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HANSARD Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]It is an interesting point. The Government have said that there are too many qualifications. They have spoken about scrapping BTECs and are undermining them by saying that they…15 Nov 2021HANSARDEast to West Chesterfield Cycle RouteI beg to move, That this House has considered East to West Chesterfield cycle route. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I welcome the Government…09 Nov 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit System Resilience: Covid-19The Department for Work and Pensions makes substantial efforts to assure itself that people who are on universal credit and not in work are entitled to that payment, either…08 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesMy mother smoked herself to death and died of lung cancer at the age of 62, so no one needs to tell me how important it is that we do all we can to support people to give up…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBTEC QualificationsClearly, it would have been sensible for the Government to have finished their evidence and understood the outcome of the policy before starting to undermine BTECs by announcing…01 Nov 2021HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillDoes the Minister agree that in order to meet the careers guidance needs of every child, we need to meet every child, and so every child should be entitled to face-to-face careers…27 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) Billrose —27 Oct 2021HANSARDAgricultural LabourIt is all very well saying they are eligible to come in, but the industry is telling us that its ability to deliver the food needed, particularly for Christmas, is deeply…27 Oct 2021HANSARDAgricultural Labour7. What assessment he has made of the availability of agricultural labour in Northern Ireland and its impact on the profitability and viability of that sector.27 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.25 Oct 2021HANSARDRegeneration in Towns and CitiesThe town deal is incredibly important to us in Staveley, and we welcome the fact that the Government are supporting the plans for the town centre. Will the Minister stress to her…25 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI associate myself with the comments made by the Secretary of State. The great benefits that HS2 will bring to the east midlands and Yorkshire will be undermined if we do not get…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Violence Against Women and Girls: Police ResponseThe Minister is obviously right to say that every woman murdered is an appalling tragedy, but it is particularly agonising when women are murdered when there were opportunities to…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsI have great sympathy for the Minister for having to come here to try to respond to the latest musings from the Prime Minister’s mind. I believe he is saying that when this…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEast Midlands EconomyI totally agree with what the hon. Lady is saying. Is not the point I just made the reality? Areas such as the west midlands and the north-east are politically competitive. Here,…07 Sept 2021HANSARDEast Midlands EconomyI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. He is making a powerful case about the need for investment, but that case is fundamentally undermined by the Government’s…07 Sept 2021HANSARDEast Midlands EconomyI congratulate the hon. Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) for securing the debate because it is an incredibly important one. I enjoyed the case he made for the need for…07 Sept 2021HANSARDEast Midlands EconomyMy hon. Friend is right about the uniformity of view that the east midlands has had a poor deal from this Government. We expect, during such debates, for Labour MPs to be critical…07 Sept 2021HANSARDEast Midlands EconomyWe haven’t got many—that is the point.07 Sept 2021HANSARDBTEC QualificationsSome 230,000 students have just studied BTEC level 3 qualifications. For the Minister to stand there, as she just has, and dismiss those qualifications as poor quality will…06 Sept 2021