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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 26 Sep 2014
Iraq: Coalition Against ISIL

"My right hon. Friend the Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Frank Dobson) is completely right to warn us about the gravity of this decision. The question of sending British troops to take military action is the most serious we will ever be asked to answer. However, we are faced …..."
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Written Question
Temporary Employment
Tuesday 10th June 2014

Asked by: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people on (a) temporary and (b) fixed-term contracts in each of the last four years.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Jun 2014
Debate on the Address

"Returning to the question of Europe, why, under the Prime Minister’s policy, do the British people have to wait three years for this referendum? [Interruption.] I accept that my views on this are not shared by others, but I am prepared—[Interruption.] No, I am sorry about this, because let …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Mar 2014
European Council and Nuclear Security Summit

"The Prime Minister threatens tougher measures if the Russians go into eastern Ukraine. Many of us think that those tougher measures should be introduced right now. Will he look again at targeting Putin’s inner circle? What consideration has he given to freezing the assets of and denying visas to members …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jul 2012
House of Lords Reform Bill

"It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hereford and South Herefordshire (Jesse Norman), who, if the proposals are passed, would end up being represented by the same regional list of senators as myself in Dudley—although how anyone could represent effectively both a rural community such as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jul 2012
House of Lords Reform Bill

"As I said, I supported the proposals for devolution, but I think the previous Government made a mistake in not undertaking them as part of a far-reaching, comprehensive and coherent view about the arrangements for governing Britain as a whole. Reform of the House of Lords needs to be properly …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jul 2012
House of Lords Reform Bill

"Can the hon. Gentleman think of any job in Britain that is guaranteed for the next 15 years, because I cannot?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Dec 2011
EU Council

"There is one member of the Government who does not seem to share his colleagues’ antipathy for all things European, but after sitting through and paying for a dinner at which guests toasted the Third Reich and chanted “Hitler, Hitler, Hitler”—[Interruption.] Members on the other side of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Dec 2011
EU Council

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2011
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q12. The answer the Prime Minister just gave to my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley (Mr Spellar) is simply not good enough. The fact is that, despite all the Prime Minister’s promises, fewer people caught carrying knives are going to prison under this Government than under the last, …..."
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