Graham Stringer - Contributions

Graham Stringer

Labour
Commons, Blackley and Broughton (1997 - present)

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Taxi Trade

Westminster Hall on 18 July 201718/07/2017

My hon. Friend is making a case for the updating and modernisation of the regulation and law applying to private hire and hackney carriages. He referred to the Law Commission report, which recommends a national system, and we have had reports from compet...

Global Education: G20 Summit

Westminster Hall on 6 July 201706/07/2017

Before I call the Front-Bench spokespeople, I advise new hon. Members that, if any hon. Member wishes to speak, they need to stand. I have had no applications to speak; that is just advice.

Global Education: G20 Summit

Westminster Hall on 6 July 201706/07/2017

Order. This is a relaxed debate—it is not over-subscribed—but can Members please keep interventions relatively short?

Global Education: G20 Summit

Westminster Hall on 6 July 201706/07/2017

Order. If hon. Members wish to remove their jackets, they have the Chair’s permission so to do.

Yemen: Political and Humanitarian Situation

Westminster Hall on 5 July 201705/07/2017

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, and I always listen carefully when he speaks about Yemen. He has been a powerful voice on this issue. Does he agree that if the Government are not persuaded by the serious humanitarian case we have heard today and Y...

European Union (Approvals) Bill

Commons Chamber on 4 July 201704/07/2017

The Minister says that this is a mark of progress, but I cannot accept that. This sounds like motherhood-and-apple-pie Eurospeak. Exactly the same words were used during the accession of Croatia, but has Croatia handed over its war criminals and does it...

Kurdistan Region in Iraq

Westminster Hall on 4 July 201704/07/2017

I think I have been following the hon. Gentleman’s speech carefully. Is he really saying that a vote for independence by the Kurds in Iraq would be welcomed in Ankara?

Brexit and Foreign Affairs

Commons Chamber on 26 June 201726/06/2017

There has been much talk about transitional arrangements. Can the Secretary of State guarantee that if such arrangements are put in place there will be legally binding agreements on trade and customs arrangements, as well as the removal of those arrangem...

Brexit and Foreign Affairs

Commons Chamber on 26 June 201726/06/2017

Will the Secretary of State give way?

EEC, EC and the EU: UK Financial Contributions

Westminster Hall on 19 April 201719/04/2017

The Minister mentioned audited reports. If I were a councillor anywhere in the country I would be sent to prison if I paid money to organisations with unaudited books. Why do we keep making contributions to the EU when it has not had audited books for 20...

EEC, EC and the EU: UK Financial Contributions

Westminster Hall on 19 April 201719/04/2017

I am grateful. I assume that the figures the hon. Gentleman is giving are cash figures and are not updated to current value. Does he agree that, had that money been put in the country’s wallet, we would now have the largest sovereign wealth fund in the wo...

EEC, EC and the EU: UK Financial Contributions

Westminster Hall on 19 April 201719/04/2017

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Diesel Vehicle Scrappage Scheme

Westminster Hall on 19 April 201719/04/2017

Just before my right hon. Friend gets too carried away with making Brian Souter even richer than he already is from public subsidy, I would like to bring him back to the very sensible point he was making about infrastructure. I recently asked the Departme...

Diesel Vehicle Scrappage Scheme

Westminster Hall on 19 April 201719/04/2017

I agree with the general thrust of my hon. Friend’s argument, but we should not let off the Government and all the parties in this House who supported the incentives for diesel. The health risks were known more than 25 years ago. A report by the then Envi...

Diesel Vehicle Scrappage Scheme

Westminster Hall on 19 April 201719/04/2017

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is being extremely generous with his time. Given that most of the concentration of nitrous oxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulates is in urban areas, does he think that in any scrappage scheme a priority should be...

Bus Services Bill [Lords]

Commons Chamber on 27 March 201727/03/2017

Two have come at once! Does my hon. Friend agree that, aside from the reasons given by the Competition Commission, municipal bus companies can provide a benchmark? In a rational debate, we should be able to get from the Government a reason why, when munic...

Bus Services Bill [Lords]

Commons Chamber on 27 March 201727/03/2017

rose—

Bus Services Bill [Lords]

Commons Chamber on 27 March 201727/03/2017

The Minister says that competition will continue, but does he accept the evidence that the Transport Committee took from the Competition Commission, which was that the commission was unable to find much evidence of any on-road competition?

Bus Services Bill [Lords]

Commons Chamber on 27 March 201727/03/2017

The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, and I will come on to it. He is right to be concerned about that, but I want to develop the logic of the argument that I am making as to why these are not sensible amendments. In large parts of the country, where mos...

Bus Services Bill [Lords]

Commons Chamber on 27 March 201727/03/2017

My hon. Friend is right: the deregulation of bus services has not led to greater competition and has not benefited SME companies. They have been literally driven off the roads, because on the odd occasions when there has been on-the-road competition, it h...

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