20 Most Recent Stories From Vincent Cable's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Tue 22nd Jul 2008:

Students: Loans | Innovation, Universities and Skills | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills when the new interest rates payable on student loans to be repaid over the year from 1 September 2007 to 31 August 2008 were...

Solicitors (Conduct) | Westminster Hall debates.

I do not think it is before the courts any longer, Mr. Bayley, but I accept your ruling. In any event, I do not wish to proceed with providing more details of the case; I simply want to extract...

Solicitors (Conduct) | Westminster Hall debates.

It is a privilege to introduce one of the last debates before the recess. It relates to an issue that has preoccupied me pretty much since I became an MP 11 years ago. At our weekly surgeries, we...

Social Enterprise Start-ups | Oral Answers to Questions - Health | Commons debates.

Is the Minister actively promoting the Sunderland model of social enterprise, which has been used to organise community nursing and is proving to be a much more satisfactory alternative than...

Mon 21st Jul 2008:

Departmental Pay | Defence | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what proportion of staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2007-08; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest...

Departmental Projects | Defence | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the total cost overrun on projects sponsored by his Department which are under construction.

Learning Disability | Health | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people with learning disabilities; what assessment he has made of the age distribution of such people;...

Wed 16th Jul 2008:

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

To be fair, I had a long discussion with the SNP, and its argument—I do not know whether the Conservatives have carried it forward—is that the adjustment would be every six months....

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

In the longer term, a combination of road pricing and fuel duty will be needed. Essentially, however, one is taxing use, and those who drive vehicles that are prodigious consumers of fuels would...

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

As we have the vehicle excise duty system, and parking charge systems in certain cities, it seems entirely sensible that an environmental component ought to be built in where possible. My...

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

I have indeed been to Glasgow and I spent the earlier part of my speech suggesting that there are measures that could be taken. I realise that Glasgow, East is not a remote rural area—I am...

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for the clarification. I may have misunderstood as a result of trying to reverse-engineer what the Conservatives are proposing, but I think that what he is now...

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

In terms of oil revenue, I would have thought that the sun was shining. Is that not the whole point? The sun is shining on the North sea, so should not any extra revenue be used to stabilise...

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

I am trying to be not philosophical but practical in asking why this should be pooled with other sources of oil revenue. One of the reasons I ask the question, which concerns the silo approach to...

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

I am all for introducing measures to help if they are practical and affordable. However, I think the hon. Gentleman's view of the oil market, which I know he has thought about, is based on the...

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

I did not say that at all. I said I would very much like to wait and see what the position was in the autumn. If oil prices are indeed going through the roof and—who knows?—if there...

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

I will take one more intervention, and then I will plough on.

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

That is very helpful, because I have been taken to task for saying exactly that. I am glad to get a bit of support, for once, from that side.

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

Indeed there is a by-election. There is a sensible economic case, if not a political one, for waiting and not rushing into this decision. As I understand it, the problem has arisen entirely...

Fuel Duty | Opposition Day - [18th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

That is very helpful. I thank the hon. Gentleman for that clarification and I acknowledge his point. The motion does not deal with differential rates; in fact, I think it would make that problem...

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