Category Archives: House of Commons

Emerging Economies Debate

June 14, 2010 – 11:49 am

Mr Speaker: Order. We are grateful to the hon. Gentleman. With the leave of the House, I call the Minister, Mr Henry Bellingham. 9.55 pm The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Henry Bellingham): I thank all hon. Members for their contributions to this excellent, albeit very short, debate. As the [...]

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Children, Schools and Families Bill

February 23, 2010 – 12:15 pm

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Madam Deputy Speaker: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: new clause 6- Amendment of definitions- ‘(1) The Lord Chancellor may not amend- (a) the definition of “relevant family proceedings” in section 32(5); (b) [...]

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Children, Schools and Families Bill

January 11, 2010 – 12:40 pm

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman), who is an eminent Chairman of the Select Committee. I listened with great interest to what he said. He contributes a huge amount to debates on education and to Second Reading debates on education Bills. [...]

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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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Coroners and Justice Bill

March 24, 2009 – 4:25 pm

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Mr. Deputy Speaker: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 38— Failure by a government department or public authority to comply with an assessment notice ‘(1) If a government department or public [...]

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