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HANSARDEducation Route Map: Covid-19I thank the Backbench Business Committee for giving me this debate, and pay real tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester and the hon. Member for Twickenham, who have…25 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation Route Map: Covid-19Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your kindness and patience. The four horsemen of the education apocalypse have galloped towards our children: a loss of learning, meaning that…25 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation Route Map: Covid-19I can hear you perfectly; thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.25 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI really welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, which will give certainty to businesses and constituents in Harlow, and it is good news about school reopenings on 8 March. Given…22 Feb 2021HANSARD Towns FundI welcome this debate and thank my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Paul Bristow) and the Government for supporting the town fund and Harlow. Harlow has been my home for…04 Feb 2021HANSARDApprentices: Wales OfficeWhat steps he is taking to employ more apprentices in the Wales Office.03 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for University Students: Covid-19I thank the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) for his urgent question, and I look forward to meeting him. I welcome what the Minister has said and her action to…03 Feb 2021HANSARDApprentices: Wales OfficeWill my right hon. Friend outline what progress the Welsh Government have made towards meeting the public sector apprenticeship target of 2.3%, and what progress frontline…03 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsHarlow resident Charlotte Budd, who is a survivor of domestic abuse, suffered a great deal from her experiences in the family court system. I would be grateful if my right hon.…02 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend and to the vaccines Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi), for the work they have done on vaccines. Will…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend will be aware that between 1952 and 1967, more than 22,000 British servicemen participated in the nuclear testing programme in Australia and the south…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In all the gloom of the tragedy of covid, will my right hon. Friend pay tribute to the staff and volunteers who are working so hard to scale up…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningI thank all teachers and support staff for all the work that they are doing to try to teach children at this time. My right hon. Friend will be aware that a number of…26 Jan 2021HANSARD Skills for Jobs White PaperMy first ever speech in the House of Commons was about apprenticeships and skills, so I give a huge welcome to the White Paper, and to the Secretary of State’s passion for further…21 Jan 2021HANSARDEducationI strongly welcome the Government’s laptop scheme, but we know that there will still be possibly hundreds of thousands of people on the wrong side of the digital divide. Will my…20 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsCovid is bankrupting Iraq and the Kurdistan region. A stalled budget deal between Irbil and Baghdad is bleeding the Kurds dry, and public servants were not paid for half of last…19 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Remote EducationThe Department for Education’s own pre-pandemic study found that pupils’ wellbeing predicted their later academic progression. Children with better mental health and wellbeing at…18 Jan 2021HANSARD Remote Education and Free School MealsAlthough I voted against the Government previously on free school meals, I firmly believe that they have come up with a comprehensive package that should be recognised: £220…18 Jan 2021HANSARDMiddle East: TradeWhat steps she is taking to strengthen the UK’s trade relationship with the middle east.14 Jan 2021HANSARDMiddle East: TradeThe recent report from the all-party parly group on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, which I chair, identifies opportunities for British bodies in energy, solar power, film…14 Jan 2021