Speeches by Hinds.

“Classically, a cap on these things is the number of bed nights available. I used to work for Holiday Inn, and the Holiday Inn franchisee convention can only go to four cities, even in America, so you are very limited here. Historically, Blackpool used to have a lot of bed nights, but things have changed. London obvious…”

“What do you think is the potential for moving or creating more of this business outside of London? It would be interesting to know, of the total sector—you think of some massive events like World Travel Market, London Fashion Week, London Tech Week, International Maritime. They are all in London. You have the Boat Show…”

“Major events has two meanings, doesn’t it? For each major event you have a team. The Open coming to Scotland is a major event that would have an operational team attached to it. There is also the concept of how as a country we make the most out of major events in general. Then you do want someone from the Treasury and …”

“rose—”

“You have 18 minutes.”

“9. What recent progress Skills England has made on its priorities.”

“I will add that 4,000 of my constituents have signed this petition. I have also heard directly from hundreds of them by email in response to my own petition. We should listen to all these voices. A lot has changed since 2003, but not my opposition to digital ID. The Government say that it would be non-compulsory, but i…”

“It really is not ideal to have the body responsible for upholding standards in qualifications inside a Department that will be judged on how many people it gets through to passing those qualifications. It was not ideal when it was at the Department for Education; it is even less ideal now that it is at the Department f…”

“In the previous year, 100,000 people were claiming asylum. The Labour Government were talking about ID cards to tackle illegal immigration, but they soon started talking about using them to tackle all sorts of other things as well. In time, it became apparent that there was a huge amount of disagreement among Ministers…”

“David Laws!”

“I am so pleased that the hon. Gentleman asked me about that, because it is one of the great slogans of his party. One of my favourite statistics, however—people can look it up; it is available in an official publication—is that there were more children’s centres open in this country when I was Secretary of State for Ed…”

“In that case, I give way to the hon. Gentleman.”

“21. What discussions she has had with the chair of the curriculum and assessment review on her proposals to change the progress 8 measure.”

“The Minister says that the limit is three items, but actually, the limit is three in primary school, while I believe it is four in secondary school—she will correct me if I am wrong—so long as the fourth is a tie. Can she tell me for what reason a fourth is not allowed in primary school, if the fourth is a tie?”

“Professor Francis was clear that the EBacc grouping should be kept in the progress 8 measure under the heading “Academic Breadth”. The Government have overruled the review, which is quite a big thing to do. The Secretary of State herself used to be a student of modern languages. Have they learned nothing from their ter…”

“As a simple, comparative piece of maths, if the Minister is saying that breakfast clubs will save families £450 a year, how much money is the Department for Education providing to the school to provide that breakfast?”

“I am coming very close to the end of my speech, and I think Ms Barker would want me to continue to allow for more speakers.”

“There is nowhere in the DFE budget from which £6 billion could possibly come other than the core schools budget, so either SEN funding is being cut, the core schools budget is being cut—that implies 5% per head—or the Secretary of State has an explicit agreement with the Chancellor for the money to come from somewhere …”

“It is a great pleasure to see you presiding, Ms Barker. This has been a good debate, and very good points have been made by hon. Members on all sides, including the hon. Member for Beckenham and Penge (Liam Conlon), who has just spoken. This is a rare and important opportunity to talk about the vital role of hospital s…”

“Did the Minister just say that all of these documents would be FOI-able and would then be released, albeit in redacted form, presumably in the usual way, with personal details being blacked out?”