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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government’s position on this issue has been clear. We have accepted all the recommendations brought forward by Dr Hilary Cass. I have met Dr Hilary Cass to discuss this…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to draw the House’s attention to the postcode lottery and the patchy access to IVF across our country. We want to make sure that everyone has fair access…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government celebrated International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month by accelerating action to change women’s lives. That means greater opportunities in the workplace…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have no plans to change the Equality Act. As my hon. Friend the Member for Feltham and Heston (Seema Malhotra) set out earlier, through the new race engagement group being led…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very sorry to hear of the case in my hon. Friend’s constituency. It brings into sharp focus the need to tackle violence against women and girls, and to ensure that our…19 Mar 2025HANSARDSchool Funding: National Insurance Contributions Grant and Pupil PremiumToday the Department for Education has confirmed national insurance contributions grant funding rates and schools’ pupil premium funding rates for the financial year 2025-26. The…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This is legislation that belongs to children. The clue is in the name—the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. It is for…18 Mar 2025HANSARD“Break Down Barriers to Opportunity” MissionThis Labour Government are determined to break the link between background and success, so that where someone is from does not determine where they end up in life. That work…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI absolutely agree that skills are critical to driving growth. That is why we are now spending over £400 million more on 16-to-19 education—£100 million more than was announced at…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising the important contribution that voluntary and third sector organisations can make. Here in England, through the consultation about…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will happily take away the right hon. Gentleman’s concern and make sure that he gets a response as quickly as possible on the matter he raises.10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLabour’s plans to end the tax breaks that private schools enjoy will invest significant money into state education. I am really surprised that the hon. Gentleman does not welcome…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is the kind of hyperbole that we often get from the right hon. Gentleman. From that question, and from the shameless sense of pride—the misplaced sense of pride—that…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recognise the pressures that many institutions across our country face. The last Conservative Government regarded universities as a political battleground, not a public good. We…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYet again, we hear a lot of sound and fury from the right hon. Lady, but no recognition of the mess that the Conservatives left behind, which it falls to this Labour Government to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Lady was a Minister in the Treasury, and she was responsible for leaving behind the black hole that this Labour Government are having to sort out. We face…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI understand my hon. Friend’s concern and the concern of headteachers in his constituency. Sadly, I hear that story in every part of our country. We inherited as a Government a…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast month, Labour announced the first 750 schools set to offer free breakfast clubs. Next month, through the clubs, we will boost the life chances of up to 180,000 children and…10 Mar 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs Early Adopter SchemeI recognise the incredible work that the early adopters will be taking forward, but it is the case that all primary schools will offer a universal free breakfast club under this…10 Mar 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs Early Adopter SchemeNo, I do not, because that is not actually the case. I am afraid that is not the only area where the hon. Lady is mistaken. The Conservatives should swallow their pride and…10 Mar 2025