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HANSARDEducational Outcomes for BoysThe hon. Gentleman raises some important areas of concern, including health outcomes, suicide, educational outcomes and the need to better support boys, young men and men…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEducational Outcomes for BoysI join my hon. Friend in congratulating Billy and his family. Right across sport, we want to make sure that no one is held back by outdated stereotypes, whether they relate to…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEducational Outcomes for BoysMy hon. Friend brings real expertise, and I listened carefully to what he had to say. We will consider those issues through the schools White Paper later this autumn. The…18 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am proud to be driving our opportunity mission, as part of this Government’s plan for change, to break the link between background and success. In our spending review, we…18 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am concerned to hear of the experience of the hon. Gentleman’s constituent. If he provides me with some information, I can make sure that this is properly investigated.18 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. I share her concern about the issue and its impact on young women and girls. That is why the Secretary of State for Science,…18 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will know that the Home Secretary recently made an extensive statement to Parliament, setting out the actions that this Government will take to address the many…18 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the Home Secretary set out on Monday, anyone found to have been responsible for covering up or hiding vile crimes of child sexual abuse must and will be prosecuted. However,…18 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn wider reform later this year through the schools White Paper—including to the SEND system—we will look at every way in which we can improve outcomes for children, including…16 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is only through delivering a Labour Government in Scotland next year that we will get the change that the hon. Gentleman is seeking. I agree that Scottish education used to be…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAntisemitism on University CampusesI thank the hon. Gentleman for highlighting the report by StandWithUs UK. Antisemitism has no place in our lecture halls, campuses and universities, and no place in our society.…16 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI assure the hon. Gentleman that we will ensure that we have the right numbers of specialist placements in the parts of the country where they are needed. Our capital budget in…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAntisemitism on University CampusesI can give that confirmation to my hon. Friend. I join him in paying tribute to the Holocaust Educational Trust for its work to shine a light on antisemitism at the moment in our…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAntisemitism on University CampusesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that incredibly important issue that we, as a Government, take extremely seriously, because no student should be subject to…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSchool-based NurseriesIt is because we know the benefits that primary-based nurseries can bring, often working with the private, voluntary and independent sector, that we are determined to move as fast…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSchool-based NurseriesI will certainly do my best to visit Keresley Newland, and I am delighted that it is taking part in our school-based nurseries programme. We are determined to make sure that every…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSchool-based NurseriesYes, we continue to keep that under review, especially ahead of the further expansion of childcare in September. The figures will be published in the usual way, and we will make…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSchool-based NurseriesI join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to the workforce at Swallow Dell for everything they are doing to make sure our children get a brilliant start in life. I am sorry that…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSchool-based NurseriesI know that the Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan), has been in touch with the hon. Lady recently to discuss…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSchool-based NurseriesI too recently met the chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, and I will always be open to discussing the challenges faced by the sector; but let me convey to the right hon.…16 Jun 2025