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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"If the Prime Minister or any member of his many households became unwell, would he start ringing the GP surgery at 8 o’clock each morning to not get an appointment, would he go off to accident and emergency and wait 12 hours to be seen, would he call an ambulance …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 07 Jul 2021
Draft Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-Jury Trial Provisions) Order 2021

"I do not intend to delay the Committee too long, but it is important to reiterate in the beginning that the provisions renewed under this statutory instrument were designed to be temporary, as the Minister clearly set out in his opening remarks. All of us clearly hope that there would …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q5. . Last year, my 25-year-old nephew Matty committed suicide after a very short period of depression. His GP had referred him for talking therapy counselling but warned him that it would be at least six months before he got an appointment. These treatments in the NHS are often a …..."
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Written Question
Unemployment: Young People
Wednesday 16th July 2014

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Andrew Murrison

Tackling youth unemployment remains a critical issue but specific measures to address it in Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the Executive.

The Government is reducing the largest structural deficit in UK peacetime history and this more than anything will help deliver a sustainable economic recovery and so directly assist young people get into employment.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"4. What steps she is taking to reduce worklessness in Northern Ireland...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Northern Ireland has a higher population of young people than any other region in the UK. Nearly one in four of them is without a job. Does the Secretary of State have a plan to get them back to work?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What her policy is on the Northern Ireland economy; and if she will make a statement...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"With almost half of the population of Northern Ireland in fuel poverty and 90,000 pensioners suffering because of the granny tax, does the Secretary of State agree that Northern Ireland is in the clutch of a cost of living crisis?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2011
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q7. Does the Prime Minister agree that the maximum sentence for the offence of dangerous driving does not properly reflect the potential harm caused to victims, some of whom are left paralysed and brain-damaged? Will he support me and Labour Front Benchers in moves to increase the maximum sentence to …..."
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