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HANSARD Rugby in SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) for securing this important debate on rugby in schools.…14 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Work Regulation in England: Independent ReviewOn 5 November 2025, I informed the House that the Secretary of State for Education had commissioned Dame Annie Hudson to undertake the statutory independent review of the…09 Jul 2026HANSARDAccess to Further EducationI am grateful to the hon. Member for Runcorn and Helsby (Sarah Pochin) for securing this timely and important debate. I have not had the chance to speak to her since her powerful…02 Jul 2026HANSARDAccess to Further EducationI am just relieved, Madam Deputy Speaker, that you were not ticking me off for something else. [ Interruption. ] Okay. It is a growing list. It is essential that everyone,…02 Jul 2026HANSARDAccess to Further EducationI do, and it is only possible with the funding that I was setting out that the Government have secured. Funding per student aged 16 to 19 will have increased by over 12% in two…02 Jul 2026HANSARDAccess to Further EducationAs a Cumbrian MP, I know that problem all too well, and I know that many in Cornwall experience that too. We are building back our bus system in this country. There have been…02 Jul 2026HANSARDAccess to Further EducationI was about to turn to my hon. Friend’s question. He is right to recognise the limits of my knowledge, given that my noble Friend in the other place has responsibility for that…02 Jul 2026HANSARD Antisemitism: University CampusesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds South West and Morley (Mark Sewards) on securing this…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Antisemitism: University CampusesThe hon. Member is absolutely right to make that point. To pick up one thread of today’s debate, a number of hon. Members have raised the power of algorithms, which feed off…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Antisemitism: University CampusesThe hon. Member is right to highlight the essential aspect of accountability. The Office for Students has been given additional powers in recent years. It is also true that the…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Antisemitism: University CampusesI reviewed a draft of that guidance a matter of days ago, and it is due to be published very shortly. The issue is probably more that there is a queue of things to be published,…30 Jun 2026HANSARDHigher Education: Student OutcomesOur higher education sector has a world-leading reputation. The evidence shows that most graduates are significantly better off as a result of undertaking higher education, but we…25 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. The…24 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026I thank Committee members for their contributions to the debate. I will endeavour to answer as many questions as I can. The first set of questions came from the Opposition…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Bramhall High School: Condition of BuildingsI congratulate the hon. Member for Cheadle (Mr Morrison) on securing this debate and on his advocacy for Bramhall high school. As a former teacher myself, who spent years standing…24 Jun 2026HANSARDApprenticeshipsUnder this Government, apprenticeship starts by young people are up. We are going further and investing an additional £1 billion to support 50,000 more young people into…22 Jun 2026HANSARDApprenticeshipsI think we should look at what people do, not what they say. This is a Government who are reversing the decline; apprenticeship starts by young people reduced by 40% under the…22 Jun 2026HANSARDApprenticeshipsMy hon. Friend is a fierce champion for apprenticeships and technical education. I am happy to meet him to discuss those matters further. The Minister for Skills, my noble friend…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSchool Rebuilding Programme: SeftonWe inherited the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete—RAAC—crisis and years of decay in the school estate. Labour is investing almost £20 billion in the school rebuilding…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFurther Education PathwaysAs detailed in “Post-16 pathways: implementation plan”, we are creating coherent pathways, aligning learning with the skills that employers need and improving progression. New…22 Jun 2026