other place: walking backwards twice in front of Her Majesty.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.219.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.219.0", "colnum": "219", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "tive \"tantric\" has been worked into a debate on the rather solemn and sober matter of crime and justice. I am grateful to him for his approbation for my second outing in the other place: walking backwards twice in front of Her Majesty. [Interruption.] I am also grateful for that sedentary comment that I looked marvellous. That is what the Home Secretary also said to me, and I shall tell my mother.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.219.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.219.0", "colnum": "219", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": " more crimes are committed than are actually reported to the police\". I ask my hon. Friends, because sometimes this is disputed, to note the second tire, which says: \"While recorded crime doubled between 1981 and 1991, the BCS shows that the actual number of crimes committed rose by...50 per cent.\" So, that is all right then. During the Conservatives' 18 years in office, crime rose by 50 per cent.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.219.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.221.0", "colnum": "221", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Dominic Grieve", "preceding_text": " in recent years, and that these offences cause the most harm to individual victims and to society as a whole, our long-term strategy on violence focuses on seriousness. This includes homicides, serious wounding and serious sexual offences such as rape. Recorded crime statistics do indicate that despite recent falls, the levels of the most serious violence are higher than they were ten years ago.\"", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.221.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.222.1", "colnum": "222", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": " also show a similar pattern of crime coming down, not going up. The point was made by the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne) that we should ensure that the British crime survey and the recorded crime statistics are regarded as national statistics under the control of the national statistician and nothing to do with Ministers. They are national statistics and they are under the control—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.222.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-04", "file": "debates2008-12-04c.xml", "sha256": "8130572f7ef6c21d", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.224.3", "colnum": "224", "heading": "BILLS PRESENTED — Business Rate Supplements Bill", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "inal justice system in England and Wales that it was \"struck by the blanket and indiscriminate nature of the power of retention in England and Wales.\" It therefore declared that retention outwith article 8 of the European convention on human rights. I make first a preliminary point, which is germane to the issue of Bills of Rights and responsibilities—a subject to which I shall return later.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-04c.224.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08a.xml", "sha256": "499b2458835d8878", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.275.5", "colnum": "275", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "The hon. and learned Gentleman has been widely quoted by the press as having said that the man should be sacked—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.275.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08a.xml", "sha256": "499b2458835d8878", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.283.0", "colnum": "283", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Davis", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"He's over there.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Davis", "preceding_text": "kinlay) reiterated. As for Members of Parliament, I cannot find an example in the past century of a Member of Parliament who has escaped the law, or proper prosecution, as a result of privilege, and I do not expect that to change as a result of what we do today. I come to the point made by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman) ; I am sorry to say that he is not present.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.283.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08a.xml", "sha256": "499b2458835d8878", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.331.1", "colnum": "331", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": "uped together for debate today. That is why I, as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for housing, am speaking on behalf of my colleagues—it is not just because I miss debating with the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the hon. Member for Havant (Mr. Willetts) . I have say, however, that, a year on, it does not seem that the debate has moved on a great deal—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.331.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08a.xml", "sha256": "499b2458835d8878", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.331.1", "colnum": "331", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": "ing no comment on that, but explaining why I—rather than my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, West (Stephen Williams) , who shadows the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills—am responding to the debate. I am relieved to note that the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Mr. Hayes) was in his place for the opening speeches, despite his pantomime —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.331.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08a.xml", "sha256": "499b2458835d8878", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.333.0", "colnum": "333", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": " large-scale repossessions, but there is a great deal more concrete work that they should do in this area. On the surface, last week's announcements on interest holidays were very positive, but as always with such headline grabbers, the devil will be in the detail. The Minister for Housing, who is not in her place today, has suggested that just 9,000 families may be eligible for this scheme—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.333.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08a.xml", "sha256": "499b2458835d8878", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.336.1", "colnum": "336", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Lindsay Roy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Lindsay Roy", "preceding_text": "e: he has been very open with numbers as the Government have supported people through the current economic downturn, although whether all the numbers would fit on an athletics vest is another matter. The Prime Minister also received the leather strap for a misdemeanour at Kirkcaldy high school. I understand that he has no sadistic tendencies, but he does take pleasure in leathering the Opposition.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.336.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08a.xml", "sha256": "499b2458835d8878", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.374.0", "colnum": "374", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bob Neill", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Neill", "preceding_text": "lls does not seem to have learned that lesson. On housing, DUIS and the Department for Communities and Local Government at least share one thing in common: they seem almost to be in a competition to see how many initiatives and pledges can be abandoned. It is a bit like a competition between Elizabeth Taylor and Zsa Zsa Gabor to see who has the most discarded wedding rings on their dressing table.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.374.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08a.xml", "sha256": "499b2458835d8878", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.374.0", "colnum": "374", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bob Neill", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Neill", "preceding_text": " has also been subject to failure. No wonder there is so much legitimate concern about repossessions, to which hon. Members have referred. Why is that such a difficulty? Not only is there a lack of supply arising from the Government's policies, but the explosion of easy credit exacerbated the problem and pumped up the housing market in an unsustainable fashion. Who is responsible for driving that?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08a.374.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.245.3", "colnum": "245", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Hogg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Hogg", "preceding_text": "t dissimilar debate on 12 November , and I remember that he intervened on me when I was speaking to oppose the business motion, and said: \"Why didn't you put down an amendment; if you had, we'd have given it serious consideration?\" Well, we have put down an amendment, and they have not given it serious consideration. I am casting no personal aspersions on the hon. Gentleman, but this matter—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.245.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.249.2", "colnum": "249", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Bob Spink", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Spink", "preceding_text": "If the hon. Member for Northampton, South (Mr. Binley) , who is shouting from a sedentary position, wants to intervene, I would delighted to give way to him—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.249.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.249.2", "colnum": "249", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Bob Spink", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Spink", "preceding_text": "If the hon. Member for Northampton, South (Mr. Binley) , who is shouting from a sedentary position, wants to intervene, I would delighted to give way to him— [Interruption.] It seems, Mr. Speaker, that the hon. Member has not—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.249.