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HANSARDCreative Industries: Skills and TrainingI commend my right hon. Friend on the recent creative industries sector vision, which will help to build a pipeline of talent that will underpin the creative industries. Does she…20 Jul 2023HANSARDCreative Industries: Skills and Training9. What steps she is taking to support skills and training in the creative industries.20 Jul 2023HANSARDRailway Ticketing18. What plans he has to reform ticketing for railway services.13 Jul 2023HANSARDRailway TicketingWill my hon. Friend confirm when my constituents will be able to access the tap-in and tap-out service from the stations in my constituency at Laindon, Basildon, East Tilbury,…13 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 5 July.05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, can I also associate myself with the remarks you made celebrating the 75th anniversary of the NHS? On behalf of my constituents and all our constituents, I thank its…05 Jul 2023HANSARD Mental Health In-patient Services: Improving SafetyI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the move to put the EPUT inquiry on a statutory footing. He mentioned that putting it on a statutory footing means it will take…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic InactivityAs my right hon. Friend will be aware, the staff at Basildon Jobcentre Plus are doing incredible work to help people back into work. That has led to a local inactivity rate that…19 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Inactivity16. What proportion of the population is economically inactive.19 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to the question from the hon. Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore), 18% of all female criminal prosecutions in 2021 were for the non-possession of a television licence, which…15 Jun 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of ResearchCan my hon. Friend comment on the Department’s 10-point science and technology framework, which will help provide the long-term funding needed to turn the start-ups he has…03 May 2023HANSARD Machetes: ConsultationI do not wish to pre-empt the outcome of the consultation, but many of my constituents cannot comprehend how such dangerous weapons can be sold and end up in commonplace use on…18 Apr 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning13. What steps her Department is taking to promote lifelong learning.17 Apr 2023HANSARDLifelong LearningBuilding on that answer and on the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous), will my right hon. Friend tell the House what her ambitions are for lifelong…17 Apr 2023HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Legal TraineesI thank my hon. and learned Friend for his answer. Building on that, can he tell the House what steps he is taking to encourage people from a more diverse background to consider…30 Mar 2023HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Legal Trainees8. What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to increase its number of legal trainees.30 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ4. It is wonderful to see you in your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. As my right hon. Friend will be aware, the Thames freeport was recently given the final go-ahead to become…29 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my right hon. Friend will know, my private Member’s Bill reforming the process of creating lasting power of attorney passed through this place two weeks ago and is now in the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisoners: Skills DevelopmentGetting prisoners with substance abuse issues into meaningful skills training first requires getting them off drugs. Can my right hon. Friend tell the House what he is doing to…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisoners: Skills Development17. What steps he is taking to help prisoners develop new skills.28 Mar 2023