Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Monday 15th July 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I am sorry, but this will have to be the last inquiry, as demand exceeds supply. I am sure the Home Office ministerial team are delighted to know that they are parliamentary box office.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

The cornerstone of community policing in London, to use the Minister’s words, is the safer neighbourhood teams, which have been cut by 50% to 60% and more. When will they be returned to full strength?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Monday 10th June 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I do not want to spawn intra-family discord. We have heard a voice from Lewisham, so we have to hear a voice from Leyton; I call John Cryer.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Further to Question 7, it is widely known that fire crewing per pump has been cut across the country from five to four, and even from four to three. Although we all know that this is an operational matter, is not the safety of firefighters a ministerial matter as well?

Business of the House

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Thursday 25th April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Sixteen more colleagues wish to contribute, and I would like to move on no later than 1.15 pm. Let us see what we can do.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

It has been many weeks since the Prime Minister’s knife crime summit and in the meantime the wave of violence and knife crime continues to sweep London and other parts of Britain. Last night there was a double stabbing in my constituency, close to my office. When will the Home Secretary come to the Chamber, report on the summit and outline his plans?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Tuesday 22nd January 2019 Commons Chamber

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

We were told earlier that the Foreign Secretary has raised the brutal treatment of Muslims in China. I am interested to know what possible excuse his Chinese counterpart came up with for their medieval behaviour.

[Mr Speaker]

Let’s hear it.

Business of the House

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Thursday 1st November 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. As the House will be aware, it has been my custom and practice to try to call everybody at business questions. Very occasionally, I have not been able to do so, but that has been the norm. It will not be possible to do so today, and it is only fair to give the House notice that I want to run this for another 10 minutes or so, but not beyond that because 77 hon. and right hon. Members wish to speak in the final day’s debate on the Budget.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

The Leader of the House might be aware of early-day motion 1768 in my name, which concerns my constituent Delsie Gayle who was racially abused on a Ryanair flight from Barcelona.

[That this House notes the entirely unprovoked and racist verbal attack on Ms Delsie Gayle onboard a Ryanair flight from Barcelona to London; further notes that Ryanair failed to move the perpetrator but instead moved Ms Gayle to another seat; points out that Ryanair have still not contacted Ms Gayle or any member of her family; condemns Ryanair's tolerance of a clear case of racism; and calls on the airline to conduct an immediate inquiry and to offer an unreserved apology to Ms Gayle.]

Ryanair moved her and not the abuser, and has since not contacted the family, either directly or indirectly. May we have a debate on racism?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Monday 19th March 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Yes, and I look forward to visiting the constituency of the hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy)—I think in his company—very soon. I imagine that his constituents will roll out the red carpet for him; he will be pleased to know that they certainly will not be expected to do so for me.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

Did the abolition of the education maintenance allowance contribute to or hinder social mobility?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Monday 4th July 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I am sure the hon. Gentleman will bear up stoically and with fortitude under the burden.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

Could the Minister now answer the original question? Is he advocating the abolition of national pay scales, because that is what it sounds like he is saying?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Monday 20th July 2015 Commons Chamber

[John Cryer]

I was here!

[Mr Speaker]

The hon. Gentleman signals from a sedentary position that he has been present throughout the proceedings, so that is on the record.

Counter-ISIL Coalition Strategy

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Monday 20th July 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. A lot of colleagues are still seeking to catch my eye. I want to accommodate them all, but brevity is of the essence. Who will lead us in that important mission? I think that Mr Cryer will do so.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

Let us be clear: the Secretary of State is here today not because he is a big fan of parliamentary accountability, but because he knew that there would be an urgent question and he did not want to look as though he had been dragged kicking and screaming to the House of Commons—he is doing a pretty good imitation of that anyway. Will he answer a question that was asked previously: how long has he known about British involvement in military strikes in Syria?

Business of the House

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Thursday 18th June 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

The hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) is well known for his preoccupation with the health of others.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

The Leader of the House may well be aware of the series of crises that have afflicted Barts Health NHS Trust in east London. It is the biggest trust in the country, serving 2.5 million people, and has been the subject of a series of damning Care Quality Commission reports. The situation is not sustainable—it simply cannot go on. May we have a statement on the Floor of the House from the Secretary of State for Health, or perhaps a debate, on that issue?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Tuesday 28th January 2014 Commons Chamber

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

rose—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Mr Cryer will be heard. The House should hear him. His constituents should hear him. It is really just a matter of courtesy.

[John Cryer]

The Liberal Minister used to be a loyal servant of Britain in Europe. Does he still agree with its founding principles?

Points of Order

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Monday 23rd January 2012 Commons Chamber

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. As you know, on Friday a consultation paper was introduced that is intended to lead to legislation creating a statutory register of lobbyists. That was trailed in the press like confetti, across the media. It was accompanied on Friday by a brief written statement and nothing else. This is such an important issue that the Prime Minister himself has said that it is the next big scandal in British politics. Should not Friday’s statement be accompanied by an oral statement, and has the Deputy Prime Minister contacted you to indicate that he wishes to come here to make a statement?

[Mr Speaker]

I have not been contacted in the way that the hon. Gentleman expected or would have advised. What I would say to him is twofold. First, the form of Government statements is overwhelmingly a matter for Government to determine. The hon. Gentleman rightly references the fact that although the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, the hon. Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper) tabled a written ministerial statement on this subject on Friday, there has been no subsequent oral statement. What I would say to the hon. Gentleman, secondly, is that my understanding of the matter is that the Government have launched a consultation process. It is an extremely important consultation process, on what, as he rightly says, is an extremely important matter, but that is the stage that we have reached. If, following the consultation process, the Government have specific policy changes to recommend, I feel certain that they will do so via an oral statement to the House; and, knowing the hon. Gentleman as I do—we entered the House together in 1997—I know that he will be eagerly expecting such an oral statement and will probably be the first in the queue to complain if it is not forthcoming.

Public Confidence in the Media and Police

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Wednesday 20th July 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. May I remind the House that I have not been hiring people at all. I call Mr John Cryer.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

rose—

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[Mr Speaker]

Order. The House will listen to Mr John Cryer.

[John Cryer]

On 8 July the Prime Minister said that he had commissioned a company to do a basic background check on Coulson. For the fourth time, I am asking for the name of the company. It is a pretty simple question; just come to the Dispatch Box and name the company.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Cryer and John Bercow

Monday 20th December 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I encourage the Minister to address the House. It is no good his looking behind him, because hon. Members cannot hear him.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

18. What assessment he has made of the effect on school budgets of funding allocations to local authority education services for 2011-12.