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HANSARD Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?31 Mar 2025HANSARDFlood Defences: HartlepoolThe people of Chesterfield have great empathy with the people of Hartlepool, as we face exactly the same issues. A new report by Public First shows that each year of flood events…20 Mar 2025HANSARDEnglish Football: Financial Sustainability and GovernanceChesterfield football club wanted me to put on the record its support for the work of football governance. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is extraordinary that, on the one…06 Mar 2025HANSARDEnglish Football: Financial Sustainability and GovernanceAs I said in my brief intervention on my hon. Friend the Member for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang), I have been contacted by Chesterfield football club, which is very keen that…06 Mar 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]On the subject of construction, does my right hon. Friend agree that a huge amount of the construction industry is made up of small employers and that one of the biggest failings…25 Feb 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]I see that the hon. Gentleman has received the briefing from the Association of Employment and Learning Providers. He appears to be reading it virtually word for word; I do not…25 Feb 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]I am listening carefully to the right hon. Lady. She seems to be evangelising the role of IfATE, but I have heard far stronger criticisms of it than she appears to make. Is her…25 Feb 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on apprenticeships, alongside my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes), I welcome the Government’s focus on this…25 Feb 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way again. She is speaking incredibly powerfully and passionately about the role of Skills England, and I share her commitment…25 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsThis week is National Apprenticeship Week. As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for apprenticeships, I can tell the Prime Minister that employers are very pleased to…12 Feb 2025HANSARDBiomass GenerationWe have a new line from the official Opposition. We are told that they are a firm under new management, but this sounds to me like the same circus, just with different clowns. The…10 Feb 2025HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsThe sixth carbon budget was put in place by the previous Government. It was pretty ambitious, and it is now for this Government to identify how it will be achieved. The Minister…10 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this really important debate. He is reflecting on the historic past of the coalfields, which is absolutely integral to any of us who…06 Feb 2025HANSARDFlood Preparedness ProjectsMy hon. Friend the Minister and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State deserve great credit for attracting the large investment that they have secured, but once they have…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesMy hon. Friend generously thanked coalfield MPs, but I would like to repay the compliment to him, because his leadership on the mineworkers pension scheme has been exemplary. We…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesI am grateful to the shadow Minister for giving way. We have just had a very good debate, but it must be a considerable embarrassment to him that not a single Member of His…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesMining has long been deeply woven into the practical and cultural fabric of people’s lives in Chesterfield, as it has in all mining communities. I need only look out of the window…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsAt the most recent Environmental Audit Committee sitting, we heard about the importance of the Chagos islands for the marine environment. Can my hon. Friend tell us anything more…05 Feb 2025HANSARDApprenticeshipsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) for securing this debate. It is great to see that the debate is so well attended, and it is clear that we could…04 Feb 2025HANSARDApprenticeshipsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for saying that the Liberal Democrats believe that there should be more apprenticeships. One of his colleagues said that the apprenticeship…04 Feb 2025