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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (Second sitting)

"Q 127 Clearly it is in patient interests not to have treatment disrupted by action taken in respect of stoppages with a very small turnout. We heard this morning, and I think we all agree, that it would be useful if there were statistics—and we are not aware of any—that …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (Second sitting)

"Q 216 That is what I was going to offer with your permission, Sir Alan. The question is to Mr Wilson. You touched on the 2014 dispute and ballot with Unite. Can you remind us what percentage of Unite members voted to significantly disrupt the working and daily lives of …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (Second sitting)

"I was thinking about your firm’s services in particular.

Tony Wilson: I do not know. We are 7% of the market—..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (First sitting)

"Q 51 Thank you for allowing me to ask a question just before the end, Sir Edward.

You have all rightly made clear your views about the important and positive role that you see trade unions playing. Equally, you have touched on the impact that stoppages have in terms of …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (First sitting)

"Q 61 You have been very reasonable and measured in your evidence, so I thank you for that. Going back to the importance of thresholds, do you agree with Mr McCluskey when he writes to the Prime Minister:

“No one, of course, can be happy when strike action takes place—especially …..."
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Written Question
Primary Education: Rural Areas
Wednesday 8th July 2015

Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to work with local authorities to support the expansion of over-subsidised rural primary schools.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Supporting local authorities to create school places where they are needed most is one of the Department’s top priorities. In the last Parliament we spent £5 billion on capital funding for new school places, more than double what was spent between 2007-2011. In this Parliament we have committed £7 billion in capital funding between 2015 and 2021 to help local authorities create places. Local authorities will want to consider the specific challenges facing schools in rural areas when planning new school places.