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HANSARDHome-schooled Children RegisterWe support the right of parents to educate their children at home, provided that is suitable. We know that there has been a rise in the number of children off-rolling since the…27 Feb 2023HANSARDAffordable ChildcareMy right hon. Friend is right that childcare is about supporting women and parents into the labour market. We want to support families and are exploring options to achieve this.…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityThe hon. Lady will know that underspends in government do not sit there and pile up; there is not £17 billion in a pot somewhere that has not been used. It has gone into lots of…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityIt is pleasure to serve under your very welcome chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) on securing a debate on this…21 Feb 2023HANSARD School Sport Facilities: ReopeningI am delighted that my hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) has secured this debate to cover the important topic of reopening school sports facilities. I know he has…21 Feb 2023HANSARD School Sport Facilities: ReopeningI thank my right hon. Friend for that, and he is of course right in what he says; I have seen lots of examples of independent schools being real hubs in their communities and…21 Feb 2023HANSARD School Sport Facilities: ReopeningI thank my hon. Friend. I would be delighted to look at that scheme and see what more we can do. The teachers I have met who come from a sporting background bring, as he says, so…21 Feb 2023HANSARD School Sport Facilities: ReopeningThe Prime Minister and many other people in the Government are passionate about children’s access to PE. I will come on to some of the sport strategies we are looking at and set…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI thank all Members for their contributions and particularly eloquent representations. They have shown how important it is to the wellbeing of our society that we can agree to…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI think there was some significant questioning of the Bill, and I suggest that the hon. Gentleman goes to speak to Lord Collins of Highbury in the other place. I commend the…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillHaving spoken to many academics and people in universities at the moment, I firmly disagree. They are the people who would like that sort of protection. They think it would give…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 10.07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI will not, as I have to make some progress. It is impossible to understand the full extent of this practice—by definition, NDAs too often remain hidden from view—but a 2020 BBC…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMr Deputy Speaker: “Freedom is a fragile thing…it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation”. Ronald Reagan said those words in 1967. More than 50 years later,…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillRespectively, I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. I do not think that would be the case. The Government are committed to strengthening the protection for lawful freedom of speech…07 Feb 2023HANSARDAlternative Provision SettingsMy hon. Friend is a passionate believer in youth justice—in fact, I think that is what we spoke about the first time we met—and he is right to be concerned about this area. There…16 Jan 2023HANSARDMaintained Nursery SchoolsMaintained nursery schools make an invaluable contribution to improving the lives of disadvantaged children. We are investing an additional £10 million in their supplementary…16 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will find that when Labour was in power for 13 years it did nothing on this issue and that it was the Conservative Government who expanded the offer for two, three…16 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend Hayley for the work she does. Access to educational psychologists is of paramount importance so that people can get an early diagnosis. We are funding an additional 600…16 Jan 2023HANSARDMaintained Nursery SchoolsWe have increased the funding set out for early years by about half a billion pounds since 2020-21. I agree that workforce is an issue; we are looking at recruitment and retention…16 Jan 2023