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HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsMy hon. Friend is right to say that we inherited a teaching profession in crisis. Immediately on entering Government, we instituted a 5.5% pay award. We continue to help schools…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsI am afraid that the right hon. Member will have to wait for the statement this afternoon. I appreciate that it is keenly anticipated. We are committed to ensuring that schools…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsWhat a ridiculous question. As the hon. Member has a family member who is a teacher, he should have more respect for the profession and the work that teachers do. He should…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsI would like to take this opportunity to put on record my thanks to school governors. My hon. Friend mentions that he was a governor up until the election. We really are grateful…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsOn the hon. Lady’s initial comments, let me say that there are processes and procedures in this House that we respect. We respect this House, and we will continue to do so. There…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsWe absolutely recognise, respect and value the vital role of all those who work with 16 to 19-year-olds and people of all ages, whether in a school, college or FE setting; they…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsMy hon. Friend tempts me down all sorts of paths, in ways that would anticipate the statement that is due later today, but he rightly states the importance of ensuring that…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsThe hon. Lady is—understandably so, given the calling of this urgent question despite a statement being due imminently—getting ahead of herself, and we are doing an awful lot more…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsI thank my hon. Friend for her question, and for the work that she has done in this House over many years in scrutinising Government budgets and holding Governments to account. We…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsPay negotiations for support staff are done through the National Joint Council for Local Government Services. We recognise the challenge that the hon. Member identified, and the…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsThis is a key priority for us. We want to ensure that we have the teaching workforce that children deserve, but that teachers deserve, too—they deserve to have a full fleet of…22 May 2025HANSARD Dedicated Schools GrantThe hon. Gentleman makes his point well. As a Government, we are determined that local authorities will be able to deliver those high-quality services for children and young…06 May 2025HANSARD Dedicated Schools GrantI appreciate the challenge that the hon. Gentleman faces. I also appreciate that some of these capital challenges, which are obviously revenue challenges as well for some schools,…06 May 2025HANSARD Dedicated Schools GrantI think the hon. Gentleman will appreciate that I cannot get into the detail of a particular local authority area, or indeed a particular aspect of the funding. He will also…06 May 2025HANSARD Dedicated Schools GrantIt is a pleasure to serve under you in the Chair, Ms Butler. I congratulate the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Cameron Thomas) on securing this debate on the dedicated schools grant,…06 May 2025HANSARD Dedicated Schools GrantThe hon. Lady identifies an important issue. Yes, we have a big challenge in relation to special educational needs and disabilities, but we also face much wider challenges…06 May 2025HANSARDSchool Costs and Employer’s National Insurance ContributionsExecutive pay must be justifiable and must reflect the responsibility an individual takes on, alongside local retention and recruitment needs. We engage with trusts on levels of…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSchool Costs and Employer’s National Insurance ContributionsI absolutely recognise the challenges Prudhoe community high school is facing, in particular those due to sit their GCSE and A-level exams. I wish good luck to them and to all…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSEND TeachersImproving the quality of teaching is the best way to drive up standards in schools, which is why the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will get expert teachers in front of the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSchool Costs and Employer’s National Insurance ContributionsThe right hon. Lady has a firmer grip on anonymous briefings in the papers than on the details of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. She is more focused on petty political…28 Apr 2025