Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Oct 2014
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"When IER was introduced in Northern Ireland, the number of people registered to vote plummeted. If a similar proportion of the register disappeared in London, nearly 1 million people would lose the ability to vote. How on earth does that increase democratic engagement and participation?..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Sep 2014
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"1. What changes there were in the number of apprenticeship starts for under-19s in the academic year 2012-13 compared with the previous academic year...."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Sep 2014
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"On a recent visit to Bromley college, I was told by a construction skills tutor that in the eight years he had worked there not once had he taught a bricklaying apprentice. When I asked him why, I was told that the qualification associated with such an apprenticeship is very …..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 21st July 2014
Asked by:
Heidi Alexander (Labour - Swindon South)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Since 2010 the Government Property Unit, based in the Cabinet Office, has helped the Government reduce the size of its estate by over 2 million square metres. As at March 2014 Government had released land with capacity for 76,000 homes under the current public sector land programme, towards a target of 100,000 by end March 2015.
The Cabinet Office has two land holdings: (i) an operational site at Hannington; and, (ii) the Sunningdale Park site, which is subject to a Private Finance Initiative contract. The Sunningdale Park site is not subject to a lease break until 2017.
Therefore the Cabinet Office has not been in a position to release any land since May 2010.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2014
European Council
"The events of the past week have exposed not only a lack of judgment on the part of the Prime Minister, but his inability to negotiate with other countries on our behalf. Does this fiasco not demonstrate the need for his departure from No. 10 and not the UK’s exit …..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Mar 2014
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"T2. Two weeks ago, the Deputy Prime Minister and his Liberal Democrat colleagues could have voted to retain the legal protection for successful hospitals that neighbour failing trusts placed into administration, but they did not. Instead, there was shameless posturing and then spineless behaviour when it came to the vote. …..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Mar 2014
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"Can the Deputy Prime Minister confirm that if the independent review body on health service staff pay recommends an increase the Government will accept that advice; or will they freeze the pay of some of the lowest earners in the NHS for yet another year?..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Written Question
Question Link
Monday 3rd March 2014
Asked by:
Heidi Alexander (Labour - Swindon South)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan on 11 December 2013, column 224, on Civil Service (union facility time), in which Departments the trade union officers who were promoted in post while doing no work as a civil servant were employed; and in which Department the officer who was promoted twice was employed.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
There are no plans to provide further details to protect the identities of the individuals involved.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Nov 2013
Commonwealth Meeting and the Philippines
"Further to the question from the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, my right hon. Friend the Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz), does the Prime Minister accept that over the past few years the British Government have forcibly returned Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka, only for them to …..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Nov 2013
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"Page 47 of the Tory party manifesto says:
“We will stop the forced closure of A&E and maternity wards, so that people have better access to local services”.
How is that going, Prime Minister?..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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