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HANSARDEducational Attainment of BoysIn Leicestershire, where I am from, it is the last week of term, so as we come to the end of the school year—my children’s primary school has only just broken up— I want to thank…10 Jul 2025HANSARD Generative Artificial Intelligence: SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I knew as soon as my brilliant and learned right hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds) secured…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesA £6 billion hole has been opened up because those on the Labour Front Bench cannot get those on the Labour Back Benches to vote for their own policies. As a result, No. 10 is…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPovertyChurches across the country are doing amazing work tackling poverty, but they could be doing more. Many of my constituents will be surprised that the Church Commissioners have…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Children with Allergies: School SafeguardingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Redditch (Chris Bloore) on securing this important debate, which he opened by…03 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic EducationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I congratulate the hon. Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) on securing this very important…03 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic EducationThe hon. Gentleman has taken the opportunity to put on the record an important point of clarification. I understand that the Leader of the House is looking at modernising the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic EducationThe Minister talks about the next financial year. Can she be clear about which school years are covered? People going into the start of the school year in September 2026 will be…03 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ10. Labour has invited proposals from cities to expand their boundaries, and the Mayor of Leicester wants to expand the city to swallow up areas like Oadby, Wigston and Great…25 Jun 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationI am glad that the hon. Member has prompted me—he must have a copy of my speech. In the last Parliament, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, real-terms spending per…24 Jun 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationBefore the election, Labour said that increasing VAT would pay for more teachers. Even in December, the Chancellor said that “every single penny of that money will go into our…24 Jun 2025HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) (Amendment) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I will not detain the Committee for long, because this is a technical piece of legislation simply updating…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker. Although they did not mention it before the election, Labour is committed to abolishing every district and borough council in Leicestershire. It has also…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Water Safety EducationLet me pay tribute to the hon. Member for Southampton Itchen (Darren Paffey) for leading this important debate and for doing such a good job in setting out all the different…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND Support: Children without an EHCPAsked whether the Government were planning to restrict EHCPs so that they apply only to children in special schools, the Government’s strategic adviser on SEND, Christine Lenehan,…16 Jun 2025HANSARDLevel 7 Apprenticeships: FundingMinisters recently announced that they were axing level 7 apprenticeships. Strangely, they made the announcement during recess; and also strangely, it was only the day after the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: School RedundanciesThe last Conservative Government added 27,000 extra teachers. Although we would never know it from the Minister’s answer, there are 400 fewer teachers in our schools than last…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Free School MealsI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. The truth is that the families benefiting from today’s announcement are the same ones who are paying for it, because the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDMaths: Contribution to the UKI am happy to agree that we can bring maths into many other things, and that is also a fun way of teaching maths. In return, I put back to the hon. Gentleman that there are limits…05 Jun 2025HANSARDMaths: Contribution to the UKI congratulate the hon. Member for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (Ian Sollom) on securing this important debate. We have had some fantastic speeches, and any debate in which…05 Jun 2025