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HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationIt was a tad opportunistic, it has to be said, but my hon. Friend is always an opportunist. Many of our further education colleges up and down the land are doing brilliant work,…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationThat is a brilliant example of higher education, further education and local government all working together with a laser-like focus on creating opportunities not only for young…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationIt is good to see that the former Member for Twickenham is keeping busy in his retirement. I am sure that my hon. Friend the skills Minister would be delighted to meet the hon.…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationI would like to reassure the hon. Gentleman on how closely we have been working, not just with the Department for Work and Pensions, but with the Department for Business, Energy…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationI thank my hon. Friend for the time he took to talk to me and make representations on some of his concerns about what Newton Rigg College was facing at the time, and I look…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationThat is not an obvious link, but the hon. Gentleman has made some sort of effort, I think, to try to make it. If he had bothered to turn up at the statement on Tuesday, his…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point about the quality of advice for young people and about ensuring that they have a good understanding of the range of choices open to…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is about opening up opportunities and different routes. We have got too stuck in this ethos that going to university is the only real,…01 Oct 2020HANSARDEducationIt is essential that we continue to allow our students to have face-to-face teaching wherever possible, as part of a blended learning approach. I have heard the Opposition call…30 Sept 2020HANSARDEducationIt is essential that we continue to allow our students to have face-to-face teaching wherever possible, as part of a blended learning approach. I have heard the Opposition call…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesWe all know the importance that we all place on being with our families at Christmas, and it is vital that we set out clearly that we are going to ensure that all students can do…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesThe work on mental health support started right at the start of this covid crisis. We made sure that we put in place measures to support students and to put the whole education…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesWe are very conscious that a lot of students—most students—will not want to be in university accommodation over the Christmas period. We will be setting out quite clearly how that…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesThe hon. Lady is probably aware that we are doing more tests a day than ever before: 225,000 tests every single day. We are increasing the testing capacity to 500,000 by the end…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesI pay tribute to those two great universities from Staffordshire, the University of Staffordshire and the University of Keele, for all they have done to give a warm welcome to all…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesI apologise, Mr Speaker. I spent so long with the SNP Chief Whip when we were Chief Whips together that I naturally gravitate to him and have a lovely conversation with him. Old…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesI thank the hon. Lady for her many comments. I know that both the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian, which neighbour her constituency, have been doing an awful lot of…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesWe expect students to follow the same rules as we ask everyone in society to follow. Those who have tested positive for covid or have been in close contact with someone who has…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesI thank the hon. Lady for her questions. I am glad she welcomes the announcements on further education. The changes we want to drive in further education are absolutely vital to…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement regarding the return of students to universities. Throughout this pandemic, our priority has always been to keep young people…29 Sept 2020