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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Sep 2014
EU Council, Security and Middle East

"When did the Prime Minister realise that the Iraqi army could not deal with ISIL, and does he believe the Iraqi army will be in any position soon to defeat ISIL?..."
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Written Question
Cancer
Monday 14th July 2014

Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Widnes and Halewood)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many early deaths from cancer have occurred among (a) men and (b) women in each local authority area in each year since 2001; and what proportion of those diagnosed with cancer such deaths represented.

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 26 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q3. The 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster is less than three weeks away and the fresh inquests are due to start. Does the Prime Minister agree that it is a scandal that some police officers who were on duty on the day of the disaster are refusing to co-operate …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Nov 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q9. The Department for Education is proposing to close its Runcorn site, with the loss of at least 220 jobs. It is in the 27th most-deprived borough in the country. How will that help with unemployment and social deprivation in my constituency? It is a pity that the Education Secretary …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Sep 2012
Hillsborough

"I have several constituents who lost loved ones, and I was in the stadium on the day, so may I thank the Prime Minister and my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition for the tone of their statements and their apologies? We should also recognise the work of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 May 2012
G8 and NATO Summits

"Whatever the structural deficiencies and other problems that exist in Greece and have existed there for a number of years, this problem was not caused by that; it was caused by the banking and economic crisis in the world, and the way in which the eurozone has dealt with it. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2011
Industrial Action

"The Minister says that he has huge respect for public sector workers, but at the same time his Government are sacking tens of thousands of them. Regarding lower-paid part-time women workers, will he put in the Library some examples of the impact that the change from RPI to CPI has …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2011
G20

"If the eurozone continues to fail to deal with the crisis, what actions will the Prime Minister take to protect the interests of the UK?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Oct 2010
Strategic Defence and Security Review

"We have now seen some of the biggest cuts ever in defence, as we saw when the Conservatives were last in power. The so-called party of defence is no longer the party of defence. The Prime Minister has already said that we should be out of Afghanistan in five years, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Oct 2010
Public Bodies Reform

"There is great concern in the field of health about the impact of the changes in loss of expertise, which we will examine closely in the coming days and weeks. Would the Minister today like to give a guarantee on the Floor of the House that there will be absolutely …..."
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