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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)We keep coming back to “What is the problem?” That is the wrong question to ask. We are partly here to solve problems, but we are also here to reach further and be more ambitious,…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSouthampton Itchen has many Victorian and inter-war homes that are poorly insulated and therefore expensiveto heat, especially as the Conservative party dragged its feet and did…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I fully agree that it is deeply concerning that qualified teacher status is so unimportant to them. However, it is unsurprising that the profession is in the state it is and…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)What I agree is, that if someone is not performing up to scratch, the response should not be to remove the qualification for everyone else, but to deal with that individual…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Who is diving in first? I will give way.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I will make some progress and then will be happy to give way. I ask Opposition Members to reflect on the logical fallacy of applying this laissez-faire approach in a way that they…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I rise to support clause 40 and to argue that the amendments under discussion are unnecessary. I very much welcome this…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe all know that the best route out of poverty is through well-paid work, but for families in my constituency, where a third of children grow up in poverty, low-paid and insecure…03 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Eighth sitting)Does the Minister agree that this issue is actually very simple and, while we appreciate the level of detail and scrutiny that opposition parties are rightly giving to it, we risk…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fifth sitting)I appreciate your patience, Mr Stringer—this is not the first time I have stumbled over Committee procedure and no doubt it will not be the last. I welcome the Minister’s comments…28 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I rise to support clause 8 stand part. [ Interruption. ] Sorry, my mistake.28 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Thousands of my constituents have had to put up with years of misery because of unsafe fire protection in their homes, developers dragging their feet and leaseholders having…22 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q The Bill proposes a number of measures on illegal children’s homes and a topic you have already mentioned a couple of times—deprivation of liberty, when that does not…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q I think we all recognise that there are sometimes staffing issues in particular curriculum areas, but if something gets taken out of the curriculum, particularly at secondary…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to pick up on the previous point about the curriculum floor. I wonder whether the panel agree that the opportunities of a broad, balanced curriculum that is modern,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q To what extent does the regional co-operation deal with sufficiency? Katharine Sacks-Jones: I think there are benefits to be had in regional commissioning. We are concerned to…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q Are those expectations clear enough? Julie McCulloch: I think they could probably be clearer.21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q My question is about qualified teacher status, and the Bill is obviously about either having or working towards that. Do you think it is a reasonable expectation that, whatever…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q My main question is about safeguarding. I know from experience that the good relationships between the different agencies, particularly schools and the local authorities, are…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Clauses 13 and 14 make provision for the financial oversight of care providers, and clause 9 looks at better regional arrangements for accommodation. What are your views on how…21 Jan 2025