Oral Answers to Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Renewable Electricity Generation
Peter Soulsby: I suspect that the Secretary of State may share the disappointment felt by hon. Members on both sides of the House that the Government felt it necessary yesterday to vote against new clause 4 of the Energy Bill, which would have paved the way for the introduction of renewable energy tariffs. Read more...
There is one other speech in the same debate:

Written Answers - Health: NHS: Fees and Charges
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the estimated value is of HC2 and HC3 certificates issued between 2000-01 and 2006-07 to (a) students and (b) people aged under 25 years; (2) how many people who applied for health cost exemptions with an HC1 form who received neither an HC2 or HC3 certificate between 2000-01 and 2006-07 were (a) students and (b) people aged under 25 years.
Read more...
There is one other speech in the same debate:

Written Answers - Innovation, Universities and Skills: Astronomy: Finance
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will place in the Library the documents his Department holds relating to the withdrawal of funding for all ground-based solar terrestrial physics facilities in the UK; and on what date the withdrawal of this funding was announced publicly.
Read more...

Orders of the Day: Counter-Terrorism Bill
Peter Soulsby: My hon. Friend has referred to the overwhelming evidence given to the Home Affairs Committee and others. As a member of that Committee, can he confirm that its fundamental conclusion was that no case had been made that 28 days was inadequate, and that the subsequent discussion about special circumstances is little more than an attempt to provide a fig leaf... Read more...

Oral Answers to Questions - Communities & Local Government: Eco-towns
Peter Soulsby: Will the Minister give an assurance that in the next phase to which she has just referred there will be an adequate opportunity for neighbouring local authorities to express their very real concerns about the potential effect of eco-towns on transport and regeneration? Read more...

Deferred Division: Post Office Closures
Peter Soulsby: It may be that the Conservative motion is opportunistic and cynical, but I happen to agree with every word of it. In my constituency, the consultation on the closure of two post offices in Walnut street and Francis street-I do not have time to go into details of the devastation that would be caused by those closures-was a sham. Postwatch was dreadful, and the Post Office itself...Read more...

Westminster Hall debates - East Midlands Trains
Peter Soulsby: I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on securing a debate that is important to those of us who live along the main line. In his concluding remarks, would he welcome the moves that EMT is making to bring about joint control of the track with Network Rail? Read more...
There is one other speech in the same debate:

Westminster Hall debates - Governance of Britain
Peter Soulsby: I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important and timely debate on issues that he feels powerfully about and on which he is speaking again today persuasively, as he has spoken and written in the past. Read more...

Written Answers - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Post Offices: Closures
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what discussions have taken place between his Department and Post Office Ltd. and (a) the Equality and Human Rights Commission and (b) disability rights organisations on the impact of local post office closures on people with disabilities. Read more...

Written Answers - Health: NHS Foundation Trusts
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which organisations have been (a) commissioned and (b) contracted to manage NHS foundation trust ballots. Read more...

Oral Answers to Questions - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Postal Services
Peter Soulsby: Will the Secretary of State acknowledge that Postwatch is seen as totally ineffective in representing the needs of residential and commercial customers of the Post Office, as it was in my constituency in the closure of Francis street and Walnut street post offices? Read more...

Written Answers - Communities and Local Government: Housing:Leicester
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her target is for the number of new (a) houses and (b) family-sized houses to be built in Leicester in the next 25 years. Read more...

Written Answers - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Post Offices: Closures
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the quality of the Post Office's consultation process for proposed branch closures. Read more...

Several other speeches in the same debate:

Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister: Earned Citizenship
Peter Soulsby: I very much welcome the recognition again today by the Home Secretary of the enormous benefit that Britain as a whole and constituencies such as mine have gained from those who have chosen in recent decades to make their home in this country... Read more...

Written Answers - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Postwatch: Finance
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much Postwatch received from public funds in
(a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. Read more...

Written Answers - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Post Offices
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on how many occasions in the last six months Postwatch met Post Office Ltd to discuss proposed post office closures in Leicester; and who attended these meetings. Read more...

Written Answers - Home Department: Human Trafficking
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted for offences relating to human trafficking in (i) Leicester and (ii) the East Midlands in the last four years. Read more...

Business of the House
Peter Soulsby: In response to an earlier question the Leader of the House referred to the Select Committee inquiry into the post office closure programme. Given the concern about that programme in all parts of the House... Read more...

Oral Answers to Questions - Electoral Commission Committee: Democratic Process (Public Participation)
Peter Soulsby: With respect to the hon. Gentleman, I do not think that he replied adequately to the question of my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley (Mrs. Cryer). She made the point that the extent of under-registration in several areas can genuinely be addressed only by door-to-door canvassing... Read more...

