Richard Taylor

Latest Parliamentary Activity by Cambridge's MP:

• Energy and Climate Change: Energy Efficiency - Thursday May 17 2012
  What support he plans to provide for Cambridge retrofit and other schemes to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings. ...
• Energy and Climate Change: Energy Efficiency - Thursday May 17 2012
  I thank the Minister for that comment. The Cambridge retrofit is an excellent programme that will make a huge difference. How will the Government ensure stability of energy and climate policies in the long term, so that investors are wi ...
• Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions - Thursday May 17 2012
  Earlier, the Secretary of State mentioned the excellent Which? big switch scheme to save people money. What I particularly like about it is the fact that it is based on co-operative action—individuals choosing volunt ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  It is entertaining to follow the speeches from the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr Leigh) and ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  If the Deputy Speaker does not object, I will happily take an intervention. ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I do agree, and at some point we can have the debate about why we need that reform to have a properly democratically accountable Chamber in the other place, but now is not that time.We heard an interesting take fr ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  Let us consider the railways, as the Minister suggests. We know about the cuts. The length of our railway network has halved since 1950, but ever since 1980 the number of people using the network has doubled, resulting in a crippling do ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I would be delighted to hear the shadow Secretary of State say that Labour accepts that fares are too high but, if she will not, will she confirm that her policy is still to have rail fares going up above inflation? ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I am sorry that the shadow Secretary of State is not prepared to defend her party’s record in government or the fact that it is still calling for fares to rise above inflation. I would like them to go below inflation—[ ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  On that point we are all united. ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  The hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct, as he so often is on rail matters. The Labour Government failed on trains and, rather than trying to patch it up now, are looking for short-term political advantage.Let me ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  The hon. Lady is absolutely correct. I wrote to her in February asking for the figures and it took her over a month to respond— ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I absolutely agree with the right hon. Lady that that is pathetic—[ Interruption. ] ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It took the hon. Lady over a month to direct me to a speech in which a shadow Minister outlined some of those figures. I do not know how much was made in the London election about the fact that Labour propo ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I will if the hon. Lady lets me finish my sentence. Which half a billion pounds would she leave in, and which £3.36 billion would she take out? She has not responded to the letter, but she can respond now. ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I am flattered by the shadow Secretary of State’s faith that I have the power to control the ministerial team. She can certainly control when she responds to letters, and I think that a delay of over a month is rather poor. I am s ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I thank the hon. Lady for her comments—and I will leave out the next paragraph of my speech. She is absolutely correct to highlight the importance of all those issues, which will make a real difference to consumers, as will a rang ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I should like to conclude so that others can speak.I welcome the Queen’s Speech and all the things that Liberal Democrats in government have done already to help with the cost of living. I hope to see member ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I hope the right hon. Gentleman realises that he is the one who has raised this obsession. It was in his party’s manifesto as well, so I am sorry he feels that way. We have been focusing on things such as giving 24 million people ...
• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living - Wednesday May 16 2012
  I will make no apology for the fact that I voted against fees. I will make no apology for the fact that I campaigned against them when Labour introduced them, having a large majority and having promised not to do so, and when they tripl ...