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HANSARDPalestinian School Curriculum: RadicalisationI agree completely that this has been going on for far too long. Warwick University’s vice-chancellor has failed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance…10 Mar 2020HANSARDPalestinian School Curriculum: RadicalisationI agree that the report will be extremely important, and along with many other Members I look forward to reading its lessons and how we can make progress. While I and my…10 Mar 2020HANSARDPalestinian School Curriculum: RadicalisationI am a committed believer in having a UK aid budget that will make a massive difference. However, I cannot escape the fear that, although we might not be paying for textbooks…10 Mar 2020HANSARDFemale EducationI thank my right hon. Friend for her previous answers. As a former secondary school teacher, I know first hand the role that education has in unleashing potential, so will she…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFemale Education11. What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that girls throughout the world receive 12 years of quality education.04 Mar 2020HANSARDEnergy-Intensive Industries: DecarbonisationAchieving net zero is a considerable challenge for energy-intensive industries like ceramics, given the twin requirements of decarbonising without reducing international…03 Mar 2020HANSARDEnergy-Intensive Industries: Decarbonisation5. What support his Department is providing to help energy-intensive industries decarbonise.03 Mar 2020HANSARDSchool ExclusionsThe hon. Gentleman brings me on perfectly to what I was about to say. If he will allow me, I will go on, and if I do not answer his point he should feel free to intervene again.…26 Feb 2020HANSARDSchool ExclusionsThe Government committed to investing £780 million into supporting SEND children. I firmly believe that schools go above and beyond. Having spent the vast majority of my career in…26 Feb 2020HANSARDSchool ExclusionsNo, I do not believe that children are naughtier. In fact, I think behaviour has improved, which comes from having firm discipline within a school. Students thrive off boundaries…26 Feb 2020HANSARDSchool ExclusionsI thank the hon. Member for Croydon Central (Sarah Jones) for securing the debate. School exclusions are the last resort for any headteacher. In my eight years as a classroom…26 Feb 2020HANSARDSchool ExclusionsYes, I find that I normally agree with hon. Members on both sides of the House on what we want to achieve; we just disagree on the method by which we want to achieve that. I do…26 Feb 2020HANSARDSchool ExclusionsThe hon. Lady touches on points regarding special educational needs and disabilities, and I intend to talk about my support for better quality alternative provision. I certainly…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is a keen historian and he will know that in Kidsgrove and Talke in my constituency we have the amazing Chatterley Whitfield colliery, which is sadly at risk…13 Feb 2020HANSARDFebruary AdjournmentLike colleagues across the House, I have been moved by many of the maiden speeches we have heard so far. My hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson)…13 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillWe in this place exercise our duty to protect the people we represent, amend the law where appropriate and ensure the highest standard of living and safety for everyone in this…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillAs a religious education teacher, I concur with the hon. Member’s viewpoint. In no way do the radical views of this small minority reflect the views of Islam. I am glad he raised…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) for securing this important debate. Pubs form the iron core of British culture. Whether we are going for a Beck’s…05 Feb 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI follow the words of my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Jo Gideon) by hammering home the point to the Front-Bench team that Stoke-on-Trent was left with a…27 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The Conservative-led Stoke-on-Trent City Council is working to roll out full fibre broadband across the Potteries with this Government’s unique funding. Given that…16 Jan 2020