Speeches by Hinds.

“The internet is full of people who think they are in touch with a bigger truth and that it does not matter what happens to all sorts of littler truths along the way in getting that bigger truth across. In his letter to my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage), the Chair of the Select Committee, Sa…”

“It is very difficult to establish a direct line of causality—as it always is with these things—but do you feel that there is some connection between the consumption of this kind of media and some of those issues?”

“It will be interesting to hear what both of you hear from your interactions with people in the world of education and so on. Anecdotally, people talk about there now being issues with spans of attention for children—presenting in year R—and with being able to sit still. There are also more children presenting with spec…”

“Frank, can I ask you about your Sheffield speech—particularly what you were saying about early years development and the exposure of very young children to flashing imagery and very fast-moving content? Do you think there should be guidance from the health service or the Department for Education that says, “Do not expo…”

“YouTube take ads.”

“Well, they are watching something.”

“Sorry—that is pushing again. I am not arguing against pushing. Pushing absolutely has a role, but so does pulling, and in most consumer markets you have both. Shelf placement is important in a supermarket, but so is the brand advertising that makes you want to seek out that particular brand of soap powder. I guess my q…”

“They are totally empowered to do it, aren’t they? It takes money—I grant you that.”

“On prominence, there are two different ways that you can find things: you can either have them shown to you or you can go looking for them. We have talked about prominence so far today in terms of being shown stuff. It occurs to me that when we were kids, on telly it was the case that BBC One and Two and ITV were prefe…”

“This is a thorough piece of work from Professor Francis. There are things in it to welcome, including the retention of key stage 2 assessments and the triple science entitlement, although the Government will have to say where the resourcing will come from to make that a reality. In truth, there are other things that we…”

“It is currently changing. All the main institutions are changing. Has that solved or will it solve any of your problems?”

“It is a pleasure to take part in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is natural in these debates that we repeatedly hear phrases like “lifeblood” and “beating heart”, because colleagues across the House love our town and village centres; they are the essence of our local communities. For me, that means principal town…”

“I largely agree. In truth, it is a blend. Having distinctive independent traders is what sets all our towns apart; it makes them unique and it makes us very proud of them. But customers want both those independent traders and some brand-name retailers, and there is nothing wrong with being a brand-name retailer. The se…”

“The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. I might return the favour by mentioning the Robert Bolt theatre, which I think is in his constituency. Colleagues will know of “A Man for All Seasons”, and the hon. Gentleman is something of a man for all seasons himself. As well as bringing more people into the town centre, …”

“Let me try to help the Minister, because Conservative Members are very keen to know the answer, and probably many of his colleagues are keen to know it too. It is one thing to say, “We would like to reduce the cost by 25%”—sure you would! The question is: how do the Government think they are going to realise savings of…”

“It is the Government amendment in an Opposition day debate. How are those 25% savings going to be realised?”

“I want to pick up on what Geoff said earlier about the project funding being fine but there being limited preventative and maintenance funding. To what extent are you able, as English Heritage, to focus the money that you control on the former, on the preventative maintenance? To what extent do you do that?”

“I want to pick up on what Geoff said earlier about the project funding being fine but there being limited preventative and maintenance funding. To what extent are you able, as English Heritage, to focus the money that you control on the former, on the preventative maintenance? To what extent do you do that?”

“There will be more flexibility in how the apprentice levy will be used. It is changing to the growth and skills levy, although that question about covering salaries is a different one. How long would a typical apprenticeship in a craft skill be?”

“Do you have a formal road into Skills England—or did you go to IfATE before—for setting the occupational standards in these craft skills? Matthew?”