Member of Parliament
Dame Meg Hillier
Member since
05 May 2005
Bills sponsored
1
Speeches (30d)
5
Speeches (all)
868
Written questions
43
Last spoke
28 Apr 2026
Recent contributions (868)
HANSARDDepartment for EducationLet me put on record my thanks to the Backbench Business Committee for granting this important debate. For some newer Members of this House who may not realise this, thanks is…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationThe hon. Lady raises a significant point. In my own constituency, since 2011, special educational needs provision has been backed up by the local authority through other funds…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationOne of the challenges is that, while this is a policy responsibility for the Department for Education, the funding goes through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationMy hon. Friend tees me up for my next point. He also raises an important point. It is a political disease to ask schools to do more all the time and very often assume that it can…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI am going to move on, in particular, to the issue of capital funding where sometimes reserves are built up for capital funding purposes. Looking at what is happening in schools,…26 Feb 2019
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