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HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that question, but respectfully he is completely wrong. It is not the same level of funding as 2010. Let me try to explain it to him and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and I thank him, not least because of his deep experience in local government. We will continue to engage with the MacAlister review and we will…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsLet me make some headway, because hon. Members might find this interesting: we are setting aside £50 million over three years for parenting programmes to help parents and carers…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Gentleman will know that, as Children and Families Minister, I tried to follow the evidence, and I will do the same as the Secretary of State. I will always be…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI know that Mr Speaker is looking at his watch, so perhaps the hon. Lady will forgive me if I make some headway and let others into the debate.02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIn 2019, we made a promise. We promised to give the people of this country world-class public services and to strengthen the entire fabric of this country so that everyone…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsRespectfully, it is quite the opposite. I will get to that point later. Schools will be £1,500 better off per pupil than in 2019-20—not even 2010— but we will return to that…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI have to respectfully disagree with the hon. Lady. In my time as vaccines Minister, I saw the social care sector rise to the challenge and deliver. I opened my remarks by…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady, and I am sure the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will take a careful look at her letter and respond in good time. Nevertheless, it…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am grateful for the hon. Member’s question. I think he may have missed, while trying to catch your eye, Mr Speaker, what I just said about the £1.7 billion to improve the wider…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will return to children’s social care later in my speech. Mr Speaker, you will, I hope, recognise that I have given way several times. I would now like to make some headway in…02 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Management in SchoolsTeachers and school leaders have made a huge contribution to the nation’s efforts, and we are grateful for their hard work. Schools continue to receive core funding throughout the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDArts Courses: Funding ReductionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend—I think he is—for his question, although I completely disagree with him. Nevertheless, it is important to remember that the arts play an incredible…01 Nov 2021HANSARDArts Courses: Funding ReductionsWe value excellent provision in all subjects, including the arts. We recently rationalised the strategic priorities grant to better meet the funding needs of high-cost,…01 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Management in SchoolsThe hon. Member will recall that when I was Minister for Children and Families, I met the all-party parliamentary group, an incredibly important group, which I know that the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Management in SchoolsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who was a doughty champion of her maintained nurseries even in my time as Children and Families Minister. I am happy to meet her to go…01 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Management in SchoolsI am grateful to the Chair of the Education Committee for his question. The priority has to be those children and students who have the least time available to recover. That is…01 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Management in SchoolsThe Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester, has been championing the additional £2.6 billion investment in SEND that we have received…01 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Management in SchoolsI am grateful to the shadow Minister for his question and his remarks about the team. I remind him that it was the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation that initially…01 Nov 2021HANSARDLifelong Learning and Skills DevelopmentAs set out in the spending review, we are investing £3.8 billion more in further education and skills over the Parliament as a whole. We are supporting adults to get the skills…01 Nov 2021