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.250.0", "colnum": "250", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I called the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink) to speak and he must be allowed to be heard.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.250.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.259.0", "colnum": "259", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ridiculous.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "If a search was undertaken as part of an ongoing police investigation, it is important that we should not comment on it in this House.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.259.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.259.5", "colnum": "259", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ion is known to the Home Secretary it is imperative that she makes it clear that she is standing right back from the inquiry, and that is what she has done. I hope that all Members will support all those four principles and will support the motion to establish the Speaker's Committee, which will look into all these matters and make recommendations for the future. I commend the motion to the House.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.259.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.260.6", "colnum": "260", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Theresa May", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Theresa May", "preceding_text": "Absolutely. I entirely agree with the right hon. Gentleman, and I will make that same point towards the end of my remarks. On the three points that I mentioned and the motion that the Government have put forward—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.260.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.261.2", "colnum": "261", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Mark Harper", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mark Harper", "preceding_text": "I should like to mention one of the reasons why it is important that the Committee should be able to do its work. My right hon. Friend and I asked the Leader of the House a question at business questions last week, but it has not been adequately answered. We asked whether last week the police were granted access to data belonging to other hon. Members. That has not been properly answered.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.261.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.267.6", "colnum": "267", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Frank Dobson", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Withdraw!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Frank Dobson", "preceding_text": " legal representative of the civil servant on television, and his lawyer in effect admitting it, and I understand from what has been said on behalf of the hon. Member for Ashford that he admits that this young man had tried to get a job with him, that he had supplied him with information, and that he had met him several times. I do not know what I am supposed to withdraw. The hon. Gentleman—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.267.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.272.8", "colnum": "272", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "ted by Back Benchers of the three major parties. I should hope that that would give it some authority, although senior colleagues in all the parties are also involved, which I hope provides even more authority. People with great experience of the House and of the relevant issues are also involved. I support that, which is why my hon. Friends and I will support the amendments at the end of the day.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.272.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.275.5", "colnum": "275", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "The hon. and learned Gentleman has been widely quoted by the press as having said that the man should be sacked—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.275.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.275.7", "colnum": "275", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "tute that was \"a gift from the Conservative party\". Let me quote from another statute that was a gift from the Conservative party, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. Section 18(1) states that, following arrest, \"a constable may enter and search any premises occupied or controlled by a person who is under arrest for an arrestable offence, if he has reasonable grounds for suspecting \"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.275.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.275.9", "colnum": "275", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "Let me finish my sentence, for God's sake. A person \"who is under arrest for an arrestable offence, if\"— Let me finish this sentence.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.275.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.275.9", "colnum": "275", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "Let me finish my sentence, for God's sake. A person \"who is under arrest for an arrestable offence, if\"— Let me finish this sentence. [Interruption.] It continues that the constable may enter and search any premises if \"he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is on the premises\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.275.9"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.276.3", "colnum": "276", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gerald Kaufman", "preceding_text": "to undermine him. What I say to the House of Commons is this: the Tory party has created a bogus controversy about the abuse of privileges that do not exist and the need for a warrant that is not required. We are wasting this afternoon when it could have been used for this House to debate serious and relevant issues about which our constituents care deeply. They do not care in the slightest—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.276.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.281.3", "colnum": "281", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Clive Efford", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Get on with it.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Clive Efford", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman for giving way, although usually Members resume their seat when another Member speaks—he has been here long enough to know that.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.281.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.283.0", "colnum": "283", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "David Davis", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"He's over there.\"", "preceding_speaker": "David Davis", "preceding_text": "kinlay) reiterated. As for Members of Parliament, I cannot find an example in the past century of a Member of Parliament who has escaped the law, or proper prosecution, as a result of privilege, and I do not expect that to change as a result of what we do today. I come to the point made by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman) ; I am sorry to say that he is not present.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.283.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.287.1", "colnum": "287", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Keith Vaz", "preceding_text": "ced that day, and with his members of staff. I know that members of my staff sometimes wish that somebody would come and take all their computers away because of the level of casework that we have. However, it must be a terrible experience for the hon. Gentleman's staff and constituents, because on those computers is routine casework. Some cases may well involve complaints against the press—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.287.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.292.0", "colnum": "292", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "Iain Duncan Smith", "preceding_text": "he Lobby tonight. When it comes to the hon. Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) , I usually agree with him without having to think about it, but there is one area where I would disagree with him: if he is going to take this evidence in on rice paper, he will need to be more careful about which type of equipment the police will take in with them as they enter the House! I have to warn him there.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.292.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.307.4", "colnum": "307", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "John Denham", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Denham", "preceding_text": "fficult issues and to keep coming back to issues that are not easy to solve at first sight. That is in stark contrast to what would have happened if the Opposition had been in power. I was talking about the extra investment for SMEs that we will make through training. We can do that only because the Government have planned to invest in skills, unlike the Opposition, who have promised to cut—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.307.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.309.3", "colnum": "309", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Phil Willis", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Phil Willis", "preceding_text": "I am grateful to the Secretary of State. I want to ask him a positive question, to which I hope he will give a positive answer. Last Monday—a week ago today—a number of right hon. and hon. Members visited the Honda Formula 1 team.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.309.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.317.0", "colnum": "317", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "David Willetts", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Willetts", "preceding_text": "n area covering 100 different local authorities. That remark was made in his own document. How on earth are they supposed to access funding from so many different agencies? It is going to be a bureaucratic nightmare, and once again it will fall to the Conservatives to sweep away the complexity and bureaucracy and give FE colleges the straightforward, simple funding arrangements that they wish for.