20 Most Recent Stories From Paul Holmes's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Tue 15th Jul 2008:

Restorative Justice | Justice | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent consideration he has given to the use of restorative justice practices in the criminal justice system.

Tue 8th Jul 2008:

Human Trafficking | Westminster Hall debates.

I congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Mr. Steen) on securing the debate. He has raised the issue in other forums and will continue to do so. We have heard a number of different takes on it...

Rail Network | Oral Answers to Questions - Transport | Commons debates.

Is not the likely answer zero if the channel tunnel rail link is excluded, and is it not astonishing that the Government can spend £11.5 billion building 405 miles of major new road network,...

Rail Network | Oral Answers to Questions - Transport | Commons debates.

What change there has been in the length in miles of the rail network in England since 1st May 1997, excluding the channel tunnel rail link.

Wed 25th Jun 2008:

Pitt Report | HMRC | Commons debates.

May I take the Secretary of State back to the comments about long-term investment in flood defence? In my constituency in Chesterfield, three rivers flooded last summer—the Rother, the...

Mon 16th Jun 2008:

Schools: Admissions | Children, Schools and Families | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary maintained schools use oversubscription criteria based on religious practice or adherence...

Thu 5th Jun 2008:

Care and Support | Royal Assent | Commons debates.

Like the previous speaker, I will cut short some of my comments, because we want to make sure that everybody can contribute before the end of the debate. I will be fairly brief on the funding...

Care and Support | Royal Assent | Commons debates.

If the hon. Gentleman's constituents are not willing, as other people are, including in my constituency, to pay the extra income tax needed to provide coverage across the board for everybody, can...

Care and Support | Royal Assent | Commons debates.

Unlike the Conservatives.

Tue 13th May 2008:

New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

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New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I wonder whether the Secretary of State will answer the question that I posed earlier. If Ministers such as Lord Rooker and the right hon. Member for Neath (Mr. Hain) can speak so eloquently and...

New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I said earlier that it was too early to make a judgment about academies, as they are still fairly new. However, city technology colleges are academies under another name; they have been around a...

New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

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New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

The evidence that the Select Committee has looked at—for example that from PricewaterhouseCoopers, which did research for the Government, and from Professor Stephen Gorard—showed that...

New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I risk prolonging the debate on what is a good school—the hon. Gentleman's definition is admirable—but is not the Conservative party, since sacking the previous shadow Secretary of...

New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

That is a valid point, and one could make it again with reference to other areas. The Select Committee recently heard evidence from a former rear-admiral who now heads a group for public schools....

New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. That point can also be seen on an international scale. The PISA—programme for international student assessment—studies look at the OECD countries,...

New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I agree absolutely. When Lord Rooker made that statement in the other place in introducing legislation to end grammar schools and the 11-plus in Northern Ireland, he went on to say: "The...

New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

None the less, many people see a need to tighten up the system to make clear its absolute application to academies. I gave some examples earlier of the way in which they can play the system. I...

New Clause 14 - Admission arrangements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I welcome the thrust of what the Government are trying to achieve in new clause 14. I have been a member of what was the Education and Skills Committee and is now the Select Committee on...

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