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June 25 2009
Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: 21st Century Schools
Peter Soulsby: I warmly welcome the Secretary of State's announcement that he has appointed Sir Mike Tomlinson to undertake a progress report on Leicester. Although considerable progress has been made there, a number of secondary schools still fall below an acceptable standard. Will my right hon. Friend... More...
June
25 2009
Oral
Answers to Questions - Transport: Community Rail Projects
(East Midlands)
Peter Soulsby: May I ask the Minister to look again
at the ATOC report to which my hon. Friend the Member for
North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor) referred, and to
recognise the powerful case it makes for the Leicester to
Burton line?
Oral
Answers to Questions - Leader of the House: Procedure Committee/Modernisation
Committee
Peter Soulsby: May I join other Members in welcoming
my hon. Friend to her new post? Speaking as a member of both
the Modernisation Committee and the Procedure Committee, I
urge on her the need for us to be prepared to take forward
the work that will be done by the Parliamentary Reform Committee...
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June 18 2009
Business
of the House: UK Climate Projections
Peter Soulsby: I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's
statement and the excellent scientific work that lies behind
it. I note that he referred to the potential for some economic
opportunities for tourism and agriculture arising from climate
change. More...
June 18 2009
Oral
Answers to Questions - Leader of the House: Procedure Committee/Modernisation
Committee
Peter Soulsby: May I join other Members in welcoming
my hon. Friend to her new post? Speaking as a member of both
the Modernisation Committee and the Procedure Committee, I
urge on her the need for us to be prepared to take forward
the work that will be done by the Parliamentary Reform Committee...
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June 9 2009
Written
Answers - Health: Health Services
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of
his Department's impact assessments in measuring inequalities
in (a) gender, (b) social, (c) geographical and (d) ethnic
groups in relation to cardiovascular and kidney disease and
diabetes. More...
June 4 2009
Commons
Debate - House of Commons Commission: Parliamentary Access
Peter Soulsby: Although I can well understand Members'
irritation about this, I, too, impress on the hon. Member
for North Devon (Nick Harvey) the need to recognise that there
is a balance to be struck between the convenience of Members
and the legitimate right to peaceful protest, and to ensure
that whatever solution is found to the current issues out
there, that balance is struck. More...
June 4 2009
Commons
Debate - Energy and Climate Change: Electric Vehicles
Peter Soulsby: Notwithstanding the Minister's comments
about the potential for reducing emissions from individual
cars, is not the management and limitation of CO2 emissions
in the generation of electricity potentially much more effective
than reducing emissions from individual, carbon-fuelled vehicles,
be they on the road or the railway? Does he agree that that
is part of the overwhelmingly powerful case... More...
June 4 2009
Commons
Debate - Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions
Peter Soulsby: Increasingly, consumers are opting
to sign up for so-called green electricity tariffs, often
without knowing what they are getting or what they are signing
up for. Will the Minister tell the House what the Government
are doing to ensure that people are signing up for something
of genuine environmental benefit?
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June 3 2009
Commons
Debate - Regional and Local Government
Peter Soulsby: I am listening with considerable interest
to the hon. Gentleman's reasonable and measured analysis of
the situation, particularly in Cornwall. I generally agree
that it is important that as much as possible should be devolved
to local councils and communities, but does the hon. Gentleman
not think that there is inevitably a tendency for local county
councils to say, "Not in my back... More...
There are many other exchanges during this debate and shown
on the page
June 1 2009
Written
Answers - Home Department: Drugs: Misuse
Peter Soulsby: May I recommend to the hon. Gentleman
an excellent Library note on the issue of PPSs serving on
Select Committees? I came across it by chance recently. Although
the hon. Gentleman is making much of the issue, if he reads
the Library note he will discover that it is not a new issue...
More...
There is one other written answer on the same subject.
Local
Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [ Lords]
Peter Soulsby:To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department what assessment she has made of research commissioned
by her Department on the individual and social effects of
the use of khat in the UK.
More...
There are two other speeches in the same debate on the page
of the link below.
Written
Answers : Department: Detainees: Children
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for
the Home Department how many children of asylum seekers (a)
had and (b) had not begun to receive a standard programme
of child immunisation before entering immigration removal
centres in the last 12 months; and how many of those who had
not begun to receive immunisations have subsequently started
a programme of immunisations at an immigration removal centre.
