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Alun in Parliament

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To read what Alun has asked and debated in parliament, you can view all his questions and responses given in the section noted below.

• Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Manpower (21 Feb 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants his Department employed in (a) May 2005, (b) May 2010 and (c) December 2010.
• Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions (20 Feb 2012)Alun Cairns: What assessment has the Secretary of State made of the impact of reported collusion between the Taliban and Pakistan on our troops serving in the region?
• Written Answers — Transport: Metals: Theft (7 Feb 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Redditch of 12 January 2012, Official Report, column 316, on metal theft, how many incidents there have been of metal theft from railway lines in the Vale of Glamorgan in each of the last three years; and what the value was of the metal stolen.
• Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)Mark Hoban: ...), for West Suffolk (Matthew Hancock), for Wyre Forest (Mark Garnier), for Cities of London and Westminster (Mark Field), for North East Cambridgeshire (Stephen Barclay), for Vale of Glamorgan (Alun Cairns), for Macclesfield (David Rutley), for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price), for Wycombe (Steve Baker) and for North East Somerset (Jacob Rees-Mogg). There were some thoughtful speeches from...
• Written Answers — Home Department: Police and Crime Commissioners (6 Feb 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the potential role of police and crime commissioners in making the police more responsive to local need.
• Business of the House (2 Feb 2012)Alun Cairns: The UK Government have prioritised health reform and committed to increasing spending, while devolving decision making to clinicians at local level and making it more accountable. Sadly, my constituents do not benefit from such changes. May we have a general debate on health care, so we can compare and contrast the different forms of health care provision within the UK and expose the fact...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tax Avoidance (Public Servants) (2 Feb 2012)Alun Cairns: Is not the root of this issue based in the complex tax structure that has grown up over the past 15 years or so? What reassurance can the Chief Secretary to the Treasury give the House that such issues will be rooted out during the tax simplification review?
• Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Red Tape Challenge (2 Feb 2012)Alun Cairns: What recent progress he has made on the red tape challenge.
• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Informal European Council (31 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: More than 1 million people are employed in the financial services sector across the United Kingdom. Does the Prime Minister agree that many of those jobs could have been exposed to a significant degree if he had not used his veto in December and secured the agreement yesterday?
• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Free Legal Advice (31 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: The legal aid budget amounts to a spend of £39 per person in the UK, while it is nearer to £5 in Spain, France and Germany. Does the Minister agree that the present position in the UK is wholly unsustainable, and that savings have to be made in the light of the financial circumstances that we inherited from Labour?
• Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Combined Heat and Power (30 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the findings of the economic modelling analysis by the Combined Heat and Power Association of the effects of policy changes on the industry.
• Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: British Waterways: Canal and River Trust (25 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects the functions and assets of British Waterways in England and Wales to be transferred to the Canal and River Trust.
• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Pensions (23 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to protect the interests of people with small pension pots.
• Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Diamond Jubilee 2012: Voluntary Organisations (20 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when he expects to make an announcement on the award for outstanding voluntary organisations during the diamond jubilee year.
• Business of the House (19 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: Teachers’ ability to instil discipline in schools plays an important part in driving up educational standards. May we have a debate on this issue to ensure that teachers have the necessary powers and clarity on policy to reintroduce discipline?
• Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Theft (19 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many incidents there have been of theft of metal from railway lines in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Vale of Glamorgan constituency in each of the last three years; (2) what the value of metal stolen from railway lines was in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Vale of Glamorgan constituency in each of the last three years.
• Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Claimant Count (18 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: The potential risk to jobs related to Peacocks is a worry to all in south Wales and well beyond, across the United Kingdom. What action can the Minister take with his colleagues here in Westminster and in co-ordination with the Welsh Government? Will he pledge to do everything possible to help them find a funder to secure those jobs over the longer term?
• Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Mobile Phones: Aerials (17 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has conducted a value for money assessment on the proposed use of public funding to improve mobile phone coverage compared to funding mobile masts in areas which will not be covered by the release of 800 MHz spectrum.
• Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: River Severn: Tidal Power (17 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what meetings he has had to discuss the potential development of the Severn Barrage; and what matters were discussed; (2) what plans he has for future development of the Severn Barrage; and if he will make a statement.
• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Middle East Peace Process (17 Jan 2012)Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the status of the Middle East Peace Process; and if he will make a statement.