David in Parliament (David Ward MP)

Dec 12, 2012:
- Written Answers - Education: Special Educational Needs (12 Dec 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of children on (a) School Action and (b) School Action Plus programmes who will not be eligible for the new single school level support.
Dec 6, 2012:
- Written Answers - Treasury: Temporary Employment: Tax Avoidance (6 Dec 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will take further steps to ensure that temporary and agency workers are not exploited by temporary labour providers operating travel and subsistence schemes; (2) what steps he is taking to ensure the enforcement of laws that prevent temporary labour providers operating travel and subsistence schemes and pay day by pay day tax avoidance...
Dec 4, 2012:
- Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (4 Dec 2012)
  David Ward: The Secretary of State constantly confirms that the occupation of Palestinian land is illegal under international law. What does he think the difference is in the mind of the Israeli Government between something lawful and something unlawful but unenforced by the international community? What is the difference?
Nov 28, 2012:
- Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister: Palestinian Resolution (United Nations) (28 Nov 2012)
  David Ward: Is this not all about the messages that we are sending out? The Foreign Secretary speaks in complimentary terms about President Abbas but urges him not to move his resolution because of the possible financial and political consequences for Palestinians. If the resolution is not moved, will that not simply show that bullying and threats work and send out completely the wrong message to all...
Nov 27, 2012:
- Written Answers - Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burma (27 Nov 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of anti-Muslim prejudice in Burmese society.
- Written Answers - Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burma (27 Nov 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to verify reports of rape of ethnic Rohingya women and girls by Burmese government security and military personnel.
- Written Answers - Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burma (27 Nov 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on whether Rakhine and national Burmese government officials were involved in inciting hatred and violence against the Rohingya ethnic minority.
- Written Answers - International Development: Burma (27 Nov 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding she is providing to identify and assist ethnic Rohingya women who have reportedly been raped by Burmese government soldiers and security forces in recent months.
Nov 20, 2012:
- Oral Answers to Questions - Attorney-General: Middle East (20 Nov 2012)
  David Ward: The Secretary of State has made clear his belief that Hamas bears the principal responsibility for the start of the crisis, but does he not accept that many people believe that the blockade of Gaza amounts to an act of aggression perpetrated by the state of Israel against the Palestinians every single day, whether a rocket or a shot is fired? How does he believe that assigning blame for the...
Nov 5, 2012:
- Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (5 Nov 2012)
  David Ward: The Minister has no doubt read today's copy of Bradford's The Telegraph and Argos and the letter from Mr Barry Thorne about his son. He felt compelled to write the letter following the comments from Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson. The fear is that those with clearly defined medical concerns, such as his son Stephen, will feel threatened and fearful at the prospect of reapplying and...
Oct 30, 2012:
- Leeds Children's Heart Surgery Unit - [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] (30 Oct 2012)
  David Ward: I add my thanks and compliments to my hon. Friend the Member for Pudsey (Stuart Andrew) and all hon. Members who have engaged in this debate. The brevity of my thanks and congratulations in no way reflects my sincerity. I want to make a brief point about where I believe responsibility for the decision lies. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 contains a contentious element concerning the...
Oct 17, 2012:
- Written Answers - Treasury: Taxation: Community Interest Companies (17 Oct 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider reforming the tax treatment of community interest companies (CICs) to change the tax treatment of CIC directors relative to directors of limited companies in respect of their inability to pay dividends.
- Written Answers - Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Disqualification (17 Oct 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Bradford district were sanctioned under his Department's mandatory work activity scheme for failing to participate in the scheme whilst claiming job seeker's allowance.
Sep 11, 2012:
- [Hywel Williams in the Chair] - Rohingya Communities (11 Sep 2012)
  David Ward: I thank the hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) for initiating this debate. I know that it is customary to say that in such debates, but can it ever have been better deserved? There is a continuous need to remind people of that persecuted minority, the Rohingya, because news of it seldom reaches the national press. There is little international recognition of the atrocities...
Sep 4, 2012:
- Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (4 Sep 2012)
  David Ward: Will the Secretary of State provide the latest information on the situation facing the Rohingyas in Burma, and would he be prepared to meet a group of Rohingyas who live in my constituency and have appalling tales of atrocities to tell about the situation in both Burma and, indeed, Bangladesh?
Jul 16, 2012:
- Written Answers - Transport: Railway Stations: Bradford (16 Jul 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects work to (a) begin and (b) finish on the Apperley Bridge Railway Station as part of the Leeds Rail Growth Package.
- Written Answers - Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Loans (16 Jul 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress his Department is making on developing alternatives to the student loans system for Muslim students for whom the charging of real rates of interest is not compatible with Sharia law.
Jul 9, 2012:
- Oral Answers to Questions - Home Department: Topical Questions (9 Jul 2012)
  David Ward: The median income in my constituency of Bradford East is £16,200, more than £2,000 below the income threshold to bring a spouse to the UK. How on earth does it help integration to deny people the right to a family life?
Jul 5, 2012:
- Written Answers - Justice: Legal Aid Scheme (5 Jul 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many civil servants in his Department are working on a system to make legal aid available to welfare cases involving points of law in the lower tribunal.
- Written Answers - Justice: Legal Aid Scheme (5 Jul 2012)
  David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to devise a system to make legal aid available to welfare cases involving points of law in the lower tribunal.

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