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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Jan 2016
Onshore Oil and Gas

"As always, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I congratulate the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) on securing this important debate on the role that manufacturing can play in the unconventional gas extraction industry.

This is not really a debate about whether …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Jan 2016
Onshore Oil and Gas

"I completely agree with my hon. Friend on both those points. On CCS, it is difficult for the Government to make progress on gaining public acceptance for the shale gas industry, and part of the argument against the industry has always been the emissions and the problem of using fossil …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Jan 2016
Onshore Oil and Gas

"Does the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that there are already plans on the table to return to local communities some of the investment and profit from the shale gas industry—something like 6% of the value of the gas extracted?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Jan 2016
Onshore Oil and Gas

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind comments. Is it not also the case that the shale gas industry is much more fluid, dynamic and has much lower start-up costs than the oil industry, for instance, and that, in the long term, shale gas probably has a better future?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Jan 2016
Onshore Oil and Gas

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for making that important point. Does he recognise that the steel industry unions are one of the biggest supporters of the shale gas industry in the US?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Jan 2016
Onshore Oil and Gas

"For the record, the term “fracking” is not that helpful to the debate, but surely the key point of today’s debate is the importance to the future of UK manufacturing of giving this industry the support that it needs to get going. On that basis, there is surely a sense …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Jan 2016
Onshore Oil and Gas

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Written Question
Animal Welfare: Curriculum
Tuesday 22nd December 2015

Asked by: Angela Smith (Liberal Democrat - Penistone and Stocksbridge)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) she and (b) her Department have had with animal welfare organisations on the incorporation of animal welfare in the national curriculum.

Answered by Edward Timpson

The Department received representations from animal welfare groups about the inclusion of animal welfare in the science curriculum in response to the consultation on the new National Curriculum.

The new primary science curriculum, introduced from September 2014, focuses on the essential scientific knowledge that children need to be educated citizens. It teaches pupils about the requirements for animals to survive such as appropriate habitat, food, water and air. Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education also provides opportunities for pupils to be taught about animal welfare and teachers are free to decide what further activities they offer on this topic.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Rolls-Royce is of strategic importance to our aerospace industry, not just in Derby but in Sheffield and Bristol. What are the Government prepared to do to safeguard that capacity, which is increasingly in the news at the moment, in order to ensure that we not just invest in but safeguard …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Nov 2015
Further Education

"I speak as somebody who got to university from FE as a mature student and who worked for 10 years as a lecturer in FE. Barnsley college in my constituency is outstanding—it is an excellent institution. Given what the Secretary of State has just said, can she guarantee that the …..."
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