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HANSARDNursery Provision: Greater LondonOur best start in life strategy is expanding access to childcare, saving working families £7,500 a year and getting record proportions of children ready for school. We work…02 Mar 2026HANSARDPhone Use in SchoolsMobile phones have no place in our schools. We have published strengthened guidance that is clear that all schools should be mobile phone-free environments by default for the…02 Mar 2026HANSARDPhone Use in SchoolsI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his place, but I am afraid he did not listen to the answer I just gave on this exact topic, which is that, in the consultation we announced today,…02 Mar 2026HANSARDPhone Use in SchoolsIn the consultation we have announced today, we are consulting on whether a statutory ban is needed, but the action that we have taken addresses the root cause of the problem: the…02 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry to hear about the closure of the school in the right hon. Lady’s constituency, but closures of private schools have been in line with historical trends. All pupils are…02 Mar 2026HANSARDPhone Use in SchoolsI congratulate the pupils and staff at Chichester high school on their great work in this space. It is fantastic to hear that the policy they are implementing is making a…02 Mar 2026HANSARDPhone Use in SchoolsI thank my hon. Friend for her important campaigning work in this area and for her important question. I am happy to give her that assurance, and I would be delighted to meet her…02 Mar 2026HANSARDPhone Use in SchoolsI thank my hon. Friend for his excellent support for the schools in his constituency. Lockable pouches are being used successfully by many schools and are listed in the…02 Mar 2026HANSARD Independent Faith Schools: VATIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I thank all hon. Members for attending, and particularly the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this…26 Feb 2026HANSARD Independent Faith Schools: VATIt is a very timely reminder. I am grateful to you, Sir Alec. I thank the hon. Member for Bridgwater (Sir Ashley Fox) for his intervention. He raises an important point. I have…26 Feb 2026HANSARD Independent Faith Schools: VATI will. I am just coming on to that, if you will bear with me. I am grateful for that. [ Interruption. ] Did I do something wrong, Sir Alec? I apologise.26 Feb 2026HANSARD Independent Faith Schools: VATThe hon. Gentleman made his case well in his speech earlier, and he makes it again now. The Government have carefully considered the options that he has put forward today. I have…26 Feb 2026HANSARD Minister for Men and BoysI thank the hon. Member for his contribution. I think it is important that we support children to have a happy, healthy and enjoyable childhood. As a mum of two boys, I am well…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Minister for Men and BoysIt is always an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I express my gratitude to the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans) for opening the debate and for his…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Minister for Men and BoysI thank the hon. Gentleman for his interesting speech. His party has recently announced that it would like to scrap the Department for women and equalities, so how does his…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Minister for Men and BoysI absolutely do, and I thank the hon. Member for that important intervention. Role models begin in schools, which is why it is important that we address the under-representation…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Minister for Men and BoysI thank the hon. Lady for her helpful intervention. I point back to the work the Deputy Prime Minister is doing, as well as to the summit the Prime Minister will be doing later…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Minister for Men and BoysI will come on to discuss that issue in more detail. Some of the issues that the Minister for Women and Equalities would cover include our commitment to tackling violence against…25 Feb 2026HANSARDLGBT+ History MonthI am proud to be able to contribute to this important annual tradition, and to do so as the Minister for LGBT+ equality. I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Jarrow and…12 Feb 2026HANSARDLGBT+ History MonthI absolutely do agree. I thank my hon. Friend for sharing that with us, and I congratulate Graham and Vinny on all their work. There has been a consistent theme in the…12 Feb 2026