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HANSARDFreedom of Speech in EducationI shall attempt to be pithy, Mr Speaker. The Government and I are clear that issues such as antisemitism are abhorrent, but universities and students’ unions must balance their…23 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not know whether the hon. Lady was listening when I talked about the 7% cash increase in the budget for schools this year compared with last year—that is £4 billion going to…23 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Schools Bill will protect grammar schools. However, we have 165 grammar schools, and 90 of them are already playing their part in those families of schools in multi-academy…23 May 2022HANSARDSeverely Absent PupilsMy schools White Paper and new attendance guidance set out how we expect schools and local authorities to support severely absent pupils so that they can attend regularly. We also…23 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe United Kingdom’s education export was estimated at over £25 billion in 2019. I am delighted that 132 Education Ministers from 110 countries around the world are in town today…23 May 2022HANSARDDyslexia and other Neurodivergent ConditionsThe Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Will Quince), will be hosting a roundtable meeting this summer to discuss the different…23 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsQuite the opposite. The hon. Lady clearly does not follow the evidence. If she looked at it, she would see that families of schools in high-performing multi-academy trusts have…23 May 2022HANSARDSeverely Absent PupilsI am delighted to confirm that, as my right hon. Friend knows, we are bringing forward legislative measures to establish a local authority registration system, but that is for the…23 May 2022HANSARDFreedom of Speech in EducationThe Government maintain our commitment to the protection of free speech and academic freedom in universities with the reintroduction of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech)…23 May 2022HANSARDLow-Performing Areas: Education FundingI am sure that the whole House will join me in sending our well wishes to the Minister for Higher and Further Education, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chippenham (Michelle…23 May 2022HANSARDLow-Performing Areas: Education FundingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his excellent question. I am working to ensure that every school has access to high-speed broadband connectivity by 2025. Priority schools in…23 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI support the chair of the Office for Students for all the work that he is doing to improve outcomes for students in our universities.23 May 2022HANSARDLow-Performing Areas: Education FundingI have set out in the White Paper that we share the commitment to raising literacy standards, as I am sure the whole House does, and we want to ensure that all children can read…23 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Church of England and the Catholic Church have been partners on the journey of the White Paper. They are already making ambitious plans to deliver what we all want to…23 May 2022HANSARDLow-Performing Areas: Education FundingThe 7% increase on last year, in cash terms, that we secured at the spending review for this year includes significant additional funding that allows us headroom, but the hon.…23 May 2022HANSARDLow-Performing Areas: Education FundingMy hon. Friend is certainly a role model in how he has celebrated Doncaster becoming a city. I am delighted that the role models project is connecting schools in Don Valley to…23 May 2022HANSARDStudent Loan Interest PaymentsMonthly student loan repayments are based on income, not interest rates, meaning that no one will see their monthly repayment increase due to interest rates. From September, we…23 May 2022HANSARDPolitical Impartiality in SchoolsOur knowledge-rich history curriculum requires teaching methods of historical inquiry. We should be teaching children how to think, not what to think, including how evidence is…23 May 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women on University CampusesUniversities UK published a report a couple of years ago assessing the sector’s progress on tackling gender-based violence, harassment and hate crime. It showed some progress had…23 May 2022HANSARDLow-Performing Areas: Education FundingI know that the hon. Gentleman and I share the same passion in what we want for every child. I do not believe that children in Stockport are less talented than children in South…23 May 2022