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HANSARDTeachers and School Support Staff: MoraleSupporting teacher wellbeing is crucial to our commitment to a supportive culture in schools, and for encouraging teacher retention. That is why we co-created the education staff…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTeachers and School Support Staff: MoraleI think the hon. Gentleman needs to do some research before he starts asking questions in Parliament. On recruitment and retention, I join him in stressing the importance of…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTeachers and School Support Staff: MoraleMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of brilliant teachers—I think he might have some personal experience of that. He is also right about the central…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTeachers and School Support Staff: MoraleNobody is talking about taking away the right to strike. All that we are seeking to do is balance that right, which we absolutely recognise and protect, with the right of a child…11 Mar 2024HANSARDSkelton Primary School: ClevelandSkelton Primary School was announced in the second round of the school rebuilding programme in July 2021. It is the second school in a batch being delivered by the contractor…11 Mar 2024HANSARDSkelton Primary School: ClevelandI acknowledge all that my right hon. Friend says. I can reassure him that the scope of works, including all funding committed, has been confirmed on this new build. However, of…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTeaching and Learning in SchoolsGreat teaching is truly transformational in children’s lives. Thanks to our brilliant teachers, and the focus on high standards in the curriculum, attendance and behaviour, nine…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTeaching and Learning in SchoolsI join my hon. Friend in congratulating Ruislip High School and Hillingdon Council’s children’s services team. Nearly 90% of schools in Uxbridge and South Ruislip are now rated…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the 2021 spending review, we committed £19 billion for school capital over the three years. I do not know offhand the specifics of the schools that the hon. Gentleman has…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI support all great schools in our diverse school system, including strong grammar schools. I continue to encourage grammar schools to increase access for disadvantaged pupils,…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recognise what my hon. Friend says about rurality. Of course, the lump sum element in the funding formula is important for small schools. We have more than doubled the national…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will, of course, know of our plans and our support for the private Member’s Bill on that subject. He and I used to serve together on the Education Committee…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, and I am aware that the hon. Lady has met my noble Friend Baroness Barran. Inspections by structural engineers are ongoing, as I think the hon. Lady will know, but the early…11 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI regret that, as education is a devolved matter, the Labour party is in charge of education in Wales. It really saddens me to hear of children in my hon. Friend’s constituency…11 Mar 2024HANSARD World Book DayIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Pritchard, and to take part in this debate—or is it a discussion? It felt more like a discussion: sometimes a discursive…06 Mar 2024HANSARDColleges WeekIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Robert. I join colleagues in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) on securing this debate in…29 Feb 2024HANSARDColleges WeekAgain, let us not have a party political debate—that is not the nature of this discussion today. I can absolutely assure the hon. Lady that I have not misrepresented the Labour…29 Feb 2024HANSARDColleges WeekAbsolutely, and I will come back to the fundamental problem in a moment.29 Feb 2024HANSARDColleges WeekI assure the hon. Lady that if there is any misunderstanding about the Labour party’s policy, it is not because people have failed to engage with it; it is because it is not…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Access to Education: South-East NorthumberlandIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Henderson. It is an auspicious day: I believe it is your maiden chairing of Westminster Hall, and it is a privilege for us all…21 Feb 2024