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.317.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.331.1", "colnum": "331", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": "uped together for debate today. That is why I, as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for housing, am speaking on behalf of my colleagues—it is not just because I miss debating with the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the hon. Member for Havant (Mr. Willetts) . I have say, however, that, a year on, it does not seem that the debate has moved on a great deal—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.331.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.331.1", "colnum": "331", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": "ing no comment on that, but explaining why I—rather than my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, West (Stephen Williams) , who shadows the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills—am responding to the debate. I am relieved to note that the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Mr. Hayes) was in his place for the opening speeches, despite his pantomime —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.331.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.333.0", "colnum": "333", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Sarah Teather", "preceding_text": " large-scale repossessions, but there is a great deal more concrete work that they should do in this area. On the surface, last week's announcements on interest holidays were very positive, but as always with such headline grabbers, the devil will be in the detail. The Minister for Housing, who is not in her place today, has suggested that just 9,000 families may be eligible for this scheme—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.333.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.335.0", "colnum": "335", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Evan Harris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Evan Harris", "preceding_text": "There is the potential for a win-win-win if the Government provide the resources to allow councils and housing associations to build even small schemes, or buy houses on the open market. That will provide homes for those in housing need and enable people in the construction industry to carry on working and not fall into housing need themselves. Will the Government do something about that urgently?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.335.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.336.1", "colnum": "336", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Lindsay Roy", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Lindsay Roy", "preceding_text": "e: he has been very open with numbers as the Government have supported people through the current economic downturn, although whether all the numbers would fit on an athletics vest is another matter. The Prime Minister also received the leather strap for a misdemeanour at Kirkcaldy high school. I understand that he has no sadistic tendencies, but he does take pleasure in leathering the Opposition.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.336.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.353.4", "colnum": "353", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Garnier", "preceding_text": "I congratulate my hon. Friend on visiting the prison in his constituency. I always urge hon. Members to visit the prisons in their constituency—or, if there is none, the one nearest it. My hon. Friend the Member for Reading, East (Mr. Wilson) is a frequent visitor to Reading prison—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.353.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.374.0", "colnum": "374", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Bob Neill", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Neill", "preceding_text": "lls does not seem to have learned that lesson. On housing, DIUS and the Department for Communities and Local Government at least share one thing in common: they seem almost to be in a competition to see how many initiatives and pledges can be abandoned. It is a bit like a competition between Elizabeth Taylor and Zsa Zsa Gabor to see who has the most discarded wedding rings on their dressing table.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.374.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-08", "file": "debates2008-12-08b.xml", "sha256": "68df6cc4b8679340", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.374.0", "colnum": "374", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Bob Neill", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Neill", "preceding_text": " has also been subject to failure. No wonder there is so much legitimate concern about repossessions, to which hon. Members have referred. Why is that such a difficulty? Not only is there a lack of supply arising from the Government's policies, but the explosion of easy credit exacerbated the problem and pumped up the housing market in an unsustainable fashion. Who is responsible for driving that?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-08b.374.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09b.xml", "sha256": "f82a663c9484dbe6", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09b.468.3", "colnum": "468", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "all is not well in the European Union. It would be far better if we could have a proper renegotiation at this Council. I have made the case for that on many occasions. I am not expecting it to happen; I am not holding my breath. I have to say that the situation is getting more critical. The financial package, and the financial situation, is generating more difficulties, and this is the time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09b.468.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.393.2", "colnum": "393", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Sanctions.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "oo, until the past 10 days. Since Conservative Members claim that they wish to go into government and that they are ready to do that, they need to reflect on what is necessary for the good governance of this country, regardless of the party that is in office. Let us consider an abstract situation, in which an official who works on a ministerial corridor continually leaks. That is deeply corrosive.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.393.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.394.2", "colnum": "394", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Jack Straw", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jack Straw", "preceding_text": "aw from \"the great bulk\" of what amounts to leaking, and so it has been, and without question by a very long way. However, he did not talk about removing the application of criminal law absolutely. On the hon. Gentleman's second question, what he is asking me to do, which is entirely inappropriate for a Minister responsible for the judiciary, is to intervene in a continuing criminal investigation.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.394.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.395.3", "colnum": "395", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Anne McIntosh", "cue_text": "Interruption", "preceding_speaker": "Anne McIntosh", "preceding_text": " the Justice Secretary for the kind words that he recently said about me to the Magistrates Association? May I also refer him to the representations that the association has made on this issue? Will his hon. Friend the Minister go so far as to admit that the Magistrates Association still has concerns about fixed penalty notices being imposed for first time offences, about fines going unpaid—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.395.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.399.1", "colnum": "399", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "Michael Wills", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Wills", "preceding_text": "We plan to present proposals in April or May.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.399.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.404.3", "colnum": "404", "heading": "JUSTICE", "cue_speaker": "James Duddridge", "cue_text": "Laughter.", "preceding_speaker": "James Duddridge", "preceding_text": "May I ask the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, the master of the universe of nothing—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.404.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.414.12", "colnum": "414", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "No. I did say that I would make progress, and I really must. The package also sends a clear signal that the European Union's response to the crisis must lie in openness, not protectionism. That point was raised by my now-departed right hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz) .", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.414.12"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.421.2", "colnum": "421", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "That really is a foolish way to describe the position. The Government are not going soft and we are not offering rewards without repentance. First, the partnership and co-operation agreement to which the hon. Gentleman refers is in our interest—it is the European Union that wants it. Secondly, the partnership and co-operation agreement has in its preamble precisely a reference—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.421.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.422.1", "colnum": "422", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "There is the voice of the modern Tory party. Actually, the hon. Gentleman wants to pull out of the European Union. He says \"Never!\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.422.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.422.1", "colnum": "422", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "There is the voice of the modern Tory party. Actually, the hon. Gentleman wants to pull out of the European Union. He says \"Never!\"— [ Interruption. ] I am happy to clarify—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.422.