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Redcar Coke Ovens — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Macroeconomics
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): The fate of the Redcar steel industry and the effect on communities on Teesside demonstrate the consequences of a hands-off economic policy and the lack of an industrial strategy. May I press the Minister on the consequences for people on Teesside? She has been asked again and again by colleagues about the statutory redundancy payments they will receive. The hand-to-mouth existence of the plant she describes is nothing next to the hands-to-mouth existence that those people now face. Will she give an assurance that she will consider what more the Government can do to make sure that people receive more than the statutory redundancy package?
Saudi Penal System — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Law and Crime
Andrew Francis Slaughter (Labour, Centre-left): (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State if he will withdraw from the contract for training needs analysis with the Saudi penal system in the light of recent concerns, particularly the cases of Mohammed al-Nimr, Raif Badawi and Karl Andree?
Saudi Penal System — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: International Affairs
David Julian Winnick (Labour, Centre-left): Is it not almost farcical that the Saudi ambassador to the United Nations is actually chairing a panel that selects officials to decide on human rights violations? I am not aware that the United Kingdom has protested about that; it was probably a party to the appointment Is it not also the case that the Saudi Government do not take too seriously the various disapprovals expressed occasionally by Ministers, because they know that Britain will continue to sell arms on a substantial scale to a country where executions occur, as we heard from my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter)? Britain’s dealings with that state do not present a very pretty picture.
Saudi Penal System — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: International Affairs
Ann Clwyd (Labour, Centre-left): When answering questions put by the Foreign Affairs Committee the other week, the permanent secretary to the Foreign Office said that human rights were fairly low down in the list of priorities, or certainly not as far up as the Secretary of State suggests. The UK’s College of Policing provides training courses for Saudi police. What training is being given, and at what price?
Saudi Penal System — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: International Affairs
Gisela Stuart (Labour, Centre-left): I welcome the Secretary of State’s decision, but will he also have discussions with the Foreign Secretary? I listened to Karl Andree’s son on the "Today" programme this morning, and it was clear from what he said that the Foreign Office’s interpretation of "regular visits" was not what he thought his father was receiving. Can we take greater care that our prisoners abroad are looked after properly?
Saudi Penal System — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: International Affairs
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart (Labour, Centre-left): The Secretary of State has taken a sensible decision today. He also rightly pointed out that Britain’s role internationally is to encourage other countries to respect the rule of law and that our diplomats spend a lot of time campaigning against the death penalty. However, the rule of law in Saudi Arabia includes amputations and floggings. What will Britain do to try to encourage those countries whose law permits cruel and unusual punishment as part of their justice system to stop it, because that is not justice?
Saudi Penal System — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Law and Crime
Valerie Carol Marian Vaz (Labour, Centre-left): The Justice Secretary says the Government were interceding in the cases raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter). In the case of Raif Badawi, could the Secretary of State find out why the prosecutors are now asking for a retrial with a possible death sentence?
Immigration Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Labor
Andrew Murray Burnham (Labour, Centre-left): There have been barely any prosecutions because the Government have cut the resources devoted to enforcement. I welcome the Home Secretary’s proposal to create a director of labour market enforcement, but will she ensure that that director, whoever he or she is, gets to grips with the problem that my hon. Friend has just raised?
Immigration Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Labor
Andrew Murray Burnham (Labour, Centre-left): When I mentioned that, in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin), I said that we wanted measures to protect the going rate, and then I heard noises from the Government Benches. Where were they when we were trying to get through the agency workers proposals and the posted workers proposals? If Government Members now support putting a floor beneath all British workers, that is a major conversion, but one that I welcome. Let us have a renegotiation that strengthens the workers’ rights provided by Europe, rather than stripping them away. These are the changes that I want to see. Let us protect the wages of electricians and plumbers. Let us not allow them to be undercut by agency workers who come in and are employed on the minimum wage, beneath the wages of the skilled workforce. If we can agree on that ahead of the EU referendum, that would be a major positive consensus that we could take to the British public.
Immigration Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Education
Barry Strachan Gardiner (Labour, Centre-left): Does my right hon. Friend share my astonishment at the figures the Home Secretary quoted, because included in the figures that she quoted as costs were what most of us would regard as the investment in the education of children in this country who will in due course be productive in the labour force? To count that as a cost, rather than an investment, rather biases the figures in her favour.
