Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jun 2015
Black Country University Technical College
"That is undoubtedly a useful intervention. I shall mention the issue to some extent and am glad that the hon. Gentleman intervened.
I want to make it clear from the start that I accept there is much to be said for an extensive and advanced technical education, not least in …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jun 2015
Black Country University Technical College
"My not being notified is not my No. 1 complaint by any means. I wonder whether the Minister will answer a question that I did ask. Was the Department for Education notified of what was happening over the past two or three years? Did the Ofsted report come as a …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jun 2015
Black Country University Technical College
"As I said, my view is that there is a case for pausing, but clearly that will not happen. Does the Minister feel that it would be useful if he visited the college before the closure takes place and spoke to the staff and some of the students? He could …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 16th March 2015
Asked by:
David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its review of asbestos management in schools; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish that review.
Answered by David Laws
The draft report review was published on 12 March. Copies of the review have been placed in the House library and the review is also available on the GOV.UK website.
This is a complex area and one on which the available evidence base has some notable constraints. Gathering relevant evidence has been our priority and this has increased the time involved in consulting with experts and stakeholders.
Written Question
Thursday 12th February 2015
Asked by:
David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she told the academy in the Walsall North constituency that she was going to visit on 9 February 2015.
Answered by Edward Timpson
Departmental officials organise official government business including visits. They would not be expected to be involved in arrangements with Prospective Parliamentary Candidates.
Rivers Primary Academy was first informed that the Secretary of State for Education was planning to visit on 5 February 2015. The arrangements were then made and confirmed on 6 February 2015, on which date the Department also alerted the hon. Member to the planned visit.
Written Question
Thursday 12th February 2015
Asked by:
David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason officials in her Department told the hon. Member for Walsall North that she would not be accompanied by a prospective parliamentary candidate on her visit to an academy in that constituency on 9 February 2015; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Edward Timpson
Departmental officials organise official government business including visits. They would not be expected to be involved in arrangements with Prospective Parliamentary Candidates.
Rivers Primary Academy was first informed that the Secretary of State for Education was planning to visit on 5 February 2015. The arrangements were then made and confirmed on 6 February 2015, on which date the Department also alerted the hon. Member to the planned visit.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"If there was such a charter or Bill, would not there be an obligation on television companies, including the BBC, to explain why it is that, while men in their late 70s can carry out their job as lead presenters—and do it very well, no doubt—once women reach their 40s …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Oct 2014
National Minimum Wage
"Is it not a fact that it is often said that the House of Commons is rather remote from the lives of many people outside? Surely one of the ways we can combat the idea that MPs do not care is to do everything possible to overcome the poverty that …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Oct 2014
National Minimum Wage
"There was a campaign on that in the previous Parliament and I am glad if the issue has been rectified. Cleaners who were not in regular employment but contracted from outside were certainly not getting the same wage as those who were in regular employment in the House of Commons. …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Points of Order
"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Some of the exchanges we have just heard remind me of the controversy over whether the House should be televised. I voted in favour of that, and I am glad we did that. Some of the reservations expressed today were not really justified...."David Winnick - View Speech
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