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HANSARDChristians: Middle EastI thank my hon. Friend for his answer. As the newly elected chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Christianity in the Holy Land, I am grateful for the attention of Members…27 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn recent years, clinical services have been reconfigured across my hospital trust, from Eastbourne and Bexhill to Hastings, but one in four households in Eastbourne do not have a…27 Jan 2022HANSARDChristians: Middle East6. What recent assessment the Church of England has made of the level of threats to Christians in the Middle East.27 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Will COP26’s Clydebank declaration for green shipping corridors set the course for more zero emission shipping routes? That is particularly significant for air quality for my…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. My hospital trust is looking to redesign ophthalmology and cardiology services across its two hospitals, Eastbourne District General Hospital and Conquest Hospital in…18 Jan 2022HANSARDNatural History GCSEI thank my hon. Friend, who raises some valid concerns that need to be addressed and, indeed, have been addressed in other places. One thing that I seek to understand more is the…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEWill my hon. Friend give way?01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEI thank my hon. Friend for that most timely intervention. The forest school movement is to be greatly encouraged. It has inspired a raft of initiatives across the country,…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEI concur with all that the hon. Gentleman said. That love of nature that we want to inspire in the youngest children needs to find progression and continuity in every age and all…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention; she is my near neighbour along the coast. I had the great pleasure and privilege to speak to Mary this week ahead of today’s debate. I…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEThe hon. Lady is right to highlight the significance of that component of the proposed new GCSE. I think we would all agree that learning through doing and being active within…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of introducing a Natural History GCSE. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. Young people today…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEI thank the hon. Gentleman, whose point was well made. This is not an “instead of” qualification; it is potentially an “alongside” or an “as well as”. It complements study across…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEMy hon. Friend is right to highlight one of the challenges around curriculum choices. Of course, with every choice there is an opportunity cost. However, this additional, optional…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEI thought I was being bold in proposing the introduction of one GCSE, but my hon. Friend has taken that proposal and raised me a revolution. I am sure that teachers everywhere…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEI thank my hon. Friend the Minister for doing justice to all the very good work that is already being done in schools. He highlighted that there is further work to do to enhance…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEThe Minister does full justice to all the important content that is already within the curriculum that touches on natural history. Speaking of geography, is it an issue that this…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEI have one final point. Learning is powerful and threaded, as my hon. Friend describes, through the curriculum. Indeed, that is how students first acquired the skills necessary to…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEIndeed—a French teacher. One of the most exciting and potentially dynamic elements of the new GCSE is that it goes beyond a purely scientific approach where it might rest on…01 Dec 2021HANSARDNatural History GCSEWill my hon. Friend give way?01 Dec 2021