Monthly Archives: March 2009

Topical – Inquests

March 30, 2009 – 4:02 pm

T7. [267207] Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): Does the Minister for the Armed Forces recall saying the other day that inquests are, “non-adversarial, fact-finding proceedings”—[ Official R eport, 14 January 2009; Vol. 468, c. 875W.]? Bearing that in mind, why has the Ministry of Defence spent more than £1 million on legal representation inquests [...]

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Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill

March 27, 2009 – 5:03 pm

A section of this speech was quoted in the news on BBC Radio 4. 27.03.09 Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): I congratulate the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon (Dr. Harris) on his success with the Bill, and I would also like to declare an interest: I do not have a child who [...]

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Christian Beliefs

March 27, 2009 – 1:13 pm

Tory frontbencher, Henry Bellingham, accuses Church of England of “deafening silence” on basic Christian beliefs Tory Justice spokesman Henry Bellingham MP made these remarks earlier today, during a debate of whether a Catholic should be able to marry into the Royal succession: “I wish the bishops in this country would stand up and put a [...]

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College of West Anglia

March 26, 2009 – 4:57 pm

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): Further to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for North-East Cambridgeshire (Mr. Moss), is the Leader of the House aware that the College of West Anglia was planning not only a new campus in March, but a £100 million-plus new campus in King’s Lynn on a [...]

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Council Tax

March 26, 2009 – 4:48 pm

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): Earlier this afternoon, the Minister said that any extra costs imposed on local councils by Government Departments would be reimbursed. Does that mean that local authorities in Norfolk will be reimbursed for the cost of responding to his Department’s discredited, deeply unpopular and incompetently handled LGR? John Healey: For [...]

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Icelandic Bank Accounts

March 26, 2009 – 4:15 pm

10. Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he next expects to meet the Financial Services Authority to discuss the freezing of Icelandic bank accounts in the UK. [266534] Ian Pearson: No such meeting has been planned.

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