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Lesser-Taught Languages (24 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: I want to put it on record that that has been examined by many people, but it is nowhere near the standard that we require for A-level and it will not achieve the objective, for example, of helping someone get into a university with that qualification.

Lesser-Taught Languages (24 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: I wish to express my disappointment at the fact that a number of exam bodies have decided to pull out of teaching GCSE and A-Level for lesser-taught modern languages. It seems that from 2016 or 2017 we will lose a large number of what are referred to as lesser-known languages, and for teaching purposes as modern languages. Those include Arabic, modern Greek, Japanese, Urdu, Bengali, modern...

Lesser-Taught Languages (24 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: I pay tribute to them for their ingenuity and their willingness to try to solve their problem. That points to something I would like to say about the diaspora a little later, but I applaud their entrepreneurial and, shall we say, Conservative instincts to try to find a solution for themselves. I am quite happy to respect the commercial sensitivity argument about not putting information in the...

Lesser-Taught Languages (24 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: The hon. Lady makes an excellent point. Her work on the all-party group on modern languages champions the arguments for why we should engage with diasporas and capitalise on their contribution and their links, through the second and third generations, as well as making the teaching of these languages widely available. We could then turn around the reputation of Britain as a country that is...

Lesser-Taught Languages (24 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: Indeed. With the best of efforts, many of these supplementary educational skills—the hon. Gentleman rightly talks highly of those in his constituency—are not going to deliver the modern language skills we need at A-level and GCSE level to take pupils on to other qualifications. They are complementary. I will talk shortly about what is being done in the community, but on his point about...

Lesser-Taught Languages (24 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: My hon. Friend rightly makes a suggestion that I will be reinforcing to the Minister a little later. He is right. The Government’s job, and our job, is to lead. I know from questions I have tabled to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education that they would rightly echo the sentiments he has expressed and which I am sure others in the Chamber hold...

Lesser-Taught Languages (24 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: I well take my hon. Friend’s point. I am blessed with a French name, but from the presumption that I speak French I recognise the constant disappointment of French-speaking people when I am limited to saying, “I am sorry, but I do not speak very good French”—in French, at least! My hon. Friend is right that the whole tone, mood and understanding can change when we nuance business...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Trade Promotion: Turkey (24 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to further develop UK trade with Turkey over the next five years.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Primary Education: Free School Meals (24 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2015 to Question 226581, what support her Department provides to primary schools to ensure that the free school meals offered by those schools are healthy.

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: New Businesses: Government Assistance (19 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Start Up loans have been awarded since the introduction of that scheme in each parliamentary constituency; and what the total value of those loans is in each parliamentary constituency.

Written Answers — Department of Health: NHS: Drugs (19 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of waste of unused drugs in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Overseas Trade: Turkey (17 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support the development of business and skills that will assist the UK in further developing trade links with Turkey.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Languages: Education (17 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the decision by Oxford Cambridge and RSA not to redevelop GCSE and A Level Turkish on the ability of students to acquire skills in Turkish; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — HM Treasury: LighterLife (17 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on VAT liability for (a) franchisees of LighterLife UK and (b) LighterLife UK.

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: LighterLife UK (16 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on LighterLife UK's business practices; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: LighterLife UK (16 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from LighterLife UK franchisees on that company's business practices.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Primary Education: Free School Meals (12 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to primary schools to ensure that all infants take up the provision of free school meals.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Work Programme (Over 50s) ( 9 Mar 2015)

Nick de Bois: When the Minister joins me on Wednesday in my constituency for her meeting with employers at my jobs fair, she will learn that many of them have started and wish to continue apprenticeships for the over-50s. Does she see a role for the Government in extending the programme to over-50s, with sufficient demand?

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