Former MP for High Peak
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Is the hon. Lady making a pledge that the Labour party will find the money to increase the training budget?
Did I mishear my right hon. Friend? Did he say that the rules for people who qualify for rebate may be changed if they move house? If so, will he elaborate? Nothing causes more ill feeling and resentment in my patch than the fact that people lose their right to rebate solely because they move house.
I accept that there must be some time limit, on safety grounds. What if the men were happy to work four nine-hour shifts rather than five seven and a half hour shifts, and the unions agreed to that? Currently, that is illegal. Is not that nonsense?
Former MP for High Peak
Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 16 March 1992 — General election
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