Recent parliamentary activity

Speeches

July 21, 2010: Kabul Conference | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates

Does the Foreign Secretary accept that what the public will now regard as a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops will depend on better governance from the Karzai Administration, and a degree of professionalism from the Afghan police and army that we have not previously seen? What confidence can we have that those will be achieved in this instance? What is better about July 2010 than any occasion in the past when similar promises have been made and simply not honoured?

July 6, 2010: Treatment of Detainees | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates

Anyone who has been a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee would want to join in the tributes to all three services that the Prime Minister and the acting leader of the Labour party paid. The Prime Minister has struck a delicate balance between competing interests. Perhaps the most powerful reason for having a judge rather than the committee-apart from the volume of material that must be examined-is the primary need to ensure public confidence and an outcome that satisfies the public that everything has been done fully and impartially to get to the bottom of the allegations.

July 6, 2010: Settlement Expansion | Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Commons debates

Does the Minister accept that the moratorium is no substitute for the cessation of a policy that is unequivocally contrary to international law, and whose continuance represents an insurmountable obstacle to the achievement of peace and implies a determination to impose a solution not by agreement but by attrition?

July 5, 2010: Topical Questions | Nato | Commons debates

My hon. Friend will have observed that the Secretary of State declined an opportunity to state that he would publish the results of the Trident value for money review. May I urge him to publish the foreign policy baseline, which is the starting point of the defence review, so that the House can have the opportunity to debate the Government's foreign policy objectives before we are presented with a fait accompli in the defence review itself?

June 28, 2010: G8 and G20 Summits | CCTV | Commons debates

By what criteria will it be judged that Afghanistan is sufficiently stable to allow us to withdraw our troops, and how long will it be before we are talking to the Taliban, as suggested over the weekend by General Sir David Richards?

Written questions

July 26, 2010: Corruption: Legislation | Justice | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice

(1) what meetings he and his officials have had with (a) non-governmental organisations and (b) business organisations on guidance under section 9 of the Bribery Act 2010;

(2) what written representations he has received on the guidance to be produced under section 9 of the Bribery Act 2010.

July 22, 2010: Corruption: Public Service; | Justice | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2010, Official Report, column 161W, on corruption: public service; if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of each of the five meetings of the Foreign Bribery Strategy Board.

July 14, 2010: Blood: Cancer | Health | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 527W, on blood: cancer, what progress has been made by those cancer networks which had not implemented all the key recommendations made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in its guidance on improving outcomes in haematological cancers guidance; whether the Government is on track to meet the target of full implementation of the guidance by December 2010; and if he will make a statement.

July 14, 2010: Corruption | Home Department | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will place a copy of the Overseas Corruption Assessment drawn up by the City of London Police Overseas Anti-Corruption Unit in the Library.

July 14, 2010: Corruption | Home Department | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been provided to fund the City of London Police Overseas Anti-Corruption Unit in each year since 2006; and what her plans are for the future of the unit and its funding.

July 13, 2010: Corruption | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the foreign bribery briefing document provided by his Department to outgoing commercial officers.

July 7, 2010: Corruption | Home Department | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions visa bans have been used to prevent people from each country of origin considered to be involved in corruption from travelling to the UK in each of the last five years.

July 7, 2010: Corruption | Attorney-General | Written Answers

To ask the Attorney-General how many reports of UK involvement in foreign bribery have been reported by each UK overseas post to the Serious Fraud Office.

July 7, 2010: Corruption | Attorney-General | Written Answers

To ask the Attorney-General whether the Serious Fraud Office plans to increase the resources it uses to investigate and prosecute international corruption; and if he will make a statement.

July 6, 2010: Business: Corruption | Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) information and (b) guidance on the exclusion of companies found guilty of corruption from public tenders following the implementation of the EU Public Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC his Department has given to officials providing overseas trade and investment support for UK companies.

July 6, 2010: Business: Corruption | Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what account his Department takes of whether companies have anti-corruption procedures in place when deciding whether to provide them with financial support.

July 6, 2010: Corruption: Public service | Justice | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice who the members are of the Foreign Bribery Strategy Board; and on what dates the Board has met.

July 5, 2010: Olympic Games 2012: Tickets | Culture Media and Sport | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2010, Official Report, column 243W, on Olympic Games 2012: tickets, how many tickets the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will make available for purchase by the Government.

July 1, 2010: Departmental Manpower | International Development | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff are employed full-time by his Department in the (a) water, sanitation and hygiene, (b) health and (c) education sectors; and if he will provide a breakdown of staff numbers by country offices.

June 23, 2010: Olympic Games 2012: Tickets | Culture Media and Sport | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 7 June 2010, Official Report, column 20W, on Olympic Games 2012: tickets, how many tickets are being offered to government and other Games public sector delivery partners; and whether they are being offered at a lower price than those available to the public through the ballot process.

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