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HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersSome 754 schools have been selected to take part in the early adopters scheme, of which 704 are mainstream schools and 50 are special schools and alternative provision settings.…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersOpposition Members never like to have it pointed out to them that on their watch we saw rising levels of child poverty in our country, which have scarred the life chances of a…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersMy hon. Friend is right to identify the variation that exists across our country, including when it comes to early years places and provision. We have almost doubled the early…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersAttendance has been a bit slim on the Opposition Benches this afternoon. In my response to the shadow Minister, I said that one would think that Members from across the House…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his work in his community to support families. He is right to suggest that all parents experience challenges at different points. Being a…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI pay tribute to the schools in the hon. Lady’s constituency, and to the workforce there, for the fantastic efforts that they have made in order to take part in this scheme. I…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the fact that the early adopters scheme covers schools serving a wide range of settings and communities. We have sought to ensure that there…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI am delighted that four schools in my hon. Friend’s constituency are taking part, and I look forward to all primary schools across Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI can say to my hon. Friend’s constituents and those across St Helens that we will ensure that schools have the resources they need to deliver the roll-out of breakfast clubs,…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersMy message to parents in Aldershot and across our country is that this Labour Government are on their side and delivering better work choices for them, and more support for their…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI send my best wishes to Miss Dawley and to the whole school community. They are clearly doing fantastic work to support children in my hon. Friend’s area. Of course breakfast…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersThe shadow Minister asks a number of questions, but at no point did he welcome the massive investment and the benefits that this provision will bring to children across our…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI agree, and we will do so as quickly as we can. My hon. Friend is right to highlight the important benefits that breakfast clubs deliver by enabling children to socialise and…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersWe will provide the opportunities that my hon. Friend outlines to ensure that schools work with one another to develop best practice, to learn from what works in similar settings,…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI am delighted to hear about the good news for St John’s. I am sure that the Minister for Early Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan), and I…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI think we all recognise, both as constituency Members and from the work that we see taking place across the country, the serious impact of the pandemic on young people and their…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersThe schools in my hon. Friend’s constituency will play an important role in determining how we can roll out this commitment right across our country. Of course, the early adopters…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI agree with the hon. Gentleman about the importance of supporting local providers where that is possible and the fantastic contribution of British food and wider produce. I just…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersIt is a privilege to co-chair the child poverty taskforce with my right hon. Friend the Work and Pensions Secretary. We have heard evidence across the country as a result of…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI am delighted to hear about the schools in my hon. Friend’s constituency that are taking part in the scheme. They will play a crucial role in how we find the most effective way…24 Feb 2025