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HANSARDCare LeaversI am in the unusual position of having been commissioned to do a review for a Government, and of then being in a position to start implementing its findings. One of the things I…03 Nov 2025HANSARDCare LeaversI thank my hon. Friend for that important intervention. As a country, we must reset the children’s social care system. We must move away from the crisis-led approach that the…03 Nov 2025HANSARDEducationThe Government made big decisions at the spending review to increase the overall funding available to 16-to-19 courses. Next financial year, there will be an increase of nearly…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Social CareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I thank all Members for their contributions to this important debate. Particular thanks go to my hon. Friend the Member for…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Social CareI thank my hon. Friend for raising what sounds like the very important idea for Georgia’s law. I would be really delighted to hear more from her about that. If there are aspects…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Social CareI certainly will. The recognition is there that we need to provide a children’s social care system that is able to intuitively wrap itself around all sorts of shapes and sizes of…30 Oct 2025HANSARDEducationThe Government made big decisions at the spending review to increase the overall funding available to 16-to-19 courses. Next financial year, there will be an increase of over £800…30 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsWhat the Conservative Government did not do was ensure that there was a fiscal position left to fund those sorts of commitments. I will give the hon. Gentleman and the previous…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsI agree that we need to ensure that opportunity goes to those who are furthest from it. My point is that this system does not provide an equal opportunity for many young people in…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) for securing this debate and all the Members who have…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsNo, I do not agree with that. Combinations of A-levels allow young people to have a wide and rich curriculum. In fact, the large programme uplift changes that we are making…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsI think the logic of that point is that universities will accept three A-levels, and they will accept more than three A-levels, and they will accept an international…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational BaccalaureateThe decision is essentially about where in the system resources go. Over 75% of students in receipt of extra support from the large programme uplift are studying A-levels, and we…20 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational BaccalaureateI thank my hon. Friend for her advocacy for her constituents. This year, per-student funding is rising to £5,105—up from £4,843 last year. These decisions made across the further…20 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational BaccalaureateThe system provides the level of funding necessary to 16-to-19 providers. The Government have made big decisions, which have not been backed by the Conservatives in spending…20 Oct 2025HANSARDFree Schools: Application DecisionsThe Government’s spending watchdog reported in 2017 that planned free schools would add an estimated 57,500 more spare school places. We are taking a common-sense approach, so…20 Oct 2025HANSARDFree Schools: Application DecisionsMy hon. Friend has been a vocal champion for St Joseph’s Catholic primary school since he entered this place last year. I want every child in the country to go to school in an…20 Oct 2025HANSARDFree Schools: Application DecisionsIn another part of my brief, I am already in touch with Ministers in devolved nations regarding children’s social care, and I would be very happy also to share wider learning from…20 Oct 2025HANSARDVocational Training: Under-19sWe have cut red tape, put in record investment and tilted the system in favour of young domestic talent, and the proof is in the pudding. Apprenticeship starts, participation and…20 Oct 2025HANSARDFree Schools: Application DecisionsThere is a choice here. We are debating how the Government, within only a few months of being elected, are making big progress across the education system. That includes big…20 Oct 2025