Results 1-20 of 5,478 for speaker:Peter Luff
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
Peter Luff: I again pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the way she has engaged with the design and technology curriculum. Business engagement is crucial. She probably cannot prejudge it, but is she aware of how the Perkins review, which is being conducted by the chief scientist at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, will address such issues? It is a cross-departmental matter, not just for...
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
Peter Luff: I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman, particularly as he is being gracious about my speech. That was what the CBI said, but I think the hon. Gentleman will find that the new draft of the D and T curriculum, on which I have worked closely with the Minister, is a great improvement on that. The whole sector, including the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Design and Technology Association...
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
Peter Luff: Not delighted, but pleased.
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
Peter Luff: I am most grateful, Mr Walker; I shall try not to take up all that time, generous though the allocation is. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Andrew Miller), the Chair of the Committee, on the excellent way he introduced his report and on his earlier speech, and my hon. Friend the Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock (Stephen Metcalfe) on what he said. I...
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
Peter Luff: Many young women are doing that most magnificently. ScienceGrrl is a marvellous organisation—I cannot believe how many R’s there are in girl now. They are a fantastic bunch of young women trying to inspire the next generation of female engineers and scientists. I use the word “engineer”, but I am not sure what it means; I think it is really applied science.
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
Peter Luff: I do not think that I am allowed to recognise the Gallery, Mr Walker, but I am not surprised. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for correcting the number of R’s. I have their literature in my hand. That exchange has put my off my stride. Addressing the issue is of huge importance. It is valuable for young people to go back to school to show secondary school pupils doing GCSEs and...
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
Peter Luff: I congratulate the hon. Gentleman and his Committee wholeheartedly on the report—eight out of 10, I would say. He has just spoken about gender equality and gender issues in engineering, and there is a very good passage in his report on the subject. However, I could find no recommendations to address the issues of diversity when it comes to gender and engineering. Was that because he...
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
Peter Luff: It is already doing precisely that. Big Bang is going regional.
- Written Answers — Health: Flour: Additives (15 May 2013)
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the effects of the mandatory fortification of bread and flour with key nutrients on individuals' health; (2) what assessment he has made of the effects of the fortification of bread and flour with key nutrients on the health of low income groups.
- Written Answers — Health: Flour: Additives (15 May 2013)
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the report of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition on the potential nutritional effects of repealing the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998; (2) what assessment he has made of the potential effects of repealing the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 on the National Health Service.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Flour: Additives (14 May 2013)
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when he plans to announce the Government's decision on the outcome of its consultation on the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998; (2) what assessment he has made of benefits to (a) the milling industry and (b) other businesses of the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998; (3) whether the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998...
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013)
Peter Luff: I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, as follows: Most Gracious Sovereign, We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of...
- Written Answers — Education: Schools: Governing Bodies (25 April 2013)
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to implement recommendation 78 of Lord Heseltine's report on growth, entitled No Stone Unturned on membership of school governing bodies; and if he will make a statement.
- Agricultural Wages Board (24 April 2013)
Peter Luff: I am most grateful, particularly when I was not able to be here for the opening speeches. I agree with the hon. Gentleman about rural poverty, and I strongly support the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, as I campaigned for its existence and it is doing great work in my constituency. In a genuine spirit of curiosity, I ask the hon. Gentleman whether he is saying that farmers are uniquely...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Design and Technology Curriculum (22 April 2013)
Peter Luff: When he will announce the structure and content of the design and technology curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Design and Technology Curriculum (22 April 2013)
Peter Luff: I congratulate my hon. Friend on the thoughtful and intelligent way she has engaged with the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Design and Technology Association, and with Dick Olver, Sir James Dyson and others, in considering the new design and technology curriculum. May I encourage her to bring forward a curriculum for the 21st century that inspires young people, particularly girls, to...
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Regional Planning and Development (22 April 2013)
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1165W, on regional planning and development: West Midlands, what weight will be given to the abolished regional spatial strategies and their evidence bases when the Planning Inspectorate considers planning appeals.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Telecommunications Market (18 April 2013)
Peter Luff: On the subject of rural broadband, I encourage my hon. Friend to recognise that there is more competition in the market than some people understand. Companies such as Cotswold Satellite in my constituency have high-quality, high-speed and low-cost satellite services that are available now, to anyone who wants them.
- Written Answers — Education: Teachers: Training (17 April 2013)
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many trainee teachers have been awarded bursaries in (a) mathematics and (b) physics each year since teacher training bursaries were introduced.