Business of the Hosue (2 Feb 2012)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): In his autumn statement, the Chancellor announced £30 billion-worth of capital projects as part of the rebooting of the economy. A recent Institute for Public Policy Research report stated that 84% of the projects are in London and the south-east—a spend of £2,700 per head in London, £134 a head in the north-west, and £5 a head in the north-east. May we have a debate or discussion on how we can get capital spending better aligned in the regions?
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Tax Avoidance (Public Servants) (2 Feb 2012)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Will the Chief Secretary confirm that his review will include all parts of the public sector, including, for example, the BBC, in which daily rates are quite prevalent?
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Welsh Questions - Funding Formula (18 Jan 2012)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the funding formula for Wales. [89241]
David Mowat: The Under-Secretary will know that the English regions and Wales lose out because the block grant allocation is based not on need but on Barnett. In the case of Wales, the loss is about £300 million a year. What indication can the Government give us that there will be reform?
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Energy Prices (11 Jan 2012)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I have been sitting here for a few moments trying to work out whether to talk quickly in the next few minutes or to curtail my remarks. I wish briefly to say something about the structure of the UK gas and electricity industries. First, I shall discuss the gas industry. I heard the comments made by hon. Members from both sides of the House, but particularly by Labour Members, about the predatory nature of the industry, cartels, price fixing and so on.
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Energy Prices (11 Jan 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I have in front of me a copy from the EU website of the gas prices for every country in Europe and it would appear that the UK has the fourth lowest gas price of the 27. What is the right hon. Lady's analysis of why that has happened?
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Scotland's Constitutional Future (10 Jan 2012)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The Secretary of State will have seen today's press reports which say that apparently, as of this week, the Scottish First Minister is applying the finishing touches to his own referendum plans and will publish them in the next month. If that turns out to be the case, would the Secretary of State agree that at last we were making some progress?
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HS2 (10 Jan 2012)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): With a benefit-cost ratio of over 2.5, HS2 is a much better business case than Crossrail, which has just been accelerated. Will the Secretary of State consider accelerating phase 2 of this scheme so that it can reach the north before 2032?
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Energy & Climate Change Debate (20 Dec 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Over the next few minutes, I shall give a critique of aspects of the Government's energy policy, but first I thank the Government for having an energy policy that it is possible to critique. Although I do not want to make a party political point, it is worth reflecting on the legacy that we inherited...
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Public Service Pensions (20 Dec 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): An inflation-proof pension of £20,000 a year taken at the age of 67 would cost about £500,000 to purchase on the open market, yet the average pot in the private sector is about £30,000 for those people who have any provision at all. This difference is exacerbated by the charging structure in the UK fund management industry, which cripples private provision. Now that the Chief Secretary has more time on his hands, having concluded these negotiations, will he address this issue with colleagues because it is a disgrace?
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Banking Commission Report (19 Dec 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): There is no agreed definition of which bank functions may be included in the ring fence, and which may not. There is therefore a risk of fudge as the proposals are rolled out over the next few years. Will the Chancellor agree to ensure that that is defined in primary and secondary legislation, and not simply left to the regulators to argue over with the banks?
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Durban Climate Change Conference (12 Dec 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The Secretary of State will be aware that in the last year of the previous Government we were 25th out of 27th on the percentage of our energy that came from renewables, ahead only of Malta and Luxembourg in the EU. Did that impair his ability to lead by example in Durban; and will he confirm that by the end of this Parliament we will have gone a substantial way to correcting that?
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Royal Bank of Scotland (FSA Report) (12 Dec 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The report makes it clear that had the Basel III legislation been in place, the AMRO transaction could not have happened. Will the Minister confirm that it remains his intention to implement Basel III as soon as possible and ideally before 2019?
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Public Sector Pensions (8 Dec 2011)
David Mowat: I have listened carefully to the hon. Gentleman's argument and he seems to be saying that he supports the proposals in the Hutton report, but does not support what the Government have done. Which aspects of what the Government are doing are not in the Hutton report?
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Public Sector Pensions (8 Dec 2011)
David Mowat: I am listening very carefully to the Minister's comments on the interaction between the Scottish Government and himself. Does he agree that one of the interesting features of the motion is the last part, which appears to concede the point that the Barnett consequentials should be reviewed and that certain types of expenditure should be taken out of them? If that is a principle that the SNP wishes to adopt, we should consider the Barnett formula more generally and the whole settlement and block grant for Scotland.
