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HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsAs I have said a number of times, we have put in £3 billion, with £1.5 billion on tutoring for 6 million tutoring programmes—100 million hours of tutoring—and an additional 2…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point. It is totally unacceptable that any teacher or headteacher is being placed under that pressure. The lies spread by certain…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsI have heard of TADS on my travels—it is an excellent charity. If she would like to send the details to the Department, I am happy to look into that for her.23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsBe in no doubt that we want children to be in school and learning in school. It is the best place for them to be for their education, their mental health and their futures. We…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsI thank the hon. Gentleman, and it is very good to hear about what he saw going on in Denton in his constituency during the summer. The tutoring programme is at the very heart of…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and his remarks. As I mentioned a moment ago, there are DFE REACT teams working around the country, and their role is to work with schools,…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. Since I was a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office, I have long believed there is a great deal we can learn…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsYes, all of the 1.35 million laptops that my hon. Friend refers to are still in use and are still out in the community. It was a major offer that the Government made to children…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsAbsolutely. The best source of information on vaccines is, remains, and will always be the NHS. Hon. Members can rest assured that the Government are following the Gillick…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsAbsolutely, and I thank not only my hon. Friend’s school but all schools across the country that have gone above and beyond at this very difficult time. We have asked a great deal…23 Sept 2021HANSARDCoronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for PupilsIt sounds like Devizes is doing a cracking job in meeting the challenges of covid, and I say again to all parents, teachers and pupils who are looking for advice that the NHS is…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHouse BuildingDoes the Secretary of State think that modular building methods could play a bigger role in helping us to increase the supply of housing?22 Jul 2019HANSARDHouse Building19. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time it takes to build new homes.22 Jul 2019HANSARDMental Health ProvisionI thank the Minister for that response and congratulate the Government on what they are doing. Will the Minister set out what steps his Department is taking to achieve that parity…08 Jul 2019HANSARDMental Health Provision10. What steps her Department is taking to improve mental health provision for service personnel.08 Jul 2019HANSARD Serco Justice SystemIs the Minister aware of whether any of the people involved in the original wrongdoing are still associated with the company?04 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsIt is an honour to have the opportunity to talk in this important estimates day debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) on introducing the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI very much want to argue with the hon. Lady. The truth is, is it not, that poverty is a result of some of the problems that people face in society. If those problems are removed,…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI thank the Minister for the commitments that he has just made. Will he also tell us what more the Government can do to ensure that vulnerable claimants can have access to…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThe hon. Lady is making a powerful speech, and no one would question some of the things that she has said, but does she not understand that when people suffer from addiction—the…02 Jul 2019