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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Mar 2013
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Inquiry

"The recent pronouncements of Monitor seem to ignore the vast majority of the people of Stafford, who, as my noble friend Lord Hunt indicated, require a range of safe, sustainable and comprehensive health services rather than the delegation of a range of services, including elective surgery, to other hospitals such …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Feb 2013
Schools: Academies

"My Lords, will the Minister confirm that the coalition Government are currently planning to convert academies and to move them from the public sector to the private sector? If that is the case, will the Minister confirm—it is certainly our opinion—that that would be entirely the wrong policy?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2012
Canterbury City Council Bill

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That the Bill be now read a third time...."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2012
Canterbury City Council Bill

"My Lords, I should first explain the three minor amendments to this Bill, which I shall move formally at a later point. All I can say about these amendments is that they are in the nature of tidying up. One of them alters an incorrect reference to the “Kent Valley …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2012
Canterbury City Council Bill

"My Lords, I sense that the House wishes my reply to be brief. I can be brief, in the sense that a great deal of the meat of this important question has been dealt with by the members of the committee. Every member of the committee made the point that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2012
Canterbury City Council Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 27 Nov 2012
Welsh Government: Tax-varying Powers

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 27 Nov 2012
Welsh Government: Tax-varying Powers

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Jul 2012
Club and Institute Union: 150th Anniversary

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to mark the 150th anniversary of the Club and Institute Union...."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Jul 2012
Club and Institute Union: 150th Anniversary

"My Lords, I thank the Minister for that very positive reply. My heart fills with pride in appreciation of the vital and outstanding service that the Club and Institute Union has contributed to the cultural, social, educational and creative life of working- class communities throughout the length and breadth of …..."
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