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Autumn Statement (29 Nov 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The Chancellor will be aware that in the last year of the previous Government, the discrepancy in gross value added between London and the English regions reached 100%—the worst for two decades—so can he confirm that it remains at the forefront of his policy to fix this appalling situation?
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Vascular Services: Warrington (28 Nov 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The Minister is describing in some detail the process by which the nine centres that previously existed are to be reduced to two, and we can, perhaps, accept the logic of that. This is a piecemeal decision for one type of service, however. If every centralisation decision is taken in a piecemeal way, Warrington and Halton might well lose every single time. When decisions on centralisation are made, should there not be some kind of strategy for deciding what will end up where, so that every decision is not made on a piecemeal basis?
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North Africa and the Near & Middle East (28 Nov 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I was particularly interested in the hon. Lady's recent comments about how Israel came into existence, pursuant to a United Nations commission which set out the boundaries and established how things would work. Would she accept a similar result from a UN commission now on the establishment of a Palestinian state?
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Manufacturing in the UK (24 Nov 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I have been listening carefully to the Minister's points about how his Department is helping parts of the manufacturing sector. Many manufacturers tell me that the big issue for them is differential energy prices. Can he assure the House that his Department is on top of that issue, and that we will not lose process manufacturing in particular to countries such as France and Germany, and of course to the far east, due to high electricity prices and high energy prices in general?
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Feed in Tarriffs (24 Nov 2011)
David Mowat: My right hon. Friend is making an extremely powerful speech. In addition to his point about the allocation of £8 billion, is he aware of the recent peer-reviewed research from Imperial college—it was the subject of a Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology note—that said that nuclear power has one third the CO2 emissions per kWh of solar over its life cycle? That is an extraordinary statistic, which goes right to the heart of the policy.
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Feed in Tariffs (24 Nov 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): My hon. Friend makes a very interesting point about Germany. He will perhaps be aware that, in the last year of the previous Government, Germany was getting approximately 10% of its energy from renewables, while we were getting 2.5%. We have a lot to learn from Germany.
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Annual Energy Statement (23 Nov 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The Secretary of State will be aware that in the last year of the previous Government, less than 3% of our energy came from renewables and we were 25th out of 27 in the EU. By what extent does he expect to improve on that by the end of this Parliament?
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Feed-in Tariffs (31 Oct 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The Minister may be aware of a recent research paper produced by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, which estimates that solar produces three times as much carbon per kWh as other renewable technologies such as wind and nuclear. Why are we subsidising solar more than the others?
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Environmental Protection & Green Growth (26 Oct 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I should like to associate myself with the comment of my hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Andrew George) that this should not really be a political subject, but it does tend to become one. I also want to associate myself with the Minister's comment that the Opposition had shown chutzpah by holding a debate on green leadership and growth....
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Environmental Protection & Green Growth (26 Oct 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I note the comment, "Our Labour Government were the greenest Government". We were 25th out of the 27 countries in the EU for renewables production in 2009-10. Is that what the hon. Lady means by "the greenest Government"?
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Energy Prices (19 Oct 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I will speak as briefly as I can about three issues: unconventional gas, fuel poverty, and what we should be doing about the big six—or, perhaps more pertinently, what we should not be doing....
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Energy Prices (19 Oct 2011)
David Mowat: It is not true to say that shale gas is more expensive than conventional gas. In the US, gas prices are now 50% of those on the European hub. That is a huge and unprecedented thing to have happened, and it is why the US is about to become a net exporter of gas. It has decoupled gas and oil prices due to shale gas. I am not saying that we can do that easily, but it has happened in the US, and it is wrong to say that shale gas is more expensive than other methods.
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Energy Prices (19 Oct 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I hear the hon. Gentleman's comment on super-profits, but perhaps he will tell the House which way he voted on the windfall tax proposed on this side of the House on those same energy companies. They are making a 60% return on capital employed in a medium-sized field in the North sea, while the people whom he criticises today in the retail sector are making much less. Which way did he vote, and why has he changed his mind?
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Questions to DEFRA - Flood Protection (Warrington) (13 Oct 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What steps her Department is considering taking to protect households in Warrington from flooding.
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Jobs & Growth (12 Oct 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The hon. Gentleman is making some powerful points about the north-east and the gap in gross value added per head between it and London and the south-east. However, does he accept that over the past two decades that gap reached its widest in the last year of the previous Government?
