"8. What steps he plans to take to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are able to gain access to finance...." Christopher Pincher - View Speech
"May I continue the theme begun by my hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (John Glen) and tell my right hon. Friend about an SME in Tamworth called Summit Systems? Although that company has never been in debt it is finding it very difficult to access a normal bank loan, …..." Christopher Pincher - View Speech
"13. What recent progress has been made on his Department's academies programme in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) England...." Christopher Pincher - View Speech
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that answer. Will he, with me, congratulate all the other secondary schools in Tamworth that are now pursuing academy status beyond the dead hand of the LEA? Will he agree to support, to the best of his ability, those potential academies and …..." Christopher Pincher - View Speech
"Thank you, Mr Speaker; clearly, I am moving up the batting order in this particular sport.
In welcoming my right hon. Friend’s White Paper, may I ask him to encourage greater vertical integration between primary and secondary schools? One issue that teachers in Tamworth have raised with me is the …..." Christopher Pincher - View Speech
"12. What recent discussions he has had on the future of local enterprise partnerships; and if he will make a statement...." Christopher Pincher - View Speech
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his answer. Although I am pleased that Advantage West Midlands is being replaced by a more business-friendly, accountable and flexible LEP, can he tell us what steps he will take to ensure that the hiatus between the wind-down of the regional development …..." Christopher Pincher - View Speech
"14. What recent representations he has received on standards of attainment in secondary schools in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) England...." Christopher Pincher - View Speech
"I am grateful for that answer. Is my hon. Friend aware that after 13 years of a Labour Government, children are still going to secondary school in Tamworth at the age of 11 with a reading age of eight or lower, which puts them at a disadvantage? What proposals do …..." Christopher Pincher - View Speech
"The right hon. Gentleman said that this measure is a brake on progress. In my constituency, children going into one of the schools—it has an inspirational head teacher—at age 11 have a reading age of 8. After 13 years of Labour Government, what is progressive about that?..." Christopher Pincher - View Speech