Business of the House

Debate between Alex Chalk and John Bercow

Thursday 8th December 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I feel very confident that, by one means or another, we will hear about Yemen in the Chamber next week.

[Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con)]

I was delighted to hear that there is to be a debate in this place about broadband, but discussions on broadband invariably tend to focus on rural areas. I have nothing against rural areas, but the reality is that there are pockets of urban areas, including my constituency of Cheltenham, that are affected. There are specific factors that affect urban areas. May we please have a debate on the roll-out of superfast broadband in urban areas?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alex Chalk and John Bercow

Tuesday 25th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I am afraid that this will be the last topical question.

[Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con)]

Does the Chancellor support Cheltenham’s Cyber Innovation Centre, and does he agree that spending on our world-class defence and security assets, such as GCHQ, can play a vital role in nurturing the high-tech civilian jobs of tomorrow?

Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts

Debate between Alex Chalk and John Bercow

Tuesday 11th October 2016 Commons Chamber

Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con)

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I rise to present this petition on behalf of the residents of Cheltenham in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South. I thank the Cheltenham WASPI women for their dogged and dignified campaign.

The Petition of residents of Cheltenham.

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Mr Speaker

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That was all very efficiently completed by my colleagues in under half an hour. Thank you very much indeed for your co-operation. We come now to the Adjournment. May I appeal to Members who are leaving the Chamber to do so quickly and quietly, so that the hon. Member for Halifax (Holly Lynch) can present her case and be heard?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alex Chalk and John Bercow

Thursday 26th May 2016 Commons Chamber

[Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We will get to the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk) in due course. He need fear not.

Safety in Custody and Violence in Prisons

Debate between Alex Chalk and John Bercow

Monday 9th May 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Alex Chalk.

[Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con)]

My question was already ably asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Victoria Prentis).

[Mr Speaker]

What an extraordinary and novel development—an hon. Member who does not indulge in superfluous repetition. The hon. Gentleman is in danger of winning a medal. It is an extraordinary development, and very welcome, I am sure.

Enterprise Bill [Lords]

Debate between Alex Chalk and John Bercow

Wednesday 9th March 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Mr Chalk is a most courteous Member of the House. Just as he is courteous to the House, the House must be courteous to the hon. Gentleman. Let us hear from Mr Chalk.

[Alex Chalk]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. How can it any longer be right for politicians in Westminster to block local people in Cheltenham, for example, from amending trading hours if that is what they choose to do?

Draft Investigatory Powers Bill

Debate between Alex Chalk and John Bercow

Wednesday 4th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. More than three dozen hon. and right hon. Members are still seeking to catch my eye. If I am to have any realistic chance of accommodating them without intruding excessively on subsequent business, brevity is now required.

[Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con)]

Constituents of mine who work at GCHQ are some of the most talented and dedicated public servants anywhere in our country, but they are also conscientious and scrupulous about acting within the law. Does the Secretary of State agree that these measures contain a clear authorisation and oversight framework, including a welcome judicial element, which can command public confidence and, crucially, allow GCHQ employees to do their vital work with professionalism and pride?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alex Chalk and John Bercow

Thursday 2nd July 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I think the Solicitor General is telling us that he is not all that keen on the idea, if one interprets the lawyer-speak.

[Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con)]

Installing temporary IT equipment in courts for SFO prosecutions is eye-wateringly expensive and a drain on SFO resources. Does the Solicitor General agree that we need to look again at this issue to establish whether the taxpayer is getting value for money?