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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Fortnight.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Sort of. It is not really a floor or a ceiling at the moment; it is a very loose framework that says, “These are the things at key stages 1 to 4 that one should cover.” It is not…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)For all the reasons that I gave, it does apply. Ofsted requires a broad and balanced curriculum from every school, and the vast majority of the time the vast majority of schools…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I will give way to the hon. Member for St Helens North as he was the nicest to me.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Bless the hon. Gentleman for saying I am engaging, but I am obviously not that engaging, because I spent the first three minutes explaining why the national curriculum is the core…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I agree with the hon. Lady 100%, just as I agreed with what the hon. Member for Southampton Itchen said entirely. Of course, there is not just a material difference between not…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)That is a question for the hon. Gentleman’s colleagues on the Government Front Bench. He is at liberty to table a written parliamentary question, but I think he will find that it…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The points that the hon. Members for Southampton Itchen and for Morecambe and Lunesdale made lead me to—you will be pleased to know, Sir Edward—the concluding section of my…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I did say, “One last time,” but I cannot refuse my hon. Friend.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I will if the hon. Member wants to correct what I said.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The Minister said she had updated them.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I thought I was doing the questions. My question is: what is the thing that has changed and got worse over this period, which the Government think they are going to address? What…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I do—I am so glad the hon. Lady asked that, because I asked the same question that she rightly did. Presumably, most of the 3.2% were on a journey towards qualified teacher…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I did not realise we were going to spend today talking about football.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Colleagues and friends, forgive me; it happens all the time in clubs and in schools. It happens in after-school football clubs and before-school football clubs. If the club starts…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)No, no, no; he may be well aware of many things, but he is certainly not well aware that what he is saying is not correct. He is totally aware that what he just said is correct:…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Yes, but that does not change the fact that individuals, perhaps including the hon. Lady’s son—I do not know her son; I do not know his circumstances or his school career—may be…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)It was 3.2%—so the proportion in fact shrank slightly over those 14 years. I therefore wonder what verdict Government Members, in their bid to avoid a race to the bottom, give on…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)First, I will ask the Minister a bit about process. The questions we ask in Parliament are often rhetorical; we do not expect answers to them from Ministers, and nor do we get…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Look at this! How do I choose? I will go to the hon. Member for Portsmouth North.04 Feb 2025