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HANSARDMusic EducationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Ms Vaz. I congratulate the hon. Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) on securing this…03 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic EducationI could not agree more. This absolutely goes beyond the practicalities of learning an instrument or understanding music theory. It is about those soft skills that we so regularly…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Children with Allergies: School SafeguardingIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I thank the hon. Member for Redditch (Chris Bloore) for securing this debate and for his forthcoming introduction of the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillTerrified, anxious and angry—these are the words that Citizens Advice Rural Cambridgeshire has heard most since these changes were proposed. I recently hosted an emergency forum…01 Jul 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationThe Government have set themselves an ambitious and welcome growth mission, with targets including an 80% employment rate and support for 65,000 additional learners a year by…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent Theo, who is blind and a Braillist, has not received a single useable Braille past paper, despite being nearly a year into his A-levels, and reports that his GCSE…18 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.18 Jun 2025HANSARDLevel 7 Apprenticeships: FundingThe number of health visitors in England has reached an all-time low, with just 7,000 remaining, and there is a forecast shortfall of 37,000 community nurses by 2036. The…16 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsPhilip Augar, the chair of the previous review into post-18 education funding, stated recently in the Financial Times that “a handful” of universities are receiving “secret…16 Jun 2025HANSARDDraft Casinos (Gaming Machines and Mandatory Conditions) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. The regulations before us today represent a change that runs directly counter to the Liberal Democrat approach to…16 Jun 2025HANSARDMaths: Contribution to the UKI thank the Minister for the Government’s response to this debate and I also thank all the Members who contributed. The hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) rightly pulled me up…05 Jun 2025HANSARDMaths: Contribution to the UKI beg to move, That this House has considered the contribution of maths to the UK. It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under you in the Chair, Mr Vickers. I thank the Backbench…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Free School MealsI, too, welcome the adoption of a long-standing Liberal Democrat policy and the Minister’s encouragement of other Lib Dem policies in response to my hon. Friend the Member for…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]I wish to draw the House’s attention to the appalling case of a young man who was very badly failed by mental health services and, indeed, tragically lost his life as a result.…19 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]I entirely agree, and I will come on to make that very point. Needless to say, events took a very dark and ultimately heartbreaking turn. In March 2022, a serious incident…19 May 2025HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI thank the Minister for today’s update. Although I welcome the progress that has been made on the compensation scheme, as he has highlighted, I once again have to highlight the…14 May 2025HANSARD Dedicated Schools GrantIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Ms Butler. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Tewkesbury (Cameron Thomas) for securing the debate and for his powerful speech.…06 May 2025HANSARD Universities: Funding and EmploymentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for Bradford for securing the debate and raising this important issue—02 Apr 2025HANSARD Universities: Funding and EmploymentI am sorry. I should know; I was just about to say that the hon. Member for Bedford (Mohammad Yasin) is a near neighbour of mine. Although I am here as the Lib Dem spokesperson…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]I will come to my preference for an executive agency that fits what the Government want to do. That is the reason for my new clause, and I do not think that it need delay efforts.…31 Mar 2025