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HANSARDDisadvantaged Students: Tutoring SupportWe had set out the aim of having a quarter of a million children going through the national tutoring programme, but, as a result of the take-up of the programme and the success…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEducationThe hon. Lady forever moans and complains about the resources—the extra resources—that we have been putting into schools. Just a short time ago, we unveiled a £14.4 billion…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEducationThe hon. Lady forever moans and complains about the resources—the extra resources—that we have been putting into schools. Just a short time ago, we unveiled a £14.4 billion…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryIt is fair to say that my hon. Friend has an enormous appetite for more and more investment in his constituency. If it had not been for his campaigning, his constituency certainly…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryI know that the right hon. Gentleman, like all of us in the House, cares passionately about the education of all children. I can assure him that there will be high-quality tutors…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryI share my right hon. Friend’s views: there is a body of evidence that can be collected that shows that extra time in the classroom can deliver real benefits for pupils. It is…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryThe hon. Lady talks about vision. Let us be blunt: the Labour party has opposed every single one of the education reforms that this Government have brought forward, with the one…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement regarding the latest phase of our education recovery programme. Helping our children recover from the impact of the…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryAs always, my hon. Friend makes a very thoughtful point. The challenges for children in early years have, proportionately, been very great for them. This is why we wanted to…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryOf course I will meet the hon. Gentleman. Would he be kind enough, prior to the meeting, to send some more details about Aidan and some of the challenges? I would be very happy to…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryI thank my hon. Friend for asking such a thoughtful question on an issue that affects constituents across the board. Speech therapy is important, and I know from having had the…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryAs a comprehensive lad who went to a good and decent comprehensive school in Scarborough, at the very heart of everything I do I actually want to make sure that children, like the…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryI am sure that the hon. Lady is very aware of the holiday activities and food programme that we rolled out across the country at Easter, as well as the continued expansion of our…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryI am sure that all my hon. Friend’s constituents owe her a great debt of thanks for all the campaigning she did to get the refurbishment of and investment in the new school in her…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryWe can certainly look at that very closely. I know my hon. Friend worked incredibly hard to ensure that our outdoor education centres were included as part of the lifting of…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryI slightly rechristened the right hon. Gentleman’s constituency to North East Durham. I am not sure whether that was a boundary change in advance, or something like that, so I do…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy right hon. Friend knows a lot about tutoring having done much of it himself. I look forward to seeing in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, maybe in a year’s time,…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryThe hon. Member will be aware that the reason we want to expand the national tutoring programme is that the benefits it brings are so incredibly extensive. Yes, many children from…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryWe very much want this to be teacher and school led; we recognise that they will have the best understanding of their pupils. That is an important part of this—there are the…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryWe are doing a comprehensive plan, and there has been over £3 billion over the past year. We recognise that there continues to be more to do. That is why we are doing a review of…07 Jun 2021