December 17, 2007 – 12:30 pm
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of whether the introduction of the Gambling Act 2005 has caused migration from soft to hard forms of gambling. Mr. Sutcliffe: The Gambling Act 2005 came into force on 1 September 2007. The new Act introduces, for [...]
December 14, 2007 – 5:34 pm
Habits of hen harriers Sir – Richard Porter in his letter (December 11) about hen harriers and the Sandringham Estate says he was “shocked to learn of the killing of two of them”. However, the Crown Prosecution Service found that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute, above all, because no carcasses had been found. Certainly [...]
December 13, 2007 – 5:52 pm
Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): The Home Secretary mentioned the words “double lock” about 14 times. Can she confirm that the doors being double locked were actually wide open? Is she aware that the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 brought under the SIA the regulation of private bailiffs? Can she tell the House [...]
December 13, 2007 – 5:50 pm
Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): May we have a debate on prisons and offender data? Is the Leader of the House aware that Roger Hill, the director of the probation service within the National Offender Management Service, has said that the new computer system—CNOMIS—will be suspended and scaled down for use only in prisons? [...]
December 13, 2007 – 5:44 pm
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much Ministry of Defence accommodation is deemed uninhabitable. [171002]Derek Twigg: Accommodation can be uninhabitable for various reasons, such as it is awaiting demolition or is undergoing major repair, modernisation or upgrade work. All currently occupied service accommodation is of a habitable standard. It is [...]
December 11, 2007 – 5:53 pm
Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): Will the Minister of State confirm that C-NOMIS, the computer programme for the National Offender Management Service, is designed to track data on individual offenders from court into prison and thence when they are released back into the community? Is it true that Roger Hill, the Director of Probation, [...]