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Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

Adrian Bailey: My constituency has historically had low income, low aspiration and low educational achievement. As a result of the sustained investment going into our local schools there has been a huge improvement, but it still lags behind the national average. Will my right hon. Friend assure me that the measures in the Queen's Speech will go a long way to addressing the social and economic issues that...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Prisoner Release (4 Nov 2009)

Adrian Bailey: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent steps he has taken to strengthen mechanisms for the supervision of offenders following their release from prisons in Northern Ireland.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Devolution (2 Nov 2009)

Adrian Bailey: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by what date he expects devolution of powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly to have been completed.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Recycling: Metals (2 Nov 2009)

Adrian Bailey: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on local metal recycling capacity of metal recycling operators having to demonstrate relevant planning permission to obtain an environmental permit from the Environment Agency. [R]

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Floods (Pitt Report) (29 Oct 2009) has video

Adrian Bailey: As a native of Gloucestershire, I saw at first hand the devastation caused by flooding in the Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Cheltenham area. I hope that the Minister agrees that measures to ensure that that never happens again should be introduced as a matter of urgency. What prospects are there of a suitable Bill in the Queen's Speech? What assessment has my hon. Friend made of securing...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (27 Oct 2009) has video

Adrian Bailey: Given the depressed state of the housing market and the problems being experienced in the construction industry, will the Minister give me an assessment of the potential impact of any delays in the implementation of the regional spatial strategy?

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Topical Questions (12 Oct 2009) has video

Adrian Bailey: Ministers will be aware of the very high percentage of young offenders who suffer speech and language difficulties, so may I welcome the money that the Department has allocated to address the issue? Will Ministers assure me that the screening process that is being devised to identify such young pupils will incorporate the advice of adequate professionals, such as speech and language therapists?

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Youth Justice System (12 Oct 2009)

Adrian Bailey: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department has taken to provide support to young people with communication disabilities within the youth justice system.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Metals: Recycling (12 Oct 2009)

Adrian Bailey: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will defer making regulations to implement the review of waste exemptions from environmental permitting until planning guidance relating to the metals recycling sector has been put in place.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Waste Management: EU Law (12 Oct 2009)

Adrian Bailey: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will defer making regulations to implement the review of waste exemptions from environmental permitting until the EU Waste Framework Directive has been transposed into UK law.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Pay Television (21 Jul 2009)

Adrian Bailey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects Ofcom (a) to conclude its pay TV market investigation and (b) to publish its final remedies regarding the pay TV market.

Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism: UK Manufacturing (9 Jul 2009) has video

Adrian Bailey: I represent a traditional manufacturing constituency; even today, well over 20 per cent. of the work force are employed in manufacturing and construction—the two sectors that have been hit hardest by the recession. In my regular conversations with the managers of small and medium-sized companies in my constituency, the Government's general approach is recognised as being appropriate....

Care Homes (Domestic Pets): Clause 20 — Bingo duty (8 Jul 2009)

Adrian Bailey: May I just ask the right hon. Gentleman what his position is on his party's inheritance tax proposals?

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Steel Industry (7 Jul 2009)

Adrian Bailey: My right hon. Friend is being very generous in giving way. Would he not agree that the scale of the steel industry and the global nature of steel production make it essential that the Government not only act to sustain demand in this country but work with other countries, particularly the EU but other countries as well, to sustain demand internationally? To cut demand by cutting public...