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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 25 November 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Prentice. The answering member was Lord Knight of Weymouth.


Education Maintenance Allowance

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the education maintenance allowance.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
483 c221-8WH 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 483 c221WH (Link to this contribution) I call Mr. Gordon Prentice, who has been successful in securing this debate.
Andrew Smith | 483 c221WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend for raising this important issue, which has hit my constituents as it ...
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Gordon Prentice | 483 c221WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mrs. Winterton. You say that I have been successful in securing this debate, but I have b...
Gordon Prentice | 483 c222-4WH (Link to this contribution) That will not affect the line of my argument at all, but we will come back to that point later. Wha...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 483 c222WH (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that when I respond I will have to correct that figure of 12,000, so the picture is not ...
Gordon Prentice | 483 c221-2WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, and I shall come on to that very point. That is why last Wednesday, when I put my question t...
Gordon Prentice | 483 c224-5WH (Link to this contribution) John Lennon. What happened was the very antithesis of good government. As you know, Lady Winterton,...
Gordon Prentice | 483 c226WH (Link to this contribution) In the light of that further inaccuracy, does the Minister not think it would be wise to revisit the...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 483 c225-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. It is an important topic that has affected man...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 483 c226-8WH (Link to this contribution) As I said, I have written to the chief executive of the LSC, who is the other party to the contract ...
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 483 c228WH (Link to this contribution) Again, because I am not a party to the contract arrangements directly, it is difficult to give a pre...
Gordon Prentice | 483 c228WH (Link to this contribution) Why would Richard Webster write to me to say that the staff working in Pendle were LSC staff, not Li...
Subjects
Contracts Finance Further education Grants Education maintenance allowance Private sector Public expenditure Staff Standards Students Liberata
Link
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