Care Workers
Debate between Joan Walley and John Robertson(10 years ago)
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Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Lab)
May I, too, declare an interest, as a Unison member, and say how important it is that this issue has been flagged up in the debate? Given the concerns about this issue, should home care not be part and parcel of the discussions about the future of the NHS? We need to keep people out of accident and emergency and out of hospitals. If there is no care in the community, we will put more expense on the NHS and provide worse care. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, in discussions about the future of the NHS, we should make absolutely sure that these workers are paid a proper rate for the job and that travelling time is included? The Care Quality Commission has a vital role in this.
John Robertson (in the Chair)
Order. I ask hon. Members to keep interventions a bit shorter.
Energy Intensive Industries
Debate between Joan Walley and John Robertson(10 years, 11 months ago)
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Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Lab)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on obtaining the debate. Must not we make sure that we can maintain manufacturing jobs in the UK, including in the ceramics industry, and support energy intensive industries, while enabling them to decarbonise? A key difference between the UK and Germany is the fact that in Germany the power sector has been transformed with a move towards clean energy. We must not lose sight of the necessary innovation and the transformation of the energy sector.
John Robertson (in the Chair)
Order. I ask hon. Members to keep interventions a bit shorter.
Joan Walley
Is it not the case that Germany is having to rely on a greater amount of coal now, in the short term—
Football Clubs (Governance)
Debate between Joan Walley and John Robertson(14 years, 2 months ago)
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Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Lab)
I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. I have to declare an interest; I am a season-ticket holder at Port Vale football club. Does my hon. Friend agree that the way in which the fans of Port Vale bought out their club when it was in administration also suggests a way forward? The dilemma and the main cause of tension is that football clubs depend on investment. The degree of investment now needed because of the unlevel playing field brought about by the premiership gives the impression that people can simply come in with that money, but it is not necessarily available at the local level.
John Robertson (in the Chair)
Order. Will Members please keep interventions short?