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HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week’s Budget protects key education priorities, putting education back at the forefront of national life and breaking down barriers to opportunity for every child at every…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Conservative party has learned absolutely nothing and parents will not buy it. We were faced with some very tough choices because of the £22 billion hole in the public…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that important issue, about which there was a lack of thinking by the previous Government on how we do this properly and seriously.…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise his concern, as so many have this afternoon, about the state of the system for supporting children with SEND. It is not working, and we know…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry to disappoint the right hon. Lady, but we will be talking about the Conservatives’ 14 years of failure for a very long time indeed.04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsChildren across our country were failed by her party time and again, including the children with SEND we have heard about this afternoon—04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are focused on driving up standards for our children, the length and breadth of our country, by providing more teachers and improved school budgets, and by ensuring our…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe expect the additional funding to go directly to providing provision for children and young people. We will set out wider plans about the issues the hon. Gentleman raises in due…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsEnsuring that there is the right level of provision for and identification of SEND in the early years is an essential part of our review of the early years system and of the…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was a pleasure to visit my hon. Friend ahead of the election—and what a brilliant champion he is for Burnley and his constituents. I would be very happy to visit again. As part…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will look carefully at the case and ensure that the hon. Gentleman has a meeting with the relevant Minister to discuss it further.04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do agree, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the point. I am leading the work across Government on breaking down the barriers to opportunity in order to break the…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said to the right hon. Gentleman during the last Education questions, I believe in the vital importance of freedom of speech and freedom of expression within our university…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right to identify that this is an area where we must do more, and do it better. I hear, as she doubtless does, from teachers and support staff that they want…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the work that she leads on behalf of this House on the Education Committee. Our child poverty taskforce is absolutely focused on this area. We…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe know that having a well-supported, highly qualified teacher at the front of the class makes the single biggest difference to children’s life chances, but it is also crucial…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformMr Speaker, may I begin by expressing my deep regret that the content of the statement that I am about to make appeared in the media earlier this afternoon? It had always been my…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformI can give you that undertaking, Mr Speaker, and I will speak to officials about the matter, as you request.04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformWith permission, I would like to make a statement about the future of our higher education sector and the changes that we will be making for students in the upcoming academic…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformAmid the faux outrage that we just heard from the shadow Education Secretary, I did not hear whether she will support the measure. She, like her party for many months during the…04 Nov 2024