Lucy Frazer: I commend the Chancellor’s commitment to the fairer funding formula. How precisely will it help students in Cambridgeshire, who historically have received about £2,000 less per pupil than those in some other areas of the country?
Lucy Frazer: I am a little confused. There has been a review, which the hon. Lady will not yet have had an opportunity to see. The Chancellor has announced, as the Secretary of State said, that there will not be a cap, so the figures that the hon. Lady identifies must necessarily be out of date because they do not take into the account the review, which she rightly says—I do not criticise her for...
Lucy Frazer: This legislation is extremely welcome. One of the greatest barriers to re-entry into the workplace is childcare. Many parents, often women, find the financial burden of childcare prohibitive and do not return to work, because in the short term it simply is not financially viable. Their whole salary is eaten up by childcare costs. According to a recent report by the Fawcett Society, childcare...
Lucy Frazer: The Bill will enable two, three and four-year-olds to have the schooling they need. I welcome the Chancellor’s announcement that there will be a £1 billion increase in education spending, but I ask the Secretary of State not to lose this great opportunity to ensure that disadvantaged children get the best start in life. In undertaking the pilots and the review next year, I ask the...
Lucy Frazer: What assessment he has made of the importance of communications data in securing prosecutions.
Lucy Frazer: In the light of that, does the Attorney General agree that we need to continue to improve our communications data capability?
Lucy Frazer: If each of our allies independently said, “Well, others are involved and therefore we don’t need to get involved”, how would we ever defeat ISIS?
Lucy Frazer: I welcome the Chancellor’s spending review last week, boosting the science budget and supporting silicon fen. Does he agree that the only way to continue to attract international investment to the region is good infrastructure, and now is the time to upgrade the A10 from Cambridge to Ely?
Lucy Frazer: I rise to present a petition on behalf of the residents of South East Cambridgeshire, which is written in terms similar to those of the petition presented by my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness. The Petition of the residents of South East Cambridgeshire. [P001614]
Lucy Frazer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential savings to the public purse offered by biosimilars.
Lucy Frazer: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to reform the allocation of funding to increase participation in sport.
Lucy Frazer: Our courts system not only provides effective justice to us domestically, but is the forum of choice for much foreign litigation. When considering the civil courts charge, will the Secretary of State ensure that our courts remain not only effective places for the resolution of domestic litigation, but at the forefront of international dispute resolution?
Lucy Frazer: Does the hon. Lady accept that 85% of the two, three and four-year-olds who receive funded education are in good or outstanding early years schools, as rated by Ofsted? That provision was supplied at a rate less than the future rate.
Lucy Frazer: Two, three and four-year-olds, according to the report.
Lucy Frazer: Without commenting on the substance of what the hon. Lady is saying, clause 2(3) states: “The conditions mentioned in subsection (2)(d) may, in particular, relate to the paid work”— that is “may”, not must. This is a matter, I assume, to be dealt with in regulations.
Lucy Frazer: The hon. Gentleman is talking about our promises. The Labour party said: “Labour has a better plan for working families.” Its offer was to working families; it was not universal. It offered an extension not to 30 hours, but to 25 hours, and in no place did it mention special provisions for vulnerable people.
Lucy Frazer: In those circumstances, does the hon. Gentleman think it appropriate for the teacher to have a GCSE grade C in English and maths?
Lucy Frazer: Does the hon. Lady welcome the Government’s commitment to introducing waiting time standards so that patients do not have to wait a long time to get access to a talking therapy? This Government introduced that measure, but the Labour Government did not.
Lucy Frazer: Will the hon. Lady give way?
Lucy Frazer: Will the hon. Lady give way?