Speeches by Baines.

“Thank you. Following up on the specific policies that have been announced, the youth guarantee and the youth trailblazers are for 18 to 21-year-olds while the NEET figures are for 16 to 24-year-olds. Why do the trailblazers have a narrower focus? What will there be for those between 16 and 18 or over 21?”

“Good morning. I think we can all agree that nearly a million young people out of education, employment and training is a bad thing and we all want to address that. It has recently been announced that the former Health Secretary, Alan Milburn, is going to lead an inquiry into it. There is a lot already known and already…”

“I strongly welcome this announcement. Nuclear is a growing sector. Just on Friday, in Haydock in my constituency, I helped officially to open the new HQ of Delkia, a relatively new company that does a lot of work in this sector. Will the Minister assure me and small and medium-sized businesses such as Delkia that they …”

“The communities I represent in St Helens North have a long and proud connection with the armed forces, from the St Helens Pals of the first world war, to groups such as Newton-le-Willows sea cadets and local veterans organisations, who do outstanding community work across the borough. Last week, in Parliament’s garden …”

“There is a lot to welcome in the statement, but will the Secretary of State please assure me and families in St Helens North that not only will we have the measures in the curriculum review, but more certainty will be provided in the schools and SEND White Paper in the new year, and that all proposals to help all pupil…”

“This has been a long time coming. We finally have before us a Bill that is, in the eyes of those who matter—some of whom are sat in the Gallery today—worthy of the name “Hillsborough law”. That is a huge achievement and, as others have said, it is the result of a lot of hard work and campaigning by a lot of people. The…”

“I thank my hon. Friend and pay tribute to him for all the work that he has done for years to help to get us to this point—it is incredible. I completely agree with him about the things that need to be done to strengthen the Bill, but does he agree that this is the start of the process—just another step on the journey—a…”

“Do they stick to those timings?”

“Thank you for that. It is really important that we listen to the experience that you have had. Will you expand a little on indicative timings of business, which I believe they do publish in—”

“Robin, you have mentioned your experience in Northern Ireland. Would you mind telling us a bit more about that?”

“So if it says a debate or an item of business is going to be an hour, it is an hour. It gets cut off.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this debate and pay tribute to him for his tireless work, for so long, to raise awareness of the injustice suffered by the victims of Hillsborough and their loved ones. I kno…”

“Like everyone else in this House, I am incredibly proud of our armed forces, and particularly of our relationship with them in St Helens. Just yesterday, the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment paraded through St Helens town centre after being awarded the freedom of the borough—we are so incredibly proud. Does the Minister ag…”

“St Helens is ranked as the 26th most deprived area nationally, and that poverty has an impact on health and sickness from pre-birth to old age. As a country, we spend more on crisis intervention and less on early intervention after 14 years of the Tories. Will the Chancellor please assure me and people in St Helens Nor…”

“I warmly welcome the review, as I know will families and dads in St Helens North. I am also sure that Jay White, who runs the Dad Matters organisation in St Helens, which supports new dads and is doing a great job, will warmly welcome it as well. With dads across the country and, as we have already heard, across the Ch…”

“My constituent, Corporal Andy Reid MBE, was severely injured while on patrol in Helmand province in 2009. He defied the odds to survive and has continued to do so every day since. He has undertaken a huge amount of charity work, including through his Standing Tall Foundation, which does incredible work across St Helens…”

“On this issue of redrafts, you were saying, Tom, that if something lands on the Minister’s desk and they are not happy with the way it is worded, or with the contents or the style of it, and it needs a redraft, it has to go right back through the process, which strikes me as quite onerous, to be polite. When you say it…”

“We accept the fact that you are inundated with PQs. I do not know what stages they go through when being dealt with, but where exactly in the system are they occurring? Is it in policy teams, or is there some sort of central processing? Could you walk us through the process of where a PQ goes when it is submitted? Have…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Leigh and Atherton (Jo Platt) for securing this debate on a topic that is popular in our region—as is clear from attendance this morning. For decades we have suffered cuts to bus routes, unreliable train services and f…”

“I rise to support this Bill in its entirety, and I will speak about part 2 in particular. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds), who spoke about people hanging their heads in shame. It is not in scope of the Bill, but I could talk about the fact that more children…”