Westminster Hall Debates: 7 June 2011
8 June 2011 (updated on 8 June 2011)
Westminster Hall debates provide MPs an opportunity to debate local or national issues and when an MP secures a debate, issues raised are responded to by a government Minister.
Watch and read the views expressed by MPs during the debates on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
9.30-11.00 – Dairy Farming
Debate moved by Daniel Poulter, Conservative MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich. It received an answer from Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, James Paice.
11.00-12.30 – Future of Heritage Assets
Debate moved by Stella Creasy, Labour/Co-op MP for Walthamstow. It received an answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, John Penrose.
12.30-13.00 – City status for Reading
Debate moved by Alok Sharma, Conservative MP for reading West. It received an answer from the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, Mark Harper.
13.00-13.30 - Teaching of emergency life skills in schools
Debate moved by Julie Hilling, Labour MP for Bolton West. It received an answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, Tim Loughton.
- Parliament TV: Teaching of emergency life skills in school
- Commons Hansard: Teaching of emergency life skills in schools
13.30-14.00 - Stonnall Road, Aldridge approved premises and multi-agency public protection arrangements
Debate moved by Richard Shepherd, Conservative MP for Aldridge-Brownhills. It received an answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Crispin Blunt.
- Parliament TV: Stonnall Road, Aldridge approved premises
- Commons Hansard: Stonnall Road, Aldridge approved premises
Westminster Hall debates
Westminster Hall adjournment debates allow MPs to discuss issues of local or personal interest which rarely have time to be debated in the main Chamber of the House of Commons. MPs can discuss a variety of issues and receive a response from a government Minister.