To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.


Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Jul 2012
Cruise Market (Competition)

"I cannot resist intervening in a debate that brackets South Shields and Venice in the same speech. I congratulate the hon. Lady on that. The addition of Trojan horses raises extraordinary prospects. I congratulate her on securing the debate.

Does the hon. Lady agree that the uncertainty of the current …..."

David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: Cruise Market (Competition)

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Jul 2012
EU Council

"Further to that question, I wonder whether there are any circumstances, further to the Prime Minister’s negotiations, in which he will recommend to the British people that they should leave the European Union...."
David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: EU Council

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 May 2012
Jobs and Growth

"I want to make two points in this debate. The first is about youth unemployment. I will present some figures showing the rising cost of the Government’s economic failure. The second is that the neglect in respect of youth unemployment is mirrored by a misguided response to the storms in …..."
David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: Jobs and Growth

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 May 2012
Jobs and Growth

"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who makes a perfectly intelligent point. It seems to me to be a good thing to raise university participation levels up to international standards, which is between 45% and 50%, but it is crucial for those who do not go to university that …..."
David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: Jobs and Growth

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 May 2012
Jobs and Growth

" The leading countries of the world for higher education are, first, the United States, which has a 55% participation rate, and, secondly, France, which most people would recognise as having an outstanding higher education system. It has 48% participation. Korea, one of the new countries growing up in the …..."
David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: Jobs and Growth

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 May 2012
Jobs and Growth

"The figures that the right hon. Gentleman’s Department have put out show that in the past year—under his Government—long-term jobseeker’s allowance claimant figures have gone up threefold to 55,000. How does he explain that?..."
David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: Jobs and Growth

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Mar 2012
Amendment of the Law

"I was actually wondering how many more pages of this drivel we had to sit through. The hon. Gentleman said that infrastructure is the seedcorn and the basis of future prosperity. How, then, does he explain the fact that 45% of the infrastructure investment that the Chancellor announced in the …..."
David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: Amendment of the Law

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Mar 2012
Amendment of the Law

"The Minister did not manage to mention in his speech the export potential of football, but I am happy to refer the House to my declared interest as the vice-chairman of Sunderland football club.

Since last Wednesday, the consensus has formed that the Budget spin was cack-handed. I want to …..."

David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: Amendment of the Law

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2012
Health and Social Care Bill

"I rise today to make a simple point to Ministers and their supporters: however acute the embarrassment of giving up on the Health and Social Care Bill at this stage, it will pale into insignificance compared with the embarrassment, never mind the trauma and cost, of ploughing ahead with this …..."
David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: Health and Social Care Bill

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2012
Health and Social Care Bill

"My hon. Friend makes an important point. Far from driving the health service towards a coherent vision of the future, the Bill promises frenetic gridlock as professionals try to make the best of the bad job they have been left by the Health Secretary.

The second example is promoting efficiency. …..."

David Miliband - View Speech

View all David Miliband (Lab - South Shields) contributions to the debate on: Health and Social Care Bill