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HANSARDSEND: FundingThis morning I visited the Nido Volans Centre, a specialist college in my constituency, and enjoyed a delicious cup of tea made by two students, Marco and Jason. Nido Volans means…01 Dec 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse: ChildrenIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Jardine. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight West (Mr Quigley) on securing this important debate and on his…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse: ChildrenMy hon. Friend raises an important issue. I hope that the Minister will be able to respond to that in her remarks. We have a children’s social care system, and the tragic case of…27 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsAs I said, I agree that aid should be allowed into Gaza unfettered. That should be administered by the UN and by aid agencies that are well able to determine with Palestinians…24 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Butler. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for opening this important debate. I also…24 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsI agree with my hon. Friend that we need unfettered access to aid in Gaza. I turn my attention now to the current humanitarian crisis. The ceasefire has restored the distribution…24 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsI agree with everything that the hon. Member said. It is vital that such badly needed aid is allowed to enter Gaza unrestricted, and that we recognise that that process will need…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Gaza and SudanThe Foreign Secretary spoke in her statement of Israeli restrictions strangling the Palestinian economy. These are not restrictions; they are strategic attempts to undermine the…18 Nov 2025HANSARDCare LeaversI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Care leavers need support; they need the state to deliver for them when family is sometimes not there in the way…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Children’s Social CareI thank all hon. Members for contributing to this debate on a Thursday afternoon. For the benefit of anybody watching these proceedings externally, I should say that Thursday…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Social CareOn the work on extra-familial harms, what engagement is the Minister having with colleagues in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government? That very much reflects…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Social CareI beg to move, That this House has considered the Fourth Report of the Education Committee, Children’s social care, HC 430, and the Government response, HC 1350. It is a pleasure…30 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsI think the Government are right to focus on how to improve education for every young person. If the hon. Member will bear with me, I will come on to some wider points about the…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsI am not going to take any further interventions. The international baccalaureate is an important part of the landscape, and I am pleased that the Government have confirmed that…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) on securing this important debate. Post-16 education is a…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsIf the hon. Gentleman will bear with me, I will elaborate on consultation and engagement in a moment, but I encourage Liberal Democrat Members to reflect on the role that their…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education: Skills Needed in the Economy6. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy.27 Oct 2025HANSARDHolidays During School Term TimeIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I start by recognising the strength of feeling on term-time absences from school, particularly among the almost 182,000 people…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education: Skills Needed in the EconomyMy Committee’s recent report on further education and skills highlights the poor amount of information on vocational and technical training opportunities, including…27 Oct 2025HANSARDHolidays During School Term TimeI have not mentioned fines, but I agree that fining parents is a very flawed area of policy. I do not want to say it is always entirely the wrong thing to do, but fines are not a…27 Oct 2025