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Written Question
Youth Services
Wednesday 25th March 2015

Asked by: Gavin Shuker (Independent - Luton South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to support youth services.

Answered by Rob Wilson

We continue to offer practical support to the youth sector by promoting innovative delivery models for youth services and supporting organisations to measure their impact and demonstrate their value.

We have also provided over 130,000 opportunities for young people through National Citizen Service.

Written Question
Job Creation: East of England
Tuesday 25th November 2014

Asked by: Gavin Shuker (Independent - Luton South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new jobs have been created in each parliamentary constituency in the East of England since October 2012.

Answered by Rob Wilson

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2014
Ukraine (Flight MH17) and Gaza

"Does the Prime Minister accept that one major impediment to a lasting ceasefire in Gaza is the widely held belief across the Palestinian occupied territories, the wider middle east and our own constituencies that Israel has not lived up to its previous commitments under previous ceasefires? Furthermore, does he accept …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2014
Industrial Action Update

"Ordinary hard-working people, such as those I represent in Luton, should have the right to withdraw their labour in a responsible way and to stand up against people, many of whom are on much higher salaries, such as us here in Parliament. The right hon. Gentleman talks of mandates and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Mar 2014
European Council and Nuclear Security Summit

"The Prime Minister is right that getting the EU to speak with one voice on decarbonisation going into next year’s Paris meeting is hugely important. Does he accept that it will be deeply problematic if we fail to get a deal at this point, before the make-up of the European …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What recent discussions he has had with charities and voluntary organisations on levels of demand for their services...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Government expect charities and voluntary organisations to step in in many places where the state has pulled out. However, the Minister recently said:

“frankly I don’t think the government does understand civil society.”

Why did he say that?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q3. Does the Prime Minister believe that the accident and emergency crisis in the NHS has anything to do with the fact that he has cut 6,000 nurses since coming to power?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Sep 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q7. I also asked my constituents what I should ask the Prime Minister today. Far away from the knockabout of this session, many people are concerned about wages and prices. Is it not the case that, under this Prime Minister, when prices outstrip wages, working people are poorer than they …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. In Luton, the local authority’s budget is being cut by approximately half over the period of the comprehensive spending review. In turn, funding is being cut for many local charities, such as LAMP—the Luton accommodation and move-on project—a brilliant charity based in my constituency that works with youth homelessness. …..."
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