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Rail Projects (15 Sep 2011)
David Mowat: I thank the Secretary of State for that reply. As he made clear, the business case for HS2 is stronger than the business case for Crossrail. The HS2 business case gets even better if the link north of Birmingham is taken into account. Given that fact, will the Minister consider bringing forward the construction of HS2 in order to stimulate the economy in the same way as has been mooted for Crossrail?
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Energy Bill [Lords] (14 Sep 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Would the hon. Lady care to tell the House approximately how much she believes is available or needed for the ECO, and how much of that the sources named in her new clause—in particular, those named in subsections (1)(a), (b) and (c)—would provide?
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National Energy Policy Statements (18 Jul 2011)
David Mowat: I am enjoying the Minister's comments about nuclear. He may have seen the recent Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology—POST—note on carbon emissions, which stated that over the life cycle nuclear produced one third as much carbon as solar. Is that properly reflected in the thrust of these statements in their entirety?
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Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee) (18 Jul 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I thank the hon. Gentleman for his generosity in referring to me. He is going through the list of people nominated to the Committee. How many of them does he think know more about international financial services than the right hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr Laws)?
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Business of the House (14 Jul 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The Leader of the House will be aware that four times now, Opposition Members have objected to the setting up of the Committee to scrutinise the draft Financial Services Bill. Does he know what they have against better scrutiny of financial services, and in particular why they do not want that Committee to start its important work?
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Business, Innovation & Skills Oral Questions - Green Investment Bank (14 Jul 2011)
David Mowat: I thank the Minister for that reply. When the Secretary of State announced the bank in May, it was stated that there was a shortlist of the three locations that have been mentioned, two of which are capital cities. Further to the reply today, can the Minister confirm that the selection process will be based on rigorous and transparent criteria and that other towns and cities will be judged on their merits?
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Finance (No.3) Bill (5 Jul 2011)
David Mowat: The hon. Lady is making a powerful case against the nuclear industry, but a few moments ago she made a case against high electricity prices and their impact on the poorest in our society. Electricity costs in France are between a third and a quarter less than those in this country owing to decades of cheap nuclear power, which has a beneficial impact on both heavy industry and consumers....
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Finance (No. 3) Bill (5 Jul 2011)
David Mowat: I have listened carefully to the hon. Lady's remarks on behalf of the Labour party. Can she make it clear for the House whether the Labour party supports a carbon floor? I thought that that was settled policy. If it does support a carbon floor, what is the particular aspect of the announcement that is causing such concern?
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Finance (No. 3) Bill (5 Jul 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The hon. Lady is making a case for the higher taxation of banking bonuses and salaries. Does she think that high salaries in other professions such as the oil industry, financial services, insurance—
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Police Detention (30 Jun 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Our criminal justice system costs about 10 times more than similar criminal justice systems in similarly sized countries, yet judgments such as the one yesterday, which are perverse and self-regarding, are causing this sort of reaction by Government. When are we going to consider more structural reform of a system that is barely fit for purpose?
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Scotland Office Oral Questions - Forth Road Bridge Replacement (22 Jun 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What discussions he has had with members of the Scottish Executive on the funding of the Forth road bridge replacement.
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Scotland Bill (21 Jun 2011)
David Mowat: I want to make a few points about the excellent speech made by the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr Field) on new clause 8, but before I do so I shall nail a couple of red herrings. People have talked about priorities. It is absolutely right that the Scottish Government have the ability to set free prescriptions if that is their priority....
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Statement - Sentencing Reform/Legal Aid (21 Jun 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Even after these changes, we will be spending between four and 10 times as much on legal aid as other countries, some with similar jurisdictions to ours. Does this not imply that there is a structural issue in parts of our legal system, and is there not more that we could do to address this structural issue in the years ahead, in which case we would make real savings?
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Business of the House (9 Jun 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): An important decision to be made in the next few months is the location of the green investment bank. It is important that the criteria for that decision are transparent and open to scrutiny. May we have a statement on what the criteria will be, and an assurance that the process will be transparent, open and fair, in which case I am sure the bank will end up in Warrington?
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Energy Bill (10 May 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): It was not clear to me this evening whether I would make the remarks that I want to make, because it occurred to me that they might be more apposite to the next energy Bill than this one. However, I want to make a few points that perhaps have not yet been made.
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Treasury Oral Questions - Barnett Formula (10 May 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What his policy is on the operation of the Barnett formula in relation to relative need.
