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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe hon. Gentleman just said that the Government would bring a mental health worker into every school. Could he repeat that, for the avoidance of doubt?08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillAnd me!08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillAh!08 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Services: ChildrenIs the mental health support in schools that the Minister just mentioned the same as or different from the plan for mental health support teams in schools that was already being…07 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionDoes the hon. Gentleman know by how much the number of teachers in this country increased during the last Parliament?06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Harris. I thank the Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone), for…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionI will help the hon. Gentleman: it was a lot more than 6,500.06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionWhat does the hon. Gentleman think should happen with free breakfast clubs in secondary schools?06 Jan 2025HANSARD Prison Capacity StrategyThe Minister likes to talk about inheritances, but if she checks the record, she will discover that prison overcrowding was higher in 2008, 2009 and 2010 than it was in 2024. It…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Qualifications Reform ReviewWhen the Minister’s other noble Friend—the distinguished Labour peer Lord Sainsbury—conducted his landmark review of technical and vocational qualifications, he found that they…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Building HomesMay I suggest to the Government that this subject really warrants a full-day debate and not just a statement with questions and answers? For now, however, may I ask about one…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillFirst, the Minister knows I said no such thing. I spoke about the additional investment that had gone into the high-needs budget under the previous Government, particularly since…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance Billrose—11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. I will come to exactly where the money to meet the costs will come from. We have talked about revenue costs, and the policy paper…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillOf course, there has been a huge increase in the number of teaching assistants over the past 14 years, but the hon. Member is right that there are particular issues for children…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillIn principle, what is the distinction between full-time private schooling and private tuition, from the point of view of what it is right to tax? Will he guarantee that no tax…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillI rise to speak to new clause 8, and to refer to clauses 47 to 49. Clearly, just six or so months in, we will not have seen the full effects of these measures, but we will have…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillNo, I mean families who send their child once or twice a week for an hour for academic study or something extra-curricular. Why should that be tax exempt, when if it is done for…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillLook, I want every child to have the best education available to them. When I was working at the Department for Education, I regarded it as part of my job to ensure that nobody…11 Dec 2024HANSARDPrimary School Breakfast Clubs: ImpactThousands of schools are already participating in the national school breakfast club programme, including many special schools and secondary schools, but the clubs actually have a…09 Dec 2024