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HANSARDDraft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022I understand the reason for the tapering that the Minister refers to, but has any analysis been done of whether this creates a cliff edge that disincentivises employment? There…26 Apr 2022HANSARDDraft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022I am not sure if the Minister has just made an announcement, because we do not yet have the list of the courses that will not be carrying on. Is he saying that the BTEC in…26 Apr 2022HANSARDDraft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. The Construction Industry Training Board has been instrumental in training the construction industry workforce…26 Apr 2022HANSARDDraft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022The hon. Lady is right that the devolved authorities in Wales and Scotland have innovated in some areas. I am conscious of some of those innovations, and am happy to learn more…26 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThe Secretary of State is right to salute the bravery of the heroic Ukrainian forces and highlight the failures of the Russians, but that should not in any way allow us to become…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceAnyone who has spoken to directors and owners of either Chesterfield football club or Staveley Miners Welfare football club will be very much aware that while there may be…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI am grateful for what my right hon. and learned Friend said about the fact that we do not want Opposition Members to have a monopoly on truth. He makes a very important point,…21 Apr 2022HANSARDGlasgow Climate Pact: BusinessesIs it not the truth that business has learned that this Government are entirely inconsistent from one day to the next? The COP26 President talks about solar, but only a few years…20 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The Secretary of State is right that we all want to get to the bottom of many important health matters, and we do not want what he described as personal affairs to get in the…19 Apr 2022HANSARDCancer Treatment Backlogs: Derbyshire and England8. What recent assessment he has made of the scale of the backlog in cancer treatments in (a) Derbyshire and (b) England.19 Apr 2022HANSARDCancer Treatment Backlogs: Derbyshire and EnglandI asked specifically about Derbyshire, but I did not get an answer. Derbyshire clinical commissioning group has failed to reach any of the cancer referral targets for the most…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Civil ProceedingsOn behalf of the numerous immuno-suppressed people in Chesterfield and their families who have contacted me, I thank my hon. Friend for what he has just said. He is absolutely…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Civil ProceedingsThe Minister has now turned to the subject I wanted to ask her about. She talks about our courts, but the reality is that they are in a terrible position. We are up to a record…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Civil ProceedingsI entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Does he, like me, feel that the term “personal responsibility” would be slightly less nauseating if it did not come from a Prime Minister in…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Civil ProceedingsI want to speak briefly about the courts provisions. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Denton and Reddish (Andrew Gwynne), I do not have any particular issues—in fact, I welcome…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]Last week’s spring statement showed that this Government have a Chancellor ill-equipped to tackle the size of the cost of living challenge in front of him. This week, the Skills…28 Mar 2022HANSARD UkraineThe Ukrainian army, with its skill and bravery, is showing that the Russian war machine can be stopped in its tracks. The Secretary of State said that we will learn lessons, one…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]The Minister refers to the consultation that the Government did on the defunding of BTECs and the twin-track approach. Am I right in saying that 86% of respondents to the…28 Mar 2022HANSARDYoung People from Deprived Backgrounds: Access to Higher EducationWhether we look at the national tutoring programme, which is failing to reach disadvantaged children; qualification changes that Ofqual admits will hamper progress to HE; the…14 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that one way it has got worse is the huge escalation in waiting times to get to court? Many victims are waiting for such a long time to get into…02 Mar 2022