20 Most Recent Stories From Matthew Taylor's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Mon 17th Nov 2008:

Drugs: Rehabilitation | Health | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people in Cornwall entered into a drug addiction treatment programme in each year since 1979; and what percentage of those people...

Sleeping Rough: Cornwall | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people were recorded as sleeping rough in Cornwall in each year since 1979.

Museums and Galleries | Culture Media and Sport | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the daily average number of domestic visitors to each (a) museum and (b) art gallery in London in receipt of Government funding...

Wed 12th Nov 2008:

Teachers: Vacancies | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time teacher vacancies there are in Cornwall.

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] - Housing | Westminster Hall debates.

There is a massive crisis in CABs—at least in rural communities, although I cannot speak for urban areas—especially in recruitment and funding. I hope that Ministers will consider...

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] - Housing | Westminster Hall debates.

There is room for buying some. I simply sound a note of caution about how far that policy is taken. There was another point in the hon. Gentleman's comments, to which I shall return at the end,...

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] - Housing | Westminster Hall debates.

I shall concentrate on specific measures that could help to resolve the problems that have been so well set out by those who have already spoken. As the Minister knows, I was asked to report to...

Tue 11th Nov 2008:

Second Homes: Cornwall | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what percentage of homes in Cornwall are registered as second homes.

Mon 10th Nov 2008:

Economic Crisis | Opposition Day - [20th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

There are serious shortages of affordable housing, and fewer houses are being built at the moment. Government policy instructs local councils to reduce the leasing of private properties in order...

Economic Crisis | Opposition Day - [20th Allotted Day] | Commons debates.

Will the Minister confirm that the inter-bank lending guarantee has failed to deliver the intended solution—to bring down LIBOR to the rate that existed before the banking crisis?

Thu 6th Nov 2008:

Alcoholic Drinks: Crime | Home Department | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) cautions and (b) arrests were recorded for alcohol-related offences in (i) the St Austell and Truro district, (ii) Cornwall...

Wed 29th Oct 2008:

Roads: Accidents | Transport | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) other outcomes there were in road accidents in (i) Cornwall and (ii) England in the months of...

Mon 27th Oct 2008:

Vetting | Home Department | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will change the process of obtaining a Criminal Records Bureau check so that an individual in more than one relevant role need only...

Wed 22nd Oct 2008:

Crimes of Violence: Cornwall | Home Department | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the trends in violent crime in Cornwall in the latest period for which figures are available.

Fri 17th Oct 2008:

Revenue and Customs: Buildings | Treasury | Written Answers.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many office buildings owned or leased by HM Revenue and Customs are currently not in use in (a) England, (b) the South West, (c) Cornwall and (d)...

Thu 9th Oct 2008:

Dolphins | Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has commissioned on the (a) stranding and (b) death of dolphins in the last three years; and...

Wed 8th Oct 2008:

Affordable Housing | Westminster Hall debates.

Just before coming to the debate I spoke at the same conference, where people have been in break-out meetings during the day. Key to the points that my hon. Friend the Member for St. Ives...

Affordable Housing | Westminster Hall debates.

The financial crisis has, of course, made home buying less affordable, because deposit requirements have gone up as, effectively, have interest rates, particularly for first-time buyers,...

Tue 7th Oct 2008:

Regional Spatial Strategy (South West) | Westminster Hall debates.

The points that my hon. Friend made about capacity design and infrastructure are also a lesson on the need to move away from estate-by-estate, developer-led investment, which provides houses but...

Mon 6th Oct 2008:

Industrial Disputes | Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many working days were lost as a result of strikes in (a) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (b) the...

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