"Does the Secretary of State agree that paying Portuguese seafarers working on P&O Ferries in and out of Hull £3.96 an hour risks the employment of British seafarers? Will he make sure that the national minimum wage enforcement team investigates the maritime sector?..." Karl Turner - View Speech
"Does the Minister share my concern that following the fire sale of Royal Mail, private hedge fund shareholders will no longer be prepared to fund the not-for-profit universal service obligation?..." Karl Turner - View Speech
"The Secretary of State may not see anything wrong with a 19th-century education system that places no value on practical, vocational or creative training, but employers are very concerned, and so is the CBI. Why is the Secretary of State not as worried as they are?..." Karl Turner - View Speech
"11. What assessment his Department has made of the role of schools in preparing children and young people for entering the workplace...." Karl Turner - View Speech
"Does the Minister agree that a diploma in engineering is an important qualification and an important skill for young people? Downgrading that important qualification is, in my view, damaging to foreign manufacturers such as Siemens, which is hopefully about to invest very heavily in offshore wind in my fantastic constituency...." Karl Turner - View Speech
"21. What estimate he has made of the likely size of the Sure Start children’s centre network by the end of the 2012-13 financial year...." Karl Turner - View Speech
"The Minister recently visited Little Stars children’s centre in my constituency and was impressed by the quality and commitment of staff to the service. Will she commend the Labour council leader for prioritising Sure Start, despite the savage cuts handed to it by the Government, and urgently reconsider the Government’s …..." Karl Turner - View Speech