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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
Wednesday Volume 501 25 November 2009 No. 5 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Wednesday 25 November 2009 £5·00 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2009 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Parliamentary Click-Use Licence, available online through the Office of Public Sector Information website at www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/ Enquiries to the Office of Public Sector Information, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU; e-mail: [email protected] 513 25 NOVEMBER 2009 514 my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and House of Commons Arran (Ms Clark). In a letter I received from Ofcom, the regulator states: Wednesday 25 November 2009 “Ofcom does not have the power to mandate ISPs”— internet service providers. Surely that power is overdue, because otherwise, many of my constituents, along with The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock those of my colleagues, will continue to receive a poor broadband service. PRAYERS Mr. Murphy: My hon. Friend makes some very important points about the decision-making powers and architecture [MR.SPEAKER in the Chair] that will ensure we achieve 90 per cent. broadband penetration. We are trying to ensure that the market provides most of that, and we expect that up to two thirds—60 to 70 per cent.—of homes will be able to Oral Answers to Questions access super-fast broadband through the market. However, the Government will have to do additional things, and my hon. Friend can make the case for giving Ofcom SCOTLAND additional powers; but, again, we are absolutely determined that no one be excluded for reasons of geography or income. -
NATO Airstrike Magnifies Political Divide Over the War in Afghanistan
Nxxx,2009-09-05,A,009,Bs-BW,E3 THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 ØØN A9 NATO Airstrike Magnifies Political Divide Over the War in Afghanistan governor of Ali Abad, Hajji Habi- From Page A1 bullah, said the area was con- with the Afghan people.” trolled by Taliban commanders. Two 14-year-old boys and one The Kunduz area was once 10-year-old boy were admitted to calm, but much of it has recently the regional hospital here in Kun- slipped under the control of in- duz, along with a 16-year-old who surgents at a time when the Oba- later died. Mahboubullah Sayedi, ma administration has sent thou- a spokesman for the Kunduz pro- sands of more troops to other vincial governor, said most of the parts of the country to combat an estimated 90 dead were militants, insurgency that continues to gain judging by the number of charred strength in many areas. pieces of Kalashnikov rifles The region is patrolled mainly found. But he said civilians were by NATO’s 4,000-member Ger- also killed. man force, which is barred by In explaining the civilian German leaders from operating deaths, military officials specu- in combat zones farther south. lated that local people were con- The United States has 68,000 scripted by the Taliban to unload troops in Afghanistan, more than the fuel from the tankers, which any other nation; other countries were stuck near a river several fighting under the NATO com- miles from the nearest villages. mand have a combined total of about 40,000 troops here. -
RIDDLE, MYSTERY and ENIGMA[1]
