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HANSARD EducationNo, I will not. The resolution should have been a public spaces order ban on the protesters and fines for the parents who withdrew their children from school.20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationI stand corrected, but I also stand by the point that content in a particular course had been taken down—I mentioned the reports—until this had been resolved, and I find that…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationObviously the right hon. Gentleman is entitled to his opinion, but I ask him please to accept that in Parliament I am entitled to one, too. This issue demonstrates to me that it…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationAlthough I have some reservations, which I will discuss, I warmly welcome the new guidance for the introduction of compulsory health, sex and relationships education. Of course,…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationI will give way on that basis. I beg the right hon. Gentleman’s pardon.20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationI am happy to take that correction, but as I looked through the reports, I saw that the content on that specific area had been taken down, and I felt that that was absolutely…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationPlease let me continue. We have seen those weekly protests of people carrying placards, which has been a disgrace. I have a right to call that out, just as the right hon.…20 Mar 2019HANSARDWelfare Support3. What comparative assessment her Department has made of the levels of financial support available through (a) universal credit and (b) the legacy system.18 Mar 2019HANSARDWelfare SupportIt is not just the financial support that is key, but the support provided by jobcentres in getting people work-ready. One of my constituents was languishing on benefits for a…18 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ14. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I think she loves you more than me these days, because she is also a Labour supporter—albeit that you are of course independent.On behalf of me and my…13 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Friday, I was one of 3.5 million parents who received a letter from their school concerned that costs are outstripping funding. I was threatened with detention unless I asked…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Across the country, freeholders and leaseholders are being ripped off by management companies charging excessive service charges, often for services they do not require. Many…06 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeFor those of us who, at the turn of the century, worked in inner-city youth organisations to try to turn young people away from the dangers of crime, this latest epidemic of knife…04 Mar 2019HANSARDLocal Authority ServicesI thank the Secretary of State and our excellent local government Minister, the Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, my hon. Friend the Member…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Future of DFIDIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Ms Dorries, and to go where the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) has taken us in this debate. I am thrilled to be sitting next…27 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationYes, of course, because we should always strive for 100%, as I said right at the start. But when we hear Opposition Members talking, we might think that the figure is at zero—it…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationFirst, we have the two-week run-off with regard to housing benefit. We also have the system of advances. So I do not recognise those figures at all.26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationThe evidence states that those on UC are more likely to find work and to increase their earnings—that has been found as well. The whole idea of course is that work pays.…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationOf course I will give way. The hon. Gentleman now has his chance.26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate on the spending of the Department for Work and Pensions. I thank the hon. Member for High Peak (Ruth George) for leading the debate and…26 Feb 2019