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HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI think the Secretary of State is driving at clause 3 of the Bill, which would create a statutory tort. [ Interruption. ] I think he is driving at the need for clause 3 and the…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy right hon. Friend makes the point perfectly. I want to ask the Secretary of State about some other uncertainties that the Bill creates. I think he is seeking to say to the…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that information, which is clearly shocking. Of course, my question to the Secretary of State would be: if intimidation is…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am sorry, but I do not think the Secretary of State has been able to answer my direct question about instances of Uyghur and Hong Kong students being deterred from speaking on…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillAs the House will know, my right hon. Friend commands great expertise on issues of national security, and the Secretary of State must satisfactorily answer his question for the…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech)…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am not sure whether the Secretary of State was suggesting that Hong Kong students and Uyghurs are silenced on our campuses, which is of course what we are talking about in this…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillNo, I would not like the Secretary of State to intervene again while I am still answering the question he asked me a moment ago. The problem with the Bill and clause 3, which…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillThe Secretary of State should have perhaps made these arguments in his opening speech, but I will of course give way to him again, although I hope he will make time for other…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI will take a further intervention—of course I will.12 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsI thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for advance sight of it. I echo his tribute to the education staff, pupils and parents who have done so much over the past 15…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On Monday, in a point of order, I queried the apparent discrepancy between the Secretary of State’s insistence to the House on 21 June…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting the urgent question. Data published yesterday showed that 375,000 children were out of school last week because of coronavirus. It is nine…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education Settings(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement on the impact of coronavirus on children and young people’s attendance in education…30 Jun 2021HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Last Monday, following Education questions, I raised a point of order querying the Secretary of State’s claim that the Government aimed to…28 Jun 2021HANSARDDisadvantaged Students: Tutoring SupportThe latest figures show that it is just under 3% of pupils in this academic year, and even the funding for next year will reach only 8% of students, yet last week in Prime…21 Jun 2021HANSARDDisadvantaged Students: Tutoring SupportWill the Secretary of State tell the House what proportion of children will have received tutoring under the national tutoring programme by the end of this academic year?21 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. A few moments ago, the Secretary of State—I am sure inadvertently—in answer to me said that he and the Prime Minister had a plan to roll out…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEducationThe national tutoring programme is reaching only one in six pupils on free school meals, and changes to the school census date mean that schools are also losing out on thousands…16 Jun 2021HANSARDCatch-up PremiumI do not think that there is an argument between us about the extended school day. We all agree about extra time; we all agree about the importance of a range of activities to…15 Jun 2021