Immigration Bill — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Law and Crime
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister said earlier that the Modern Slavery Act 2015 would protect victims who might be prosecuted for working illegally. He says that the Bill will enable us to deal with rogue landlords. Will he put in the Bill protection for landlords who let a property accidentally, who are not rogues, and protection for victims of trafficking?
Closure of Wakefield Magistrates Court — House of Commons, 2015-10-13
Topic: Law and Crime
Mary Helen Creagh (Labour, Centre-left): The petition is from the residents of Wakefield constituency The petition states: The Petition of residents of the Wakefield constituency, Declares that the Petitioners are concerned about the proposed closure of Wakefield magistrates court and the impact this will have on access to justice in areas including Wakefield, Pontefract, Castleford, Featherstone, Normanton and Knottingley; further that the closure of the court would force local people to travel to Leeds; and further that this proposal follows the 2013 closure of Pontefract magistrates court, which resulted in some staff and work moving to Wakefield magistrates court The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to reconsider the proposal to close Wakefield magistrates court And the Petitioners remain, etc [P001548]
Kinship Carers — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Social Welfare
William Roffen Esterson (Labour, Centre-left): Carers save the taxpayer a great deal of money, as well as often being the best option for the children they are looking after, so in addition to the publication by local authorities of their practice, will the Minister ensure that those local authorities have the resources they need to support kinship carers, both to save the taxpayer money and to do what is right for the carers and the children in the short as well as longer term?
Kinship Carers — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Social Welfare
Rachael Helen Maskell (Labour, Centre-left): At my last surgery I had two families who were taking on kinship responsibilities. They have less ongoing support than adoptive parents. Will the Government ensure that they get support equal to that which adoptive parents receive?
Kinship Carers — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Social Welfare
Andrew John Gwynne (Labour, Centre-left): I was privileged to meet a group of kinship carers, along with the Family Rights Group, in Parliament a couple of weeks ago. They told me that the Government’s changes to welfare might have an unintended consequence by deterring people from taking up kinship care, because many look after more than three children. What assessment has the Minister made of the likely impact of changes to tax credits on this group of people, who are doing such fantastic work?
School Funding — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Education
Questions: What steps her Department is taking to ensure a more equitable allocation of funding per pupil throughout England; and if she will make a statement.
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): If the Secretary of State is to get into equitable funding right across England, will she also look at where that equitable funding ends up in terms of where students end up, whether in further education colleges, sixth-form colleges or studio schools? The fact of the matter is that so many kids across our country are not getting a fair share.
School Funding — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Education
Questions: What steps her Department is taking to ensure a more equitable allocation of funding per pupil throughout England; and if she will make a statement.
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): Redbridge, like many other parts of London, faces an acute shortage of places in primary and secondary provision over the course of this Parliament. Will the Secretary of State or a relevant Minister agree to meet me and representatives from the local authority to discuss this? Will she consider allowing local authorities such as Redbridge with a good track record of local authority maintained schools not only to expand existing local authority schools but to build new ones?
School Funding — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Education
Questions: What steps her Department is taking to ensure a more equitable allocation of funding per pupil throughout England; and if she will make a statement.
Nicholas Dakin (Labour, Centre-left): The Institute for Fiscal Studies has shown that for the first time since the mid-’90s school spending per pupil will fall in real terms. Those in further education and early years already fear huge cuts. Will the Secretary of State assure this House that any increases in funding in one area of her budget will not be at the further expense of others?
Post-16 Education — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment she has made of the effect of recent changes in 16-19 funding on the (a) breadth and (b) viability of post-16 education.
Alexander Cunningham (Labour, Centre-left): The Secretary of State said earlier that she cannot guarantee funding or protection for any one age group, but the Minister knows that the further education sector has suffered a disproportionate cut in funding over many years and the area review does not even include sixth forms in schools. When are the Government actually going to do something to protect 16 to 19-year-olds?
Post-16 Education — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment she has made of the effect of recent changes in 16-19 funding on the (a) breadth and (b) viability of post-16 education.; Wigan colleges are concerned that the Greater Manchester area review starts with the strong presumption that the merger of colleges is the only way forward. Will the Minister confirm that other ways to achieve financial stability for colleges and good outcomes for pupils will be given serious consideration if they present a strong case for that?
