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Peter Law

Peter Law

IND Independent Former MP
Last served Blaenau Gwent (2005-05-05 – 2006-04-25)
39
Total votes
19
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20
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0
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Parliamentary History

5 May 2005 – 25 Apr 2006 (11 months)

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Voting record

February 2006 5 votes
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A simple thing that we could do is ask the Chinese to stop arbitrarily sending back North Korean émigrés who have fled for their lives to China. North Korea has an even worse regime than China, and we know that many of those people face all sorts of problems when they go back to North Korea. My hon. Friend knows that we raise those issues directly with the Chinese authorities. Obviously, we are no... 15 Feb 2006 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment disagreed to. 13 Feb 2006 NO
I thank my hon. Friend for that reassurance. The database will be an active database containing the audit trail and a record of every time the verification service is used. Does that not cause my hon. Friend concern? With reference to the question from our hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South (Ms Butler) , the police will not need to access the card if they have readers, because the person will... 13 Feb 2006 NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Lords amendment No. 16 disagreed to. 13 Feb 2006 NO
The Government sought to justify the measure by claiming that it will enable us to catch up with other European Union countries. Twenty other EU countries have ID cards. In 10 countries they are compulsory, and in the other 10 they are voluntary. Is the hon. Gentleman as shocked as me that, contrary to the Home Secretary's assurances that Irish citizens will have to hold an ID card or be on the re... 13 Feb 2006 NO
January 2006 4 votes
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I would have no problem with that. In addition, there is nothing to prevent a report by the Welsh Affairs Committee on a particular Order in Council from being debated in Westminster Hall. Again, hon. Members could make a contribution in that way, which would be open to everyone. That is an alternative to the Welsh Grand Committee. The Government welcome and encourage pre-legislative scrutiny of p... 24 Jan 2006 NO
My hon. Friend is right to say that the hon. Gentleman made a bit of a hash of his question, but I do not think that the proposal is that complicated. It is certainly more transparent than the current process. The hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham asked how many pieces of legislation the Assembly had asked for. I shall not deal with every request since 1999, but at present there are three propo... 23 Jan 2006 AYE
Knowing my right hon. Friend's position, I think that he would be more than happy if the Secretary of State used the powers in clause 94. However, the Secretary of State will have to put in writing his reasons for refusal to lay an order, and if those reasons are unreasonable they will clearly be subject to judicial review. I think that that responds to that point. I am most grateful for the reass... 23 Jan 2006 AYE
In our extensive debate today we have more or less rehearsed the debates that those of us who were in Parliament in 1997 had then. For that reason, it is appropriate to be concise in responding to the key points made. I assure the hon. Gentleman that I was not lost, but does he agree that people will get lost if we have an Assembly in Wales called a Senedd, which implies a parliament; a parliament... 23 Jan 2006 AYE
November 2005 14 votes
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I welcome the Minister's comments on the need to get tough on deporting those whose applications have failed and who are in the country illegally. The other day, I asked his Department a written question: how many people in this country are awaiting deportation owing to failed asylum and immigration applications? The Department's answer was that that information was not available. Is that not the ... 16 Nov 2005 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Madam Deputy Speaker then proceeded to put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that hour. Amendment proposed: No. 37, in page 28, line 32, leave out subsection (1).—[Mr. Carmichael.] 16 Nov 2005 AYE
That refers to article 1F(a) and (b). The handbook continues: "Taken . . . with the latter, it has to be assumed, although this is not specifically stated, that the acts covered . . . must . . . be of a criminal nature." It is apparent from that, surely, that the definition employed by the UNHCR handbook is already very wide. The only limitation that seems to be in place is that the act complained... 16 Nov 2005 AYE
Does the Minister accept that the Burmese regime would consider that I was glorifying terrorism when I initiated an Adjournment debate to congratulate the Karen people on fighting for their freedom? There is a difference between expressing support for people's actions and that further step where a person makes the statements that they intend or are reckless about and that they know are likely to e... 9 Nov 2005 AYE