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April 2 2009
Business
of the House: Easter Adjournment
Peter Soulsby: I want to draw attention to a proposal
whose implementation would have a significant effect on my
constituency: the Co-operative Group's proposal to build an
eco-town known as Pennbury. Although the town would be built
just outside the boundaries of my own constituency, in the
constituencies of Harborough and Rutland and Melton, the impact
on my constituency and the people in it would be...More...
March 25 2009
Opposition
Day - [9th Allotted Day]
Peter Soulsby: Can the Foreign Secretary give an
assurance to the House that when an inquiry is eventually
held, it will not be confined just to the conduct of the war
and events afterwards, but will focus-as part of its terms
of reference-on that very important period of the run-up to
the war...
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There are one other speech in the same debate.
Business
of the House: Regional Select Committees (Membership)
Peter Soulsby: May I recommend to the hon. Gentleman
an excellent Library note on the issue of PPSs serving on
Select Committees? I came across it by chance recently. Although
the hon. Gentleman is making much of the issue, if he reads
the Library note he will discover that it is not a new issue...
More...
There are two other speeches in the same debate.
Written
Answers - Innovation, Universities and Skills: Regent College,
Leicester
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for
Innovation, Universities and Skills what recent progress has
been made on his Department's plans to assist the modernisation
of the buildings of Regent College, Leicester. More...
February 10 2009
Written
Answers - Transport: Cars: Insurance
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for
Transport what system the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
has in place to ensure that accurate and up-to-date car insurance
information is held on its databases. More...
There is another speech in the same debate.
Oral
Answers to Questions - Transport: Midland Main Line Peter Soulsby:
I welcome the Secretary of State's commitment to electrification.
Does he accept that the electrification of the midland main
line will bring by far the best cost-benefits of any electrification
scheme... More...
November
25 2008
Written
Answers - Home Department: Asylum: Work Permits Peter Soulsby:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how
many work permit applications were made by asylum seekers
whose asylum decisions had been delayed for more than one
year in the last year. More...
November
20 2008
Written
Answers-Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform:Business:VAT Peter Soulsby: To ask the Minister of State,
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
how many new businesses in Leicester South constituency have
registered for value added tax in each year since 1997. More...
November
13 2008
Written
Answers - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform:Post
Offices Peter Soulsby:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise
and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the effect
on local communities of the closure of Francis Street and
Walnut Street post offices in Leicester South constituency...
More... There is another
speech in the same debate.
Commons
debates - Business of the House: Regional Accountability Peter Soulsby:
The right hon. Lady refers to some of the evidence that the
Select Committee heard, but does she recall the considerable
volume of evidence that called for the establishment of regional
Select Committees... More... There are more speeches
in the same debate
Written
Answers - Treasury: Excise Duties: Motor Vehicles Peter Soulsby:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will link vehicle
excise duty for motorcycles to engine emissions on a similar
basis as for cars. More...
November
10 2008
Written
Answers - Justice: Driving Offences: Mobile Phones Peter Soulsby:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many motorists
in (a) Leicester and (b) Leicestershire have been prosecuted
in each of the last three years for using mobile telephones
whilst driving. More...
November
6 2008
Commons
debate - Business of the House Peter Soulsby:
I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend's announcement
that next week the Government intend to bring forward proposals
to amend temporarily Standing Orders to enable the establishment
of regional Select Committees and regional Grand Committees.
More...
October
28 2008
Written
Answers - Home Department: Asylum: Work Permits Peter Soulsby:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what
grounds may a work permit be refused to an asylum seeker who
has been awaiting a decision upon an asylum application for
more than a year.
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October
27 2008
Written
Answers - Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency
Scheme Peter Soulsby:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
how many individual contractors have been appointed to carry
out work under the Warm Front scheme.
More... There are two more
speeches in the same debate
Written
Answers - Home Department: Police: Leicestershire Peter Soulsby:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how
many police officers and police community support officers
are employed in Leicestershire Constabulary. More...
October
21 2008
Oral
Answers to Questions - Transport: Midland Main Line Peter Soulsby:
I welcome the Secretary of State's positive response to the
question, and I know that he knows the line very well. More...
October
8 2008 Commons Debate
Leicester
City Council (Market Charter) Peter Soulsby:
I shall certainly take the opportunity to make a few brief
remarks. As the hon. Member for Blaby (Mr. Robathan) acknowledged,
the market at the heart of Leicester has been an essential
part of the city for many generations...
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