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Written Question
Written Questions
Tuesday 17th June 2014

Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentary questions tabled to her Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.

Answered by Karen Bradley

Seven questions did not receive a substantive reply by the time of prorogation 2014.

The tabling date for these questions, are listed below:

09 April - 2014

08 May - 2014

26 March - 2014

24 March - 2014

02 May - 2014

02 May - 2014

09 May - 2014


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jun 2014
Home Affairs

"It is a pleasure to follow what was a tour de force from the hon. Member for South Swindon (Mr Buckland). Opposition Members appreciate his comments about the late Paul Goggins, and it goes without saying that most Members here will recognise his contribution to the new Bill. I will …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jun 2014
Home Affairs

"My hon. Friend is talking very sensibly about the problems faced by people in prison and the work done there, but will he acknowledge that some of the changes in the probation system will not help, given that there are already signs that they are not bedding down easily?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jun 2014
Passport Office (Delays)

"The Home Secretary earlier stood by her figures and maintained that the targets were being met, but I have had nine cases in the last fortnight. If we multiply that by all the hon. Members in the Chamber, we realise that those figures, which represent only the tip of the …..."
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Written Question

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Tuesday 25th March 2014

Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of domestic violence were recorded in each local authority area in each of the last five years.

Answered by Norman Baker

The Home Office does not hold data on the number of domestic violence and abuse incidents at the local authority level.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Mar 2013
Alcohol: Minimum Unit Price

"This is a serious issue, and the public take it seriously. They also take very seriously what the Prime Minister stands up and says at the Dispatch Box, where on more than one occasion he has spoken about reducing the impact of low-price alcohol in supermarkets. One assumes, therefore, that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Feb 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"As an Essex girl born and bred, I urge the Minister not to be swayed by the hon. Members for Colchester (Sir Bob Russell) and for Southend West (Mr Amess). May I instead invite him to taste the delights, and to look at the art and culture, of Plymouth?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Nov 2012
Abu Qatada

"My right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) highlighted some of the confusion that has led to Abu Qatada still remaining in the UK. However, one issue the Home Secretary raised was the weight given in the ruling to case law relating to Jordan. She …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jul 2012
Olympics (Security)

"We have heard across the House concerns about pressures on border security and wider airport security, so will the Home Secretary say what discussions she has had with the Ministry of Defence? Has she had confirmation from the MOD that it can provide any additional troops that might be required …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jul 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"Devon and Cornwall police made significant cuts in the run-up to 2010 and are now struggling under further and faster cuts from this Government. Policing rural areas, and indeed urban areas such as Plymouth, is proving to be difficult with the loss of manpower. Will the Minister look at how …..."
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