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HANSARD Education FundingLet me welcome the new Secretary of State to his place and thank him for advance sight of the statement. Of course, we already had some advance sight of it thanks to the norm now…03 Sept 2019HANSARDRelationship Education in SchoolsI thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this important urgent question, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy) for asking it with…16 Jul 2019HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildAll I can say on your 10th anniversary, Mr Speaker, is that you do not look old enough. Article 23 of the convention guarantees the right to education for children with…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSchool BudgetsI am not sure we are any wiser about the outgoing Prime Minister’s plans, so let me turn to the future. The leading candidate—the blond one, not the bland one—promises minimum…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSchool BudgetsThe Minister talks about the funding going into schools, but the fact that he admits that those schools have increased costs shows that there are real-terms cuts to those schools.…24 Jun 2019HANSARDPost-18 Education and FundingI thank the Secretary of State for early sight of his statement. “Augar is the epitaph for Theresa May’s government…slow, wrong-headed, indecisive and, above all, failing in its…04 Jun 2019HANSARDTimpson Review of School ExclusionI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I also thank Edward Timpson and everyone who contributed to the report. No headteacher or school leader wants to…07 May 2019HANSARDTuition Fees: EU StudentsThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. We have all read in the leaked reports that the Secretary of State plans to withdraw the home fee status for EU nationals…29 Apr 2019HANSARDSchool Places: EssexFrom some of the answers from Ministers today, anyone would think they had not been in government for nearly a decade. School places are really important for parents, but often at…29 Apr 2019HANSARDTuition Fees: EU Students(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement on Government policy regarding tuition fees for EU students after the UK has left the…29 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure those watching will say that the Minister’s response of “unwelcome news” is just not good enough. One of the most important things in the education sector is the early…29 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, we heard that 55 staff at the University of Winchester are facing redundancy as a result of the Treasury’s pensions bill, and the University of Cumbria is considering…29 Apr 2019HANSARD EducationMy hon. Friend is right, and the statistics lay bare the devastating lifelong impacts if we cannot ensure every child is celebrated for who they are, which I am sure is what we…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationI welcome my hon. Friend’s powerful intervention, which shows the whole House that there is an obligation on us all to ensure that support is available. I also pay tribute to the…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationMy hon. Friend makes an important point but, without putting words in his mouth, some of the Minister’s opening remarks were absolutely right. Most people would support…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Far be it from me to say that this House can sometimes be prehistoric when it comes to moving forward, but I do believe that young people…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationFirst, may I thank the Minister for his opening remarks and the tone in which he made them and for the interventions he took and ask Members to be respectful of others who want to…20 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is great to see the pupils in the Gallery who have been listening throughout Question Time. In the Government’s vast backlog of Brexit legislation, they recently slipped out…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSixth Form CurriculumIn the past few days, research has exposed one of the devastating impacts of cuts to the curriculum in schools and sixth forms: music provision has fallen by over a fifth in five…11 Mar 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationWhat a fantastic debate we have had this afternoon. I congratulate all the many colleagues from across the House on their contributions to the debate and, of course, the Chair of…26 Feb 2019