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HANSARD Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for her questions. We are announcing today that the Family Finding programme will be extended and taken further, and the aim is to have it rolled out across…04 Jun 2026HANSARD Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyI thank the hon. Member for the spirit in which he shared his remarks and the questions that he put to me. He is right to say that this issue requires serious and sustained…04 Jun 2026HANSARD Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for her question, and I am delighted to extend my congratulations to Councillor Ali and the whole team at Luton, which is one of the pathfinder local…04 Jun 2026HANSARD Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyI am blushing, Madam Deputy Speaker—the right hon. Member is very generous. There are politicians on all sides of this House who come to this place with a good cause and dedicate…04 Jun 2026HANSARDChildren’s Social Care ReformTransforming children’s social care is central to this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity for all children. It is fundamental to ensuring that every child…21 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeWe used to have them.18 May 2026HANSARDLifelong Learning Entitlement RegulationsI am today laying before Parliament the Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026, the first in a package of secondary legislation needed to implement the lifelong learning…18 May 2026HANSARDEducationThe Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education system in place at the moment allows for students to complain about breaches of freedom of speech. The written…27 Apr 2026HANSARDEducationThe OfS system in place at the moment allows for students to complain about breaches of freedom of speech. The written statement laid this morning by my right hon. Friend the…27 Apr 2026HANSARDEducationThe Secretary of State has made a written statement to the House this morning confirming the timing of the commencement of the higher education free speech complaints scheme and…27 Apr 2026HANSARDEducationAs I have said, at the moment students have a route of redress through the Office of the Independent Adjudicator . The Government have been focused on pulling together an…27 Apr 2026HANSARDEducationAs I have said, at the moment students have a route of redress through the Office for Students. The Government have been focused on pulling together an enforceable regime, and it…27 Apr 2026HANSARDYoung Adult Carers: Education and TrainingMy hon. Friend the Member for Harlow will do a much better job of convincing people than anyone else in this room, so I will gladly make sure that he is the focus of attention in…23 Apr 2026HANSARDYoung Adult Carers: Education and TrainingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for securing this debate, the second Westminster Hall debate…23 Apr 2026HANSARDFosteringYes. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight both of those issues. We are expanding and funding the Mockingbird programme so that foster carers can get wider, family…20 Apr 2026HANSARDApprenticeshipsI thank my hon. Friend for making such an important point. There are a few ways to address this question. Too many of our coastal areas do not have the school standards in place…20 Apr 2026HANSARDHigher Education: Freedom of SpeechThe Secretary of State has made a written statement to the House this morning confirming the timing of the commencement of the higher education free speech complaints scheme and…20 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was concerned to hear that the school needed to shut last Monday— [ Interruption. ] Cheering a school closure is no laughing matter. Of course, I am thankful that the children…20 Apr 2026HANSARDApprenticeshipsI congratulate my hon. Friend on her efforts in campaigning for that technical excellence college. We announced 19 TECs last week, and our package of measures to create another…20 Apr 2026HANSARDApprenticeshipsEducation is a devolved matter, so the one thing I can do as a Minister in this Parliament is encourage people to vote for Scottish Labour and for Anas Sarwar to be the First…20 Apr 2026