Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Mar 2017
Class 4 National Insurance Contributions
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Written Question
Thursday 25th February 2016
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which department is leading on preparations for the Anti-Corruption Summit planned in London following the Prime Minister's Speech in Singapore on 28 July 2015.
Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley
Preparations for the Anti-Corruption Summit are being taken forward by the Joint Anti-Corruption Unit in the Cabinet Office, in close cooperation with a range of other government departments.
Written Question
Thursday 25th February 2016
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether UK political parties will be invited to attend and participate in the Anti-Corruption Summit planned in London following the Prime Minister's speech in Singapore on 28 July 2015.
Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley
Invitations will be sent out in due course.
Written Question
Thursday 25th February 2016
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date the Anti-Corruption Summit in London referred to by the Prime Minister in his speech in Singapore on 28 July 2015 will take place; who will be invited; whether there will be opportunities for anti-corruption organisations to participate; and how the British Overseas Territories will be involved in that Summit.
Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley
In his Singapore speech the Prime Minister said the summit would take place in May 2016, a specific date will be announced in due course. The summit will bring together a range of governments and major international organisations in a commitment to strengthen the global response to corruption. On the involvement of the Overseas Territories, I refer the hon. Member to the Prime Minister’s response to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (C21654) on 15th January 2016.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2015
Ministerial Visits: Travel Costs
"Is it not the case, now that we have a fixed-term Parliament, that Ministers and departments know the date of the election? It is a piece of cake to fix all the ministerial visits to coincide with that timetable, which did not exist before the fixed-term Parliament legislation. I know …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Deregulation Bill
"I do not want to interrupt the noble Lord, because I agree with everything he has said. When he discussed this with Westminster, I am curious to know whether they discussed the insurance implications—not so much the contents, but one assumes that the owner in a block of flats pays …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Deregulation Bill
"Given the assuredness and spirit with which the noble Baroness is speaking for the Government, before she sits down, will she ask the Minister to tell us about the results of the consultation? In the mean time, will she tell us whether she has been privy to the results of …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Deregulation Bill
"I am asking the noble Baroness whether, in preparing her speech, she has been privy to the results of the consultation...."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Deregulation Bill
"For the avoidance of doubt and so that it is on the record, when the Minister read the list of authorities out earlier he said that 15 replied. He mentioned that seven did not disagree; I take it that eight disagreed. Can we get it on the record that the …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Mar 2015
Electoral Registration
"In one of the Minister’s earlier answers—I think it was in answer to his noble friend—he used the phrase “much to my surprise”. Will he tell us what evidence he has that caused him to have such a surprise?..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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