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.422.6", "colnum": "422", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": " hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague) . The Finnish Foreign Secretary said that \"what we are seeing with the current British Government is one which has a voice and which is at the heart and leading edge of the debate\" in Europe. He added that \"true engagement means that you have to work in the mainstream European political parties, such as the European People's party\"— That is—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.422.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.423.1", "colnum": "423", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman says that they are a bunch of communists. That says a lot about—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.423.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.423.1", "colnum": "423", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "The hon. Gentleman says that they are a bunch of communists. That says a lot about— [ Interruption. ] What he is in fact saying—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.423.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.431.2", "colnum": "431", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "I do not think that we have been foul about the Poles. In fact, a party that contains my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) could not possibly be foul about the Poles, because we would get in a lot of trouble. The right hon. Gentleman puts the case for giving up the rebate—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.431.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.431.2", "colnum": "431", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "e up £7 billion of the rebate—an act that was not shared by other countries, as he suggests, because the rebate was an arrangement particular to the UK—and not receive in return concrete answers on the reform of the CAP was weak negotiation. The same weakness has characterised the Government's approach to the European constitution and its reincarnation as the Lisbon treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.431.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.431.2", "colnum": "431", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "t is one of the few items on which they do not yet know what they are going to say. Item 1 is the Lisbon treaty, and then there is a gap. It would be extraordinary if we did not raise that issue. What they ended up signing contained a huge number of provisions that they had vigorously opposed in the first place. What has been worse about their conduct of the negotiations on the constitution—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.431.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.435.1", "colnum": "435", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "One might regard that as a side issue, given the matters that I have just described.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.435.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.440.1", "colnum": "440", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "se genuine influence as strongly as possible. I have to tell the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks that his party's position on many of these issues, including the Lisbon treaty, puts it in great difficulty in meeting the challenges ahead. When the Conservatives leave the European People's party, presumably later this year, their ability to influence the debate in Europe and engage with—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.440.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.446.3", "colnum": "446", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "I would be more than happy to do that—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.446.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.446.3", "colnum": "446", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "Edward Davey", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Davey", "preceding_text": "I would be more than happy to do that— [ Interruption. ] We have discussed this many times in these debates—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.446.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.465.1", "colnum": "465", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "nt constituency, Ribble Valley, where I went to school. I listened with dismay to the views of the Liberal Democrats, who are all over the place. The hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) has said that he would be in favour of a yes vote, if there were a vote on the Lisbon treaty, but that is not the position of the party as a whole, and he would be in favour of a yes vote on the euro.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.465.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.465.1", "colnum": "465", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "th dismay to the views of the Liberal Democrats, who are all over the place. The hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) has said that he would be in favour of a yes vote, if there were a vote on the Lisbon treaty, but that is not the position of the party as a whole, and he would be in favour of a yes vote on the euro. [ Interruption. ] There is a disturbance on the Liberal Front Bench.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.465.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.466.1", "colnum": "466", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "Absolutely. As the hon. Gentleman knows, I was recently in Prague, where I had the opportunity to visit the castle to participate in certain discussions about those questions.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.466.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.468.3", "colnum": "468", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "William Cash", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Cash", "preceding_text": "all is not well in the European Union. It would be far better if we could have a proper renegotiation at this Council. I have made the case for that on many occasions. I am not expecting it to happen; I am not holding my breath. I have to say that the situation is getting more critical. The financial package, and the financial situation, is generating more difficulties, and this is the time—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.468.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.497.0", "colnum": "497", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Connarty", "preceding_text": "I am sorry, I do not have time to take interventions. I do apologise, but that is what happens when debates are arranged in the way that this one has been. It is important that people realise that the European Union is the platform and the context in which we must deal with these matters. There is no other way out of it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.497.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-09", "file": "debates2008-12-09c.xml", "sha256": "66d7c9ec17682412", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.503.2", "colnum": "503", "heading": "European Affairs", "cue_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Caroline Flint", "preceding_text": "t by Cypriots for Cypriots. Again, we shall ask Turkey to support the negotiations as they are taken forward. On the Lisbon treaty, what is clear is that the Irish people have spoken and their views must be respected. I reject the idea that I, other Ministers or any other member of this Government are bullying the Irish in any way. We will hear at the Council this week what Brian Cowen has to say.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-09c.503.2"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10a.xml", "sha256": "87c97ba6da1f85b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10a.517.8", "colnum": "517", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "John McFall", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McFall", "preceding_text": "I welcome the Calman report as a sound, thorough piece of evidential work. The evidence shows that in the financial crisis, with the loss of two of our dear banks in Scotland, Scotland on its own would not have been able to cope.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10a.517.8"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10a.xml", "sha256": "87c97ba6da1f85b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10a.524.6", "colnum": "524", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Angus MacNeil", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angus MacNeil", "preceding_text": "ng Scottish fishing communities and retain the quota in Scotland? We know that the Minister has been silent on the staggering £1 billion of cuts that Labour's pre-Budget report will deliver to Scotland. We know of the £120 million of consequential business spending to come to Scotland and of the HBOS measures, but there has again been silence, endangering 20,000 jobs in Scotland—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10a.524.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10a.xml", "sha256": "87c97ba6da1f85b9", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10a.578.3", "colnum": "578", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "William Hague", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "William Hague", "preceding_text": "it a full day's debate in this House, particularly given the expenditure of £6.5 billion of taxpayers' money on our operations in Iraq. The impending withdrawal of our forces brings us to two other issues. First, it was announced to the press overnight last night: \"The withdrawal of the 4,000 British troops in Iraq will be completed by next June, a senior defence source has disclosed\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10a.578.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.517.8", "colnum": "517", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "John McFall", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John McFall", "preceding_text": "I welcome the Calman report as a sound, thorough piece of evidential work. The evidence shows that in the financial crisis, with the loss of two of our dear banks in Scotland, Scotland on its own would not have been able to cope. [ Interruption. ] Is there not a case—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.517.