Latest Parliamentary Activity by Cambridge's MP:
- Business of the House: Autumn Statement - Thursday Dec 5 2013
I warmly congratulate the Chancellor on the Government’s commitment to delivering the Greater Cambridge gain share, allowing us to unlock £1 billion of investment, providing much-needed sustainable transport and affordable h ... - Business of the House - Thursday Dec 5 2013
Isa Muazu has been held for months in Harmondsworth detention centre and has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days. He is ill and cannot stand or see properly. The Home Secretary tried to deport him nonetheless, but the plane ha ... - Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions - Thursday Dec 5 2013
For many years, Mill road winter fair has celebrated one of the most diverse shopping areas in Cambridge. This year the fair coincides with small business Saturday. Will the Government congratulate those who have been running the fair ... - Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: National Infrastructure Plan - Wednesday Dec 4 2013
I very much welcome the announcement that the A14 toll will be scrapped and congratulate my right hon. Friend on listening to me and so many others on that. I also welcome the Renewable Energy Association’s comment that today is a ... - Written Answers — International Development: Kenya - Wednesday Dec 4 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what work her Department is undertaking in Kenya. ... - Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Project Spade - Monday Dec 2 2013
What involvement the UK has had in Project Spade; and if she will make a statement. ... - Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Project Spade - Monday Dec 2 2013
The Prime Minister and Home Secretary talk often about the need to combat child abuse images, and keep asking for more powers. We now know that when excellent police work happens in Canada, which released 386 young children, and 2,345 s ... - Written Answers — Home Department: Offences Against Children - Monday Dec 2 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when information on Project Spade was passed to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA); and whether SOCA was involve ... - Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: European Parliament - Friday Nov 29 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that the recent vote of the European Parliament to meet in a single location is agreed to by the European Council. ... - Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Kenya - Thursday Nov 28 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received from the British High Commission in Kenya about the proposed ban on khat in that country; and whether he has received represe ... - Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Respiratory System: Diseases - Thursday Nov 28 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with Novartis to encourage them to maintain respiratory research in the UK. ... - Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Consumption - Thursday Nov 28 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to reduce energy usage. ... - Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Romanian and Bulgarian Accession - Wednesday Nov 27 2013
It is clearly right to clamp down on abuse, but will the Home Secretary confirm that the vast majority of EU migrants here do not claim benefits and instead contribute substantially to our country and our economy—to the tune of &# ... - Written Answers — Justice: Probation - Wednesday Nov 27 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to ensure that private providers of probation services will still be accountable to Parliament, local authorities and other elected representatives of comm ... - Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Topical Questions - Tuesday Nov 26 2013
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough clinical commissioning group receives one of the lowest amounts of funding per head in the country. The Government’s own fair shares formula, which takes account of factors such as pop ... - Backbench Business — Finances of the House of Commons: Stalking - Thursday Nov 21 2013
I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on raising this subject so consistently—the House will miss him greatly when he stands down in a year and a half. He is right to make the point that a huge number of victims do not always r ... - Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Individual Electoral Registration - Tuesday Nov 19 2013
Students tend to move very regularly, and previously there have been good systems in, for example, the Cambridge colleges to register them all automatically. Under the proposed changes, they will be particularly at risk of falling off ... - Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Topical Questions - Tuesday Nov 19 2013
The Cambridge area is a global success story. Our high-tech cluster alone has 57,000 direct jobs, generating revenues of £13 billion. The proposed Greater Cambridge city deal would enable us to build much-needed affo ... - Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum: Syria - Monday Nov 18 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many resettlement places have been made available to Syrian refugees in the UK as part of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Syria resettlement and h ... - Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-domestic Rates - Tuesday Nov 12 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of total business rates revenues was collected from businesses with a rateable value between (a) £6,001 and £12,000 and ...