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HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportI will give way one final time, then I must make some progress.23 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for all her campaigning work on the important issue of supporting families and children where imprisonment is a factor in their lives, such as when…23 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportI agree with my hon. Friend. She makes an important point about the wider pressures that children and young people are facing. I will come on to precisely that point a bit later,…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Funded ChildcareThank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you for granting the urgent question. Crumbling school buildings, botched school budgets and now the hat trick: a childcare pledge in tatters…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Funded Childcare( U r gent Question ): To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make a statement on her Department’s plans to roll out 15 hours of funded childcare to 2-year-olds…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf it is the Secretary of State’s No. 1 priority, why is she not legislating for a register of children not in school? That measure has wide support right across this House, but…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I start by again sending my condolences and those of the entire Labour party to the family of Ruth Perry? We must all now listen and learn to deliver an inspection system that…11 Dec 2023HANSARDBreaking Down Barriers to OpportunityIt is a pleasure and a privilege to close today’s debate for the Opposition on what we hope will be the last King’s Speech from a Conservative Government for many years, because…08 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI join the Secretary of State in recognising the impact of the conflict in the middle east on our education system here and the importance of every child being able to attend…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsPersistent absence is a symptom of a wider breakdown of trust right across our school system. It is no surprise, given that the Conservatives reopened pubs before they reopened…23 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget Allocations(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make a statement on the 2023-2024 core school budget allocations.17 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. Since the House returned from the summer recess, Ministers have been forced to come here twice, first to explain how this…17 Oct 2023HANSARDSchool Building Closures(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make a statement on the number of schools affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete and the…19 Sept 2023HANSARDSchool Building ClosuresThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. Before I go any further, let me emphasise that the safety of children should rightly be the priority of every Member of…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am seeking your guidance and assistance on how I might ensure that I receive answers from the Secretary of State for Education to…18 Sept 2023HANSARDSafety of School BuildingsMy right hon. Friend is right to draw our attention to that matter, and I appreciate the work that his Committee has done on it. It would also be helpful if we had some clarity…06 Sept 2023HANSARDSafety of School BuildingsI am just going to make a bit more progress. For a responsible politician, being in government is not simply a matter of pressing the agenda of their political party, their donors…06 Sept 2023HANSARDSafety of School BuildingsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. If Ministers are confident about everything they have done and the decisions that were taken, they will back our motion today, allow us to see…06 Sept 2023HANSARDSafety of School BuildingsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes a very important point. Finally, let me turn to the wording of the motion. I know that many Conservative Members share Labour’s…06 Sept 2023HANSARDSafety of School BuildingsI am not Secretary of State.06 Sept 2023