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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are continuing to review initial teacher training, but we want to make sure that, through our curriculum review and its outcomes, children receive stronger education around…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me update the House: I am crystal clear that schools must be a place of safety and that no MP should ever be stopped from doing their job, but sadly, this is not the first…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsTeachers are under clear duties around political impartiality, and that is extremely important and serious. In parallel, I have also been concerned as to some of what we have seen…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would of course be happy to meet, or to arrange for a Minister to meet, the hon. Gentleman and colleagues. He will appreciate that changes of the manner he describes will often…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government and I are absolutely committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom. It was a Labour Government who first enshrined freedom of expression into law through the…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI expect that to happen very rapidly.19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND Support: AccessI agree strongly with my hon. Friend, and I am grateful for all the work he has done in this area. He is right that parents should not have to wait. Even though we need to see a…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND Support: AccessIn December, I announced at least £3 billion in high needs capital, which will support local authorities to deliver high-quality places for children and young people with special…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND Support: AccessI am grateful to my hon. Friend for all the work she is doing to make sure that the voices of parents and children are heard during the reform that we intend to bring forward. As…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND Support: AccessThe right hon. Gentleman makes an understandable appeal on behalf of his constituency and his region. We are looking carefully at questions of funding. They are not easy…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND Support: AccessI have had many conversations of a similar nature with school leaders and others. The hon. Lady is right about the need for not only early identification but early access; they…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTeacher RetentionLabour is boosting teacher recruitment and retention in order to put 6,500 new expert teachers in front of our classrooms. We have boosted teachers’ pay by nearly 10% and have…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTeacher RetentionWe will look carefully at any sensible proposals to ensure that we can keep our children safe online. I recognise the broader issues that the hon. Lady has raised, about behaviour…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTeacher RetentionMy hon. Friend is right to push us on this issue. I know he has been working very closely with my ministerial colleague who is responsible for this area, and I can assure him that…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSchool Support Staff Negotiating BodyIn 2010 the Tories scrapped the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. In Labour’s first 100 days in government, we legislated to bring it back. With the Employment Rights Act…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSchool Support Staff Negotiating BodyI thank my hon. Friend for all his work to make the SSSNB a reality, both before he was elected to Parliament and in his time here—he is a real champion of working people. We will…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND: High-quality School PlacesThe Department has announced at least £3 billion in high needs capital between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to support local authorities to deliver sufficient high-quality school places…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND: High-quality School PlacesMy hon. Friend rightly identifies that there are pockets of brilliant provision right across our country, and our schools White Paper will ensure that we spread that best practice…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND: High-quality School PlacesWe are backing councils with extra capital investment, including in Staffordshire, but we need councils to work with us to create the provision that children desperately need. We…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND: High-quality School PlacesWe are giving councils significant extra capital investment to create places and provision much more quickly than many of them would otherwise have been able to. We are offering…19 Jan 2026