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HANSARDLow-income Families: Equity of OpportunityWhat steps the Government are taking to help ensure equity of opportunity for people from low-income families.22 Jul 2020HANSARD Summer AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to rise to speak in this final debate before the House adjourns for the recess. I am very much looking forward to getting out and about in my constituency in a…22 Jul 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Equity of OpportunityMost likely to drop out of school with no qualifications, most likely to commit suicide and already falling behind in terms of attainment compared with all their peers by the age…22 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for the generous support he has laid out today. It is particularly welcome for hospitality businesses, which have already been texting me their…08 Jul 2020HANSARDSupport for Left-Behind ChildrenIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds), and I wholly endorse his words. The case for supporting the most…07 Jul 2020HANSARDSupport for Left-Behind ChildrenMy hon. Friend is right, and I remember from my own time at primary school that external providers came in successfully to do things such as sport and PE. That seems to have…07 Jul 2020HANSARDFree School Meals: Summer HolidaysMy right hon. Friend is correct to say that the will to support these vulnerable children is felt across the House and that it unites us all. I have one concern that I hope he…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningRecognising that it will not be possible to bring back whole-school cohorts in primary schools until September, will the Secretary of State confirm that he will support and be…09 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsCan I add my welcome and congratulations to my right hon. Friend? Does he agree with me that our further education and higher education institutions have a huge role to play in…06 May 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ2. I thank my right hon. Friend for his leadership and the leadership of his Cabinet at this incredibly difficult time and for the announced package of measures that will support…25 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. The fire services are vital for our safety. My right hon. Friend knows that they do far more than running into burning buildings to save people, including with regard to wider…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Educational SettingsAs a parent of two primary-age children, I know that the conversation about how best to provide routine and educational support at home has been going on in school communities for…18 Mar 2020HANSARDEarly Years Education: Equality of AttainmentThe figures for children supported by free childcare are hugely welcome, and those for the increase in funding doubly so. Does my right hon. Friend recognise the scenario that I…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEarly Years Education: Equality of AttainmentI thank the hon. Gentleman for mentioning our debate in this Chamber a few weeks ago about white working-class boys and attainment. An issue that seems to cut across later…10 Mar 2020HANSARDFurther Education Colleges: Future SkillsI warmly welcome my hon. Friend to her place, and I know she is passionate about this issue. Will she join me in welcoming the collaboration in my Mansfield constituency between…02 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the people of Mansfield who, like many millions across the country, previously voted Labour but have now put their faith in a…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Education and Attainment of White Working-Class BoysI thank the hon. Member for that intervention and I totally agree. As I say, I fully recognise that the challenges I am highlighting in this speech affect many communities and…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Education and Attainment of White Working-Class BoysI have to plough on, or I will run out of time. The challenge, as I have said, entrenches disadvantage, with better-off parents more able to push their children to attain, to do…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Education and Attainment of White Working-Class BoysI will, but then I am going to have to stop giving way.12 Feb 2020HANSARD Education and Attainment of White Working-Class BoysI thank the hon. Member for that intervention and I agree. There is certainly a disparity that is entrenched when those boys go home over the summer to a household that is not…12 Feb 2020