Monthly Archives: May 2012

Apprentices | Oral Answers to Questions – Business, Innovation and Skills | Commons debates

What recent assessment he has made of the employment circumstances of apprentices on completion of their placement.

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Apprentices | Oral Answers to Questions – Business, Innovation and Skills | Commons debates

That is very welcome news. The success of apprenticeships will be judged not just by the growth in their number but by the difference they make to apprentices’ future employment. Reports on…

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Apprentices | Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of apprenticeships terminated within 12 months in each of the last two years; and of those, how many apprentices…

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Employment Law (Beecroft Report) | Oral Answers to Questions – Home Department | Commons debates

What thought has the Minister given to ensuring that no-fault dismissal cannot be applied unfairly so as to discriminate against workers looking to start families, especially young women?

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Duncan Hames supports charity’s campaign for early diagnosis of children’s heart conditions

Duncan Hames MP has backed a new campaign by the UK’s leading children’s heart charity, The Children’s Heart Federation, which seeks to increase early diagnosis of heart conditions for children.

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MP celebrates 100th surgery

Duncan Hames, MP for Chippenham, has held his 100th surgery for constituents since being elected in 2010. The landmark surgery took place at the Pound Arts Centre in Corsham on Friday 4 May 2012.

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Business and the Economy | Debate on the Address | Commons debates

I generally support the hon. Gentleman’s observations on House of Lords reform, but does he agree that one lesson of constitutional reform is that we should not allow the best to be the…

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Business and the Economy | Debate on the Address | Commons debates

I generally support the hon. Gentleman’s observations on House of Lords reform, but does he agree that one lesson of constitutional reform is that we should not allow the best to be the…

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Defence Budget and Transformation | Commons debates

I welcome the Defence Secretary’s decision to require an estimate of 10 years’ worth of support costs before a project is committed. It makes little sense, after all, to go to a…

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Defence Budget and Transformation | Commons debates

I welcome the Defence Secretary’s decision to require an estimate of 10 years’ worth of support costs before a project is committed. It makes little sense, after all, to go to a…

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