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Finance (No.3) Bill (3 May 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): At the current price of $120 a barrel, the average return on capital employed for a medium-sized field is roughly 40%. Do Labour Members think it right that oil companies should be making 40%?
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Culture, Olympics, Media & Sport Oral Questions - Rugby League World Cup (28 Apr 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What financial support the Government plan to provide for the 2013 rugby league world cup; and if he will make a statement.
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Budget and Financial Resolutions (29 Mar 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): We have heard a lot this afternoon about the serious deficit left to this Government, but there is another aspect of the economic legacy referred to by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East (Emma Reynolds): the incredible imbalance in our economy between London and the regions in the north, Wales and the midlands....
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Topical Questions (DEFRA) (17 Mar 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The Arpley landfill site in my constituency is in the process of applying for a multi-year extension to its licence and yet we know that best practice countries, such as Germany and Denmark, have virtually no landfill because they incinerate for power that which cannot be recycled. Can we not move faster in that direction?
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Block Grant Settlement (16 Mar 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What recent representations she has received on the mechanism for calculating the block grant settlement for the Welsh Assembly.
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Scotland Bill (14 Mar 2011)
David Mowat: My hon. Friend's answer to that intervention was very generous. It is right that the Scottish Parliament should make decisions about priorities in Scotland—about free tuition, prescriptions and whatever else—but the question that remains and needs to be answered is whether the baseline of the block grant, as it is set up, is fair on Scotland, England and Wales.
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Scotland Bill (14 Mar 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Many of the hon. Lady's comments imply that she is unhappy with residency being the method for working out where people pay tax, but it seems to me that there is no alternative. Is her position that she would like everybody to fill out a tax return?
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Defence Oral Questions - Means of Identification (Licensing) (14 Mar 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What recent representations he has received on the acceptance by licensed premises of his Department's form 90 as a means of identification.
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Business of the House (10 Mar 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Subsequent to the demise of the regional development agencies, there is now a £1 million shortfall in the funding for the rugby league world cup. We are having some difficulty establishing whether that is a matter for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills or the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Can we have a statement from the Government on that?
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Business of the House (27 Jan 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): In 2004, the Lyons report on property strategy, as updated last year by Smith, said that significant savings could be made by transferring up to 15,000 civil servants out of London to the regions. May we have a statement from the Minister for the Cabinet Office on the Government's property strategy and their progress on this issue?
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Women & Equalities Oral Questions - Custodal Sentences (Mothers) (27 Jan 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on custodial sentences for women with children.
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Scotland Bill (27 Jan 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Before I get into my remarks, may I apologise to the House for three things? First, it is not my birthday; secondly, I have not written a book; and thirdly, I think I am the first speaker in the debate not to have a Scottish accent. I do have a Scottish name, however, so I shall do my best with that.
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Scotland Office Oral Questions - Calman Commission (26 Jan 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What progress the Government have made on implementation of recommendations of the Calman Commission on Scottish devolution; and if he will make a statement.
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Disadvantaged Children (20 Jan 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds) on securing the debate and I applaud Members on both sides of the House for the good temper in which it has been held. I also congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey) who spoke just before me in a debate on life chances. He and I started 43 years ago in the same class. I sat three behind him, and I am delighted that his life chances have not been overly impacted by that experience.
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National Insurance Contributions Bill (13 Jan 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I want to respond to the point about Tatton. Many of my constituents work in Tatton, yet parts of Warrington are extremely deprived. Perhaps Labour Members will explain how publishing numbers specifically for Tatton would identify the impact on the deprived areas of my constituency next door.
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Postal Services Bill (12 Jan 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Will the hon. Gentleman explain how the Bill, which gives each of the 7,000 currently unviable post offices approximately £200,000 over the next four years to keep going, is an attack on their communities?
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Statement - Contaminated Blood (10 Jan 2011)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I, too, welcome the statement, particularly the attempt to get better parity between HIV and hepatitis C. However, I remain slightly concerned about the definition of stage 2. What proportion of hepatitis C complainants does the Minister expect to progress to stage 2? He must have estimated that number in order to put a financial amount on the settlement.
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Defence Oral Questions - New Aircraft Carriers (13 Dec 2010)
8. David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What assessment he has made of the value-for-money of the contract to build two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy.
