20 Most Recent Stories From Tom Brake's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Mon 12th May 2008:

Whales: International Cooperation | Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Prime Minister discussed possible legal action by Australia against Japan on whaling at his recent meeting with...

Beijing Olympic Games | Olympics | Commons debates.

Amnesty International recently reported that the current wave of oppression in China is occurring not in spite of the Olympics but because of it. Does the Minister intend to attend the Beijing...

Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions - Culture, Media and Sport | Commons debates.

The organisations funded by Arts Council England were given such short notice of cuts to their funding that many of them had no time to find out why it was being cut or to find alternative means...

Wed 23rd Apr 2008:

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

It will come as no surprise to the hon. Gentleman that I shall not express a second preference. Then we have the Labour Mayor, who four years ago promised to cut crime by 50 per cent., but who,...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I apologise. The hon. Gentleman tabled one question about London in six years, but Londoners will not be taken in by that. He seems to have more experience of flouting the law than of imposing...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I seem to be playing piggy-in-the-middle, trying to act as a third party and defend a policy that is not ours. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will find an opportunity to intervene on a Conservative...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I recall that the hon. Lady made the same point during a topical debate a few weeks ago. There is clearly an issue over the gearing of the precept—how much it contributes in real terms, and...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I agree. That echoes what was said by the hon. Member for Upminster (Angela Watkinson) about the hard-core group who are not in the system and do not want to be, but with whom it might be...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I will give way once more; then I think I should make some progress.

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I agree. Provision varies from one local authority to another, but many provide a variety of options for young people, for instance through youth centres or uniformed organisations. As the hon....

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his very helpful intervention. I have just highlighted one thing that we should be doing—looking at the different projects and assessing which are the most...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I am afraid, however, that it is not really appropriate for me to respond to a point about what a future Conservative Mayor—if, indeed,...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Londoners, who live in a very diverse community, will be looking very carefully at what the different mayoral candidates have said, and I think...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I do not want to give the impression that everything is functioning well. We have all had examples of constituents who have been the victim of a...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

It is certainly a case for ensuring that the procurement process works correctly. I am sure that all hon. Members support the idea, which the Minister mentioned in our last topical debate on this...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

Thank you for that intervention, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I had concluded those remarks. The hon. Member for Henley is putting himself forward as a candidate for Mayor, with responsibility for...

Crime (London) | Deferred Division | Commons debates.

This is definitely the debate that Londoners want us to have just one week ahead of the mayoral elections on 1 May. Like my hon. Friend the Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon...

Tue 22nd Apr 2008:

Whales: Conservation | Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations his Department has made to the government of (a) Angola, (b) the Republic of Congo, (c) Equatorial...

Thu 3rd Apr 2008:

Topical Debate - Drug Strategy | Points of Order | Commons debates.

I want to inform the hon. Gentleman that my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) has made it very clear—much more recently than the example given by the hon....

Topical Debate - Drug Strategy | Points of Order | Commons debates.

I can only say that our policy will be strongly influenced by the advisory council. I cannot prejudge what recommendations it might come up with in the next five years that might conflict with...

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