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.522.0", "colnum": "522", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Jim Murphy", "preceding_text": "I should like to say to the hon. Gentleman: \"We cannot afford for the Scottish Government to play fast and loose with the security and reliability of our future electricity supplies and run the risk of the lights going out in Scotland\".", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.522.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.523.8", "colnum": "523", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Ben Wallace", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ben Wallace", "preceding_text": "It is clear that by next summer the Calman commission will have completed its work and a final report will be published. In the light of the fact that Scotland's First Minister and the Scottish National party are not really interested in better governance for Scotland—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.523.8"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.524.6", "colnum": "524", "heading": "SCOTLAND", "cue_speaker": "Angus MacNeil", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Angus MacNeil", "preceding_text": "ting Scottish fishing communities and retain the quota in Scotland? We know that the Minister has been silent on the staggering £1 billion of cuts that Labour's pre-Budget report will deliver to Scotland. We know of the £120 million of consequential prison spending to come to Scotland and of the HBOS measures, but there has again been silence, endangering 20,000 jobs in Scotland—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.524.6"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.527.0", "colnum": "527", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Laughter .", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "The first point of recapitalisation was to save banks that would otherwise have collapsed. We not only saved the world—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.527.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.529.1", "colnum": "529", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "Why cannot the Prime Minister answer the question about our national loan guarantee scheme? It is a fully worked-through proposal that could help business now. The CBI has welcomed it, as have the Institute of Directors and the Federation of Small Businesses, and The Guardian newspaper today—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.529.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.531.3", "colnum": "531", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "GP surgeries are now open in 65 per cent. of the areas of the country in the evenings or at weekends. They are open because we demanded —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.531.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.565.4", "colnum": "565", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "Harry Cohen", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harry Cohen", "preceding_text": "Will the Foreign Secretary explain why the Government have such an abysmal record in connection with the refugees—more than 4 million—who have fled their homes in Iraq and had to leave the country?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.565.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.571.1", "colnum": "571", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "David Miliband", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Miliband", "preceding_text": "I take seriously the experience with which the right hon. and learned Gentleman speaks. What I say to him is that we could not get a majority for sanctions on individual members of the regime —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.571.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-10", "file": "debates2008-12-10b.xml", "sha256": "90f7690dca8716c3", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.656.1", "colnum": "656", "heading": "RIVERS HULL AND HUMBER (FLOOD RISK)", "cue_speaker": "Huw Irranca-Davies", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Huw Irranca-Davies", "preceding_text": "With the hon. Gentleman's support, when we introduce it we will get it through in a good shape, but without undue haste. There is always a question of which Bills are introduced. I will be helping Lord Hunt in another place to deliver the marine and coastal access Bill.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-10b.656.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11a.xml", "sha256": "5f43d010f430d0da", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11a.729.0", "colnum": "729", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "e rights or entitlements within this constitution? It seems that there will not be; the sanctions for breaching the NHS constitution do not appear anywhere. Trusts will have to \"have regard to\" things—that wonderful legal phraseology means, of course, absolutely nothing, because one can be acting entirely within the legal framework if one has regard to something and then entirely ignores it.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11a.729.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11a.xml", "sha256": "5f43d010f430d0da", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11a.729.0", "colnum": "729", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "ppointments? Missed appointments cause the NHS enormous additional costs, and many are avoidable. We can do a lot to reduce the number of missed appointments, by using technology and sending text messages, emails and so on—but should we not be considering the idea of charging people, where appropriate? We should recognise that some people's condition means that they may be unreliable —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11a.729.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11b.xml", "sha256": "4a5b40dbdaba7c65", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.725.3", "colnum": "725", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "s on public services. We know from the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond) , the shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, that it will spend less on the NHS. We have not heard it from the lips of the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire, so I would be perfectly willing to accept an intervention from him, as we need to know whether the Opposition will match our spending in 2010-11.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.725.3"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11b.xml", "sha256": "4a5b40dbdaba7c65", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.729.0", "colnum": "729", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Norman Lamb", "preceding_text": "ppointments? Missed appointments cause the NHS enormous additional costs, and many are avoidable. We can do a lot to reduce the number of missed appointments, by using technology and sending text messages, emails and so on—but should we not be considering the idea of charging people, where appropriate? We should recognise that some people's condition means that they may be unreliable —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.729.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11b.xml", "sha256": "4a5b40dbdaba7c65", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.739.0", "colnum": "739", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "Barry Sheerman", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Yes\".", "preceding_speaker": "Barry Sheerman", "preceding_text": "ld trust funds are a long-term investment. Over five or 10 years, we shall be able to see whether they work. Many of the policies that we have embedded over the past 11 years will take a long time to evaluate. Over time, I think we shall see that child trust funds are very useful indeed. This will be my last point, because after criticising a previous speaker, I am going on for far too long—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.739.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11b.xml", "sha256": "4a5b40dbdaba7c65", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.739.0", "colnum": "739", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "Barry Sheerman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Barry Sheerman", "preceding_text": ". This will be my last point, because after criticising a previous speaker, I am going on for far too long—[Hon. Members: \"Yes\".] I am sorry, but normally Back Benchers, even Select Committee Chairmen, have to listen the Front-Bench lot and are then restricted to 10 or 12 minutes, so I am speaking up for Back Benchers. There is no limit today, so I am taking a little longer than usual—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.739.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11b.xml", "sha256": "4a5b40dbdaba7c65", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.740.0", "colnum": "740", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "Edward Leigh", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Ho, ho!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Leigh", "preceding_text": " the world, otherwise known as the Prime Minister, the hon. Gentleman shouted across the Committee Room, \"Who does he think he is?\" I do not think that he was referring to the Prime Minister at the time. So I will try not to irritate him, and he might agree with quite a lot of the early part of my speech, because I want to talk about efficiency. As the parties get less ideologically divided—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.740.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11b.xml", "sha256": "4a5b40dbdaba7c65", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.758.0", "colnum": "758", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "John Hemming", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Hemming", "preceding_text": "number of children in care, if children are put into care who should not be in care—one of my examples was from Haringey—it pushes resources in the wrong direction, so we have difficulties with that. That is a bit of a run through; I could go on for a long time about other aspects, but two other Members want to speak, and if I can do another five minutes that would be quite reasonable.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.758.