Speeches by Atkinson.

“Thank you. To follow up from that, a lot of the focus of what we have been discussing has been on passengers, but you have both mentioned freight. Certainly, looking at outcomes, the previous goals for freight were not considered particularly ambitious. In terms of what the Secretary of State, I think, will set out as …”

“Will that design then be fixed in the legislation?”

“Thank you. You talked about the need to model behaviours, but, practically, what can shadow GBR, you and the constituent organisations do to address those kinds of issues in the interim?”

“Would acknowledging the real value of pipelines also apply to looking at how we progress electrification and ensuring that we retain and increase the skills involved in that?”

“We definitely have a vested interest.”

“Can I follow up on skills for one moment? Do you envisage a specific role that GBR will have on skills? Certainly, one element when you are talking about workforce planning is that you get a lot more investment in workforce when there is a clear pipeline of work. One of the inquiries that this Committee will be looking…”

“Q We heard from the National Association of Head Teachers that they wanted to see more collaboration, and some concern was expressed that not enough collaboration was taking place to date. I would be interested to hear your views as to how we can improve that, and whether you would acknowledge that, across a lot of dif…”

“I am very pleased to hear it.”

“Q You were talking about “broad and balanced”. Given the 47% drop in arts subjects at GCSE, do you feel that more needs to be done to ensure that we have an even broader range of subjects that can be enjoyed? Sir Martyn Oliver: Speaking as a qualified teacher of fine art, absolutely.”

“Q How do you think the Bill will help to stop children falling through the net? How can it help to support families, in the cost of living crisis, with the costs associated with school? Catherine McKinnell: Those are two quite big issues. Do you want to start on cost savings, Stephen? Stephen Morgan: As we have heard t…”

“Q So you are doing something, but that is not necessarily happening across other trusts and academies? Luke Sparkes: I cannot speak for the whole sector,but I can say what we believe. Sir Dan Moynihan: I agree with you on breadth, and we too emphasise the EBacc. Around 40% of our kids are pupil premium and another 30% …”

“Q We heard from the Children’s Commissioner that the number of children who are missing from education and at risk of child sexual exploitation has been getting worse. I am interested in your views as to why. Sir Martyn Oliver: We see quite a number of issues. I spoke recently in my annual review, which I laid before P…”

“Q We have seen the number of children in care rising really significantly. Looking at the child protection measures, the kinship clauses and the family group conferencing, what do you feel the overall impact of Bill will be on the numbers of children in care? Jacky Tiotto: It is difficult. We have primary legislation i…”

“Q We heard in earlier evidence that spending on early intervention has reduced while crisis costs have significantly increased. What do you think will be the impact of early intervention, including family group decision making, primarily on outcomes but also, in the longer term, on costs? Ruth Stanier: We very much thi…”

“T6. Last week I met a young dad at Derby City Mission who had been sleeping rough until he used its Safe Space night shelter. He was then able to move into one of its bedrooms, and he had just been informed that there was a home for him to move into: another step towards having somewhere his son can visit him next Chri…”

“Unregulated and uninsured souped-up electric scooters have been a real source of antisocial behaviour in Derby. Our police and crime commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts has been working with Derbyshire constabulary to clamp down on illegal e-scooters, seizing and disposing of more than 200 since November. Will the Lea…”

“What potential do you see for the infrastructure strategy supporting the industrial strategy?”

“I met women from the endometriosis support group in Derby, and so many reported that they had had to give up work because of their symptoms as well as the huge delays in their diagnosis and treatment. Does my hon. Friend agree that until this gets real priority and understanding, we will continue to lose out on the tal…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that we need to grow the skills necessary to build the service and maintain our submarine fleet? Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby is doubling the size of its site in preparation for AUKUS, and it has its own nuclear skills academy with 200 apprentices every year. Does my hon. Friend agree that …”

“Derby North.”