ADVANCE INFORMATION SHEET / HAUS PUBLISHING RIDDLE, MYSTERY, AND ENIGMA Two Hundred Years of British-Russian Relations DAVID OWEN £20 18 October 2021 History ISBN 978-1-913368-39-5 Hardback | Royal, 234x153mm | 304 pp • Former Foreign Secretary David Owen has written widely on diplomatic history and geopolitics. Henry Kissinger described his book on the diplomatic prelude to the First World War, The Hidden Perspective, as ‘essential reading for contemporary statesmen’. • The book comes at a time when relations between Putin’s Russia and Britain are at a historic low, after the Salisbury poisoning and as Russia seeks to reassert its power on the world stage. • Exploring military, geopolitical, and diplomatic history, Riddle, Mystery, and Enigma is the first full account of the historical relationship between Britain and Russia. Britain’s relationship with the giant on the edge of the continent, Russia, are surprisingly under explored. In a panorama spanning two hundred years, former foreign secretary David Owen reveals how relations between the two countries have ebbed and flowed – and why they have seemingly reached a new low in recent years. When the two countries formed a cautiously pragmatic alliance with the French and fought alongside one another at Navarino in 1827 – a battle that ultimately swung the balance of the Greek War of Independence – it was overwhelmingly the work of one man: the prime minister, George Canning. His death shortly before the battle brought about a volte-face that would see the countries fight on opposing sides in the Crimea and marked a freeze in relations as the countries jostled for power during the decades of the Great Game. -
Lista Dei Partecipanti
CONFERENZA INTERPARLAMENTARE PER LA POLITICA ESTERA E DI SICUREZZA COMUNE (PESC) E LA POLITICA DI SICUREZZA E DIFESA COMUNE (PSDC) ROMA, 5-7 NOVEMBRE 2014 INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFÉRENCE CONFERENCE FOR THE INTERPARLEMENTAIRE COMMON FOREIGN AND POUR LA POLITIQUE ÉTRANGÈRE SECURITY POLICY (CFSP) AND ET DE SÉCURITÉ COMMUNE (PESC) THE COMMON SECURITY AND ET LA POLITIQUE DE SÉCURITÉ DEFENCE POLICY (CSDP) ET DÉFENSE COMMUNE (PSDC) ROME, 5-7 NOVEMBER 2014 ROME, LES 5-7 NOVEMBRE 2014 LISTA DEI PARTECIPANTI LIST OF PARTICIPANTS LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS http://ue2014.parlamento.it 1 MEMBER STATES – ÉTATS MEMBRES – STATI MEMBRI AUSTRIA – AUTRICHE – AUSTRIA National Council / Conseil national / Nationalrat Mr Josef CAP Head of the Delegation Mr Mario KUNASEK Chairperson of the National Defence Committee Ms Tanja WINDBÜCHLER- Deputy Chairperson of the Foreign SOUSCHILL Affairs Committee Mr Reinhold LOPAKTA Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Mr Hannes WENINGER Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Mr Joseph WIRNSPERGER Head of the International Relations Division Ms Marion KNAPP Staff Federal Council / Conseil fédéral / Bundesrat Mr Günther KÖBERL Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee BELGIUM – BELGIQUE – BELGIO House of Representatives / Chambre des représentants / Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers Mr Dirk VAN DER MAELEN Chairperson of the International Relations Committee Mr Stéphane CRUSNIÈRE Member of the House of Representatives Ms Viviane GEUFFENS Head of the International Relations Committee Secretariat Senate (Sénat) Mr Alexander -
Sir Alan Campbell Interviewed by Jane Barder 19/1/96 Typed by Jeremy Wiltshire 10/6/96
Contents of interview Entry to Foreign Office, 1946. p 2 Service under Lord Killearn, Singapore; marriage, 1947-48. pp 2-4 Private Secretary to PUS William Strang, 1950-53. pp 5-6 Head of Chancery, Rome, 1952-55: Trieste problem; pp 6-8 Communist threat. Head of Chancery, Peking, 1955-57: role of Head of Chancery; pp 8-12 relations with Chinese; recognition problem; anti-British demonstrations at time of Suez; schooling of children. Imperial Defence College, 1958. pp 12-13 News Department, 1958-60; comments on Selwyn Lloyd, pp 13-17 Hoyer-Millar, Macmillan and aftermath of Suez. Counsellor and Head of Chancery, New York (UN), 1961-65; pp 17-23 death of Hammarskjold; anti-Imperialist feeling; Lord Caradon (political appointees to diplomatic posts). Comments on Alec Douglas-Home. p 23 Western European Department at FO, 1965-67. pp 23-24 Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris, 1967-69; appointment pp 24-25 to post; EEC. Ambassador to Addis Ababa, 1969-72; Haile Selassie; Idi Amin; pp 25-28 growth of sedition in Ethiopia. Deputy Under-Secretary, FO, 1974-76; effective “Political pp 28-32 Director”; foreign policy talks with other EEC members; commercial competition with EEC states; co-ordination of EEC foreign policy. Concluding comments on: international civil servants; women pp 32-35 in diplomatic service; merger of CRO and FO; spending cuts in late 1970’s; David Owen as Foreign Secretary. 