Adrian Bailey
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- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)Adrian Bailey: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
- Provisional Collection of Taxes: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law (20 Mar 2013)Adrian Bailey: I think I could summarise the Budget with a slightly nautical metaphor: the message from the bridge to the economic engine room is, “Steady as we sink.” The Budget does not recognise the scale of this country’s problems, and although some of the measures that have been announced may be good in a micro sense, they are totally inadequate to combat the macro problems that we...
- Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day] — Tax Fairness: Apprenticeships (12 Mar 2013)Adrian Bailey: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. Does he agree that because we have a system in which teachers are judged on their ability to get pupils into higher education, rather than into apprenticeships, we cannot really blame the teachers or the system for doing so? It is the Government who need to change the system. That is not a party political point, because it existed under the...
- Backbench Business — Death Penalty (India) (28 Feb 2013)Adrian Bailey: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that that appalling episode occurred while the death penalty was in existence, and, indeed, while all indications pointed to its greater implementation? Is that not a demonstration of the ineffectiveness of the death penalty to deal with such incidents, and a reflection of a wider problem that has to be dealt with in a more sophisticated way than the crude...
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]: Clause 23 — Orders (26 Feb 2013)Adrian Bailey: Will the Minister give way?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Economic Policy (25 Feb 2013)Adrian Bailey: In May last year, the Chancellor said that when Britain’s outlook was moved off negative, it demonstrated that the country now had economic stability. Now that it is being downgraded, would he like to give his assessment of our economic stability?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Net Lending (Businesses) (7 Feb 2013)Adrian Bailey: Banks tell me that small businesses will not ask for money because of their lack of confidence in a flatlining economy. Small businesses tell me that banks will not lend to them because of the risk factor and the desire to increase their capital balances. The Government say they are going to introduce a business bank. When will the business bank be up and running to address these problems,...
- Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]: Pub Companies (9 Jan 2013)Adrian Bailey: Do not the issues raised by the hon. Gentleman apply equally to the legislation on the groceries code adjudicator? Did he support that legislation? If so, why can he not support the legislation that is being proposed now?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Green Manufacturing Jobs (20 Dec 2012)Adrian Bailey: A small business in my constituency conveyed to me that it has considerable doubts about the implementation of the green deal and is therefore reluctant to invest in training for new employees and to make any other investment that might be appropriate to meet the demands of the green deal. What reassurance can the Minister give that the green deal will be implemented and that those...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: European Council (17 Dec 2012)Adrian Bailey: The Prime Minister has said his policy on Europe is modelled on the “tantric” approach. Given the different, and increasingly bizarre, positions of some members of his Government on Europe, can he confirm that his final speech will be based on the “Kama Sutra”?