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HANSARDA Brighter Future for the Next GenerationLet me read a transcript of the broadcast yesterday. The Universities Minister says: “What this bill is designed to do is to protect and promote free speech which is lawful so any…13 May 2021HANSARDA Brighter Future for the Next GenerationI am grateful for that assurance on the Floor of the House from the Secretary of State. I hope that when we are able to debate the Bill again on the Floor of the House and in…13 May 2021HANSARDLost Learning: Covid-19So are headteachers moaning when they say that the pupil premium stealth cut means that they will not be able to pay for speech and language therapy, or a teaching assistant, or…26 Apr 2021HANSARDLost Learning: Covid-19The 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…26 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Learning Catch-upEven before the pandemic, child poverty stood at more than 4 million, up more than 700,000 since Labour left office, and progress on narrowing the attainment gap between…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Learning Catch-upBut just days from the Budget, there is still no commitment to keep the £20 uplift in universal credit, no sign that the Secretary of State will abandon the public sector pay…01 Mar 2021HANSARD Education Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement and join him in paying tribute to all staff in our education system. We on these Benches want to see all pupils…25 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for University Students: Covid-19I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) for raising this important issue. The Minister mentioned the £50 million that she announced yesterday but…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: Reopening(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement on the Government’s plan for the reopening of educational settings.26 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningI am pleased to see the Schools Minister at the Dispatch Box—I have more hope of receiving answers from him than I am used to from the Secretary of State—but even he has failed to…26 Jan 2021HANSARD Skills for Jobs White PaperI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. Let me start by paying tribute to the learners and workers, unions and employers, and colleges and training…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAh, so we got the answer in the end. The truth is that the Secretary of State was late in planning the voucher scheme, late in getting laptops to students, late in consulting on…18 Jan 2021HANSARD Remote Education and Free School MealsI beg to move, That this House believes that families need more support during school and college closures; and that those eligible should be guaranteed to receive the full value…18 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe utterly inadequate school food parcels we saw last week were an absolute scandal, one that was, however, entirely in line with the Government’s own guidance. So why has it…18 Jan 2021HANSARD Remote Education and Free School MealsI am aware that a number of organisations, representing food charities, anti-poverty organisations, educationalists and so on, have written to the Prime Minister suggesting a full…18 Jan 2021HANSARD Early Years Settings: Covid-19Forgive me: I do not really understand what that means. Is it after the over-60s, or is it after we have dropped all the way down to the ninth category?12 Jan 2021HANSARD Early Years Settings: Covid-19I am grateful to the Minister. I wonder whether she could clarify this. Is she saying that the consideration of occupational roles will come after the first four categories or the…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Early Years Settings: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. This important debate has been characterised by a high degree of cross-party consensus and interest across the…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Educational SettingsA happy new year, Mr Speaker. May I begin by paying tribute to the deputy general secretary of the NASUWT, Gareth Young, who tragically died shortly before Christmas? I am sure…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryBefore I begin, I put on record my thanks, and the thanks of the whole Labour party, to every leader, teacher and lecturer and the support staff, early years professionals and…30 Dec 2020