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HANSARDRestoration and Renewal ProgrammeThe restoration and renewal sponsor body plans a range of opportunities for right hon. and hon. Members to contribute. Consultation is planned on design options that are now in…04 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Study OpportunitiesWhat steps his Department is taking to increase international study opportunities for students.01 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Study OpportunitiesI am grateful to the Secretary of State for that response. Like him, I very much welcome the widening of partnerships and cultural discovery that will be possible under the Turing…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Route Map: Covid-19The full return of schools on 8 March is much more than a waypoint on a road map. I very much welcome it and the safety measures in place. Can I congratulate my hon. Friend and…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Skills for Jobs White PaperI welcome what my right hon. Friend set out, including the essential role of industry and the extension of employer-led standards. Will he say more about how local skills…21 Jan 2021HANSARDRestoration and Renewal: Disabled StakeholdersThis is a vital issue. The programme is committed to improving accessibility in its detailed work on the outline business case, which will form the scope for the restoration and…21 Jan 2021HANSARDRestoration and Renewal: Disabled StakeholdersI thank the hon. Lady for raising this important issue and Harry’s case. Of course I will be more than happy to meet both of them. The programme has established an accessibility…21 Jan 2021HANSARD Remote Education and Free School MealsNourishment is fundamental to learning, as to so much else. In recognition of its importance, of course, eligibility has been extended three times since 2010—among infants, in…18 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Technology: ExportsMy hon. Friend will recall that, when we worked together on the international education strategy, EdTech was a key export growth area—and that was before, as he mentions, the…14 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Technology: ExportsWhat assessment she has made of the export potential in the UK educational technology sector.14 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19Of course, the invisible shield goes first around the most vulnerable, and the JCVI determines that sequence. Once the highest-risk groups have been vaccinated, however, I…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthIt would be an understatement to say that people have restriction fatigue. I, like others, hate having to have the sorts of curtailments on people’s freedoms that a lockdown…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Planning for the FutureIt is a great pleasure to see you in the chair today, Sir Charles. I congratulate the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) on securing this important debate. The last time…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationThis is world-leading, and I very much welcome what the Secretary of State has had to say today. Ultimately, I suspect we will need to move towards global norms and even global…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Planning for the FutureThe hon. Member raises important points. There is a need for housing of all different types, sizes and tenures, and there are different ways of delivering them. In the time we…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperOf course renewables are preferable, but as the Secretary of State has just set out, for quite some way into the future we will need non-intermittent or diallable energy sources…14 Dec 2020HANSARD Nurseries and Early Years SettingsIt is very good to see you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) on securing this important debate. I acknowledge the…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Agricultural Transition PlanIt is right that the equipment and technology fund and the transformation fund should focus on core agricultural business and productivity, but can my right hon. Friend also…30 Nov 2020HANSARDQuality Education for GirlsWhat assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the Government’s commitment to ensure that girls throughout the world receive 12 years of quality education.24 Nov 2020HANSARDQuality Education for GirlsBritain’s contribution to ensuring girls’ education is one of the most important and proudest parts of our entire work in international development. How will the Minister ensure…24 Nov 2020