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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that the value of school meals is much more than the nutrition that they give, and even more than children’s educational achievement when they are…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I do not wish to correct the right hon. Gentleman. I believe he is correct that the two get confused. I have both of those beliefs.06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)The right hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time. It is not a belief that the profile of faith schools is different from other schools: it is true. If we look at the…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I rise to speak to clause 51, because there are some points I wish to raise about this part of the Bill allowing new schools to have 100% faith selection. Clause 51 allows new…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)rose—04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I very much welcome the clauses. The strengthened powers of entry for Ofsted are important. As I have said, a lot of the problems in illegal schools are hidden, and they are often…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)rose—04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his patience with our multiple interventions. However, I believe they are very necessary. Does he agree that the experiences of hundreds of…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)With your permission, Sir Edward, my remarks apply to clauses 30 to 36, because I thought it was more convenient to speak to them all together. Clauses 30 to 36 are extremely…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that freedoms in respect of the curriculum have also been used to hide information from children—for example, to avoid giving a broad…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)rose—04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I believe my remarks apply fully to clauses 30 and 37, Sir Edward, if you are happy with that—please let me know if not.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Thank you, Sir Edward. The measures to tackle illegal schools, which are often but not always faith-based, are very welcome, and they will protect children from severe harm. The…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI absolutely agree. Climate change does not affect just one part of our life, or just one part of the country or the world; it affects all of us, in every single domain. If we are…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI thank the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for introducing this important debate. I really admire her commitment to action and to real progress, not grandstanding,…24 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)How common does the hon. Gentleman think the situation that he describes is across our constituencies? Does he accept our understanding of that situation? We see it ourselves in…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Third sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?23 Jan 2025