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Written Question
Domestic Accidents: Death
Thursday 14th December 2023

Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of deaths due to a long lie fall in each of the last five years.

Answered by John Glen

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 11 December is attached.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"This is a really serious issue that undermines confidence in the ethics of this place and the Government. Lord Geidt gave evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, and resigned two days later, following our questioning. That needs to be taken seriously. We are still very concerned about …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

"My hon. Friend is making some excellent points. I want to refer him back to the point made by the hon. Member for North Down (Stephen Farry) about the illogicality of the Government deciding that one party should go back into the Assembly. Does my hon. Friend agree that that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"I thank my right hon. Friend for introducing this debate. I think the point she was making very well earlier in response to questions from Conservative Members who have been good lawyers in their previous life is that the thrust of what she is trying to do today is to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"If we could return to the matter in hand, we are trying to establish whether the Government are swiftly moving to instigate a review, or swiftly moving to appoint. When Lord Geidt came before the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee in May 2021, he told us that his name …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Mr Wragg), the Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, of which I am one of the so-called illustrious members and very pleased to be a part.

Only two weeks ago, I spoke in another debate …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"I think that what the Minister is trying to say is that what has gone wrong is either the process of appointing the last two advisers, or indeed the last two advisers—both of which seem to me to be dishonourable things to say, if I may say so—rather than the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"I withdraw it...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Standards in Public Life

"It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders), who is absolutely right that rules matter. I agree with him, the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) and the hon. Member for Gordon (Richard Thomson) that it is …..."
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