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HANSARD Special Educational Needs and Disability FundingThe hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech. Does he share my concern that very often these children end up in the prison service, and is he aware of the statistic that…29 Jan 2020HANSARD Special Educational Needs and Disability FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) on securing this incredibly important…29 Jan 2020HANSARD Special Educational Needs and Disability FundingI absolutely share that sentiment. Before we move away from what the Minister was saying about the new consultation that she will be carrying out on this issue, I wonder whether…29 Jan 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationMay I add my voice to the collective delight at this announcement, and to highlight my delight at reading the words about educating children and young people of different…16 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentI am a former teacher, and believe me, behaviour was probably the most important thing in ensuring that I had the space to be able to deliver such content. Does the Secretary of…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentI congratulate the hon. Member for Gedling (Tom Randall) on his tour de force. I just googled Gedling and it looks delightful. I will certainly consider it as a destination for…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentThe Secretary of State will know well that there are issues with South Oxfordshire District Council that relate to the housing infrastructure fund bid that we put in. Will he…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentI could not agree more. Our teachers are heroes. Day in, day out, teachers in secondary and primary schools, especially primaries—I still do not understand how they do it; those…14 Jan 2020HANSARDFootball Association and Bet365This has undoubtedly damaged the FA’s reputation. Is the Minister going to meet Bet365? I do not believe that a renegotiation is enough; we need redress. The new accounts set up…09 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillAbsolutely. I thank the hon. Lady for her point and commend her for her tireless work on this issue. I think the broad consensus across the House is that we must now take the…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThat is another reason why we need to keep it, and I will simply say this: while Brexit suggests to those abroad that Britain might be not quite as international-facing as it was…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI thank the hon. Member very much for his intervention; he makes the point beautifully. It is such a no-brainer: this is something that we should want to keep. When people who…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI rise to support new clauses 10 and 29, on which we will be seeking a vote today. These should absolutely be no-brainers. New clause 10 is about the Erasmus programme. For…08 Jan 2020HANSARD Online Pornography: Age VerificationFurther to that point, when the Children’s Commissioner worked with DCMS and had workshops with children asking them what they wanted from this, they reported that their e-safety…17 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. Yes, as a maths teacher, I have been rather frustrated by the headlines coming out of this Government, such as “£14 billion over three…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI thank the Home Secretary for attending, with me, the funeral on Monday of PC Andrew Harper, and for the support she showed the community in Abingdon where he served. It was very…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Guildford (Anne Milton), who I know shares my passion for public services. We are doing this in the context of a potential…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesThe hon. Lady is giving a powerful speech that shows how this Government are giving with one hand and taking away with the other. Every Member looking at the raw numbers of how…16 Oct 2019HANSARD Hacker HouseI thank the Minister for his reply. I should make it clear that I care very little about the personal life of the Prime Minister, but I care a lot about how this Government manage…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Hacker House(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on payments made by her Department to Hacker House, and on how…25 Sept 2019