Gordon Marsden (Labour, Centre-left): In the last Parliament, the Government cut education funding for 16 to 19-year-olds hardest of all. Today, we learn that funding allocations for colleges and schools for the 16-to-19 sector are down over £100 million so far compared with last year. The Government have given them further instability with the flawed series of area FE reviews, jeopardising colleges and their students. With this record, does the Minister have any guarantees for the spending review to secure viability for the 16-to-19 sector?
Sure Start Children’s Centres — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: What assessment she had made of the effect of the services offered by Sure Start children’s centres on the families who use those centres.
Valerie Carol Marian Vaz (Labour, Centre-left): Palfrey Sure Start in my constituency has twice been rated outstanding for doing community-based work and culturally sensitive work, not just childcare. What further steps can be taken to ensure that it can continue to support parents with this vital work?
Sure Start Children’s Centres — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment she had made of the effect of the services offered by Sure Start children’s centres on the families who use those centres.
Joan Marie Ryan (Labour, Centre-left): In Enfield, some 12 children’s centres have been closed. Headteachers tell me that that is resulting in more and more children not being school-ready, which affects their progress throughout their whole primary school career and beyond. What does the Minister intend to do to address that problem?
Sure Start Children’s Centres — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: What assessment she had made of the effect of the services offered by Sure Start children’s centres on the families who use those centres.
Pat Glass (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister continues to talk about the services that are offered. However, he will be aware that the charity 4Children has recently highlighted that more than 2,000 children’s centre sites have had their budgets significantly cut this financial year and that fewer centres are now able to reach fewer families. Nearly 60% report cutting front-line services, nearly 30% have significantly cut the range of services they offer, 28% are now forced to charge for services that would otherwise have been free and 20% are reducing their hours. Is the Minister proud of the Government’s legacy on Sure Start?
Tax Credits (Free School Meals) — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: What assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's proposed changes to tax credits on the number of children accessing free school meals; What assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's proposed changes to tax credits on the number of children accessing free school meals.
Sharon Hodgson (Labour, Centre-left): As the Minister knows, free school meals are vital to ensure that many children have access to a hot and healthy meal every day. Recent reports from Kellogg’s and the Trussell Trust highlight that thousands of children who rely on free school meals in term time will go hungry during the current half-term holiday. Does the Minister agree that free school meals are a vital tool in combating child hunger, and will he promise to protect universal infant free school meals in the spending review, so that infant children from low-income working families do not go hungry?
Safeguarding Policies — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Education
Ann Coffey (Labour, Centre-left): Ofsted recently praised Stockport academy for its outstanding work to keep pupils safe. The school uses a software application into which staff input any concern they have about a child, including if they are missing from a lesson. That means that immediate checks can be made to ensure that the child is in a safe place. Does the Minister agree that that approach to safeguarding, using modern technology, should be used by more schools?
Sixth-form Colleges (VAT) — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Education
Kelvin Peter Hopkins (Labour, Centre-left): Sixth-form colleges are arguably the most successful education institutions in our system, in terms of educational achievement and financial efficiency, so would it not be sensible for the Government to encourage the creation of more sixth-form colleges, rather than punishing them for their success?
