Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Dec 2010 Education
"The Minister said that adoption is suitable only for a small number of children. The difficulty is that a majority of under-fives in care are adopted...." John Hemming - View Speech
"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I dread producing a few facts to cover the Labour party’s synthetic anger, but when I heard that the list of schools was in the Library, I thought it would be useful to go and get a copy. It does raise a complex …..." John Hemming - View Speech
"On an earlier point of order, Mr Speaker. In the previous Parliament, the Procedure Select Committee decided to establish a process whereby hon. Members could approach the Committee if they were unhappy with the nature of the answers that they received to written questions. I understand that, in this Parliament, …..." John Hemming - View Speech
"To explain the point to the Opposition, geography varies around the country. The west midlands has a number of city regions, and it would be positive development if each had a local enterprise partnership. We do not know whether Coventry is in or out of greater Birmingham, but we want …..." John Hemming - View Speech