Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Valerie Vaz Excerpts
Thursday 21st January 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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But as we know, the shadow Deputy Leader of the House, the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Melanie Onn), does like black pudding, so she can take part.

Valerie Vaz Portrait Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab)
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Following the point made by the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies), may we have an urgent debate on cuts to funding for English for speakers of other languages? Walsall Adult Community College has had £380,000 cut from its budget for doing what the Prime Minister asked it to do. The Prime Minister has now allocated £20 million, so please can the college have its money back?

Chris Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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The hon. Lady makes a strong representation on behalf of her local college, and I am sure that the appropriate Minister will take that into account as he looks at how we use this money to the best possible effect.