Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Maude of Horsham and Julie Hilling

Wednesday 29th January 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Maude]

I absolutely welcome the inquiry that my hon. Friend is leading and will certainly encourage a lot of evidence to be given. We have to be open about the problems that exist. Otherwise, there is no chance whatsoever of solving them. The first stage in finding solutions is being honest about the problems.

[Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab)]

3. What steps he is taking to maintain the level of youth services provision.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Maude of Horsham and Julie Hilling

Wednesday 19th June 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Maude]

Way back in 2004, Sir Peter Gershon recommended the introduction of shared services to try to break down that silo mentality and to make efficiency savings. For eight years very little happened, but we are now breaking through and making big progress on legal services, on internal audit and on back-office, transactional, human resources and finance services. There is much more to do, however, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his support.

[Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab)]

T6. Bolton community and volunteer services have congratulated Bolton council on preserving funding for the voluntary sector, but projects are still at risk owing to rising costs, increasing demand and reduced access to funding. What will the Minister do to save community and voluntary sector projects in Bolton West?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Maude of Horsham and Julie Hilling

Wednesday 14th December 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Maude]

We very much hope that it will not be necessary for the Government to move to the stage of imposition. Our intention is that we should reach agreement. It is necessary that we reach agreement by the end of the year, because there is a lot of work to do to put the new schemes in place as early as possible, so that people know what their future holds and we can implement the new schemes; so yes, we will be making further announcements to the House before it rises.

[Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab)]

11. What steps he is taking to support the voluntary sector.