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If I may contribute briefly before the Minister sums up, I would just like to make two points. I have been on a sort of inspection trip of the railways this morning with Theresa Villiers, the Minister for Transport, looking at some work that Network Rail has been doing. There...
Member
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
4 April 2011
Reference
726 c236-7GC
House
House of Lords
Does the Minister agree that health and safety is sometimes used as an excuse? For instance, schools banning conker fighting is probably more about staff not wanting to clear up all the broken conkers that litter the playground—I remember that from when I was child—than any particular health and safety...
Member
Mark Tami (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660
House
House of Commons
I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) for having brought this important issue before the House. As he points out, it is a great concern of the coalition Government. We think that the balance between enabling events to take place and health and safety...
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c659-60
House
House of Commons
The hon. Gentleman shakes his head. He obviously was not a conker-fighting champion, and it is clear that he carries the burden of that to this day. He should know, however, that conker fighting is a long-established sport in many schools. The notion that we can remove all danger—all possible...
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660
House
House of Commons
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for pointing out that conker fighting can sometimes be done in the wrong way. I well remember the many tricks, some of which have been mentioned in the debate, including baking the conker in advance.
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660
House
House of Commons
Yes, that is a chosen way to try to harden the conker, but I must bring the hon. Gentleman some bad news in that regard: I do not believe that vinegaring conkers does make them sturdy for the purposes of conker fighting. To be fair and balanced, I must add...
Member
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c660-2
House
House of Commons
I do not have that sort of information. Since this is all mythical, I am sure that could not have happened in any case, any more than people would have put their conkers in the oven without using protective oven gloves. Obviously, my hon. Friend has great experience in dealing...
Member
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c656
House
House of Commons
I am not going to do that, but I am going to ask my hon. Friend whether he has checked the veracity of that report. He will recall that a story went round the world about a head teacher who had banned children from taking part in conker competitions unless...
Member
Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c654
House
House of Commons
May I say how sorry I am that my hon. Friend did not move his Training Wage Bill? I would have voted for it, as I did for his sovereignty Bill, even though that needed some improvement. His second Bill did not need any improvement at all; I would have...
Member
Peter Bottomley (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c655
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The message from it is that we need to do more preparation to ensure that the next time my Training Wage Bill or similar provision is brought forward, the Government have to face the pressure from employers and from youth organisations, which should...
Member
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
18 March 2011
Reference
525 c655-6
House
House of Commons

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