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Julian Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what proportion of businesses in Skipton and Ripon constituency have not yet met their staging date for automatic enrolment for workplace pensions; (2) how many businesses in Skipton and Ripon constituency will be issued with staging dates for automatic enrolment between 1 April 2014 and 1 April 2015.
Mr John Watson: I am the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon, not the hon. Member for Skipton. I do not mind, but the people of Ripon do.
Julian Smith: Just on the economic benefit that the hon. Gentleman describes, Skipton and Ripon has one of the other Yorkshire world heritage sites of Studley Royal and Fountains Abbey, and one cannot underestimate the huge benefits that such a status gives to the local economy. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his campaign and give it all my support. For Skipton and Ripon, it makes a huge difference...
Gordon Prentice: My constituency is next door to Skipton and Ripon, and is now gripped by the foot and mouth outbreak. The right hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry) talked about the culling being handled sensitively. Many of my constituents have contacted me about the brutal way in which animals have been culled, mentioning in particular the so-called Liverpool team. I invite the Secretary of State...
David Curry: The headmaster has said that he does not believe in reorganisation in Ripon. Ripon contains a grammar school and a secondary modern, and the nearest comprehensive is in Boroughbridge. I have therefore replied accurately to the hon. Gentleman. The situation in Skipton is somewhat different. There are twin schools: a high school for girls and Ermysted's grammar school for boys. They are...
Richard Caborn: One thing is absolutely certain: when the concordat is completed, it will be something that the previous Administration, of whom the right hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry) was a member, could not achieve in 18 years—a sensible inward investment arrangement that does not cost UK taxpayers millions of pounds, which they never should have paid. We are currently in the process of...
Chi Onwurah: Before my hon. Friend moves on, does he agree that the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon was implying that membership of a trade union—he spoke of a trade union link: I am not sponsored by a trade union, but I am a member of one—makes it impossible for one to be objective about such important national economic issues as employment rights and ACAS tribunals? Does my hon. Friend think that...
John Hayes: The following table shows the number of apprenticeship programme starts aged under 19 in (i) Harrogate and Knaresborough, Selby and Ainsty, and Skipton and Ripon parliamentary constituencies which comprise Harrogate district, (ii) North Yorkshire local authority and (iii) England for academic year 2010/11, the latest full year for which final data are available. Apprenticeship programme...
Norman Baker: ...Penning), might take that pint rather than me, although I am always happy to have a pint of Theakston’s—or anything else for that matter. I agree that early involvement with business is helpful and desirable, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon on the work he has done on the issue. I know that my colleague, the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead, wrote to...
Elliot Morley: ...amount of work is yet to be done. Scientists are confident that it is possible to develop a vaccine for bovine TB. The difficulty is the time scale. However, a vaccine is our avowed objective and we are proceeding with it. The right hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry) said that balance was important in terms of vaccination. That is where amendment No. 1 from the other place and...
John Grogan: Will the Prime Minister support new trans-Pennine rail links, namely High Speed 3, and also the restoration of the Skipton-Colne link, which, as well as providing an economic boost to Pennine towns, has the additional merit of starting in the constituency of the Government Chief Whip, the right hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith)?
Julian Smith: From Gargrave to Embsay and from Masham to Ripon, communities across Skipton and Ripon are concerned about cuts to rural bus services. What more can Ministers do to work with the most rural parts of our communities on buses? Will they look very favourably at North Yorkshire county council’s bid to the sustainable transport fund, which closes later this month?
Nick Raynsford: We have had an interesting opening debate. It got off to a curious start with the right hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon asking me to move seats. As soon as I had done so, of course, the sun went in, removing the cause of his request. However, I feel slightly nervous, because from where I stand, the sun, having passed to the south-west of this Room, came to a position which might have given...
Mr Bob Cryer: I was very interested in the remarks of the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry). When the Minister announced that he was minded to close the line, the hon. Member welcomed that announcement. That seems at odds with his avowed claim to want the railway to run. It is also extraordinary that he rejects all forms of subsidy, but he does not mind the commuter lines in London and the...
Nigel Adams: As a fellow north Yorkshire MP, I share the concern of my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith) with regard to Ripon, but will the Minister shed light on the future of the RAF Church Fenton site, which is to close by the end of this year? Are there plans to sell the site off or to use it for other military purposes? If so, what is the likely time scale?
Harry Cohen: This speech if a mixture of fresh stuff and what I have said before. This is an important point which bears repeating. The Minister also quoted the case of "Mickey the Fish" Roche and The Sunas his source. That is an excellent basis for his case. "Mickey the Fish" had 10 convictions for burglary, was on a suspended sentence but ended up on the jury. The fault there lies not with the system...
Andrew Jones: Last week, my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith) and I attended an export fair run by UK Trade & Investment at Ripon race course. It was timed to coincide with the increased international attention on our area with the Tour de France departing from Yorkshire this weekend. The event was designed to encourage more companies to be exporters. May we please have a debate...
James Gray: ...of the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble) that I missed her point. I suspect that she was making some cheap reference to the advice that I gave to my right hon. Friends the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry) and for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer) on the subject of local government. I did my best to provide what advice I could, although my right hon. Friend the Member for...
Jim Fitzpatrick: I shall ask the Committee to reject the amendment. However, I am grateful to the hon. Member for North Cornwall for tabling it. I will explain why it should be rejected and will try to address the point raised by the right hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon. The clause will place restrictions on how far orders granting development consent can go in authorising the compulsory purchase of common...
Alan Whitehead: I take your guidance, Mr. Deputy Speaker. People's perception of council tax is important to deciding what we do about revaluation and banding. As Labour Front Benchers have said, deferring a decision about revaluation perhaps affords an opportunity to provide a wider context in a review of council tax revaluation and a wider debate about the purpose of local government. The right hon....