That may well be right. That could be the solution. Under the test that I am proposing in amendment No. 19, if the people who were listening were unreasonable, that would give a perfectly good defence because the speaker would argue that they had no reason to foresee the consequences of their words. It would not be reasonable to expect someone to foresee the consequences where unreasonable people ... 9 Nov 2005 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: No. 1, in page 22, line 19, leave out "three months" and insert "28 days".— [Mr. Winnick.] 9 Nov 2005 AYE
The grotesque juxtaposition of introducing the on-the-runs measure today side by side with the subject of our debate— It being three hours after the commencement of proceedings, Mr. Speaker proceeded to put forthwith the Question already proposed from the Chair, pursuant to Order [this day]. Amendment agreed to. Mr. Speaker then proceeded to put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal o... 9 Nov 2005 NO
I turn now to my question for the Home Secretary, which follows the question posed by the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (Mr. Salmond) about the advice of the Scottish law officer. The right hon. Gentleman's answer to that question might shorten debate later: his answer to my question will do the same, and make it easier for him to make his case. The Home Secretary got into difficulties last wee... 9 Nov 2005 NO
The hon. Gentleman has mentioned the level of registration in Northern Ireland at great length and a number of times. What is the level in his own constituency? In 1997, there 55,000 voters, which went down to 48,000. I raised the issue in the House two or three years ago and, lo and behold, an extra 2,000 to 3,000 voters were put on the register. Currently the figure stands at about 52,000 electo... 8 Nov 2005 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: No. 4, in clause 1, page 1, line 15, leave out subsection (2).—[Mr. Grieve.] 2 Nov 2005 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. The Chairman then proceeded to put the Questions necessary to dispose of the business to be concluded at that hour. Amendment proposed : No. 22, page 1, line 14, at end insert 2 Nov 2005 AYE
In everything that I have said so far I have referred to "knows or believes" or "has reasonable grounds for believing." If I did not do so at that particular point, it is not because I was seeking to ignore that provision. Not at all. I do not propose to repeat myself; I have enough points to make already. I am surprised that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is at variance with his own Front B... 2 Nov 2005 AYE
I appreciate that we shall have an opportunity tomorrow to consider definitions of terrorism, but at present terrorism is undefined, except by our domestic circumstance, and the Government, by passing the Bill and clause 1, will without the slightest doubt criminalise those who even negligently call for action to be taken in such circumstances. We can see that from the debate. For the Minister to ... 2 Nov 2005 AYE
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October 2005 7 votes
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Question accordingly agreed to. Bill read a Second time. Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order 83A(6) (Programme motions), 26 Oct 2005 NO
I ask Members to remember what happened on 7 July . More than 50 innocent people were murdered by terrorists who did not care how many innocent people they killed. More than 700 people were injured, many of them seriously, and their whole lives will be affected. I say that not in order to make my arguments easier to present, but because it is always in my mind as we struggle to get the balance rig... 26 Oct 2005 NO
I refer the right hon. Lady to my earlier comments. If we go down the road of wrapping up our national decision makers in a legal framework when they face difficult strategic decisions on behalf of the nation, we risk unintended consequences that will be to the nation's disadvantage. I am about to conclude my remarks so that the Leader of the House can speak, so I cannot give way. I congratulate m... 21 Oct 2005 AYE
I understand that under data protection rules the Minister cannot give me specific responses to some of the points I raised, but I hope that the debate will trigger a written response that I can pass on to my constituent. I also appreciate that the Minister cannot comment on rumours that I have heard, but perhaps he would express his full confidence in the role of the senior case worker, because t... 19 Oct 2005 NO
The Bill amounts to little more than a denial of democracy. The House should be ashamed of it, and I trust that all people of honour in the House will increase the Government's embarrassment by reducing their majority to way below 32—indeed, we should kill this Bill. The Bill will undoubtedly receive its Third Reading, probably with a slightly greater majority than the hon. and learned Member for ... 18 Oct 2005 NO
My hon. Friend mentioned the KPMG report earlier. We have said that a summary of the report will be published shortly. I shall be happy to make it available to any Member who would like to read it. My hon. Friend's second point was— My first point was about net present value, which was not precisely what the KPMG report addressed. It was addressed more in the Office of Government Commerce analysis... 18 Oct 2005 AYE
California is developing a hydrogen highway. Iceland estimates that it will power its whole infrastructure with hydrogen in 30 years. Britain could be doing so much better. Household waste is increasing by 3 per cent. a year. Germany diverts nearly four times as much and Denmark five times as much waste from landfill per person as Britain does. On the Government's success rate in implementing the ... 12 Oct 2005 NO
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