Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 02 Mar 2015 Harvey’s Law
"All we are asking for is that anyone who finds a dead animal passes the scanner over it to see whether it is chipped. It is a straightforward procedure; there is nothing complicated about it. The Minister is making it sound like it is enormously complicated, but it is not...." Natascha Engel - View Speech
"13. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of time allowed for pedestrians to use pedestrian crossings...." Natascha Engel - View Speech
"Having rushed across many roads to get here in time for this question, I thank the Minister for his answer. Will he carry out that review as quickly as possible? The legislation has not been looked at since the 1950s and a recent review suggested that three quarters of elderly …..." Natascha Engel - View Speech
"I rise to speak in support of the reasoned amendment and to oppose the Second Reading of this Bill, as I have opposed the Bill in the past. I support the amendment not because I am against rail improvement or railways but because I am for improving the rail network, …..." Natascha Engel - View Speech
"I am saying that the people who are affected will be given an incredibly narrow window between tomorrow’s date, 29 April, and 23 May, but for my constituents this may not happen until the process is further down the line. Those constituents who are affected will have a very narrow …..." Natascha Engel - View Speech
"1. What assessment the Commission has made of the potential implications for the House Service of the establishment of further parliamentary commissions...." Natascha Engel - View Speech
"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his answer. Does he agree that it should be down to the House to decide what the remit and resources of any parliamentary commission or Joint Committee should be, to ensure that it does not cut across the work of departmental Select Committees but …..." Natascha Engel - View Speech
"When the right hon. Gentleman is looking at the e-petition system and perhaps setting up a Committee to do so, will he ensure that we do not ignore paper petitions and give e-petitions and paper petitions the same status?..." Natascha Engel - View Speech
"On the point about this legislation being the paving Bill and agreeing the expenditure before the line gets built, will the right hon. Gentleman assure the House that he will publish the receipts relating to everything spent as we advance to building the line, so that we can assure ourselves …..." Natascha Engel - View Speech