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HANSARDEuropean CouncilThe Prime Minister talks of frustration with Parliament. She has also said today, on a number of occasions, that today is decision time. But given that she is not putting her deal…25 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI will try to keep my remarks brief. Thank you, Mr Speaker, for selecting my hurried, last-minute manuscript amendment to amendment (i), which stands in the name of my right hon.…14 Mar 2019HANSARDSpring StatementThank you, Mr Speaker. I am reclaiming “bossy”. Is it not the case that cuts to police, local services and schools are a false economy? We pay for the cost of failure, the cost of…13 Mar 2019HANSARDDisadvantaged Children: Attainment GapAs the Secretary of State will be aware, one institution that does close the disadvantage attainment gap in the early years is our valued maintained nursery schools. As hundreds…11 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeWhile I appreciate the Home Secretary’s tone, I am unsure whether the reality totally matches up with what he is talking about. On school exclusions, he talks about an evidence…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Relationships and Sex EducationI wholeheartedly welcome the Secretary of State’s statement today. I know that these are not easy issues to navigate, and he is doing a really good job of it. With that in mind, I…25 Feb 2019HANSARDTiers of Government: Collaboration7. One way in which the Government are coming together across Departments is through the Leader of the House’s working group on the early years, which is supported by the right…06 Feb 2019HANSARDThe future of maintained nursery schoolsI rise to present petitions on behalf of nursery schools across England, and will be joined by many colleagues. I thank them and nurseries across the country for their campaigning…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Windrush SchemeAs the Home Secretary will know, I have encountered dozens of Windrush cases, and the taskforce has dealt with many of them well. However, one of my constituents, Owen Hainsley,…05 Feb 2019HANSARDUnderperforming ChildrenCommiserations for yesterday’s football, Mr Speaker; I am sorry. The recent University of Bristol report shows that 40% of so-called underperforming secondary schools would…04 Feb 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is right. This is the key issue. It is about by when we need this funding commitment. I hope that the Minister will get a strong…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI thank the 13 Back Benchers who have contributed to this debate and the many more who have intervened, which sends a powerful cross-party message to all parts of the Government,…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI will take one more intervention.31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have indeed visited one of the schools in his constituency, and it is an exemplar of what is so good about the sector. It is a false economy…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI will take one more intervention.31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI fully agree with my hon. Friend. He has, in fact, summarised my entire speech in one sentence, so perhaps I will cut it down a bit. Let me return to the value of our maintained…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsMy hon. Friend has made a very good point. We will be handing in a number of petitions in the House next week. We know that the single biggest indicator of how well children will…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI beg to move, That this House notes that state maintained nursery schools are at the forefront of tackling low social mobility with 63 per cent graded outstanding by Ofsted, and…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsAs always, my right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is probably a consequence of Brexit—among other things—that the spending review has been pushed back and pushed back…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsYes, I will take one more intervention, because I have cut my speech down.31 Jan 2019