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HANSARD Commonwealth in 2020I worked with the Commonwealth secretariat and I have worked at the United Nations on these issues, so I know exactly what the hon. Lady is referring to. However, the proof is in…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Commonwealth in 2020Usually, where someone goes into a shop and smashes a vase, they have a responsibility to fix it, or at least to pay for it to be fixed or replaced. If we go around the world…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Commonwealth in 2020I quite agree. I have been proud to work with the Commonwealth secretariat in promoting press freedom, youth projects and, in particular, the youth development index, which…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Commonwealth in 2020I do indeed agree. When I was at the most recent Commonwealth Youth Ministers meeting in Uganda two years ago, there were extensive discussions on that issue with some of the…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Commonwealth in 2020I am glad the hon. Gentleman has raised recent things because, even as we promote the Commonwealth now, we must be honest about places that have gone backwards, not forwards, over…09 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Peace in Colombia is currently very unstable and the peace process is fragile. We are giving money for security reform, but no money for policing and community development.…04 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusI thank the chief medical officer for ringing me when we had cases earlier in the month in the city; it was very helpful advice. The advice that the Secretary of State has just…03 Mar 2020HANSARDEU Nationals: Voting RightsWe currently give Commonwealth citizens, who may have been here only one month, but there are no reciprocal rights for British citizens to vote in Commonwealth countries. Why do…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEU Nationals: Voting Rights10. Whether the Government plan to grant EU nationals living in the UK the right to vote in general elections.27 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn response to my earlier question, the Minister of State, Cabinet Office, said that no other European country grants non-citizens voting rights. I think that might have been…27 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationI agree that it is not realistic to expect A-level students to go out and work when they should be studying, although a part-time job during A-levels is always positive. I had one…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationI thank the Minister, who has given a very good holding reply to most of the points. It was very skilfully done—to some extent. I will summarise by saying that there are lots of…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationI totally agree. I was on the board of the corporation at one college that merged into a sixth-form college. I was one of the few corporation members who voted against that…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationWe need to look at those issues, particularly the way that we manage debts linked to buildings, which has got a lot of colleges into trouble in the past. For sixth-form colleges…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationMy hon. Friend is quite right; that is very worrying. A headteacher in my area talks about the difficulty of recruitment into the sector when there are far better options for pay…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationI beg to move, That this House has considered equality of funding for post-16 education. I am delighted to have secured this debate on the funding of post-16 education. I will…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationMy hon. Friend is quite right. We have debated T-levels previously, and there is the difficulty of transition as we go forward. I hope that we will eventually get to a situation…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationYes, it does. I hope the Minister will address that point. I pay tribute to the work of the Sixth Form Colleges Association in co-ordinating the Raise the Rate campaign, which has…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationExactly. That is why the cut to the third year of funding is particularly pernicious. A young person who comes in might need some extra support for a year before they can move on…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationQuite right. I will come on to three things: sufficiency, equality and parity. Sixth forms are particularly disadvantaged in the current system, and we need to start fixing these…25 Feb 2020