(10 years, 4 months ago)
Commons ChamberOrder. May I politely say to the House that although I understand the air of expectation, we have just had a question about female genital mutilation? We are discussing matters of intense importance in this country and to billions of people around the world. Simple courtesy would dictate that we do actually pay attention.
T3. Tragically, 3,000 children a day die from malaria worldwide. What contribution are the Government making to eliminate child deaths from this dreadful disease, particularly in the Central African Republic, where UN funding is grossly underfunded?
(10 years, 5 months ago)
Commons Chamber23. What plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to expand the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(11 years, 9 months ago)
Commons Chamber9. Whether the introduction of a statutory register of lobbyists will require any changes to the Standing Orders of the House.
(12 years, 10 months ago)
Commons ChamberOrder. We now need to increase our efficiency and have somewhat lower intensity in the answering of questions from the Treasury Bench. May I say very gently to the Secretary of State that the “War and Peace” versions of answers should be preserved for fireside chats in the long winter evenings that lie ahead?
Plans for carbon capture and storage have descended into a farce. The length of the pipeline from Longannet to the empty reservoirs in the North sea, which is the excuse for not continuing, has not changed. Is it not the Government’s economic commitment to CCS, and to the pioneering project at Longannet, that has changed?
15. When he expects to announce a timetable for the additional carbon capture and storage demonstration projects.