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HANSARDDepartment for EducationIt is a real pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Ruth George). Far from being wet, I noticed it was 30° heat at the carnival in Tideswell on Saturday, as I…01 Jul 2019HANSARDSATs: Pressure on StudentsI congratulate you on your 10 years, Mr Speaker. Sir Thomas More, who held your fine office, went on to become both a martyr and a saint. [ Laughter. ] I clearly hope it is the…24 Jun 2019HANSARDApprenticeship LevyTen more years!24 Jun 2019HANSARDFree SchoolsI am recovering from that speech. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. I congratulate the hon. Member for Fareham (Suella Braverman) on securing the debate.…19 Jun 2019HANSARD History Curriculum: MigrationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Gary. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) on securing this important…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Education FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Gordon Henderson) on securing this timely and…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Full-time Social ActionI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. I have seen social action projects in my constituency at first hand, at Baguley Hall Primary School. Alongside the staff…08 May 2019HANSARDSchool Exclusions: Timpson ReviewThe Secretary of State surely knows that he lost nearly 9,500 pupils on his watch last year. They went off roll, and we had no idea where they went. Following on from the question…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Children and Young People: Restrictive InterventionI thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this important debate. It was secured by the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb)—who made an excellent…25 Apr 2019HANSARDSchool FundingStephen Yaxley-Lennon or Tommy Robinson, as he is known, is currently holding an event in my constituency, and I want to make it clear—I am sure the whole House will agree—that…25 Apr 2019HANSARDSchool FundingHe’s not listening.25 Apr 2019HANSARDSchool FundingWill the Minister give way?25 Apr 2019HANSARD Sri LankaI should like to associate myself with the comments of my Mancunian colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Blackley and Broughton (Graham Stringer), and to send my deepest…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Discrimination in FootballAs you know, Mr Speaker, I am a lifelong Man City fan and a season ticket holder, so I am extraordinarily proud of what Raheem Sterling does on the pitch and his action on…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I seek your advice. This morning my Manchester staff had to be escorted into their office by a representative of Greater Manchester police. In the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionIn an age of polemics, I like to think of myself as a meek politician, but, in the biblical sense, meekness is a continuum from outright rage to outright apathy. As I listened to…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryDoes the Minister agree that in this polemic debate there is still a role for neutral mediation in finding Israeli and Palestinian peace, even though some of our world partners…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeThe Minister rightly speaks about criminal child exploitation and tackling gang leaders—that point was made by my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell).…22 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsWe also have to say that there was not austerity up to 2015, because the education budget was protected. What is happening is actually ideological, because the Government do not…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsTen years of this Government has completely overturned the investment that we saw in schools in the 1990s in particular. Our national education service— [ Interruption .] Does the…20 Mar 2019