"This is fantastic news—so many people have campaigned for it over so many years. I thank my colleague Baroness Kramer in the Lords, who helped by tabling an amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill that has brought us to this point. Will the Minister join me in paying …..." John Milne - View Speech
"The first instalment of the Milburn review has been well received on both sides of the House. As a member of the Work and Pensions Committee, I had the chance to ask Alan Milburn about it a few months ago. One of the things he said, which got a lot …..." John Milne - View Speech
"This Budget has around 100 separate measures, but most would never have featured in the previous Chancellor’s Budgets—not because of any particular policy difference, but because they are just too small. It is less “Steady as she goes”, and more “Let this grind to a complete halt.”
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) on securing the debate.
The Liberal Democrats are deeply concerned by the introduction of a national scheme of delegation, which gives the Secretary of State sweeping powers and allows …..." John Milne - View Speech
Removing local scrutiny, as this scheme does, touches none of the problems I have mentioned. Where delay is real, it lies in planning departments running with about 80% of the staff they need, one in five major applications being …..." John Milne - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I thank the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff) for securing this debate.
In my constituency of Horsham, the council stock was sold off long ago to Saxon Weald, a housing association, which does a pretty good …..." John Milne - View Speech
"The Government have declared the occupation unlawful, and their measures on settlements depend on reliable evidence of what is happening on the ground. In April, the Foreign Office unit that tracked potential breaches of international law by Israel was closed because of cuts, with the work said to pass to …..." John Milne - View Speech
"Royal Mail is a British heritage icon. Bright red post boxes crop up in millions of photographs taken by tourists every year, but what residents describe to me is far short of a postcard picture. This debate is starting to feel like a mass therapy session in which we all …..." John Milne - View Speech
"Following recent changes, police are now able to seize vehicles that are used antisocially without first issuing a warning. This is potentially a way for police in my constituency to deal with illegal street racing meets on the A24 and the A264 from Kilnwood Vale down to Southwater. Can the …..." John Milne - View Speech
"As has been brought home to us in the most powerful terms since world war two, food security is once again a matter of national security, and the Prime Minister has said as much. Just like our defence capability, farming requires long-term funding and a lasting framework to operate in. …..." John Milne - View Speech