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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Feb 2011
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q7. In the past few weeks, the Government have rebranded antisocial behaviour orders as criminal behaviour orders, renamed control orders as terrorism prevention and investigation measures, and rechristened curfews as overnight residence requirements. Does the Prime Minister not realise that no amount of rebranding will disguise the fact that a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Feb 2011
EU Council and North Africa

"As the Minister of State in the Scotland Office at the time, and as Mr Megrahi’s constituency MP, I strongly agree with the Prime Minister that Mr Megrahi should have spent the rest of his natural life in prison. Does he agree with me that however ill-considered and ill-judged phrases …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Oct 2010
Public Bodies Reform

"The Minister is proposing to merge UK Sport and Sport England, which do quite distinct jobs—there is a clue in their titles. From his existential ruminations, will he tell me how he proposes to guarantee that elite athletes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, who are getting magnificent support from …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Oct 2010
Public Bodies Reform

"You merged them...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Jun 2010
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q9. For more than 20 years, Sky News has provided an excellent source of impartial news and analysis. Can the Prime Minister give a guarantee that, whoever ends up owning BSkyB, it will not be allowed to turn into Fox News, and that there is no room here for shouty, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jun 2010
Saville Inquiry

"Does the Prime Minister recall that in the last Stormont elections the single biggest issue by a long way for both sides of the community was water charges and rates? Does not that demonstrate that in many ways the majority of the people of Northern Ireland have already moved on …..."
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