North Oxfordshire MP Sir Tony Baldry has responded to concerns expressed by constituents regarding Part 2 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill which is currently making its way through Parliament.

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): First, I am grateful to my friends from the Democratic Unionist party for introducing this debate. I think the whole House will feel that it is particularly apposite, given that this is the season of Advent, when we think about our belief in God becoming incarnate in the vulnerability of a baby and the peace that should bring to earth.

T6. [901025] Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): Are the Lord Chancellor’s proposed reforms on judicial review intended to reassert the primacy of Parliament over the courts, or to save money, or both?

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): May we have an early debate on local government finance? That would enable Members to reflect on the fact that, given that both sides of the House now accept the public spending limits until 2016-17, even if there is a change of Government at the next general election, there will be no more money for local government and, difficult though it may be, all local authorities are going to have to live within the funds allocated to them?

15. Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): What recent steps he has taken to increase competitiveness in the banking sector. [900909]