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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Hames and Ward quiz Cameron at PMQs
July 17, 2011 3:32 PM
• [Jul 13] Duncan Hames (Chippenham, Liberal Democrat): Secretly deleting voicemails left for a missing teenager, buying the silence of public figures who would incriminate your business, and publishing the confidential medical details of a disabled child who just happens to have a famous father: I ask the Prime Minister-are any of these the actions of a fit and proper person?
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David Cameron : My hon. Friend makes an extremely powerful point in a powerful way. We have to be clear about what is happening here. There is a firestorm, if you like, that is engulfing parts of the media, parts of the police and, indeed, our political system's ability to
respond. What we must do in the coming days and weeks is think above all of the victims, such as the Dowler family, who are watching this today, and make doubly sure that we get to the bottom of what happened and prosecute those who are guilty.
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John Bercow (Speaker): Order. Mr David-[ Interruption. ]Order. Mr David-[ Interruption. ] Order. I say to the Children's Minister: try to calm down and behave like an adult, and if you cannot-if it is beyond you-leave the Chamber and we will manage without you. Mr David Ward.
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David Ward (Bradford East, Liberal Democrat): Thank you, Mr Speaker. What a case of the-[ Interruption. ]
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John Bercow (Speaker): Order. This is intolerable behaviour as far as the public-[ Interruption. ] No, it is not funny. Only in your mind, Mr Loughton, is it funny. It is not funny at all; it is disgraceful.
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• David Ward (Bradford East, Liberal Democrat): What a case of the pot calling the kettle black, but perhaps we can just have a pantomime interval for a moment. Is the Prime Minister aware that there are now young people in Bradford being quoted, without convictions or claims, £53,000 to insure their first car? These ridiculous premiums are being driven by insurance companies selling fresh details to personal injury lawyers. What are we going to do to outlaw-
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John Bercow (Speaker): Prime Minister.
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David Cameron : My hon. Friend makes a very good point about the problem of referral fees that are driving up the cost of insurance for many people. Mr Straw has made some very powerful points about this. There was a report to the Government calling for referral fees to be banned. I am very sympathetic to this, and I know my right hon. and learned Friend the Justice Secretary is too, and we hope to make some progress.
. . Malcolm Bruce (Gordon, Liberal Democrat): Following a question from me to the Prime Minister's predecessor three and a half years ago, Mr Brown set up pilot schemes to provide sign language support for deaf parents and their children in Devon and Merseyside. Those have now been completed, and they were a huge success. Will the Prime Minister meet a delegation of deaf parents, their children and their representatives to discuss how that sign language support can be extended to all children and their parents across the UK?
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David Cameron : My right hon. Friend makes a very good point. We do a lot to support different languages throughout the UK. Signing is an incredibly valuable language for many people in our country. Those pilot schemes were successful. I looked at what the previous Prime Minister said to him when he asked that question, and I will certainly arrange a meeting for him with the Department for Education to see how we can take this forward.
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