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stevenb asked Lynne Featherstone: "Arent the main parties simply foolish to exempt the NHS from any kind of spending cuts? Not only does this mean other services such as education will have to take extra cuts, but why should the NHS be..." Show more »"Arent the main parties simply foolish to exempt the NHS from any kind of spending cuts? Not only does this mean other services such as education will have to take extra cuts, but why should the NHS be exempt from the same efficiency savings that other services will have to go through in this current climate?" Show less »
Lynne Featherstone answer: "Click 'play' to view."
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Sep 30 2009 8:32:06 AM
stevenb asked Lord Carlile: "As President of the Howard League, what is your response to the growing view that prisons are now simply too soft on offenders?"
Lord Carlile answer: "click 'play' to view."
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0 comment | Topic: Crime | Email to friends | Sep 26 2009 6:32:22 AM
stevenb asked Baroness Warnock: "Were euthanasia to be made legal in the UK, who would have the final say on a patient dying? Next of kin, the doctor, a judge?"
Baroness Warnock answer: "A patient who has asked to die must be examined by a psychiatrist or counsellor, and any family members or e.g. old retainers who will gain by the death must also be questioned. I think it would be possible..." Show more»" A patient who has asked to die must be examined by a psychiatrist or counsellor, and any family members or e.g. old retainers who will gain by the death must also be questioned. I think it would be possible to discover whether there was undue pressure. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Aug 10 2009 2:59:26 PM
stevenb asked Paul Rowen: "Is it not tiime that the UK government stopped fawning to the needs and wants of the City and makes efforts and commits money to stimulating a re-emergence of a manufacturing base in this country, based..." Show more »"Is it not tiime that the UK government stopped fawning to the needs and wants of the City and makes efforts and commits money to stimulating a re-emergence of a manufacturing base in this country, based on new green technologies or whatever else? Especially in thel ight of the news that it is not the South East or the City that has lost the most jobs in the recession, but traditional manufacturing heartlands that have suffered the most?" Show less »
Paul Rowen answer: "As we have seen with last week’ Goldman Sachs revelations, bank executives clearly have short memories. In the space of ten months, they’ve gone from taking a begging bowl to the US Government to paying..." Show more»" As we have seen with last week’ Goldman Sachs revelations, bank executives clearly have short memories. In the space of ten months, they’ve gone from taking a begging bowl to the US Government to paying out massive bonuses. I strongly believe that this bonus culture must end, the public own majority shares in many banks and the Government should use this position to impose stricter controls of banks. Bonuses should be paid only as a consequence of results and long term bonuses should be paid at longer intervals. Whilst banks are losing money they should stop paying money to top executives. We need to ensure that the banks are profitable again so that, in the end, the British taxpayer may benefit from the recession.
As far as manufacturing is concerned we need to invest in green manufacturing. Earlier this year the Liberal Democrats launched a policy paper on the Green Road out of the recession containing plans to invest in green schemes that will make homes warmer, cut energy bills and improve public transport. These plans will cost £12.5 billion , which would be paid for by scrapping the proposed VAT cut. The vast majority of that money will be spent immediately, making a real impact on the economy and people’s lives right away.

Green Road out of the Recession proposals include:

·    A five-year programme to insulate every school and hospital, with 20% completed in the first year
·    Funding insulation and energy efficiency for a million homes, with a £1,000 subsidy for a million more
·    Building 40,000 extra zero-carbon social houses
·    Buying 700 new train carriages
·    Reopening old railway lines and stations, opening new ones, electrifying the Great Western and Midland mainlines and beginning the Liverpool light rail network
·    Installing energy and money saving smart meters in every home within five years

The plans proposed by Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats will give an immediate boost to the economy in Rochdale. And by insulating people’s homes, it will help thousands of residents whose heating bills have gone through the roof in the past year.

Whilst Labour and the Conservatives are quietly dropping serious interest in tackling climate change and damage to the environment, Liberal Democrats believe that moving forward with green action on homes and transport will create jobs, cut energy bills, put money back into people’s pockets and protect the environment. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Jul 21 2009 2:44:46 PM
stevenb asked Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth: "Isnt the Labour governments sudden desire for electoral reform an ill-disguised attempt to lessen the blow of what seems an inevitable large defeat at the next General Election under First-past-the-post?..." Show more »"Isnt the Labour governments sudden desire for electoral reform an ill-disguised attempt to lessen the blow of what seems an inevitable large defeat at the next General Election under First-past-the-post? Isnt what the public wants is not electoral reform, just an election now?" Show less »
Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth answer: "Click 'play' to view."
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Jul 17 2009 12:56:17 PM

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