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11b.xml", "sha256": "4a5b40dbdaba7c65", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.772.0", "colnum": "772", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": "obal rescue plan. Well, we now know what the man in charge of Europe's biggest economy thinks of that. The Prime Minister may believe, in his more modest moments, that he is Franklin D. Roosevelt, but the truth is that he is closer to a political Max Mosley: he thinks he is king of the world and he has clearly got money to burn, but all people remember is that he got a terrific spanking in German.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.772.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-11", "file": "debates2008-12-11b.xml", "sha256": "4a5b40dbdaba7c65", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.779.1", "colnum": "779", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": "I explained in my speech, when I referred to the remarks by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley, that I have nothing against Lord Laming—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-11b.779.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-15", "file": "debates2008-12-15b.xml", "sha256": "28a98f027ed20ad1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15b.817.0", "colnum": "817", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "r than 20 per cent., at 15 per cent. of total energy consumption by 2020? Would he accept that this environmental agreement shows that it is possible for Europe to take important decisions on important issues without new treaties and without new constitutions? The Lisbon treaty, by the way, has just seven words on the environment; that is all that it has on the subject. On the Lisbon treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15b.817.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-15", "file": "debates2008-12-15b.xml", "sha256": "28a98f027ed20ad1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15b.833.4", "colnum": "833", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "r than nothing.\" That is what the last few weeks have been all about—the short-term political plans of the Prime Minister, not the long-term economic interests of this country. That is why Britain is where it is today—badly prepared for the recession, and badly led now that the recession is upon us. It is not just that the Prime Minister failed to fix the roof when the sun was shining.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15b.833.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-15", "file": "debates2008-12-15b.xml", "sha256": "28a98f027ed20ad1", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15b.848.3", "colnum": "848", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "n different decisions that would have produced a different result from the one that we now see. Fortunately, we have been able to intervene, but I have to say to him yet again that the Scottish economy would not have been able to support the degree of intervention that the UK Government were able to bring to bear in order to help the RBS and HBOS. It simply would not have been able to do it—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15b.848.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-15", "file": "debates2008-12-15c.xml", "sha256": "de9cad5b2588d650", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.817.0", "colnum": "817", "heading": "HOME DEPARTMENT", "cue_speaker": "David Cameron", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "David Cameron", "preceding_text": "r than 20 per cent., at 15 per cent. of total energy consumption by 2020? Would he accept that this environmental agreement shows that it is possible for Europe to take important decisions on important issues without new treaties and without new constitutions? The Lisbon treaty, by the way, has just seven words on the environment; that is all that it has on the subject. On the Lisbon treaty—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.817.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-15", "file": "debates2008-12-15c.xml", "sha256": "de9cad5b2588d650", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.833.5", "colnum": "833", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "r than nothing.\" That is what the last few weeks have been all about—the short-term political plans of the Prime Minister, not the long-term economic interests of this country. That is why Britain is where it is today—badly prepared for the recession, and badly led now that the recession is upon us. It is not just that the Prime Minister failed to fix the roof when the sun was shining.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.833.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-15", "file": "debates2008-12-15c.xml", "sha256": "de9cad5b2588d650", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.837.3", "colnum": "837", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "case, with which I agree, about the need to get credit flowing from the banks to businesses. That is essential if we are to keep small and medium-sized businesses in particular, but also larger businesses, afloat. That is the single most pressing problem facing the Government. I disagree with him about the method: I think that a different approach is needed, and I shall discuss it in detail—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.837.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-15", "file": "debates2008-12-15c.xml", "sha256": "de9cad5b2588d650", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.838.5", "colnum": "838", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "George Osborne", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "George Osborne", "preceding_text": "r Fiscal Studies, if we use the same methodology as the Labour party used against us at the last election—as, indeed, the Chancellor used—the thing that Labour Members all cheered a couple of weeks ago amounted to a £37 billion cut in public expenditure, so no one will ever believe anything they say again about spending cuts. Secondly, when it comes to specific Departments—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.838.5"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-15", "file": "debates2008-12-15c.xml", "sha256": "de9cad5b2588d650", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.856.1", "colnum": "856", "heading": "Debate on the Address", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": " that at times like this. Indeed, it is only the strength of Government that can enable us to do it. Like every other country in the world, we face a difficult period. I am confident that we will get through it, and I am confident because we are taking the right action. We have low interest rates now, compared with the 15 or 17 per cent. interest rates that we saw in the 1990s and the 1980s—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-15c.856.1"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.946.4", "colnum": "946", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Johnson", "preceding_text": "Well, if that is shredding—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.946.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.956.5", "colnum": "956", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Anne McIntosh", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Anne McIntosh", "preceding_text": " accept that the funding formula has to change? Per patient, the PCT and the individual hospital trusts have been receiving much less than the average, so will he review the patient formula? Will he reintroduce the factors that reflect the sparsity and rurality of the population because, as the hon. Member for City of York (Hugh Bayley) suggested, our ageing population lives in deeply rural areas?", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.956.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.994.0", "colnum": "994", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Michael Gove", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Shameful!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Michael Gove", "preceding_text": "seCoopers were asked to scrutinise the company's credentials, but in all that time not a single person uncovered the fact that ETS had a record of failure and poor performance in America. Conservative Members supplied Lord Sutherland's inquiry with a dossier of ETS's past failures, and he records that the stories we uncovered \"were not identified and considered as part of the due diligence\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.994.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.995.0", "colnum": "995", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": "ligence on financial strength and liquidity, the reviews did not look at the 180 countries in which ETS operates, or the 2,600 staff that it employs all around the world, to find some of the examples that subsequently came to light. I say, quite rightly, that that was a failure. It was a failure in the procurement process, and a failure that should have been spotted, as Lord Sutherland says—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.995.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.996.1", "colnum": "996", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": "nformation came to light in May, as the hon. Gentleman knows, I had a phone call and a meeting with Mr. Ken Boston, who assured me in a meeting on 2 June that things were on track with the delivery of the tests in 2008. The hon. Gentleman asked what Ministers did, and I just say again that in February, March, April, June and July, Ministers were informed by DCSF officials that there were concerns.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.996.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.996.1", "colnum": "996", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": "he delivery of the tests in 2008. The hon. Gentleman asked what Ministers did, and I just say again that in February, March, April, June and July, Ministers were informed by DCSF officials that there were concerns. [Interruption.] I will state what Lord Sutherland says, because he conducted the independent review: \"On this basis, ministers usually pressed QCA's Chief Executive for answers.