1 Sir Alan Campbell Interviewed by Jane Barder 19/1/96 Typed by Jeremy Wiltshire 10/6/96 An interview between Sir Alan Campbell and Jane Barder, at his flat in London. -
Party Conferences Programme 2010
PARTY CONFERENCES PROGRAMME 2010 Liberal Democrat Party Conference 19—21 September p.! Labour Party Conference 26—29 September p." Conservative Party Conference 3—6 October p.# Liberal Democrat Party Conference ! SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 13.00—14.00 / Suite 8 / Jury’s Inn Child-friendly communities: Tackling child poverty at the local level Sarah Teather MP; Anita Tiessen, UNICEF UK; David Powell, Dorset County Council; A young person involved with Child Friendly Communities; Decca Aitkenhead, The Guardian (Chair) 18.15—19.30 / Suite 6 / Jury’s Inn !e Demos Grill: An in-conversation Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; Danny Finkelstein, The Times 18.15—19.30 / ACC Liverpool / Hall 11C Public service reform in an age of cuts: Where next? Paul Burstow MP (invited); Ben Lucas, 2020 Public Services Trust (invited); Stephen Bubb, ACEVO; Roy O’Shaughnessy, CDG; Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian (Chair); MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 8.00—9.00 / Holiday Inn Express / Albert Dock / Britannia 1 Tackling Britain’s worklessness: How to get the Work Programme working Lord German; Jill Kirby, Centre for Policy Studies (invited); Mark Lovell, A4e; Allegra Stratton, The Guardian (Chair) By invitation only 8.00—9.30 / Hilton Liverpool / Meeting Room 6—7 Learning to Succeed: Building culture and ethos in challenging schools Duncan Hames MP; Daisy Christodoulou, Teach First; Professor Dylan Wiliam, Institute of Education, University of London; Chris Kirk, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Philip Collins, Demos (Chair) By invitation only 13.00—14.00 / Blue Bar / Albert Dock Tackling child poverty in an age of austerity Sarah Teather MP; Kate Stanley, ippr; Sally Copley, Save the Children; Philip Collins, Demos (Chair) Liberal Democrat Party Conference cont. -
Ministerial Reshuffle – 5 June 2009 8 June 2009
Ministerial Reshuffle – 5 June 2009 8 June 2009 This note provides details of the Cabinet and Ministerial reshuffle carried out by the Prime Minister on 5 June following the resignation of a number of Cabinet members and other Ministers over the previous few days. In the new Cabinet, John Denham succeeds Hazel Blears as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and John Healey becomes Housing Minister – attending Cabinet - following Margaret Beckett’s departure. Other key Cabinet positions with responsibility for issues affecting housing remain largely unchanged. Alistair Darling stays as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Mandelson at Business with increased responsibilities, while Ed Miliband continues at the Department for Energy and Climate Change and Hilary Benn at Defra. Yvette Cooper has, however, moved to become the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with Liam Byrne becoming Chief Secretary to the Treasury. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has been merged with BERR to create a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills under Lord Mandelson. As an existing CLG Minister, John Healey will be familiar with a number of the issues affecting the industry. He has been involved with last year’s Planning Act, including discussions on the Community Infrastructure Levy, and changes to future arrangements for the adoption of Regional Spatial Strategies. HBF will be seeking an early meeting with the new Housing Minister. A full list of the new Cabinet and other changes is set out below. There may yet be further changes in junior ministerial positions and we will let you know of any that bear on matters of interest to the industry. -