Written Answers - Justice: Prostitution: Leicester
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been prosecuted for offences relating to prostitution in Leicester in the last four years.
Read more...

Written Answers - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Post Offices: Closures
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many submissions were received by Post Office Ltd. to its consultation on proposed post office closures in Leicester. Read more...

Written Answers - Health: Dental Services: Leicester
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to increase the number of NHS dentists in Leicester. Read more...

Written Answers - Communities and Local Government: Local Authorities: Rodents
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information her Department holds on (a) the number of local authorities which charge for treating mice infestations in residential properties and (b) the average price charged by local authorities for such treatment. Read more...

Written Answers - Communities and Local Government: Local Authorities: Rodents
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities and registered social landlords on dealing with mice and rat infestations in residential properties.
Read more...

Orders of the Day: Clause 4-Power of Office of rail regulation to charge fees
Peter Soulsby: As the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire (Mr. Knight) said, I have added my name to amendment No. 9. I did so because, as he suggested in Committee... Read more...

Orders of the Day: Clause 1 - Powers of Secretary of State
Peter Soulsby: The hon. Gentleman makes the use of those platforms-which is, indeed, very desirable-sound very simple. Does he not accept that it is a complicated issue that would involve alterations not only to the station, but down the track, and particularly at Clapham junction, as has been suggested? Read more...

Several other speeches in the same debate:

Written Answers - Health: Influenza: Vaccination
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many influenza vaccinations were administered in Leicester in each of the last five years. Read more...

Written Answers - Health: General Practitioners: Leicester
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs are practising in Leicester. Read more...

Written Answers - Communities and Local Government: Regional Planning and Development: Planning Inspectorate
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department issues to the Planning Inspectorate on the admission of oral representations from hon. Members during examinations in public of regional plans... Read more...

Written Answers - Communities and Local Government: Regional Planning and Development: East Midlands
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which hon. and right hon. Members made formal submissions to the public consultation on the draft East Midlands Regional Plan. Read more...

Westminster Hall debates - Science and Technology Facilities Council
Peter Soulsby: I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate on what he rightly describes as a crisis in the STFC's funding. Is he aware that the crisis affects not only the organisations and institutions in his constituency that he mentioned... Read more...
There is one other speech in the same debate:

Orders of the Day: Education and Skills Bill
Peter Soulsby: Another teacher, I am afraid, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Newly qualified, I started teaching in the early 1970s at what was then the Crown Hills secondary modern school in Leicester. I quickly learned my place in the school hierarchy... Read more...
There is one other speech in the same debate:

Commons Debates - Opposition Day - [5th allotted day]: Network Rail
Peter Soulsby: There is no doubt that the rail industry in the UK is challenged by its own success. The 40 per cent. increase in passenger numbers that we have witnessed over the past 10 years and the projected continued growth in numbers is something that the rail industry in general... Read more...
Several other speeches in the same debate:

Orders of the Day: Clause 7 — Acquisition of land not subject to the power under section 6(1)
Peter Soulsby: I have looked closely at the amendment. The hon. Gentleman talks about the easements expiring no later than the day on which the first passenger train runs. Read More...
Other speech in the same debate:

Orders of the Day: Clause 23 — Overriding duty of Office of Rail Regulation before Crossrail operational
Peter Soulsby: I understand what the hon. Gentleman seeks to achieve, which is the construction of the whole scheme, and to have it open and carrying passengers. Does he not accept, however, that setting such an artificial limit could have a perverse effect? Read more...

Orders of the Day: Clause 57 — Application of act to extensions
Peter Soulsby: As one of those who did two years of penal servitude on the Select Committee on the Bill, I could speak at considerable length now that I am free....
Read more...
Several other speeches in the same debate:

Written Answers - Work and Pensions: Winter Fuel Payments: Leicester
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Leicester South received the winter fuel payment in each of the last five years.
Read more...

Westminster Hall debates : Canals
Peter Soulsby: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that if British Waterways sought to meet the deficit through a massive increase in licence fees, it would be a major deterrent to people who use the waterways-people who are often on comparatively low incomes-and who ought to be encouraged further to do so, in order to make them the lively and thriving places that they deserve to be? Read more...
Several other speeches in the same debate:

Written Answers - Home Department: 101 Calls: Leicester
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what expenditure her Department incurred in advertising, marketing and promoting the 101 telephone line in Leicester... Read more...

Treasury: Death: Weather
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Leicester aged 65 years and over died o