\"—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.996.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.996.1", "colnum": "996", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": "nd continues: \"At this point, because information was not being escalated within QCA effectively, ministers were given strong reassurances by QCA that all was on track.\" The assurance I gave the hon. Gentleman was the assurance we were receiving from the QCA. It was the responsible body and it had the remit to deliver those tests. It failed to deliver that remit, as Lord Sutherland's report—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.996.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.1003.1", "colnum": "1003", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": " was suspended this afternoon by the QCA board on the basis of a report that said that Ministers were not properly informed. It also said that information was not provided properly by the NAA to the QCA executive, by the QCA executive to the board, and by the QCA executive and the board to Ministers. We had reassurances that things were okay, even though the NAA had information that they were not.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.1003.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.1003.3", "colnum": "1003", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": "I can explain that to my hon. Friend. There was a body called the QCA. That single body was responsible for the procurement, management, delivery and regulation of tests and, clearly, it did not succeed. We have decided to have one organisation to procure, manage and deliver the tests, and a separate organisation independent of Government called Ofqual to regulate them.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.1003.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.1004.3", "colnum": "1004", "heading": "HEALTH", "cue_speaker": "Edward Balls", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Edward Balls", "preceding_text": ", other than the fact that there should have been the exercise of wider due diligence that should have been picked up by the OGC. That is one of the recommendations that I am acting on. As for the wider financial information about PricewaterhouseCoopers, I shall have to come back to my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor) , as I do not have the answer in front of me.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.1004.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-16", "file": "debates2008-12-16b.xml", "sha256": "911414468527ac7c", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.1036.2", "colnum": "1036", "heading": "Estimates Day — [1st Allotted Day] — VOTE ON ACCOUNT, 2009-10 — OFFICE OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY MARKETS", "cue_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Oh, go on!\"", "preceding_speaker": "Mike O'Brien", "preceding_text": "I am pressed for time, so if my hon. Friend will forgive me—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-16b.1036.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17b.xml", "sha256": "ecf5f1c5f0220f00", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17b.1186.2", "colnum": "1186", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Bob Spink", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Spink", "preceding_text": "plucked out of thin air. There is no analysis, no job evaluation, no Hay-MSL comparison of salaries. All those tools are available. There may have been recruitment consultants who were consulted and gave the answer that was sought, and I wonder how much they were paid. Were they paid a percentage of the salary? I suspect that they were, in which case they would want to see the salary higher—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17b.1186.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17b.xml", "sha256": "ecf5f1c5f0220f00", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17b.1192.3", "colnum": "1192", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Ken Purchase", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ken Purchase", "preceding_text": "Well, isn't that a giveaway: \"We can trust democracy. Not\" he said. Oh no, we cannot trust democracy. Of course we can —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17b.1192.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1087.0", "colnum": "1087", "heading": "INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT", "cue_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Douglas Alexander", "preceding_text": "The stabilisation aid fund is obviously reflective of its joint ownership by DFID, the FCO and the Ministry of Defence. It reports directly to the National Security Committee, chaired by the Prime Minister. In assessing applications to the fund, we work in close harmony with other Departments, and it is on that basis that allocations have been made.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1087.0"}
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{"kind": "attributed_speech", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1092.0", "colnum": "1092", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Hon. Members", "cue_text": "More.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "ad and there is economic uncertainty, but one thing I want everybody to be in no uncertainty about is that we will take the action necessary to stabilise the economy, to support small business, to support jobs and to protect people against repossession. Unlike the Conservatives, who simply say \"No action\" and then propose a bogus scheme, we will never say that unemployment is a price worth paying.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1091.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1093.5", "colnum": "1093", "heading": "PRIME MINISTER", "cue_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Harriet Harman", "preceding_text": "We are paying extra money to pensioners, with an extra Christmas bonus—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1093.5"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1162.2", "colnum": "1162", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL", "cue_speaker": "John Butterfill", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Butterfill", "preceding_text": "004, which took away the compulsion for scheme sponsors to operate a retained benefit scheme. The problem is that if scheme sponsors—including ours, the Treasury—were to accept that, there would be a considerable increase in their costs. The Government, in line with many private sector scheme sponsors, have said that that would not be an acceptable increase to the burden on the scheme.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1162.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1177.0", "colnum": "1177", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL", "cue_speaker": "John Horam", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "John Horam", "preceding_text": "on. Gentleman agree that all quango appointments of this kind—many are similar, but some are quite different—should be subject to scrutiny by the House, not necessarily in a debate on the Floor of the House as we are having now, but by the appropriate Select Committee? That would be a way forward for the consideration of remuneration of individuals in relation to the jobs they perform.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1177.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1184.0", "colnum": "1184", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL", "cue_speaker": "Rob Marris", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Rob Marris", "preceding_text": "e I entered this place, I was one of the leading experts in the legal profession in the west midlands on vibration white finger, although the field was small. I say that to illuminate my point. However, if I had sought a job at a firm other than the one in which I was a partner, I would have found it difficult, because there are not a lot of jobs around for legal experts on vibration white finger.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1184.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1186.2", "colnum": "1186", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL", "cue_speaker": "Bob Spink", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Bob Spink", "preceding_text": "plucked out of thin air. There is no analysis, no job evaluation, no Hay-MSL comparison of salaries. All those tools are available. There may have been recruitment consultants who were consulted and gave the answer that was sought, and I wonder how much they were paid. Were they paid a percentage of the salary? I suspect that they were, in which case they would want to see the salary higher—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1186.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1189.7", "colnum": "1189", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL", "cue_speaker": "Alan Whitehead", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alan Whitehead", "preceding_text": "nt someone or not. Discussions about procedures may be carried on by other means. We have heard the proposed salary compared with that of the Prime Minister, but it is lower than the salary of a local authority chief executive. It is not much higher than the salary of a senior electoral registration officer, whose role is to increase voter turnout, and who has a fairly intimate relationship—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1189.7"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1190.2", "colnum": "1190", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL", "cue_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Returning officer.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Simon Hughes", "preceding_text": "I challenge the hon. Gentleman to find any electoral registration officer in any local authority—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1190.2"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1192.1", "colnum": "1192", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL", "cue_speaker": "Ken Purchase", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ken Purchase", "preceding_text": " the beginning of this nonsense of putting everything out to the private sector and to quangos. It was when two Conservative MPs took money for asking questions and the then Prime Minister did not appear to have the courage to say to his Whips, \"Deal with them\". We set up an inquiry and ever since we have had all these quangos and nothing is ever done in a proper way as the Whips would want—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1192.