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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q8. Is the Prime Minister aware that the hateful bedroom tax will be remembered just like the Tory poll tax, which destroyed Margaret Thatcher’s premiership? He should be ashamed that such a notorious tax came in on his watch...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Before this Session comes to an end, why cannot the Deputy Prime Minister bring himself to apologise for having voted for and supported from the beginning the hated bedroom tax?..."
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Written Question
Government Departments: Cleaning Services
Thursday 6th November 2014

Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy that cleaners of all Government offices are paid the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

The Government awards contracts on the basis of the best overall value for money for the taxpayer. We encourage contractors to commit to paying a living wage. Previous governments did not create a blanket requirement for contractors to pay a living wage.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Oct 2014
Recall of MPs Bill

"Before Chris Mullin became a Member of Parliament, he campaigned with great courage for the release of the Birmingham Six, for which he was denounced by so many newspapers and all the rest of it. Knowing him, he would have done exactly the same if he had been a Member …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Oct 2014
Recall of MPs Bill

"I shall be brief. Let me make it quite clear that I certainly have respect for the electorate. Having been elected nine times, and crossing my fingers that there will be a 10th time, I have every reason to respect the electorate, but my respect would be the same if …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Oct 2014
Recall of MPs Bill

"It might or it might not.

In future reform campaigns, we will need the courage of MPs to do as I have indicated and not to feel inhibited by the greater pressure put on them by the recall mechanism. If an MP in a highly marginal constituency—my first, and only, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Oct 2014
Recall of MPs Bill

"Yes, it might be. As I said at the start, there is bound to be a recall mechanism that the House will approve by a majority—that is inevitable—but I stress what the Labour spokesman and others have said about the importance of distinguishing between conduct and policy. I was in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Oct 2014
Recall of MPs Bill

"I am sure my hon. Friend is right. At the end of it, I hope we will all reach a consensus of a kind—well, at least a majority...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Oct 2014
Recall of MPs Bill

"It might do, and that scenario might not arise in the first place. I am just saying that there is a possibility that if that did happen, it could damage the reputation of the House of Commons. All these are matters that I hope will be taken into consideration.

I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2014
Recall of MPs Bill

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