Safe Transport on School Trips — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Transportation
Jessica Elizabeth Morden (Labour, Centre-left): The Nightcap campaign, led by my constituent Pat Harris, is working with coach drivers to highlight their real concerns about the conditions they have to endure on long-distance school trips, including driver’s fatigue and concerns about safety. Will the Minister agree to meet the Nightcap campaigners and look at some of their recommendations?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Education
Chinyelu Susan Onwurah (Labour, Centre-left): I, too, would like to congratulate all those who took their exams over the summer. Their success is often due to the hard work of teaching assistants who perform a vital role in the classroom, yet recent House of Commons Library figures show that they could lose up to £1,800 per year as a result of the tax credit cuts. Will the Secretary of State stand up for those working on the frontline who are enabling our children to get the best education possible?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: I support all those who have called for a fairer funding formula, but I would like to develop the argument a little further. Outstanding schools in my constituency, such as Bottisham Village college, do not do well on the funding formula at present, and as a result they are all the more reliant on grants for capital expenditure. Will the Secretary of State consider whether historic underfunding ought to be one of the factors taken into account for capital expenditure grant applications
Lucy Maria Powell (Labour, Centre-left): Thank you for calling me, Mr Speaker. It is good to be here this afternoon Yet again today, Ministers are doing the rounds asserting that the expansion of free childcare is one of the measures that will offset the cuts in tax credits for families. As the Secretary of State knows, however, the increase to 15 hours’ free childcare will not take place until September 2017 at the earliest, well after the tax credit cuts. Given that the Department is, in its own words, "unable to understand" the costs of childcare following the Secretary of State’s review, there are now real questions to be asked about the deliverability of the scheme. Does the Secretary of State agree that families need help with childcare now, especially those who face losing vital tax credits? What help is she providing for families before 2017?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: I support all those who have called for a fairer funding formula, but I would like to develop the argument a little further. Outstanding schools in my constituency, such as Bottisham Village college, do not do well on the funding formula at present, and as a result they are all the more reliant on grants for capital expenditure. Will the Secretary of State consider whether historic underfunding ought to be one of the factors taken into account for capital expenditure grant applications
Lucy Maria Powell (Labour, Centre-left): Perhaps they would not have done that if the Secretary of State had provided adequate funds. Is not the truth that only a tiny minority of those affected by tax credit cuts will receive this childcare help anyway when it is eventually introduced? What is more, the Institute for Public Policy Research has said that the Secretary of State’s childcare pledge is underfunded by £1 billion. Given that the tax-free childcare is already 18 months behind schedule, the Government’s childcare policy is a mess. What has the Secretary of State to say to parents who, at the election, thought that they would be better off voting for her?
Arrests of Chinese Protesters — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Law and Crime
David Julian Winnick (Labour, Centre-left): Does the Minister have any idea of the anger felt in this place and outside it over what occurred? It is unfortunate that he appears to be an apologist for that, as it seems to many people that what took place, as far as the police were concerned, could be described as British police action with Chinese characteristics.
Arrests of Chinese Protesters — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Law and Crime
Gisela Stuart (Labour, Centre-left): When the Minister looks back on these police actions and forms a judgment on whether they were appropriate, will he also look at the actions of Birmingham City Councillor Alex Yip—a Conservative councillor—who, as The Independent reports today, has been accused of helping pro-Chinese demonstrations? As far as I can see, that was deemed to be totally appropriate.
Arrests of Chinese Protesters — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: International Affairs
Dennis Edward Skinner (Labour, Centre-left): Does the Minister not appreciate the propaganda value of what has happened over the past few weeks? First it was all about China, human rights and Tiananmen Square—indeed, you, Mr Speaker, almost referred to that in your remarks in the Royal Gallery. Today, however, the Chinese can say, "Well, things are no different in Britain."
Arrests of Chinese Protesters — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: International Affairs
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): As someone who has worked very hard to build bridges between this country, this Parliament and China, and who thinks that the recent visit was, by and large, a great success—the balance was right, because they heard some things they did not want to hear, especially from you, Mr Speaker, but it was also a very positive visit—I have to say to the Minister, whom I have known a long time, that we would be much happier if he had started his remarks with the same tone that he has since used. Our right as Members of Parliament is to say that we are really concerned, so my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton) was right to ask this urgent question. At first the Minister sounded as if he was full of testosterone and ready to defend his patch, but he has ended up being much more conciliatory. He should have started that way, because we all quite like him when he is in that mode.
Arrests of Chinese Protesters — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: International Affairs
Michael John Gapes (Labour, Centre-left): This is a serious matter, but is the Minister aware that a few days before the state visit by the President of China there was a visit to this country by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and outside the Dorchester hotel the umbrella movement were playing music and shouting into megaphones? Can he tell us whether any of those democracy protesters from Hong Kong were arrested, or is it a case of one country, two systems?
Arrests of Chinese Protesters — House of Commons, 2015-10-26
Topic: Law and Crime
Diana Ruth Johnson (Labour, Centre-left): Does the Minister know whether formal complaints have been made to the Metropolitan police? If they have, does he think it is appropriate that rather than being dealt with through an internal investigative measure they should be referred automatically to the Independent Police Complaints Commission because of their sensitivity?