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Written Question
Drugs: Misuse
Tuesday 10th June 2014

Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested and charged with possession of class (a) A, (b) B and (c) C drugs in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Answered by Norman Baker

The information requested is not available centrally. Data on arrests for drug
offences reported to the Home Office cannot be separated to identify arrests
for possession of specific drugs.

Data on resultant charges are not collected centrally.

Written Question
Bargain Booze: Post Offices
Wednesday 14th May 2014

Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of translation and interpreter services used by each police force in England and Wales has been in each of the last five years.

Answered by Damian Green

This information is not held centrally.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 19 Dec 2013
Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania)

"It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Benton. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills) on initiating the debate. I also congratulate my 73 parliamentary colleagues who, like me, signed his amendment to the Immigration Bill, although, regrettably, it will not …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 19 Dec 2013
Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania)

"Indeed. I am reminded of Cecil Rhodes’s comment that to be born a free-born Englishman was to have won first prize in the lottery of life. English as the world language is obviously the reason why so many migrants want to come from within and outside the EU, and attend …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 19 Dec 2013
Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania)

"One could argue that in Germany and the other countries my hon. Friend mentioned, job vacancies for Romanians and Bulgarians are perhaps pretty much full up now, and they may want to try their luck in the United Kingdom, where, if they do their research, they will understand there are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Nov 2013
Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed

"My right hon. Friend has protected surveillance budgets since she came into office and was the first Home Secretary to deport Abu Qatada. In short, she is a commendably tough Home Secretary. Will she allow me to say that as a result of those things, Government Members can trust her …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Crime will fall even further if we can make bigger reductions in police bureaucracy. Front-line officers using body-worn cameras have the potential to reduce the amount of paperwork they have to do back at the station. Will my right hon. Friend indicate how many police hours she believes could be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2013
Immigration Bill

"In June 2003 the then Immigration Minister, Beverly Hughes, said that the impact on migration into Britain of 10 accession countries joining the European Union would be “minimal”, with 13,000 migrants expected a year. That was laughably inaccurate. Can the Home Secretary assure us that the Bill will ensure that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Jul 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Home Secretary is listening to those of us who are worried that some British citizens are being extradited under the European arrest warrant on flimsy grounds. Will she indicate when she will bring forward amendments to the Extradition Act 2003 to deliver greater protections for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Feb 2013
Police

"May I begin by associating myself with the remarks of the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) about Paul McKeever? I had the pleasure—and it was a pleasure—of working with him when I was the shadow policing Minister, and he was a very effective representative of the federated ranks, …..."
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