Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Nick Raynsford and John Bercow

Monday 28th October 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Extremely briefly now. I call Mr Nick Raynsford.

[Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)]

The Minister for Immigration will be well aware that I have had to draw his attention to unreasonably long delays in implementing tribunal decisions which have reversed Home Office refusals in individual cases. When will he put an end to the scandal of people waiting six months or, in some cases, more than a year for legally binding decisions to be implemented by his Department?

Growth and Infrastructure Bill

Debate between Nick Raynsford and John Bercow

Monday 5th November 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

On this occasion, I believe the Secretary of State is referring to a former Minister of State—with no disrespect to the hon. Member for Northampton South (Mr Binley), whose distinction is universally known.

[Mr Raynsford]

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, and hope this will not cause him any difficulty with his colleague. How will “nationally significant developments” be defined? What definitions will be used to decide whether developments are nationally significant and thus fall within the remit?

Housing Benefit

Debate between Nick Raynsford and John Bercow

Tuesday 9th November 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Raynsford]

Will the Minister confirm that he has just misled the House? Tenants in social housing will be subject to increased non-dependant deductions. The housing benefit of those who have received jobseeker’s allowance for 12 months will be terminated or reduced by 10%, and the benefit of those who are deemed to be occupying accommodation larger than they need will be reduced as well. All those social tenants will be affected by the Minister’s changes. Will he now admit that?

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I think that the right hon. Gentleman intended to include the word “inadvertently” in his intervention.