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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Nov 2014
Living Wage

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does any of the evidence collected relate to very small businesses? In my constituency, a lot of small businesses would be keen to pay the living wage, but they are concerned about the impact on their very small profit margins. Does …..."
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Written Question
First Aid
Monday 3rd November 2014

Asked by: Guto Bebb (Independent - Aberconwy)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure that more young people are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Schools can choose whether to cover this topic as part of their curriculum. The non-statutory framework for Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education produced by the PSHE Association provides a context for teaching young people about emergency lifesaving skills (ELS) and resuscitation.

At primary level, pupils can learn about basic emergency procedures and where to get help, and at secondary level they can develop the skills to cope with emergency situations that require basic first aid procedures, including resuscitation techniques.

The Department for Education is encouraging schools to purchase defibrillators as part of their first aid equipment, and is currently working in partnership with the Department of Health and stakeholders to identify a supplier of defibrillators at a competitive price. An announcement is expected in early December.

Written Question
Schools: Swimming
Tuesday 1st July 2014

Asked by: Guto Bebb (Independent - Aberconwy)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to promote the teaching of water safety in schools.

Answered by Edward Timpson

In the new national curriculum, which comes into force from September 2014, swimming and water safety remain compulsory in the programme of study for physical education (PE) at primary level. We are sending a clear message to schools that swimming and water safety are essential: no other activities are specified requirements in the PE curriculum. The programme of study for PE is available online here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study

The Department for Education is providing over £450million of ring-fenced funding across the academic years 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 to go directly to primary schools, to be spent on the improvement of PE and sport. Headteachers are best placed to decide how the funding should be used and, using the funding, they can provide additional training and instruction in swimming and water safety (over and above the requirements of the national curriculum) if they choose.

There are a range of resources to help schools provide high-quality teaching, including from organisations such as the Amateur Swimming Association and from the Royal Lifesaving Society.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Dec 2013
PISA Results

"The Secretary of State has rightly touched on the comparative poor performance in Wales. Would he blame that primarily on the fact that we have a £600 per head funding gap as a result of Labour policy or on the fact that the Labour Government in Cardiff have accepted teaching …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jul 2013
EU-US Trade and Investment Agreement

"It is a pleasure to contribute to this debate, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) on securing it through the Backbench Business Committee. I am also very pleased to be involved with the all-party group on European Union-United States trade and investment, because …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jul 2013
EU-US Trade and Investment Agreement

"That comment has indeed been made, and the all-party group could have a good debate on these issues. I am happy to have this argument. That is why we wanted to establish the all-party group and to have this debate. We need to ensure all the views in this House …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jul 2013
EU-US Trade and Investment Agreement

"I thank my hon. Friend for making that excellent point. It is one of the key concerns in relation to the fact that we are still waiting for a Canada-EU agreement, because the more the issue is highlighted, the more it seems that the opponents come forward with further concerns …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jul 2013
EU-US Trade and Investment Agreement

"I would be reluctant to agree with that rather negative view of the reasons behind the trade agreement. Again, one of the reasons I was keen to be involved in the all-party group was to ensure that we discuss such issues openly. If there are significant concerns of that nature, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jul 2013
EU-US Trade and Investment Agreement

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Jul 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. My right hon. Friend is well aware of the scandal of mis-selling interest rate derivatives to small businesses, but despite the establishment of the Financial Conduct Authority redress scheme in January, not a penny has yet been paid out to small businesses. On Tuesday, one small business was offered …..."
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