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HANSARDSecondary School Opening HoursI am grateful to all Members for their contributions, a consistent feature of which was the call for more evidence. I sometimes think that people call for more evidence when they…11 Feb 2019HANSARDSecondary School Opening HoursI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 229178 relating to secondary school opening hours. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Main. I will…11 Feb 2019HANSARDSecondary School Opening HoursMany of us continue to argue for a good local school in every area. Parental choice sometimes leads to difficult journeys for children, as my hon. Friend explained. That may be…11 Feb 2019HANSARDSecondary School Opening HoursI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point. There has been good research recently suggesting that is the case, particularly with regard to the hours immediately…11 Feb 2019HANSARDSecondary School Opening HoursI am grateful to my hon. Friend. One of the difficulties with the proposed change is that starting later may well mean finishing later. There are pros and cons to that, which I…11 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Many disabled people and pensioners rely on accessible Crown post offices, so will the Minister tell us what discussions Ministers in the Government Equalities Office have had…07 Feb 2019HANSARDInformation LawI am grateful to the Minister for that reply but, as the Information Commissioner tells us, the Government spend £284 billion a year on external suppliers that are currently…06 Feb 2019HANSARDInformation Law3. What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Information Commissioner’s January 2019 report, “Outsourcing oversight? The case for…06 Feb 2019HANSARD[P002354]I present five petitions in the same terms on behalf of many, many thousands of residents—parents, guardians, staff and communities of nursery schools in Cambridgeshire. The…05 Feb 2019HANSARDMulti-academy Trusts: GovernanceIn Cambridgeshire, as elsewhere, the world of multi-academy trusts is opaque and wholly unaccountable with schools looking over their shoulder to see whether they are the next to…04 Feb 2019HANSARDMulti-academy Trusts: Governance16. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the governance of multi-academy trusts.04 Feb 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers), and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) on…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsIt should absolutely not be. The one thing we can all probably agree on is that we would like all these providers to have a sustainable future. I have every sympathy for the other…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s clarification, but I have to say that, from where some of us are sitting, on this side of the House, that looks exactly like what this Government…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that point. As I said earlier, the funding mechanisms for this sector are extremely complicated, which can create the danger of setting…31 Jan 2019HANSARDScientific, Cultural and Educational ProgrammesThank you very much, Mr Speaker. The political declaration makes it very clear that the Government want to maintain a close involvement with EU programmes in future. Will the…24 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseTomorrow is the third anniversary of the disappearance in Cairo of the Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni. His body was subsequently recovered. He had been brutally tortured and…24 Jan 2019HANSARDScientific, Cultural and Educational Programmesrose—24 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryDoes my hon. Friend agree that the rather poor practices of some water companies have led to widespread public disillusionment? When I worked for Unison a few years ago, an…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryThe right hon. Gentleman’s points are similar to those brought to my attention by Anglian Water, which services my region. I do not think that anyone disputes that good work is…22 Jan 2019