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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jun 2019
Net Zero Emissions Target

"This is an important commitment, but will the Secretary of State make sure he publishes the impact assessment and the cost-benefit analysis so that, if we want to bring this forward to 2045, we can continue to review it and do so? Is it not a glaring omission that Brexit …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Jun 2018
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment

"Apparently it was at a Foreign Office reception in honour of the Queen’s birthday that the Foreign Secretary applied his four-letter expletive to the concerns of Airbus and business about leaving the single market. I can think of a few suggestions myself, but what four-letter word comes to mind for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Nov 2017
Student Loans Company

"On a point of order, Mr Speaker...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Nov 2017
Student Loans Company

"You may not be aware, Mr Speaker, but in the other place this afternoon, Lord Callanan, a Minister in the Department for Exiting the European Union, had to give a specific statement to correct something that he said about whether article 50 could or could not be revoked. Indeed, he …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Oct 2017
Advice Services (Nottingham)

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way on this crucial topic. Before he moves on to local government, I want to mention immigration advice services. As the MP for Nottingham East, I have constituents coming to me all the time because of the poor level of immigration …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Oct 2017
Advice Services (Nottingham)

"On that point, the Minister is right to talk about the need for agencies to be at arm’s length from the Government and from Ministers, but I do not think that that necessarily negates the idea of their having some kind of statutory force, to give them that sense of …..."
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Written Question
Disabled Students' Allowances
Monday 4th April 2016

Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes to the Disabled Students' Allowance on the number of university applications in the forthcoming academic year.

Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone

The reform of Disabled Students’ Allowances is intended to ensure higher education institutions are consistently meeting their duties to disabled students under the Equality Act, and is not expected to impact on application rates.

The Government carried out an Equality Analysis as part of the recent consultation on reforms to Disabled Students’ Allowances. This is available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481527/bis-15-658-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf

Written Question
Disabled Students' Allowances: Impact Assessments
Monday 21st March 2016

Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to conduct an equality impact assessment on the effect of changes to the Disabled Students' Allowance.

Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone

An Equality Analysis was undertaken as part of the consultation exercise on reforms to Disabled Students’ Allowances. This was published on 2 December 2015.

Written Question
Disabled Students' Allowances
Monday 1st February 2016

Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were (a) in receipt of the Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) in 2015-16 and (b) affected by proposed changes to the DSA by constituent region of the UK.

Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone

Student support for Higher Education in the UK is a devolved issue.

Statistics showing the number of English applicants awarded Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘Student Support for Higher Education in England’.

http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx

We are only partway through the academic year 2015/16 and so published figures only provide an early indication of DSA support for the whole academic year.

The changes being introduced in 2016/17 will apply to all students applying for DSAs for the first time from the 2016/17 academic year, and are intended to ensure that Higher Education Institutions are meeting their responsibilities to disabled students under the Equalities Act.