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HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI join my hon. Friend in sending my best wishes to the staff at Yohden primary school, and I recognise the important work that they do to support families and children from more…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I look forward to the extra places that will be available in her constituency to serve local families. What we are setting out today will…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI am glad that the right hon. Gentleman likes a bit of hope and optimism; I think we could all do with a bit of hope and optimism in the current world. The leadership contest I am…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI agree with my hon. Friend. Like him, I pay tribute to the amazing staff working right across education in our schools and nurseries for the vital work they do.02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI am grateful to the hon. Lady. Like her, I pay tribute to the big range of providers that play a crucial role in supporting our children’s early education. That extends to…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsIn answer to the question, this is the first phase, and we will roll out the 3,000 over the course of this Parliament.02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI agree with the hon. Lady that it is the brilliant people working in early years education who make the biggest difference to our children’s life chances. Of course, we need to…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who brings real expertise to this place, through her background and wealth of experience in education. Through the expansion that we are rolling…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsIt must be profoundly draining for the right hon. Lady to come to the Chamber when faced with such good news and to bring such studied, forced negativity every single time. Six…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsWith permission, I will make a statement to update the House on the roll-out of nurseries in our primary schools. This Labour Government are bringing the change that families…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. For many years, when our party was in opposition, I campaigned alongside him to make sure that working parents get the support that they need…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsThis Labour Government want to make sure that families can access childcare support. That is important for families’ work choices and, critically, for children’s development. That…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI was delighted to join my hon. Friend in visiting Fulbridge and to meet the brilliant staff team, who are doing so much to support all children in that community, so that they…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsWe know that children from more disadvantaged backgrounds will have the most benefit from high-quality early years education, and they benefit the most when that starts earlier.…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the difference that early years provision makes, not just in those crucial early years but right throughout children’s lives. The evidence…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI congratulate the amazing early years workforce and our education workforce in Weston-super-Mare and across our country. They are the people who make the biggest difference for…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the work that he is doing to support local families and also dads. Becoming a parent for the first time can be a daunting experience for…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEducation… This Bill will bring together the many disparate parts of a very fragmented system, which employers, particularly smaller employers, often find hard to navigate the right way…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEducation… This Bill will bring together the many disparate parts of a very fragmented system, which employers, particularly smaller employers, often find hard to navigate the right way…26 Mar 2025HANSARDHigher Education: Protecting Public MoneyToday I am setting out the actions this Government are taking to tackle concerning evidence of abuse of public money associated with the franchised higher education system which…25 Mar 2025