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HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsThe hon. Lady might not have heard my answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon). We are looking at giving further guidance and information to schools…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsMy right hon. Friend raises a very important issue that is, of course, a concern to teachers and parents, but most of all to pupils who will be looking towards 2022 and assessment…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsThe hon. Lady raises an important point. That is why we are so pleased that we have been able to say to all those who are 18 and above that they have access to a vaccination. We…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsThe right hon. Lady is right to say that I know Hull very well, as my family come from Hull. I recognise that schools have faced great challenges, not just in the great city of…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsI do not wish to contradict the hon. Gentleman, but schools have not been vectors of transmission; they have been reflective of the wider rates of covid in the community. That is…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsWe would always encourage people, if they are poorly or ill, to remain at home in order to be able to get better. But for clarity, those who have been in contact with someone who…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsMy right hon. Friend is exactly right. The greatest single act to support children’s mental health was welcoming them back into schools on 8 March. That was the single biggest act…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsMy hon. Friend is a man who likes to chew off a Secretary of State’s ear, especially when it comes to condition improvement funding for his schools. It is great to see four…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsI can absolutely assure the hon. Gentleman that we talk continually to school leaders, teachers and many in the education sector on these issues. I can assure him that, as I have…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsMy hon. Friend highlights not only the amazing work done through the Government’s distribution of laptops right across the country, but the wonderful work of local businesses such…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsNone of us wish to have testing in schools in perpetuity, but as the Prime Minister has set out at every stage, we are taking a cautious, gradual approach to ensure that as we are…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsThe hon. Member and I share the same passion to deliver that sort of change and opportunity for so many children. It should never matter where they grew up or what their personal…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsThe hon. Gentleman raises a valuable point, and it is why the extra support provided by the Department for Work and Pensions, through local authorities, to ensure children are fed…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsIt is as if the hon. Gentleman’s constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Barrow and Furness (Simon Fell) and the hon. Gentleman think incredibly alike—perhaps not on…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsMy hon. Friend asks and then it is delivered for him, so that goes to show his power. We are leaving it to the discretion of schools for the final few days of term. We are not…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsI can absolutely reassure my hon. Friend that that is the case. High-quality tutoring, with the roll-out of the national tutoring programme that will have a positive impact on so…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsIt is absolutely right that schools have, and should continue to have, close and strong working relationships with local public health teams, not just in York, but right across…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsAt every stage during the pandemic we have provided support for schools to put in place the measures needed to restrict the transmission of covid and ensure that they can open. We…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsThe hon. Lady touches on a number of areas. With regard to universities, we of course always support universities with international students, but we are also supporting them to…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsI would like to reassure the hon. Lady that we will be supporting schools as they roll out the testing. Schools have delivered asymptomatic testing on school premises incredibly…06 Jul 2021