Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Sandra Osborne Excerpts
Thursday 24th May 2012

(12 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Prisk Portrait Mr Prisk
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The primary authority scheme, which was started by Labour, will be extended under this Government to ensure that the enforcement of regulation, which is often just as burdensome as the red tape itself, will be appropriate in that locality.

Sandra Osborne Portrait Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab)
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Sixty redundancies have been announced today at the open-cast mine at Kirkconnel. It is in the constituency of the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, but it will affect my constituency in east Ayrshire. What are the Government doing to support the coal industry?

Lord Willetts Portrait Mr Willetts
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Earlier this week we produced our energy strategy, which involves ensuring not just a fair deal for consumers, but sustaining investment in energy in Britain.