DeHavilland

 
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
 
Wednesday, 25th November 2009
 
 
The Government was funding extremist groups and schools, the Conservatives argued today.
During Prime Minister’s Question Time, Conservative leader David Cameron (Witney) commended the role of emergency services, including mountain rescue, in tackling floods in Cumbria. He paid tribute to the death of a police officer in the [...]

Shadow Leader of the House Alan Duncan has been removed from the Shadow Cabinet today. This followed revelations that he was secretly filmed complaining that MPs were forced to live “on rations”.
Mr Duncan will remain on the frontbench as Shadow Prison Minister.
The Conservative leader has appointed Sir George Young to replace Alan Duncan [...]

The Scottish Government has put its defeat over the release of Al Megrahi behind it today with its announcement of the coming year’s legislative programme.
Alex Salmond told the Scottish Parliament that “This year’s programme focuses on many of the fundamental challenges we face as a society, as well as raising the ambitions of the [...]

 
At 10 o’clock tonight Anne Main, Conservative MP for St. Albans, will fight for her political career at a meeting of her local party. Ms Main won her seat from Labour in 2005. However, with her majority under threat there are fears within her party that the seat might go the Liberal Democrats’ way come [...]

 
John Bercow has already put ministers under greater pressure from backbenchers since becoming Speaker of the House.
 
Comparing the final ten sitting days before this and last year’s summer recesses, DeHavilland has identified an immediate rise in the role of backbenchers.  
 
Ministers faced ten percent more oral questions as the new Speaker demanded business be handled at pace. Along with [...]

 
A year on from the Labour Party Conference and what seemed to be strategic manoeuvrings by David Miliband to force a leadership contest, would it be too soon to suggest that Ed Miliband, young brother and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, could succeed where David failed and become leader of the party?
 
If [...]

DECC
 
Ministers have given approval for the building of four eco-towns and have insisted that at least 10,000 homes will be in place by 2016.  Housing Minister, John Healey has approved sites in Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Cornwall and Hampshire in the face of fierce local protests, with chosen developers able to bid for part of a £60 [...]

Prime Minister’s Questions
Wednesday 15th July 2009
 
 
More helicopters are needed to support the troops, the Conservatives argued today.
 
During Prime Minister’s Question Time, Conservative leader David Cameron (Witney) argued that clear limits and greater urgency was needed on UK efforts in Afghanistan in order to maintain public support for the troops’ efforts. Responding, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the UK [...]

 
Health Secretary Andy Burnham, and Care Services Minister Phil Hope, will launch the new Care and Support Green Paper tomorrow.
 
Health Secretary Andy Burnham will also attend the launch of the Office of Life Sciences Blueprint at 11am. Along with Lord Darzi.
 
Housing Minister John Healey will announce  the  ‘Building Britain’s future’ housing package, which will be put to consultation. 
 
Secretary of [...]

Political reform sweeping through parliament is set to embrace public affairs if Dr Tony Wright has anything to say about it.
 
Recently appointed chair of the Select Committee to Reform the House of Commons, Dr Wright gave stark warnings to lobbyists during the Public Administration Committee’s latest evidence session today.
 
Noting dramatic changes in public appetite [...]