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-17", "file": "debates2008-12-17c.xml", "sha256": "d3cf81fe98436d0b", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1192.3", "colnum": "1192", "heading": "CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL", "cue_speaker": "Ken Purchase", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Ken Purchase", "preceding_text": "Well, isn't that a giveaway: \"We can trust democracy. Not\" he said. Oh no, we cannot trust democracy. Of course we can —", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-17c.1192.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18a.xml", "sha256": "2cf578486fa23d8e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18a.1230.4", "colnum": "1230", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "I do think that it is important—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18a.1230.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18a.xml", "sha256": "2cf578486fa23d8e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18a.1237.0", "colnum": "1237", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "We are in total agreement about the contribution that our forces have made, about the help that we have been given by Iraqi citizens and about the need for economic development and political advances in democracy always to complement what is done militarily. Where I part company with the right hon. Gentleman is that I do not believe that Iraq is an exact parallel to Afghanistan—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18a.1237.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18a.xml", "sha256": "2cf578486fa23d8e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18a.1239.0", "colnum": "1239", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "perately need in Afghanistan. Will the Prime Minister commit himself to a full inquiry? Unlike the Franks inquiry, it should be open. It should be held in public, because it is the public who need to see and hear that lessons really are being learned. The Government must not end this war as they started it—in secret, unaccountable and behind closed doors. Does the Prime Minister agree—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18a.1239.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18a.xml", "sha256": "2cf578486fa23d8e", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18a.1276.0", "colnum": "1276", "heading": "", "cue_speaker": "Mike Hall", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Hall", "preceding_text": "e not only of the services provided by the post office but of other services. They have innovative ideas about how they are going to make this post office succeed, and I was delighted to be part of that opening. I hope that the venture is a huge success and that my constituents have a fantastic benefit from it. Finally, I wish to refer to my constituent, Mr. Bert Dyson, Member of Parliament—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18a.1276.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1229.0", "colnum": "1229", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": " steps to extend lending. The measures that we have taken in relation to VAT, to cutting income tax for basic rate taxpayers, and to helping businesses will all help in the face of a global downturn, the like of which we have not seen for generations. The Conservative party is making it quite clear that if it were in office, the choice that it would make is to do absolutely nothing to help people.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1229.0"}
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{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1230.4", "colnum": "1230", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Alistair Darling", "preceding_text": "I do think that it is important—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1230.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1237.0", "colnum": "1237", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Gordon Brown", "preceding_text": "We are in total agreement about the contribution that our forces have made, about the help that we have been given by Iraqi citizens and about the need for economic development and political advances in democracy always to complement what is done militarily. Where I part company with the right hon. Gentleman is that I do not believe that Iraq is an exact parallel to Afghanistan—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1237.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1239.0", "colnum": "1239", "heading": "TREASURY", "cue_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Nicholas Clegg", "preceding_text": "perately need in Afghanistan. Will the Prime Minister commit himself to a full inquiry? Unlike the Franks inquiry, it should be open. It should be held in public, because it is the public who need to see and hear that lessons really are being learned. The Government must not end this war as they started it—in secret, unaccountable and behind closed doors. Does the Prime Minister agree—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1239.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1257.3", "colnum": "1257", "heading": "Business of the House", "cue_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mr. Deputy Speaker", "preceding_text": "Order. I really did not need that help, but the point is—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1257.3"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1267.0", "colnum": "1267", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Paul Burstow", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"And women.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Paul Burstow", "preceding_text": "First, I wish you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and other hon. Members the compliments of the season, but I fear that some of my remarks will not necessarily be fully within the compliments of good will to all men.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1267.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1276.0", "colnum": "1276", "heading": "BILL PRESENTED", "cue_speaker": "Mike Hall", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Mike Hall", "preceding_text": "e not only of the services provided by the post office but of other services. They have innovative ideas about how they are going to make this post office succeed, and I was delighted to be part of that opening. I hope that the venture is a huge success and that my constituents have a fantastic benefit from it. Finally, I wish to refer to my constituent, Mr. Bert Dyson, Member of Parliament—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1276.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1295.4", "colnum": "1295", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Angela Browning", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"No.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Angela Browning", "preceding_text": "those bodies—the RDAs and regional assemblies—are really serving all the community that they have been given power over, or whether they are just selective about those interests that they think are more important. We talk about local decision making, but they do not think locally; they do not act locally. I shall move on to issues that affect elderly people—I declare an interest.", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1295.4"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1337.0", "colnum": "1337", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "Democrats, who sadly has not been able to take part in the debate. We have not had a Helga or a von Smallhausen, and we certainly have not had a Louise of the resistance, because she would say something only once. However, we have had Madam Edith, who invites everyone into her café and then warbles away to them eloquently. That is the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Angela Browning) .", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1337.0"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1338.1", "colnum": "1338", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Hon. Members: \"Hear, hear.\"", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "tment for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform have been able to make progress on that. Then my hon. Friend started talking rubbish—the confusion over rubbish collection in the constituency next door to hers. The hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton—or Dame Edith, as we now know her—spoke about the spatial plan. She was most distrustful of regional development bodies—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1338.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1338.1", "colnum": "1338", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "986 and I shall make sure that she has an answer. There was another issue, which I have forgotten, but I shall seek an answer for her about that too. My hon. Friend the Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson) made an important speech, I think—although obviously I disagreed with him somewhat about renationalising the railways. He made an important point about social and human investment—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1338.1"}
{"kind": "bracketed_cue", "date": "2008-12-18", "file": "debates2008-12-18b.xml", "sha256": "7ff3a12525aa0351", "speech_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1338.1", "colnum": "1338", "heading": "ROYAL ASSENT", "cue_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "cue_text": "Interruption.", "preceding_speaker": "Chris Bryant", "preceding_text": "r for Uxbridge, from the shop workers' union, USDAW—actually, I do not know whether he is unionised—paid a tribute to shop workers. He was right to point out that we often talk about the armed forces, the police, the security services and people in the health service and so on working through Christmas, but my first job was in a rather \"Are You Being Served?\" store in Cheltenham—", "preceding_id": "uk.org.publicwhip/debate/2008-12-18b.1338.1"}