Appearances in Parliament
You can see my most recent appearances in Parliament below – including parliamentary questions which I have had answered, as well as speeches and interventions which I have made. The links go to a version of the House of Commons Official Report (Hansard) which is published online, together with other information about Parliament and the opportunity for you to comment, by a charity called UK Citizens Online Democracy (mySociety) at www.theyworkforyou.com.
Energy Costs (Highlands and Islands) | Petitions | Commons debates I have the honour of presenting a petition of concerned energy users in the highlands and islands that has been signed by several hundred of my constituents, whose signatures were collected... |
Employment and Support Allowance | Work and Pensions | Written Answers To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how long on average her Department took to process a claim for employment and support allowance in (a) Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and... |
Social Security Benefits: Fraud | Work and Pensions | Written Answers To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in respect of how many people allegations of benefit fraud were investigated in (a) Scotland, (b) the Highlands and (c) England and Wales in... |
Cold Weather Payments: Highlands of Scotland | Work and Pensions | Written Answers To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cold weather payments have been made and how much has been paid out to households in the Highlands in winter 2009-10. |
Social Security Benefits | Work and Pensions | Written Answers To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the monetary value of unclaimed benefits of each type in (a) the Highlands, (b) Scotland and (c) England and... |
[Frank Cook in the Chair] - Home Energy Efficiency | Westminster Hall debates Will the Minister explain briefly how the Government intend to fund the renewable heat incentive? |
[Frank Cook in the Chair] - Home Energy Efficiency | Westminster Hall debates I am sure that my right hon. Friend is right. An extension of the principle behind the boiler scrappage scheme to other technologies over a fixed period would provide an incentive, which would... |
[Frank Cook in the Chair] - Home Energy Efficiency | Westminster Hall debates I would state the point in a different way: many of the schemes sound good, but are difficult to access for the people who need them most, who are often those living in older homes, for whom the... |
[Frank Cook in the Chair] - Home Energy Efficiency | Westminster Hall debates I am grateful for that intervention. I am sure that the Minister heard the point and will respond. Some smaller heating oil companies in my constituency endeavour to help people struggling with... |
[Frank Cook in the Chair] - Home Energy Efficiency | Westminster Hall debates I bow to the hon. Gentleman's knowledge of the trading conditions for such commodities. I accept that there probably is such a problem, although it is not an area on which I am particularly expert. |
