Results 1-20 of 444 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Jeff Ennis

Business, Innovation and Skills: Business Investment (Yorkshire) (12 Nov 2009)

Jeff Ennis: May I tell the Minister that yesterday I was at the launch in Leeds of two research papers commissioned by The Northern Way, highlighting the significant role that all three RDAs—Yorkshire Forward, Northwest RDA and OneNortheast—are playing in supporting local businesses in their regions? Does my right hon. Friend agree that we need to strengthen the links between the three RDAs...

Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (12 Nov 2009)

Jeff Ennis: Will the Minister join me in congratulating the South Yorkshire Investment Fund, under the leadership of chief executive Mr. Tony Goulbourn, on investing in some 469 south Yorkshire businesses over the past few years? Does he agree that the fund is making a big difference in promoting entrepreneurship in south Yorkshire?

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Bogus Charitable Collections (28 Oct 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: What steps she plans to take to tackle the practice of bogus charitable clothes collections.

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Bogus Charitable Collections (28 Oct 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: I thank the Minister for her reply, but two of my constituents, Mr. Dale Rutter and Mr. Mike Hyde, from Sprotbrough in Doncaster my constituency, who do charity collections on behalf of Cancer Research UK, informed me at a recent surgery that the number of bogus charity clothes collection operators working in south Yorkshire is very much on the increase because of the credit crunch. Will the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Sale of Government Assets (12 Oct 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: Can the Minister confirm that the onward sale of the Tote will be on the basis of the seven-year exclusive licence that was in the original sale? Will the Treasury be willing to consider a revised bid put forward by a racing consortium?

Olympics: Swine Flu Update (20 Jul 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: This global pandemic is affecting our country in our summer months, and it is anticipated that the situation may get worse as we work towards the winter months. Obviously, however, many countries in the southern hemisphere are experiencing the pandemic during their winter months. How closely are we monitoring the levels of infection in countries in the southern hemisphere, so that we can...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: UK Low Carbon Transition Plan (15 Jul 2009)

Jeff Ennis: Does my right hon. Friend recall that in the 1980s this country was the world leader in the development of clean coal technology via the fluidised bed plant at Grimethorpe colliery in my constituency—until the Thatcher Government pulled the plug on its funding? Does he agree that Yorkshire again has a leading role to play, this time not just in the development of clean coal technology...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Bingo (Taxation) (14 Jul 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: In a response on this very issue that I received from one of my hon. Friend's ministerial colleagues, dated 30 April, it was pointed out to me that over the past six years, taxation on bingo had fallen from 35 per cent. to 22 per cent. That is good news, but given that bingo clubs are still closing, would it not be better to consider lowering the tax even further? After all, it is better to...

Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education Facilities (11 Jun 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: My right hon. Friend will know that in South Yorkshire our only higher education institutions are based in Sheffield. As long ago as the early 1990s, the three former coalfield boroughs of Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster were successful in winning city challenge funding from the previous Government. We tried to make our flagship project the establishment of a university of the coalfields in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: 2012 Olympics and Paralympics (10 Jun 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: I ask my question in my capacity as the joint chair of the all-party group on racing and bloodstock industries. Will the Minister join me in congratulating Ffos Las on the opening of the new race course there, which is being put forward as a possible equestrian centre for international teams taking part in horse racing events?

[Mr. Edward O'Hara in the Chair] — Sports Betting (13 May 2009)

Jeff Ennis: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson) on introducing this timely and important debate. I also commiserate with him as a Norwich City fan. A week last Sunday, he will have been sitting on the edge of his settee. Barnsley were the other team in the frame, and when they went 1-0 down to Plymouth, I thought it was curtains for us. However, we have a certain...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Incapacity Benefit Claimants (11 May 2009)

Jeff Ennis: In response to what my right hon. Friend just said, before the national minimum wage came in, 17 per cent. of my constituents were on wage rates of £2 per hour or less; some were on 99p per hour. We need to push more worklessness projects that give people who are on incapacity benefit opportunities to move gradually from benefit into work. As my right hon. Friend will know, such an...

Oral Answers to Questions — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Topical Questions (30 Apr 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: Is my right hon. Friend aware that in Yorkshire and the Humber, we are currently trying to establish the world's biggest carbon capture and storage project, which will hopefully be up and running in Yorkshire by 2013-14? On that note, may I tell him that all the Yorkshire universities are currently working together to provide as much research and assistance as possible to that well-designed...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Industrial Injuries (29 Apr 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: Further to the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Islwyn (Mr. Touhig), I can tell the Minister that this Sunday a firm of solicitors from Cardiff was touting for business in Grimethorpe working men's club in my constituency to try to get miners to pay £300 up front for its services in claiming for miners' knee. Will the Minister join me in frowning on that practice, and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the law (22 Apr 2009)

Jeff Ennis: There is no doubt that this year's Budget has proved to be the most difficult Budget for this Government since we came to power, primarily because of the global economic crisis that this country finds itself in, along with a lot of other westernised developed countries. I for one welcome a lot of the measures in this year's Budget. Indeed, I would like to emphasise one or two of them that I...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the law (22 Apr 2009)

Jeff Ennis: I thank the Minister for referring to that project. I specifically wanted to draw attention to it, because it will create a lot of jobs in potential unemployment black spots, including the former mining industry areas in South Yorkshire. I would have liked the Budget to deal with another issue—cold weather payments—drawn to my attention by a local constituent, Mr. Stuart Warrior...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (22 Apr 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: Is the Prime Minister aware that the main Barnsley college campus building was demolished recently, ahead of a £50 million redevelopment scheme that has been put on hold? The Learning and Skills Council sanctioned the college borrowing £10 million in advance of the project going ahead. Will my right hon. Friend agree to meet me and my two Barnsley colleagues as well as the college...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Horse Racing (20 Apr 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: What assessment he has made of the effect of the economic downturn on horse racing.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Horse Racing (20 Apr 2009) has video

Jeff Ennis: I thank my hon. Friend for that reply, but given the current economic situation, does he agree that now must be the time to modernise the future of horse racing by replacing the out-of-date levy system with a new system that is fit for the 21st century? That can be achieved only by all sections of the racing industry working together constructively to get that system off the ground.

Building Colleges for the Future (25 Mar 2009)

Jeff Ennis: I congratulate the hon. Member for Southport (Dr. Pugh) on securing this incredibly important debate. I begin on a positive note, as a Member from Barnsley, and congratulate the Government on their programme so far and for the many improvements that have been made to college estates throughout the country, including in Doncaster college, which serves my constituency. I mention in particular...