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Hugh Robertson: I had a meeting with my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith) on 15 January 2013, as well as with a number of other Members with an interest, during which the event was discussed. We are delighted that Yorkshire is hosting this important sporting occasion. UK Sport is working with the organisers to assess what advice and support it can provide to ensure it is a great...
Matthew Hancock: With the leave of the House, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will respond briefly to all the points raised. First, I shall deal with the last one by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith). I do so not least because this morning my wife and I attended the three-month scan of our new baby—we did so together, of course. I can understand why the Whips are looking...
Hugh Robertson: I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith) on securing this debate and on the way that he and other hon. Members have conducted it. The debate has been quite a lot of fun, which is a very good start. I also welcome the formation of the all-party group, which, particularly given how things have developed, will be incredibly important, as the hon....
Andrew Percy: I join my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith) in saying that take-up in Yorkshire has been excellent. Indeed, in my constituency there has been demand to access the scheme earlier, but one issue needs to be addressed. In many areas there is a lot of other potential support for businesses, but jobcentre staff are not necessarily aware of it. Can we ensure that the...
Anne McIntosh: I shall first set the scene and make a little progress. North Yorkshire county council had to pay for specialist drivers to carry out safety checks, for example, and a temporary bridge had to be installed on the B1263, near Scorton in Richmondshire. While the bridge in Tadcaster was out of action, a free bus service was provided to shuttle people across the town because, owing to its...
David Laws: The information requested is shown in the following table. The latest information on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals (including school level data) has been published as part of the “Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, January 2012” Statistical First Release at http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001071/index.s html Selective...
Anna Soubry: ...a week since we had a very similar debate, also under your chairmanship. That has already been described by my right hon. Friend—sorry, I always call my hon. Friend the Member for Pudsey (Stuart Andrew) the right hon. Member for Pudsey. [Hon. Members: “Soon!”] Perhaps I am trying to elevate him too soon, but as he has explained, we had a similar debate only last week about the...
David Hanson: ...helped by the lack of information on the selection. The Minister has authorised taxpayer-funded adverts, which are generating fear of crime more than knowledge of the elections. They promote police and crime commissioners as an answer to the awful mess, but they do not mention some of the real challenges that people will have to face. If turnout is low, as I fear it will be but hope it...
Matthew Hancock: We have had a wide-ranging debate over two days on Report and now on Third Reading. We have heard speeches by the hon. Members for Bolton West (Julie Hilling), for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell), for Blaydon (Mr Anderson) and for North Ayrshire and Arran (Katy Clark) that have railed against enterprise and against the Bill. By contrast, my hon. Friends the Members for Bedford (Richard...
Richard Fuller: ...does not get that amount. I do not see how it will help to add an additional burden on top of that, with the Government trying to take money as well. There seems to be a discord between that and our trying to do the best by employees. That is why I would rather the clause be completely removed. I believe the shadow Minister said in the Public Bill Committee that in 59% of cases, employees...
Dawn Primarolo: Order. Had the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) referred to the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith) as a liar, I should have picked him up on it, but he did not.
Iain Wright: I have missed the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith) over the course of the summer, and I remember with affection some of his interventions in Committee. I welcome him back; it is good to see him.
David Heath: The number of paid agricultural workers in each parliamentary constituency is shown in the following table. This includes salaried managers, regular workers, casual and gang workers. The numbers are based on 2010 data for the new parliamentary constituency boundaries and for commercial holdings with significant levels of farming activity. These significant levels are classified as any holding...
Norman Lamb: Thank you, Mr Bayley. I thank the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Hartlepool, for his generous remarks, and I share his reflections on how the Committee has conducted itself. This has been my first Bill as a Minister and it has been quite an experience. I have enjoyed it and have appreciated enormously the way in which both Government and Opposition Members have gone about the debate in...
Norman Lamb: I will be clear: our approach has failed so far. That is a serious point and I feel strongly about it. We need more women and more minorities in this place. We need to reflect modern Britain. Political parties have not succeeded in that. All-women shortlists have some negative points, but I acknowledge that they have resulted in a significant step change. I do not seek to defend what we have...
Iain Wright: The Minister has obviously been listening to the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon.
Norman Lamb: ...We would want to keep some of the provisions that are being taken away, but they are not as significant as they might perhaps seem looking at the legislation.”––[Official Report, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Public Bill Committee, 19 June 2012; c. 76, Q168.] He also said: “This Bill reduces our powers and our remit, but not in a way that we are overly concerned about.” Will...
Chi Onwurah: Thank you, Mr Bayley. I want to reassure the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon that I had not even begun to enumerate all the heritage sites in Newcastle, not to mention those in the constituencies of my colleagues, such as my hon. Friend the Member for Rochdale. To get to the point, Newcastle city council faces funding cuts of over 40% over the spending review period. Does my hon. Friend the...
Hugh Bayley: Does the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon want to speak?
John Cryer: ...chairmanship, Mr Bayley. I want to speak briefly again about the Kraft takeover, partly because there seems to have been a misapprehension among Government Members, particularly the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon. I am sorry that he is not here today. I imagine he is out on manoeuvres in preparation for the day when the trade unions try to take over the world and he is summoned by...