Partij Van De Arbeid Inhoud
~RTIJ VAN DE ARBEID BE LEl DSVERSLAG OVER DE PERIODE 2005 - 200] e PARTIJ VAN DE ARBEID INHOUD Voorwoord 5 Hoofdstuk 1 De PvdA als democratische ledenpartij 7 6o-JARIG BESTAAN 7 PARTIJBESTUUR 7 CONGRES 8 PRESIDIUM 31 POLITIEK FORUM 32 ADVIESRAAD VERENICINGSZAKEN 33 PARTIJCOMMISSIES J WERKGROEPEN 33 DOELGROEPEN 36 REGIONALE STEUNPUNTEN 36 OPLEIDINGEN 37 HRMJSCOUTING 38 ADVIESTEAM MEDIATIONJKOMMER EN KWEL 39 LEDENWERVING EN LEDENBEHOUD Hoofdstuk 2 De PvdA als volkspartij 42 VERKIEZINGEN VERTEGENWOORDIGENDE LICHAMEN 42 VRIJWILLIGERSBELEID 44 Hoofdstuk 3 De PvdA als ideeënpartij 47 Hoofdstuk 4 De PvdA internationaal 51 PES DELEGATIE 59 Hoofdstuk 5 Financiën In memoriam 65 Tweede Kamerfractie Eerste Kamerfractie 75 PvdA- Eu rodelegatie 77 Jonge Socialisten in de PvdA OVER OE PERIODE 2005 · 2007 3 VooRwooRD Voor u ligt het beleidsverslag van de Partij van de Arbeid over de periode 1 oktober 2005 tot en met 6 oktober 2007. Dit beleidsverslag is een verantwoording van het gevoerde beleid van het partijbestuur. Twee gebeurtenissen waren van grote invloed op de partij zoals die thans (medio april 2008) functio neert. Ten eerste de vervroegde Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van november 2006, weliswaar met het zetelver lies, maar toch met als resultaat dat de PvdA op 22 februari 2007 zijn rol als oppositiepartij verwissel de voor die van regeringspartij. Per genoemde datum vormt de PvdA samen met het CDA en de Christen Unie het kabinet-Balkenende IV. Ten tweede de tussentijdse partijbestuurswisseling. Het in december 2005 gekozen partijbestuur trad in april 2007 vervroegd af. Op voorwerk van een interim-bestuur koos het PvdA-congres op 6 oktober 2007 een nieuw partijbestuur. -
Lobby Programme Emphasis in 2008 Keep Our Future Afloat Campaign
Keep our Future Afloat 2008 Lobby programme emphasis in 2008 • Continuing to influence all political parties and shipbuilding industry leaders. • Meeting with the new Defence Procurement Minister, Baroness Taylor at the earliest opportunity. • Drawing attention to potential workload gaps and implications for production and design skills retention. • Securing orders for Barrow’s core expertise submarines, 7 Astute class. The UK needs a fleet that can surge in times of crisis, 4, 5 or 6 are not enough. • Highlighting Barrow’s role in the successor submarine (Vanguard replacement) programme and the need to proceed with the replacement deterrent fleet. • Promoting Barrow’s core competency and role in delivering nuclear submarines. • Highlighting Barrow’s role in building the Future Aircraft Carriers. • Seeking a role for Barrow in the MARS programme. • Publishing a lobby paper highlighting the benefits of the UK nuclear power station programme as a means of creating diversification opportunities for UK shipyards, a way of sustaining key nuclear skills and of enhancing the implementation of the Defence Industrial Strategy requirement to sustain key capabilities and promote opportunity for civil nuclear reactor build being undertaken in the UK instead of overseas. • Supporting BAE SYSTEMS diversification moves, particularly into nuclear and upstream oil and gas. • Ensuring that overseas shipyards do not gain a share of the market at the expense of Barrow and support build of warlike ships in UK not EU. • Securing MoD clarification of what it regards as ‘complex’ and ‘less complex’ naval ships which are not defined in the Defence Industrial Strategy. • Helping implement the new Defence Industrial Strategy. -
Replacing Trident: Who Will Make the Decisions and How?
