Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Mar 2015
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"7. What steps he is taking to improve access to Government procurement by small and medium-sized enterprises...."William Bain - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Mar 2015
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"The Minister omitted to say in his answer that nine out of 17 Departments spent less with SMEs in 2013-14 than they did in 2012-13. With just 10% of Government contracts going to small businesses, why have this Government been so poor when it comes to procurement from our SME …..."William Bain - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Mar 2015
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"2. When she plans to make a progress report on the Government’s economic pact for Northern Ireland...."William Bain - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Mar 2015
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"With one in six people in Northern Ireland on low pay and intergenerational poverty remaining stubbornly high, should not the Government be getting a move on to raise the minimum wage to at least £8 an hour and get as many people as possible on to the living wage to …..."William Bain - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Jan 2015
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"T2. A high-skill, high-wage economy needs more of our young people going into apprenticeships, so will the Deputy Prime Minister explain how last year 6,000 fewer young people started an apprenticeship than the year before? Is not this simply a Government who have betrayed the promise of Britain’s young people?..."William Bain - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Dec 2014
Food Banks
"Volunteers at my local food bank collection centre in Glasgow told me that the main reason for the surge in the use of food banks in the past year is the number of people on exceptionally low wages. Is my hon. Friend aware that the number of people in Scotland, …..."William Bain - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Asked by:
William Bain (Labour - Glasgow North East)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of changes in real weekly earnings for (a) all workers, (b) male workers, (c) female workers, (d) part-time workers, (e) full-time workers, (f) male part-time workers, (g) male full-time workers, (h) female part-time workers and (i) female full-time workers as defined in the recent Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings in each parliamentary constituency between April 2013 and April 2014.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Written Question
Thursday 27th November 2014
Asked by:
William Bain (Labour - Glasgow North East)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment in each parliamentary constituency earned less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Written Question
Thursday 27th November 2014
Asked by:
William Bain (Labour - Glasgow North East)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate, based on the annual survey of hours and earnings published on 19 November 2014, the number and proportion of (a) people, (b) men and (c) women in (i) work, (ii) full-time work and (iii) part-time work in each (A) local authority area and (B) parliamentary constituency earning less than the UK living wage in 2014 to date.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Nov 2014
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"3. What his priorities are for political and constitutional reform in the remainder of this Parliament...."William Bain - View Speech
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