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Ministerial Answers to Parliamentary Questions

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

486 c971-84 

Session

2008-09

Department

Leader of the House of Commons

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Chris Bryant | 486 c981 (Link to this contribution) Well, I would hesitate before handing out a membership card to one of the holy trinity. The hon. Me...

Julian Lewis | 486 c981 (Link to this contribution) But God is on our side!

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Chris Bryant | 486 c981-2 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I do not want to clamp down too heavily on that, but it is an abuse of the systems of the Ho...

Norman Baker | 486 c981 (Link to this contribution) I produce all my own questions and table them myself at the Table Office—I do not e-table. I agree w...

Chris Bryant | 486 c979-80 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) on securing this debate and on the assiduity...

Norman Baker | 486 c977-8 (Link to this contribution) From memory, I think there were about 30, but certainly a huge number of written ministerial stateme...

Chris Bryant | 486 c980-1 (Link to this contribution) The point is that the list will be made available annually, and there is an issue about announcing w...

Norman Baker | 486 c980 (Link to this contribution) I should have said in my remarks that I welcome topical questions as a good innovation. I do not hav...

Chris Bryant | 486 c982-4 (Link to this contribution) It is first class, as the hon. Gentleman knows perfectly well. The hon. Member for Lewes asked whet...

Norman Baker | 486 c982 (Link to this contribution) What class of ticket is that?

Chris Bryant | 486 c975 (Link to this contribution) I know! Norman Baker: I am glad the Minister knows. I do not know whether that means that he is res...

Norman Baker | 486 c974-5 (Link to this contribution) The Minister says they are not spotty; presumably that means that they are indeed apparatchiks. I s...

Chris Bryant | 486 c974 (Link to this contribution) They are not spotty.

Norman Baker | 486 c972-4 (Link to this contribution) Well, someone in No. 10 had a sense of humour at that time. The issue of openness is crucial for de...

Chris Bryant | 486 c971 (Link to this contribution) She had a sense of humour, then.

Norman Baker | 486 c971 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful not only for the opportunity to raise an important matter, but for the elongated time ...

Chris Bryant | 486 c976 (Link to this contribution) There were half the number of last time.

Norman Baker | 486 c976 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes some relevant points, and I am grateful to him for adding colour to the cas...

Julian Lewis | 486 c975-6 (Link to this contribution) Before the hon. Gentleman moves on from his list of techniques, may I draw his attention to two othe...

Subjects

Disclosure of information Freedom of information Government departments Ministers Parliamentary questions Written questions

Link

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