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HANSARD Water Safety EducationIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead (John Cryer) on securing this important debate. I commend him…07 May 2024HANSARD Water Safety EducationThe hon. Lady makes a very important point about equality of access. We are very conscious of that when we talk about safety in particular; this is about not just sporting…07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Betts. I join colleagues in congratulating the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) on securing this important debate. I…07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsWhen the hon. Member for Twickenham was on her feet, she claimed that the 2014 Act was entirely due to the Liberal Democrats. Of course, it was not; it was a coalition Government…07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsI want to give way to the right hon. Gentleman, who speaks with great authority on these matters. I am worried about the time; if he is quick, I will be quick in response.07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsThe right hon. Gentleman has been in these positions himself, so he knows that, of course, we keep that under review. However, I gently point out that it has been under the…07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsI am going to ask the hon. Lady to forgive me, because we have less than five minutes to go, and I must reach the conclusion. Further to that, we recognise that nutrition does not…07 May 2024HANSARDSchool Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) BillIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Vickers. I want to join colleagues in congratulating my right hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford on introducing the Bill and…01 May 2024HANSARDSchool Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) BillAll that my hon. Friend says is correct. All schools have some form of attendance policy. There is some variation, and one of the things that is happening through this process—the…01 May 2024HANSARDSchool Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) BillI think there is. There is some evidence that facilitating things for parents can be helpful, particularly when such things allow parents to go to work and so on. Where I might…01 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member is of course right that the lead is taken by a different Department, but we are very conscious of the pressures, including from social media, in relation to…29 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend issues a timely and important reminder and we are very clear on that with schools. We also, of course, part-fund Educate Against Hate, which has materials…29 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have increased the amount of money going into condition funding. We are also, of course, rebuilding 500 schools under the school rebuilding programme. I will look into the…29 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would encourage our friends and colleagues in the Scottish Government, whoever they may be at the time, to pay close attention to Hilary Cass’s report. I think her work has…29 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will look into the details of the case and write to the hon. Lady.29 Apr 2024HANSARDMental Resilience in Young People: Sports and PEIt is well and widely recognised that PE and sport support children and young people’s health and general wellbeing. The school sport and activity action plan update, published in…29 Apr 2024HANSARDMental Resilience in Young People: Sports and PEI know about the good work of the Golf Foundation, under the leadership of Brendon Pyle. I would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss its work, specifically the Unleash…29 Apr 2024HANSARDIsrael and Antisemitism: Secondary School EducationI appreciate what my hon. Friend says. History is a very important subject for many reasons. Learning about Israel and the wider region can be covered in history, for example in…29 Apr 2024HANSARDIsrael and Antisemitism: Secondary School EducationI have been horrified and appalled to see the rise in antisemitism in education since 7 October. It is unacceptable and it cannot be tolerated. My right hon. Friend the Secretary…29 Apr 2024HANSARDIsrael and Antisemitism: Secondary School EducationI always value opportunities to speak to colleagues and counterparts in the devolved Administrations. I believe that we will have another opportunity relatively soon to speak to…29 Apr 2024