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 Gaza: Politics and Government | International Development | Written Answers |
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of (a) the humanitarian situation in Gaza and (b) the effectiveness of the international community's...
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| High Court: Birmingham | Justice | Written Answers |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many High Court Judge sitting days there were in Birmingham for (a) criminal cases, (b) the Family Division, (c) the Chancery Division, (d) the...
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| Gaza | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates |
Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is hard to see how there can be a durable peace between Israel and the Palestinians while the latter remain divided between Gaza and the west bank, Hamas...
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| Post Office Closures | Opposition Day - [7th Allotted Day] | Commons debates |
The hon. Lady has had a go, and as many other Members wish to speak, I shall now conclude. We must be open with stakeholders at an earlier stage, and approach the consultation in that spirit....
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| Post Office Closures | Opposition Day - [7th Allotted Day] | Commons debates |
The hon. Lady is running a number of things together, and she is wrong. If she is arguing that there should be no overall target figure—and I would love to be in that situation—that...
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| Post Office Closures | Opposition Day - [7th Allotted Day] | Commons debates |
That is a very good point. Post Office Ltd has talked about investing in the network and upgrading it, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. It is not good enough for it just to say that...
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| Post Office Closures | Opposition Day - [7th Allotted Day] | Commons debates |
Let us hope not, but I am not holding my breath. This is a serious issue, and I hope that Opposition Members will think about doing the right thing by their constituents and mine, and telling the...
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| Post Office Closures | Opposition Day - [7th Allotted Day] | Commons debates |
Let me begin by explaining some of the background to my interest in this issue. I was a member of the Trade and Industry Committee during the last Parliament, and was involved in the reports that...
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| Post Office Closures | Opposition Day - [7th Allotted Day] | Commons debates |
A few moments ago, if I understood the hon. Gentleman correctly, he was arguing for more predictability in the framework in which shopkeepers operate, depending whether or not they have a post...
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| Palestine | Oral Answers to Questions - International Development | Commons debates |
Does my right hon. Friend agree that one of the real problems facing the people of Gaza is shortage of fuel and electricity, as a result partly of an Israeli air strike on their power plants and...
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| Middle East Peace Process | Westminster Hall debates |
I am following my hon. Friend's comments with care. Does he agree that it is a little troubling that the number of roadblocks and closures has risen in the past three months rather than fallen?
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| Treaty of Lisbon (No. 6) - [6th Allotted Day] | Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 5) | Commons debates |
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, my Birmingham colleague. I will not ask him to go as far as my hon. Friend the Member for City of York (Hugh Bayley) did when he asked whether the hon....
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| Afghanistan | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates |
Does my right hon. Friend agree that one important factor in achieving sustainable political progress in Afghanistan will be the development of effective systems of sub-national governance, to...
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| Sheltered Housing: Birmingham | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers |
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations she has received from the housing department of Birmingham city council on the impact of national rules...
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| Palestine | Oral Answers to Questions - International Development | Commons debates |
My hon. Friend mentioned UNRWA. Is he aware that John Ging, the UNRWA director of operations in Gaza, came to Parliament in the autumn? Was he not right when he said that the problem with...
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| Electoral Systems | Oral Answers to Questions - Justice | Commons debates |
I thank my hon. Friend for that reply. In responding to the review, Ministers have said that it is an important contribution to the debate about the strengths and weaknesses of different voting...
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| Electoral Systems | Oral Answers to Questions - Justice | Commons debates |
If he will make a statement on the Government's review of electoral systems.
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| [Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] - Global Security (Middle East) | Westminster Hall debates |
Does the hon. Lady agree that, although things are now very serious and the implication is that some of the more hard-line elements in Hamas are now in control in Gaza, there was a massive wasted...
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| [Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] - Global Security (Middle East) | Westminster Hall debates |
That is a question that my hon. Friend must address to the person who is responsible for the quote that I gave: the Deputy Defence Minister of Israel, Matan Vilnai. Time is short, and I would...
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| [Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] - Global Security (Middle East) | Westminster Hall debates |
My hon. Friend has had a lot of goes. I will give him this one, but after that I will have to make some progress.
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