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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The right hon. Member was a Secretary of State, and under his leadership the teachers’ recruitment crisis was worse than it had ever been. Recruitment targets for core subjects…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The attainment gap has widened.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston talked about bottom lines and evidence. At the moment, the attainment gap between those who achieve and those who do not is…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Not at the moment, no. The gap is widening.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)And a cracking football team, I will add. Absolutely, those sportsmen and sportswomen can inspire, but actually many of those at the elite of their game would not understand the…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)rose—04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I hope you are enjoying the debate, Sir Christopher. Although national curriculum reform is not mentioned in the Bill, it is going forward. The previous Government introduced a…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I want to comment on judicial reviews. Opposition Members will be aware that the previous Government’s long-standing policy of issuing academisation orders to schools with two RIs…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)It is good to follow the hon. Member for North Herefordshire. A lot of this argument has just been about pay, but we are actually considering schoolteachers’ pay and conditions.…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Seventh sitting)The previous Government did take steps on uniform, but they are obviously not working, because parents are paying extortionate amounts of money for uniform. We need to look at…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Eighth sitting)I want to echo that sentiment and to ask a question. In my city, when we get the minimum wage rise, 10,000 adults will get a pay rise. There is a cost of living crisis for them.…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Seventh sitting)The provision would not be in the Bill if the guidance was working. I have already made this comment. What tracking and monitoring has been done of the statutory guidance? It is…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Seventh sitting)Absolutely, and it does not stop schools also having their own recycling for uniform, which many, many do. I will give a mention to the fabulous Penelope Ann, the only family…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Seventh sitting)I want to comment more from my own experience, because I used to be a pre-school chair. When the free hours came in for pre-school, they did not cover the full time that the child…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Seventh sitting)I want to make about point about attendance and the evidence that suggests progress. I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East that is about children’s bellies…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Seventh sitting)Having taught in schools and had schools sports teams, we have kits within the school. When pupils represent their school teams, the kits are washed and given out to the children,…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Seventh sitting)While I have the utmost respect for the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, I want to draw his attention to the real world of parents, the cost of uniforms, the impact…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Eighth sitting)On that point, we know that at the moment, not all local authorities provide support to our home-educating parents. Will these measures allow for some best practice to be shared,…30 Jan 2025