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HANSARDIllegal MigrationIf the Home Secretary’s approach were cruel but effective, it would at least be effective. If it were generous and well-meaning, but was accidentally leading to too many people…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse: ReportThe recent appalling court case on the murder of Finley Boden, which led to the conviction of his parents for murder, exposed serious questions about the social work practised at…22 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry South (Zarah Sultana) for securing this really…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsI was in the process of answering precisely that question. As I was saying, it is not that if there were simply a little bit more money and we had these extra teachers, everything…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. She is making an incredibly important point about recruitment. We recently saw the Prime Minister out with his strategy for…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsYou are very generous, Mr Pritchard. I am not sure that sitting down will make it much better, but we are approaching the end, you will be glad to know. What would a future Labour…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsI am very happy for the hon. Gentleman to correct my understanding of what he said.09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsDoes the hon. Gentleman not see a contradiction between his saying, “I would be embarrassed as a parent if my children needed free school meals,” and on the other hand saying,…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsI am glad that the hon. Gentleman was able to set the record straight on that. There can be no doubt that 13 years of Tory Government have left England’s school and college…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsI understand your point entirely, Mr Pritchard, and I will of course stick to your strictures. My hon. Friend the Member for Coventry South also spoke about Coventry College being…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The MidlandsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for quoting the IFS, because that same IFS report said that the loss of funding in the further education sector was the biggest of any…09 May 2023HANSARD School and College Funding: The Midlandsrose—09 May 2023HANSARD Cost of Living IncreasesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to point to the Chancellor’s suggestion that the Government are the optimists and we are the declinists. In fact, are the optimists not those…25 Apr 2023HANSARDTop Secret Document LeaksThe arrest of a fairly junior 21-year-old National Guardsman in relation to this leak begs the question of who has access to top secret information. Pentagon officials say that…18 Apr 2023HANSARDApprenticeships: People Over 16I never thought I would hear myself say this, but I totally agree with the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel), who rightly urges the Minister to support Labour’s policy on…17 Apr 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Fourth sitting)I want to come in at this moment, because we would all hope that learners who are looking for work and on universal credit might, as part of their efforts to get another job, take…23 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Third sitting)In the evidence session, we heard the Minister at pains to encourage our witnesses to say that as a result of the new approach there might be greater collaboration between the…23 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend raises an important point. In this place, we often talk about the cost of learning as if the major cost to an employer is paying for the training. Of course, one of…23 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Fourth sitting)How does that capital allocation compare with the number of colleges that had, were in the process of negotiating, or have received offers for, private sector loans in advance of…23 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Cummins. I rise to speak to my hon. Friend’s amendments. I think that he has already made the case well, but there are a…23 Mar 2023