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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Electoral Registration

"Goodbye.

The figure the hon. Gentleman gives is the snapshot of the number of unregistered people as of 1 December. I have to say that he ruins my weekends. He tables at least 400 written questions every week, and I have to spend my weekends reading through the answers. Of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Electoral Registration

"As I said, Mr Deputy Speaker, it is not a pleasant thought from my point of view.

The truth is that a vast amount of work is being done around the United Kingdom to get people to register before the general election, but it is important to remember that anyone …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Electoral Registration

"I do that every week. I don’t know what the hon. Lady is on about.

This builds on the important work the Electoral Commission is doing to get the message across that everyone should register to vote. I am also pleased that the commission is strongly supporting national voter registration …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Electoral Registration

"I do agree with that. We have not focused enough on the responsibility not only of individuals to register to vote but of electoral registration officers, whose job it is to encourage people to register. They are sending out letters, and they should be going door to door. They are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Electoral Registration

"I will not give way again if that is okay, as I have a lot to say in the next two minutes.

This week, on Monday 2 February, the commission’s new national advertising campaign launched a series of online display adverts to highlight the fact that anyone who is not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Electoral Registration

"Yes, we have, and the right hon. Gentleman will be pleased to learn that the Electoral Commission hit its target in the run-up to the last general election. I am pretty confident that it will do so again...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Electoral Registration

"I cannot give way again; I have only 29 seconds left.

I hope that the House will recognise that there is a great deal of activity already under way or about to happen that is likely to increase voter registration dramatically. We also have a responsibility ourselves to take our …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Electoral Registration

"What about the parents?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Electoral Registration

"They don’t have passports?..."
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Written Question
Schools: Sherford
Thursday 28th August 2014

Asked by: Gary Streeter (Conservative - South West Devon)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the organisations which will run the proposed new schools in the new town in Sherford, Devon will be selected.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Where a local authority (LA) identifies the need to establish a new school, section 6A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (the ‘academy presumption’) requires it to seek proposals, in the first instance, to establish an academy/free school. The LA must publish a new school specification, inviting proposals to establish and run the new school. The LA should assess all proposals received and send the outcome of their assessment to the Secretary of State. The LA may state its preferred proposer or ranking of proposers, which the Secretary of State will take into consideration when deciding whether or not to enter into a funding agreement with any of the proposers. However, the Secretary of State reserves the right to put in place a proposer of her own choice.

Guidance about the process is published online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-and-free-school-presumption