January 29, 2009 – 12:42 pm
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for legal aid have been made in order to secure legal representation at inquests into the deaths of armed forces personnel since 2000; and how many have been refused. [251130] Mr. Malik: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave [...]
January 28, 2009 – 3:08 pm
Conservatives have called on the Government to lower the interest rate charged on Legal Aid costs secured on a litigant’s property. Shadow Justice Minister Henry Bellingham said: ‘It is totally unacceptable that at a time when interest rates have fallen to an historic low the Government continues to charge a staggering 8% interest [...]
January 28, 2009 – 1:14 pm
Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): When he next expects to meet representatives of small business organisations in Wales to discuss the regulatory burden on them. [250634] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Wayne David): My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I met the Wales CBI only last week, and [...]
January 27, 2009 – 1:10 pm
Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): When she next expects to meet representatives of small business groups to discuss measures to increase the number of female entrepreneurs. [250978] The Parliamentary Secretary, Government Equalities Office (Maria Eagle): My right hon. and learned Friend the Minister for Women and Equality meets business representatives, including those representing small [...]
January 27, 2009 – 12:35 pm
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the use by bailiffs of powers under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004; and if he will make a statement. [251853] Bridget Prentice: The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, provided bailiffs [...]
January 27, 2009 – 12:33 pm
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he next expects to meet representatives of local authorities in East Anglia to discuss improvements to trunk roads in that area. [251005] Paul Clark: We currently have no plans to meet local authorities in East Anglia to discuss trunk road improvements.