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Business of the House (9 Dec 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Some weeks ago, the House was promised-in a ministerial statement and on the Floor of the House-that by Christmas, there will be a statement on contaminated blood. Will the Leader of the House confirm that that is still the case?
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National Policy Statements (1 Dec 2010)
David Mowat: Thank you for your help on that matter, Mr Deputy Speaker. I agree with the hon. Gentleman's point about decarbonisation, but it prompts the question: how much cost penalty would he advocate as reasonable....
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Banking Reform (29 Nov 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): One of the odd things about this debate is that those of us who believe that structural reform of the banking sector is necessary are characterised as being anti-free market, anti-capitalist and anti-banking. I am none of those things...
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Immigration (18 Nov 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I apologise in advance to the House for the fact that my remarks may appear less entertaining and somewhat more low-key than the previous exchange. I am also aware that we are nearing the end of the debate, so I shall be fairly brief....
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Immigration (18 Nov 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Using the analogy of the IT industry, my right hon. Friend has pointed out that unemployment exists, and that there is a demand from a small number of companies for a large number of people to come into the country...
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Statement - Legal Aid and Civil Cost Reform (15 Nov 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Has consideration been given in this review to the further savings that may be achieved by addressing the structure of aspects of the legal profession? In particular, the criminal Bar enjoys a near monopoly in some courts, but still constrains new entrants into the profession in a way that keeps rates higher than they might otherwise be?
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Topical Questions - Education (15 Nov 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): The comprehensive spending review has set out that we intend to spend £16 billion on about 600 schools during the spending period as a replacement for the Building Schools for the Future programme. The Secretary of State will be aware that a number of initiatives, pursuant to BSF, were lost in Warrington. When does he expect to be in a position to announce the results of his capital review?
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Policy for Growth (11 Nov 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): One of the great pleasures of speaking in this place is occasionally hearing Members of the Opposition saying something that I agree with. I agree with both the hon. Member for Copeland (Mr Reed) and the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden)....
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Topical Questions (11 Nov 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Over the past couple of years, work has commenced in countries other than the UK on about 60 nuclear power stations, which will provide cheap, economically sustainable energy across the world. Does the Minister agree that this represents an opportunity for our own office for nuclear development, and will his Department support it in its endeavours to secure exports?
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Business of the House (4 Nov 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Prior to the spending review, it was accepted that Scotland receives approximately 20% more per head than a needs-based analysis would result in, particularly when compared with the English regions....
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Custodial Sentences (Women) (28 Oct 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the number of women given custodial sentences.
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Transport (Investment) (26 Oct 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): Like Members on both sides of the House, I am delighted that the Secretary of State has found the money for the Mersey Gateway. However, the fact that it will be tolled-it has not been historically-will divert large amounts of traffic through inter alia my constituency...
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Contaminated Blood and Blood Products(14 Oct 2010)
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con): I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood (Mr Spencer) for being brief and thereby letting me contribute to the debate, and I shall be brief as well. Like many others, I welcome the movement from the Minister over the past couple of days...
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Equitable Life (Payments) Bill (14 Sep 2010)
David Mowat: Let me add my congratulations to my neighbour in Cheshire and in London, my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce), on her excellent maiden speech. Like everybody else, I support the Bill and I applaud our Front Benchers for moving so quickly to get this sorted out...
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Statement to the House - Annual Energy Statement (27 Jul 2010)
David Mowat: Electricity in the UK-this is a legacy from the past 15 years-costs about 30% more than in France, where it is supplied by cheap nuclear. Is it a policy objective for us to fix that, and if so, under what time frame does the Secretary of State think that that will happen?
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Oral Answers to Questions - BBC Accounts (26 Jul 2010)
David Mowat: What progress has been made on implementation of the proposals set out in the coalition agreement to give the National Audit Office full access to the BBC's accounts.
Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Topical Questions (12 Jul 2010)
David Mowat: Given that last week's announcement on BSF has had an impact on several schools in Warrington-including Penketh high school, where the need is great-will the Secretary of State tell us when his capital review is likely to report, and what criteria will be used in the review to prioritise schools? Is he willing to meet me and Warrington educationalists to discuss their needs?
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Tackling Poverty in the UK - The Maiden Speech (10 Jun 2010)
David Mowat: It is a particular honour to be following the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr Field) in a debate on poverty, and I congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your new role. We are in the season of maiden speeches and have heard a good many today. I congratulate in particular my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch). She spoke with great passion and conviction about her...
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