Richard Taylor

Latest Parliamentary Activity by Cambridge's MP:

• Written Answers — Home Department: Metals: Theft - Thursday Feb 2 2012
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when she plans to introduce a comprehensive set of measures to tackle metal theft in the UK; ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements - Wednesday Feb 1 2012
  The Liberal Democrats’ plan to increase the income tax threshold to £10,000 was on the front page of our manifesto. It will give many working people an extra £700 a year and lift millions of poorly paid peop ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill - Monday Jan 30 2012
  I hear what my hon. Friend says. He is correct that information is helpful and that all airports have a role to play, but will he consider more carefully whether it would be a good idea to put that environmental duty in the Bill so that ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill - Monday Jan 30 2012
  The shadow Secretary of State promised me some ideas in her speech. Has the hon. Gentleman had a chance to ask her what they are? If so, could he tell us, because she failed singularly to come up with any? ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill - Monday Jan 30 2012
  I do not want to disappoint the House but I am not going to speak in great detail about Cambridge international airport and the wonderful services it provides. Hon. Members can come on some other occasion to hear about that. ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill - Monday Jan 30 2012
  I am grateful to see the hon. Gentleman nodding, and I hope that some of the information the Committee produces can be taken into account in the Bill.There are some welcome provisions in the Bill that will open up ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill - Monday Jan 30 2012
  The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point and I am sure that this issue will form a significant part of our discussions in Committee.Clause 84(2) says that the CAA“may publish guidance and ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill - Monday Jan 30 2012
  Indeed, it has, and I have had discussions with Rolls-Royce, which makes a number of new engines that perform significantly better in that regard, but there is still a long way to go. It is certainly true that emissions per passenger ha ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill - Monday Jan 30 2012
  A number of people still wish to speak, so I shall not give way again.The Select Committee on Transport made some sensible recommendations to the Government, which I am sure will be given due consideration. For ex ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill - Monday Jan 30 2012
  I am delighted that the hon. Lady’s party has come to its senses and ruled out the third runway. I hope that she will tell us what her suggestion is, because she has a long track record—such as on high-speed rail—of su ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Civil Aviation Bill - Monday Jan 30 2012
  Will the hon. Lady give way? ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Victims and Witnesses Strategy - Monday Jan 30 2012
  I recently visited Cambridge victim support, which does an excellent job, but there is no doubt that greater help is needed for victims and witnesses. I welcome that much of the statement, but will the Justice Secretary clarify his comm ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Empty Properties - Monday Jan 30 2012
  What plans he has to return empty homes to use. ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Empty Properties - Monday Jan 30 2012
  Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating councillors Sian Reid and Catherine Smart of Cambridge city council on their work to reduce the number of empty homes in Cambridge since 2004? The Government’s £150 million empty ...
• Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Lasers - Monday Jan 30 2012
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to (a) allow the use by the police of and (b) regulate the police's use of lasers intended to blind people temporarily. ...
• Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Unmanned Air Vehicles - Monday Jan 30 2012
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unmanned aerial vehicles were in use by police forces in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012. ...
• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Autism Act 2009 - Tuesday Jan 24 2012
  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the Autism Act 2009, what training is provided by (a) his Department, (b) Jobcentre Plus and (c) other agencies for staff working with pe ...
• Written Answers — Education: Academies: Faith Schools - Monday Jan 23 2012
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) whether his Department is working with the Church of England to make it possible for community schools to convert to faith academies in ...
• Written Answers — Transport: Unmanned Air Vehicles - Monday Jan 23 2012
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by the Government and police. ...
• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burma: Political Prisoners - Monday Jan 23 2012
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the health of monk U Sandawbartha, known as U Gambira, recently released from prison in Burma. ...