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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 May 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"I know that the Minister is very conscious of the concern felt by people in Scotland about Scottish Television’s proposals to introduce local television. Is it not a problem—I have spoken to Ofcom about this—that the BBC seems to think that it can keep the BBC Three channel and invent …..."
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Written Question

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Tuesday 29th April 2014

Asked by: Michael Connarty (Labour - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential funds that will accrue to the public purse from the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes

No estimate has been made of potential funds that will accrue to the public purse from the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2014
Fairness and Inequality

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2014
Fairness and Inequality

"I would be quite willing to brief the hon. Gentleman later about the technicalities of why the vote was not called on that particular night.

The hon. Gentleman is talking about a sociological analysis, but some people have moved on since then and done a socialist analysis. When society is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
National Minimum Wage

"Let me give the Secretary of State an example. The Low Pay Commission recommended against amending section 31(1)(b) of the minimum wage regulations, which allowed employers to pay hospitality workers out of their tips. The last Government took the courageous step of changing that provision and preventing that from happening. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
National Minimum Wage

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
Banking

"I have been listening intently to my hon. Friend’s delineation of the big ticket items where the banks have failed and where the Government appear not to criticise them, but on a more localised issue, Scottish constituents of mine have consistently been rack-rented and ruined by RBS, as the Tomlinson …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
Banking

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
Banking

"I think anyone who reads the transcript deserves an apology from the Minister, who forgot to mention that the relaxation of banking controls started with Mrs Thatcher and the Conservative Government. He forgot to tell people on the record that when people like me on the Opposition Benches were urging …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
Banking

"If I refuse to take interventions, it will not be because I do not think Members have a good contribution to make, but because I would like to limit the length of my speech. I recall often ending up with only four minutes to speak when the debate started off …..."
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