Richard Taylor

Recent mentions of "Cambridge" in Parliament:

• Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill [HL]: Second Reading - Tuesday Jul 27 2010
  My Lords, my contribution today will be brief, and much the most important part of it will be to congratulate the my noble friend Lord Davies of Stamford on a fine maiden speech, rich in content and insight. The noble Lord earned a ver ...
  - Paul Myners, (Labour) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Regional and Local Transport), Transport
• Poverty — Debate - Thursday Jul 22 2010
  My Lords, it is a great honour to follow the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Boateng. As predicted and as expected, it was excellent. This is just a taste of what we in this House may expect to come from the noble Lord in the man ...
  - Karan Bilimoria, (Crossbench)
• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Weapons - Thursday Jul 22 2010
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the oral answer by the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Cambridge of 23 June 2010, Official Report, column 291 by the Prime Ministe ...
  - Caroline Lucas, Brighton, Pavilion (Green)
• Delegated Legislation: Clause 1 — Academy arrangements - Wednesday Jul 21 2010
  Is it not the case, though, that if we do not sometimes have excess places, we deny parents the choice that in turn drives the improvement in standards within schools, and end up in the situation that we are in at the moment whereby we ...
  - Mel Stride, Central Devon (Conservative)
• [Martin Caton in the Chair] — National Apprenticeship Scheme - Wednesday Jul 21 2010
  I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) on initiating the debate. The quality of his speech and the thoughtfuln ...
  - Robert Halfon, Harlow (Conservative)
• [Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] — North-West Economy - Tuesday Jul 20 2010
  I am grateful for the Minister's comments. I will open the negotiations on getting good value for money for Government car fleets. The Ampera is a very comfortable car to drive, as one or two hon. Members here have discovered. ...
  - Andrew Miller, Ellesmere Port and Neston (Labour)
• Written Answers — Justice: Courts: Video Equipment - Tuesday Jul 20 2010
  At present, there are 30 Crown courts and 155 magistrates courts that have video links. Any of these courts can connect via video link with any prisons that also have this system installed. Details of all the courts and prisons equippe ...
  - Crispin Blunt, Reigate (Conservative) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Prisons and Probation), Justice
• Carers (Identification and Support): Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - Wednesday Jul 14 2010
  It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cambridge (Dr Huppert), who is the newest member of the Home Affairs Committee. I can recall th ...
  - Keith Vaz, Leicester East (Labour)
• Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Air Pollution: East of England - Wednesday Jul 14 2010
  To date, 28 local authorities have designated air quality management areas in the East of England. These are listed in the following table alongside the dates the air quality management areas (AQMA) came into effect. ...
  - Richard Benyon, Newbury (Conservative) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Natural Environment and Fisheries), Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Carers (Identification and Support): Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - Wednesday Jul 14 2010
  It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cambridge (Dr Huppert), who is the newest member of the Home Affairs Committee. I can recall th ...
  - Keith Vaz, Leicester East (Labour)
• Nanotechnologies and Food: Science and Technology Committee Report: Motion to Take Note - Tuesday Jul 13 2010
  My Lords, I start by declaring two interests, as a former chair of the Food Standards Agency and as president of Campden BRI.Nanotechnology is the study of the very small. It involves manipulating matter on the sc ...
  - John Krebs, (Crossbench)
• Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Export Growth Forecast - Tuesday Jul 13 2010
  I am afraid that the Minister has not seen this morning's report from Cambridge Econometrics, which examines the effect of the Budget on manufacturing, and predicts a decline in manufacturing share and an expansion in the financial sect ...
  - Kevin Brennan, Cardiff West (Labour)
• Written Answers — Health: Cancer: Research - Tuesday Jul 13 2010
  The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) support a broad portfolio of research on cancer and on the effects on human health of diet, physical activity levels and weight. ...
  - Simon Burns, Chelmsford (Conservative) Minister of State (Health), Health
• Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Export Growth Forecast - Tuesday Jul 13 2010
  I am afraid that the Minister has not seen this morning's report from Cambridge Econometrics, which examines the effect of the Budget on manufacturing, and predicts a decline in manufacturing share and an expansion in the financial sect ...
  - Kevin Brennan, Cardiff West (Labour)
• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit - Monday Jul 12 2010
  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to assess the effects of calculations based on broad market rental areas (BMRAs) on (a) Blackpool, (b) Cambridge and ...
  - Julian Huppert, Cambridge (Liberal Democrat)
• Defamation Bill [HL]: Second Reading - Friday Jul 9 2010
  My Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, on her admirable maiden speech and my old friend the noble Lord, Lord Willis, on his contribution. His wit and erudition, just demonstrated, will add so much to this H ...
  - Jane Bonham-Carter, Yarnbury (Liberal Democrat)
• Africa: Post-conflict Stabilisation — Debate - Thursday Jul 8 2010
  My Lords, the right reverend Prelate is absolutely right to draw attention to the positive role of the churches in many conflict situations in Africa. I had much to do with various church initiatives in South Africa and Namibia during t ...
  - Donald Anderson, Swansea (Labour)
• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Government Departments: Databases - Thursday Jul 8 2010
  The use of the word reshaping in the Cabinet Office Structural Reform Plan reflects the two specific programmes in question ContactPoint and ID cards. I have used the Cambridge English Dictionary definition of reshaping-to shape someth ...
  - Francis Maude, Horsham (Conservative) Minister for the Cabinet Office
• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Government Departments: Databases - Thursday Jul 8 2010
  The use of the word reshaping in the Cabinet Office Structural Reform Plan reflects the two specific programmes in question ContactPoint and ID cards. I have used the Cambridge English Dictionary definition of reshaping-to shape someth ...
  - Francis Maude, Horsham (Conservative) Minister for the Cabinet Office
• Opposition Day — [3rd allotted day]: Jobs and the Unemployed - Wednesday Jul 7 2010
  May I begin by paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman), whose maiden speech was erudite, sophisticated and ...
  - John Howell, Henley (Conservative)