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HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsI know that my hon. Friend is a great champion for not only the schools in his constituency, but children with special educational needs—we all have a shared passion to do more…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the importance of ensuring that we have the correct and best information to inform decisions on the vaccination of children. It is my hope…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsI am sure that Grasmere nursery is reflective of the many nurseries right across the country that had the benefit of being funded at pre-covid levels. We carried on that level of…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 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsOne thing we can do to best help all children across the country is keep up the continued drive to raise standards across our schools. The hon. Lady dismisses the more than £3…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsOf course. The hon. Lady is right to highlight the amazing and important role that schools, headteachers and our whole education team have played in supporting the efforts on test…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsMy hon. Friend is a new Member, and he arrives here with a lot of optimism. I reassure him that we have a broad, balanced and knowledge-rich curriculum of which we should be…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsNot only do we get my right hon. Friend’s voice, but we get his picture on the screen too, so it was enhanced in every possible way. Of course, we want to see schools return to as…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: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsI very much want to see children spending as much time in school as possible, although I do want them to have the opportunity to go home at certain points, Mr Speaker! As part of…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsI know my hon. Friend has done so much for education in Stoke, including his efforts to secure a new free school for the Stoke-on-Trent South constituency. He is right: we…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsThe hon. Lady raises a very thoughtful and important issue. I am very much with her in that I want to see the roll-out of mental health support in schools as quickly as is…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsSpecific guidance is always provided for special educational needs schools. I can ensure that the detail on the gov.uk website is available to the hon. Lady so she might be able…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsWe will continue to do everything that we can to ensure that children are able to benefit from a great education. That is what we have been doing. We have seen schools open up and…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsI assure the House that we always do everything we can to ensure that all guidance is available to schools at the very earliest opportunity.30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsWe always work with our colleagues in the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England in respect of the very best forms of testing. We are always aware that…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsI am not sure whether the hon. Lady is arguing for more restrictions or fewer—her question did not seem to be that coherent. Perhaps if she can write to me to clarify whether she…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsThe hon. Gentleman seems to have paid little heed to some of the measures we have put in place to ensure that children can get back into school. That is probably not surprising…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsI suppose one of the great advantages of opposition is that consistency is not something that has to be adhered to. There has been an element of inconsistency there. What we are…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsMy right hon. Friend raises the important issue of children who are not attending school. That is why we have pulled together the REACT teams, which are a combination of DFE…30 Jun 2021