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HANSARDSpecial Schools: Covid-19We have published specific guidance to support the full opening of special schools. Recognising the additional challenges that they face, we have announced a package of support…12 Oct 2020HANSARDDisadvantaged Children: Educational AttainmentWe are taking unprecedented action to help schools support wellbeing, including wellbeing for education return training, and world-leading trials on ways to promote mental health…12 Oct 2020HANSARDDisadvantaged Children: Educational AttainmentI think the hon. Lady and I have a shared passion to make sure that we close that gap, making sure that children, wherever they are born anywhere in the United Kingdom, have the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDDisadvantaged Children: Educational AttainmentI am sure that the hon. Gentleman welcomed the news this year that Oxford and Cambridge welcome more state school pupils than they have ever done before. We want to continue to…12 Oct 2020HANSARDDisadvantaged Children: Educational AttainmentAs well as the incredibly successful holiday activity programme that we saw rolled out across many areas of England, we are looking at what more we can do in these areas, while…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, I apologise for being a little late. I got waylaid by a colleague asking a question outside the Chamber, and I did not realise the speed at which you were working…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt probably wasn’t worth the wait, Mr Speaker. It is very kind of the hon. Lady to read out the press release that the TUC sent her, but the reality is that we are investing more…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady seems always to miss the point that we live in a United Kingdom of four nations together, where there is one single market, and that we have to ensure that there is…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises such an important point about the importance of having the right provision in Cornwall for her constituents. When I visited her constituency, I saw how she…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not just share my hon. Friend’s enthusiasm; I am right there with him, cheering it on and making sure that it happens. I pay tribute to him and other brilliant Conservative…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. When we looked at the provision of support for children, especially the most disadvantaged, we were looking at the equipment not just…12 Oct 2020HANSARDHome Learning: Covid-19The hon. Lady will probably be familiar with our policy and the fact that we have set up support for schools that will have to provide remote education for children, whereby we…12 Oct 2020HANSARDAccess to Education: Local LockdownsThe Department is committed to the continuation of high-quality education for all pupils. We have asked that every school plan for the possibility of local restrictions to ensure…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt looks as if I will be spending the day with my hon. Friend as we tour Wolverhampton, which would be an absolute delight. I look forward to joining him in doing that. Let me…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s predecessor, Chris White, who is involved in the Warwickshire College Group and has already made representations to me on this matter. We…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is why we have given extra flexibilities to colleges and made learner support funds available for devices and to cover connectivity costs, which is an issue that some…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady speaks, rightly, with a passion and conviction on this issue that I share. We want to see this ended; we want to see this changed. It is not something that we can…12 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will work closely with the OfS to ensure that it is working with universities and that universities are delivering what students expect and require for their studies. We will…12 Oct 2020HANSARDEducational AttainmentMy hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point, because there is so much evidence that if people have an A-level equivalent qualification, the benefits that they will have…12 Oct 2020HANSARDEducational AttainmentOf course, we would always be happy to meet.12 Oct 2020