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HANSARDYoung People: High-quality JobsWe are supporting young people to ensure that they have the skills for high-quality, secure and fulfilling employment through the plan for jobs package, which is £500 million of…06 Dec 2021HANSARDEBacc: Social Mobility and JusticeI am grateful for the hon. Member’s question. I hope that he backs the record investment in education—£86 billion—that the Chancellor provided in the Budget. The Sutton Trust—I…06 Dec 2021HANSARDEBacc: Social Mobility and JusticeI think my right hon. Friend will be pleased to hear that we have already achieved GCSE entry levels of over 95% in English, maths and science, and over 80% in humanities. On…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesMy hon. Friend raises a fundamental issue, which is that the system needs to have the confidence and ability to safeguard, protect and build on relationships that a child may have…06 Dec 2021HANSARDYoung People: High-quality JobsI am delighted that Loughborough College has benefited from our T-levels capital fund to create fantastic new facilities. I would be happy to visit its new T-levels building and…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement following the sentencing of the stepmother and father of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes on Friday. The whole nation is distraught at…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI know that my hon. Friend feels strongly about the issue, which he and I have discussed recently. Quite rightly, he reminds the House that last week the Government announced that…06 Dec 2021HANSARDYoung People: High-quality JobsMr Speaker, I hope to make T-levels as famous as A-levels and to give you a T-level pin like mine to wear on your lapel as well. I am happy to confirm that we will continue to…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI can certainly confirm that we will be working with Ministers across Government on this.06 Dec 2021HANSARDYoung People: High-quality JobsI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s question. We always strive to make sure that children have the highest level of information when they make these decisions, including careers…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his important question. The reviews will look at all aspects of the failures in this tragic case. It is worth reminding the House that…06 Dec 2021HANSARDYoung People: High-quality JobsI totally agree. That is why our reforms are focused on giving people the skills they need to get great jobs in sectors of the economy that need them and on putting employers at…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s question. He has what I would describe as institutional memory of the children’s social care system. His work as Children and Families Minister…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI am grateful to the hon. Member for his very important question. Just to unpack a little bit of it, I think he is right to say that we need to make sure we know where every child…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that we must ensure that we deliver better outcomes. We recognise that, which is why we made a manifesto pledge to have the MacAlister…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesThe hon. Member is absolutely right that we need to ensure that we continue to retain the more experienced social worker leadership, and I hope that the MacAlister review will…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s question. He is right to remind us of the cases of Beckford, Climbié and now, tragically, Arthur. I think social workers are doing a tremendous…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s question. I will certainly make time for that, as will the Minister responsible for children and families, my hon. Friend the Member for…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesThe hon. Lady raises an important point. I know from my time as children and families Minister that she has been campaigning on this issue and I know she is meeting the Minister…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her moving words about her own children; I felt exactly the same way this weekend about my nine-year-old daughter. The hon. Lady highlights a…06 Dec 2021