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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is why we have put an extra £1 billion into high needs budgets this year. The capital the right hon. Gentleman so casually dismisses is in order to deliver more specialist…01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s expertise and interest in this area, and I would be very happy to look at that report.01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Conservatives might not be serious about tackling child poverty, but the Labour party is and always has been. This Government will lift 450,000 children out of poverty,…01 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversities: Chinese InfluenceThe UK wants a consistent and mutually beneficial relationship with China. We should be frank about where we disagree, but also find targeted opportunities to collaborate. We are…01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is not coming from the core schools budget—I could not be more clear. It will come from across Government budgets, and it is a matter for the next spending review. […01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would love to do that, but sadly what we have heard from the Conservatives this afternoon demonstrates the challenge we face as a Government in engaging seriously on these big…01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are investing the international student levy into support around skills and access to high-quality further and higher education colleges targeted at students who most need that…01 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI recognise the particular challenges faced by many rural communities, and I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising them. We have been considering such matters through the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising her concern. We are working with the Home Office and with colleagues across Government in developing the child poverty strategy. We…01 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyYes, we are looking at that question and at the issue of temporary accommodation that the hon. Member raises. This is a cross-Government strategy and not for the Department for…01 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyTackling child poverty is a moral mission for the Labour party, because we believe that someone’s background should not determine what they go on to achieve in life. Scrapping the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversities: Chinese InfluenceThe hon. Gentleman references a particular institution, and the House will appreciate that I am not in a position to comment, given the ongoing investigations in that area. I can…01 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversities: Chinese InfluenceI recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s long-standing interest in this area. Our national security is of the utmost importance, and the Office for Students already has extensive…01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was recently in York with our hon. Friend the Member for York Outer (Mr Charters), but I would be delighted to return and to talk about the brilliant progress that the council…01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course, Mr Speaker.01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLabour believes that background should not determine what people go on to achieve in life. We see child poverty as a moral scar on our country. When last in government, we lifted…01 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyLabour’s free breakfast clubs have already served 5 million meals, including in Knockhall primary school and Sedley’s primary school in Dartford. Applications are now open to join…01 Dec 2025HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment Review: Progress 8I do love modern languages, and I was a very keen student of them myself, but I am afraid that, as the right hon. Gentleman will know, the EBacc did not drive improved access to…01 Dec 2025HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment Review: Progress 8Last month, the independent curriculum and assessment review published its final report, and I would like to reiterate my thanks to Professor Becky Francis and the panel for all…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSchool FundingToday, I can confirm the publication of the provisional funding allocations for mainstream schools and local authorities in 2026-27 through the schools and central school services…19 Nov 2025