Debates between Andrea Jenkyns and Sajid Javid during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Andrea Jenkyns and Sajid Javid
Tuesday 3rd May 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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As I said earlier, it would be wrong of anyone to jump to conclusions about the pension fund and the reason for the deficit. The right way forward is for independent regulators to take a look.

Andrea Jenkyns Portrait Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood) (Con)
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I am a champion of the Sutton Trust and the inquiry by the all-party parliamentary group on social mobility into access into leading professions. What is the Department doing to support our leading professions to work with schools and universities to build up the schools base, so that more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds can access our top professions?

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Debate between Andrea Jenkyns and Sajid Javid
Tuesday 15th March 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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It is a shame that that is the best the hon. Lady can come up with. One would think she would want to make a positive case. I think she should focus on speaking to her own boss and asking him about the contribution he wants to make to this debate.

Andrea Jenkyns Portrait Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood) (Con)
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T3. I was a comprehensive school girl who left school at 16, so social mobility is very important to me, and I am pleased to be involved in the new inquiry by the all-party parliamentary group on social mobility into getting people from diverse backgrounds into top professions. Will my hon. Friend tell me what steps the Government are taking to ensure that more people, regardless of their background, can secure further education or employment?

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Debate between Andrea Jenkyns and Sajid Javid
Tuesday 15th December 2015

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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I always like to ask tough questions, but I note there was flooding in my hon. Friend’s constituency recently, and the Met Office played a key role in helping the emergency services and protecting lives and property. Today is an opportunity to commend the Met Office for some of the work it does.

Andrea Jenkyns Portrait Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood) (Con)
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3. What steps he is taking to promote trade opportunities for UK businesses.

Sajid Javid Portrait The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade (Sajid Javid)
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I chair the exports implementation taskforce, which is driving cross-Whitehall support for exports. In November, my noble Friend Lord Maude launched the five-year Exporting is GREAT campaign, which promotes real-time global export opportunities to business.

Andrea Jenkyns Portrait Andrea Jenkyns
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In November, I hosted an event in my constituency with the China-Britain Business Council to which I invited small businesses to come and find out more about trading with China. The all-party parliamentary group on China is aiming to help 50 Members to organise similar events. Can my right hon. Friend tell me how his Department plans to make good use of our new trading relationship with China to help small businesses expand into these vital global markets?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Let me commend my hon. Friend on her efforts to encourage businesses in her constituency to export more to China. While exports to China have doubled in the last five years, there is a lot of potential and a lot more that we can do. The recent visit by the Chinese President helped to highlight that, and the effort that my hon. Friend is making with UK Trade & Investment, the China-Britain Business Council and others provides an example to us all.