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HANSARDTeacher Pay AwardThis Government are committed to delivering the best life chances for all children and young people, but we can only achieve our goal by working in partnership with our wonderful…29 Jul 2024HANSARDHigher Education RegulationThe Government are committed to ensuring this country develops the skills we need to deliver sustained economic growth and improved prosperity and living standards for working…26 Jul 2024HANSARDTechnical Qualifications ReformI am today announcing a short review of post-16 qualification reforms at level 3 and below, alongside the re-contracting of T-level qualifications to ensure these high-quality…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityWe take the work of the pay review body extremely seriously, but the previous Government did not act responsibly in that regard. They sat on the report, and then they called an…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityI beg to move, That this House has considered education and opportunity. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I congratulate you on your election. I…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityI can tell the hon. Gentleman that I welcomed the opportunity to meet my opposite number in Scotland recently, and I want to find areas on which we can reach agreement…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityI recognise the concern expressed by my hon. Friend, and by Members throughout the House, about that important issue. I will say more about it later in my speech, but let me say…24 Jul 2024HANSARDSkills ReformI am today announcing the creation of Skills England in shadow form, before it is established as an arm’s length body within the next twelve months. The first mission of our new…22 Jul 2024HANSARDSchools and TeachingI am today announcing the launch of an independent expert-led curriculum and assessment review. The review will consider the existing national curriculum and statutory assessment…19 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsNonsense, Mr Speaker. What people right across this country want is a general election, and it cannot come soon enough. It is not only on childcare that the Secretary of State is…29 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI associate myself with the Secretary of State’s comments, and send my thoughts and best wishes to all those in the school community of Ammanford at this very difficult time. “The…29 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is one way we can find out what the public think: call a general election. Last week, we heard another promise from the Chancellor for a new funding mechanism for early…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical Questionsindicated dissent .11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsNeither the Secretary of State nor any Treasury Minister met representatives of the early years sector in the months before last year’s Budget announcement on childcare. Now, with…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical Questions“It’s not our fault” always seems to be this Government’s catchphrase, and now it applies to childcare too: it is not the Secretary of State’s fault but that of local authorities;…29 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsStudents at St Leonard’s School in Durham are working hard for their exams, but they are facing sustained and ongoing disruption, including challenges to doing practical…29 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her support. Those are precisely the kinds of measures that a Labour Government would take right now to back families, cut child poverty and…23 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportI beg to move, That this House condemns the Secretary of State for Education for her failure to tackle the crisis of persistent school absence; calls on the Government to…23 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the challenges right across our SEND system—a system that the Secretary of State herself has described as “lose, lose, lose.” School…23 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportI agree that we absolutely must do more to support young carers, and I give the undertaking that a Labour Government would ensure that young carers’ voices, needs and rights and…23 Jan 2024