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Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprenticeships (12 Nov 2009)

Chris Ruane: Does my hon. Friend agree that Shipley and England in general can learn from best practice on apprenticeships from across the UK, including Wales and, in my constituency, Rhyl college, which has had a £4 million extension to increase the number of apprenticeships? Will he join me in congratulating Rhyl college, which has been a finalist for a beacon award in open access?

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Future Jobs Fund (11 Nov 2009)

Chris Ruane: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I shall try to raise my decibel level for you. Does my right hon. Friend agree that in times of economic downturn, what the public are looking for is the helping hand of Government intervention, such as the future jobs, city strategy and "Fit for Work" initiatives. What they do not want is laissez-faire, let the recession—

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: I concur with my hon. Friend the Member for Halton (Derek Twigg) that Treasury resources should be targeted at specific areas. They should also be targeted at specific projects, such as the city strategy, the future jobs fund and the fit for work programme, all of which exist in my constituency, all of which are putting people back to work and all of which are under threat from that lot over...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: We live in dangerous times. There are a number of threats and issues of global importance, such as global terrorism, global warming and the unresolved Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Is Britain's interest best served by a strong European alliance of sensible, mainstream parties, or an alliance of Islamophobes and climate and holocaust deniers like the one that lot over there on the official...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: European Structural Funds (15 Jul 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: What recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on distribution of European structural funds in Wales.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: European Structural Funds (15 Jul 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: I thank my right hon. Friend for that response and for his brave decision in 1998 to include Denbighshire and Conwy in the objective 1 bid for Wales. We were left out and my right hon. Friend included us. Over the course of objective 1 funding, we hope to draw down £500 million in those two counties alone. Why did the previous Conservative Government not draw down objective 1 funding,...

Political Parties and Elections Bill (Extension of Carry-over) (13 Jul 2009)

Chris Ruane: Will my right hon. Friend the Minister guarantee that there will be sufficient time to discuss the important issue of politically motivated leaders of local authorities who deliberately try to keep registration at a low level? The Minister will recall that I have given the example in previous debates of the Liberal leader of Islington local authority, who, when approached by the Labour group...

Political Parties and Elections Bill (Extension of Carry-over) (13 Jul 2009)

Chris Ruane: No, sorry. I thought that the right hon. Gentleman was going to finish.

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Crime Detection (8 Jul 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: Despite the alleged increase in crime on which the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Mr. Paterson) is trying to campaign, and despite 40 years of war and conflict, Northern Ireland has the highest points on happiness as against income in the whole British Isles. Will the Minister find out the essence of that happiness in Northern Ireland, bottle it and send it across to the rest of the...

Opposition Day: [Un-alloted half-day] — Dissolution of Parliament (10 Jun 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Opposition Day: [Un-alloted half-day] — Dissolution of Parliament (10 Jun 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: rose—

Opposition Day: [Un-alloted half-day] — Dissolution of Parliament (10 Jun 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. The Scottish National party has form with this type of activity. In 1979, when you brought down a Labour Government, we had a Conservative Government—

Opposition Day: [Un-alloted half-day] — Dissolution of Parliament (10 Jun 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: The hon. Gentleman's party brought down a Labour Government, and that resulted in the Conservatives being in power for 18 years. Was that a good or a bad thing for the people of Scotland and Wales, let alone England?

Cardiac/Vascular Health (22 Apr 2009)

Chris Ruane: I thank the hon. Gentleman for not being party political and for giving the Government full credit for our achievements to date. Does he agree that they reflect the Government's investment in increasing health funding from £33 billion in 1997 to more than £100 billion today, and that we need to keep that investment in place for the future to build on our successes?

Cardiac/Vascular Health (22 Apr 2009)

Chris Ruane: The hon. Gentleman has given a comprehensive list of areas for improvement, and I congratulate him on that. Will he join me, as chair of the all-party group on heart disease, in asking the Minister to meet the group to discuss his suggestions in detail?

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy (18 Mar 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy (18 Mar 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the big difference between this recession and the last one, which took place under the Conservatives, is that under the Tories interest rates were at 15 per cent., whereas in the present recession they are at only 1 per cent.?

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy (18 Mar 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: He can't answer that.

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy (18 Mar 2009) has video

Chris Ruane: rose—