Oxford ResearchGroup | Replacing Trident: Who Will Make the Decisions and How? August 2006 REPLACING TRIDENT: WHO WILL MAKE THE DECISIONS AND HOW? Nick Ritchie Executive Summary The government has declared that a decision will be made during the current parliament that will determine the medium to long-term future of Britain’s nuclear arsenal that consists of the Trident nuclear weapon system.1 The decision will either be to replace the Trident system, to upgrade the existing system, or to run the system to the end of its service life and then relinquish a nuclear capability altogether. It is unlikely that the UK will choose not to replace or upgrade the Trident system and become a non-nuclear weapon state. It is far more likely that a successor system will be chosen or the service life of the current system extended and that the UK will remain a nuclear weapon power for the foreseeable future. Decisions about Britain’s nuclear arsenal have traditionally been shrouded in secrecy. Whilst it is clear that some secrecy is needed for the security and effectiveness of nuclear weapon systems once deployed, this justification is often used to render decisions about Britain’s nuclear future unaccountable to parliament and the British public. In order to maximise government accountability for its forthcoming decision it is necessary to understand the likely policy-making process and the context within which decisions are likely to be made. The paper begins by briefly examined what decisions are required in the current parliament. It then argues that there are three powerful drivers in favour of the status quo that will shape the policy-making process. -
Articulate Engage Word Output
Question Time 26 October 2008 Questions 1. The Russian billionaire who has dominated the politics news this week is... ( )Ola Deprinol ( )Roman Duprioskvi ( )Oleg Deripaska ( )Yuri Gudanov 2. The Defence Secretary says Britain will win the war against the Taleban in Afghanistan. Who is he? ( )Ed Miliband ( )Lord Falconer ( )Des Browne ( )John Hutton 3. Ten years of which government has been dismissed as "a big disappointment" by academics? ( )Transport policy ( )Defence policy ( )Education policy ( )Foreign policy 4. Which minister was pulled at the last minute from BBC One's Question Time? ( )Alistair Darling ( )Phil Woolas ( )George Osborne ( )Harriet Harman 5. Where is the by-election on 6 November 2008? ( )Orpington ( )Dunfries ( )Bermondsey South ( )Glenrothes www.tutor2u.net 6. Gordon Brown called for an inquiry into what during PMQ's? ( )Bonuses paid to UK bankers ( )George Osborne's fundraising meetings ( )Why there is only one Competition ( )Voter fraud in local elections Commission 7. How did Nathaniel Rothschild break the news about George Osborne's meetings in Corfu? ( )He wrote to The Times ( )He wrote on his blog ( )He wrote on his Facebook page ( )He appeared on TV-AM 8. This picture of George Osborne at Oxford has re-emerged this week. Which group was he a part of? ( )Old Boys Touring Club ( )Notting Hill Club ( )Bullingdon Club ( )Varsity Club 9. Why did Barack Obama take two days away from the campaign trail? ( )To visit his ill grandmother ( )To prepare his post-election action plan ( )He had the flu ( )He had lost his voice 10. Alan Johnson, the health secretary, has announced he will lift the ban on. -
Eu Social Market and Social Policy
EU SOCIAL MARKET AND SOCIAL POLICY The SMF at twenty -one Rt Hon Lord Owen CH Copyright © Social Market Foundation, 2010 EU SOCIAL MARKET AND SOCIAL POLICY The SMF at twenty -one Rt Hon Lord Owen CH FIRST PUBLISHED BY The Social Market Foundation, March 2010 11 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QB Copyright © The Social Market Foundation, 2010 The moral right of the authors has been asserted. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the publisher of this book. THE SOCIAL MARKET FOUNDATION The Foundation’s main activity is to commission and publish original papers by independent academic and other experts on key topics in the economic and social fields, with a view to stimulating public discussion on the performance of markets and the social framework within which they operate. The Foundation is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. It is independent of any political party or group and is financed by the sale of publications and by voluntary donations from individuals, organisations and companies. The views expressed in publications are those of the authors and do not represent a corporate opinion of the Foundation. CHAIRMAN David Lipsey (Lord Lipsey of Tooting Bec) DIRECTOR Ian Mulheirn MEMB ERS OF THE BOARD Viscount (Tom) Chandos Gavyn Davies Daniel Franklin Martin Ivens Graham Mather Brian Pomeroy ABOUT THE AUTHOR RT HON LORD OWEN CH David Owen was a Member of Parliament for 26 years from 1966-92.