BILL IN PARLIAMENT
- Bill Speaking in a Parliamentary Debate
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Bill is one of the most active Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. He attends over three-quarters of votes in parliament and since being elected in 2001 has asked over 2,300 written questions and contributed to many Parliamentary debates. Bill’s most recent speeches and questions in Parliament are copied below. They can also be seen via the They Work For You website.
Bill’s recent appearances (from the They Work For You website).
Bill’s voting record (from the Public Whip website).
Bill’s recent appearances:
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture: Subsidies (4 Mar 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by what means his Department will ensure any outcomes arising from the Axis 1 subsidies meet the required goals; and how those outcomes will be reported.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Welfare (4 Mar 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by what means his Department’s health and welfare strategy indicators will be reported on (a) where the species of animal concerned is not covered by a sector council established under the England Implementation Group (EIG) and (b) following the disbandment of the EIG.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (3 Mar 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: Leominster town crier and fire fighter Dave Taylor has got cancer. His oncologist has prescribed him Avastin, which is not approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. What can she do to keep this man alive?
- Written Answers — Home Department: Dogs: Walsall (8 Feb 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received representations on the raid by police on Rosedene Boarding Kennels, Radley Road, Walsall.
- Written Answers — Home Department: Police (8 Feb 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department provides guidance to the police on numbers of officers attending raids on premises.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Fuel Smuggling (3 Feb 2010) has video
- Bill Wiggin: What recent assessment he has made of the level of fuel smuggling in Northern Ireland.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Fuel Smuggling (3 Feb 2010) has video
- Bill Wiggin: In 2002, the Chancellor’s Budget targeted fuel smuggling, yet in a written answer on 14 November 2008, column WA150, the noble Lord Myners pointed out that £210 million in diesel revenue had not been collected, and that in 2005-06 it was also £210 million. Given the importance of fuel smuggling to terrorist organisations, why has there patently been no progress whatever since 2002?
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Fees and Charges (1 Feb 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of students from (a) Herefordshire and (b) England have made applications for (i) a student loan for maintenance, (ii) a student loan for tuition fees, (iii) a maintenance grant and (iv) a special support grant for the 2009-10 academic year; when he expects all such applications to have…
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Fees and Charges (1 Feb 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been applied for in respect of (a) a student loan for maintenance, (b) a student loan for tuition fees, (c) a maintenance grant and (d) a special support grant for the academic year 2009-10 which are still being processed; and if he will make a statement.
- Cadbury (26 Jan 2010) has video
- Bill Wiggin: Will the hon. Lady give way?
- Cadbury (26 Jan 2010) has video
- Bill Wiggin: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I believe that, perhaps inadvertently, the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Ms Stuart) seeks to misrepresent my true feelings about this particular debate. What I actually said was: “I have seen the trade unions talking down this company and I worry that by sending out such negative signals it puts people’s jobs more at risk because who wants to…
- Cadbury (26 Jan 2010) has video
- Bill Wiggin: Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Is it in order that those hon. Members, both of whom have spoken in the debate, and both of whom have received money to their constituency Labour parties-
- Cadbury (26 Jan 2010) has video
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- Cadbury (26 Jan 2010) has video
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- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Schools: Finance (18 Jan 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 148W, on schools: finance, which local authorities are classed as (a) predominantly rural and (b) predominantly urban; and if he will make a statement.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (13 Jan 2010) has video
- Bill Wiggin: If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 13 January.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (13 Jan 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: I am sure that the whole House will agree with the Prime Minister’s statement of condolence. Looking back, our economy entered the recession with one of the largest budget deficits of any first world economy. On reflection, does the Prime Minister regret that?
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Unemployment (13 Jan 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people living in (a) Herefordshire and (b) the UK receiving services from Jobcentre Plus were aged (i) under 21, (ii) 22 to 25, (iii) 26 to 30, (iv) 31 to 35, (v) 36 to 40, (vi) 41 to 45, (vii) 46 to 50, (viii) 51 to 55, (ix) 56 to 60 and (x) over 60 years old in each month since January 2005; and if she will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Broadband (12 Jan 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the average speed of broadband services available in rural areas.
- Written Answers — Treasury: EU Emission Trading Scheme (7 Jan 2010)
- Bill Wiggin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the projections in Table 2.9 of the Budget 2009, how much revenue he expects to come from the receipts from future phases of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in each year to 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
