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HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn both sides of the House, we all recognise the important role that religious and faith organisations play in our education system. It is saddening to see the political ideology…20 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis was a pilot scheme rolled out in a number of areas right across the country. With changed representation in County Durham, I imagine that there will be a much stronger voice…20 Jan 2020HANSARDChildminders: Recruitment and RetentionChildminders provide a quarter of a million childcare places, and 95% are rated either good or outstanding by Ofsted. As such, they make a huge contribution to our society and…20 Jan 2020HANSARDChildminders: Recruitment and RetentionThe Chancellor outlined our commitment to put more money into early years, and the hon. Member highlights the extra £66 million that has been put into it. We have seen an…20 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentMay I say how delighted I am to see so many new faces among us? They could not have arrived at a more exciting time. This Government have a historic mandate to push through an…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentMy hon. Friend makes a very powerful case, and I look forward to working with him and other Conservative Members who represent the great city of Stoke-on-Trent to look at how we…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentMy hon. Friend and fellow Staffordshire Member makes a powerful point, because what the Labour party was doing was throwing away the ability to ensure that we enforce…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentI am going to make some more progress, as I have been very generous in allowing interventions. We have made great strides with the more rigorous academic programmes of study, but…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentThe Labour party’s ideological hatred of free schools is, frankly, quite shocking, as we see those like the Michaela Community School making such an enormous difference to the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentI thought the hon. Lady was going talk about our youth investment fund, and the half a billion pound investment that has been pledged by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make a…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentMy hon. Friend highlights an important scheme that is going out there and selling the virtues of entrepreneurialism at the start of a child’s educational learning. That is…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentI thought the hon. Lady was going to raise some exciting prospects. One of the key areas where we can get so much benefit is schools working together right across the country,…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentMy right hon. Friend makes an important point about the need to encourage entrepreneurialism within our education system. We see this in many schools, and of course we also see it…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentThe hon. Gentleman has never been known for his skill at maths. If he were to look at the Confederation of School Trusts figures, an independent organisation that has done the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentI thank my right hon. Friend for making such an important intervention, and for his compliment on the spreadsheet, which is a compliment I have not received before. He makes an…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentI am sure the hon. Gentleman is about to welcome it.14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentIf I may, I will take the opportunity to make some more progress. The hon. Gentleman always has lots of interventions that can be placed at any point in a speech, as they usually…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentAs the hon. Gentleman said, that is currently being reviewed by an expert panel. I am sure that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point about the importance of evidence-based investment in education. I know that he has had an interest in education over many years, so I am sure…14 Jan 2020HANSARDKensington and Chelsea CollegeIt is the normal practice when a Government Department propose to make a gift of a value exceeding £300,000, for the Department concerned to present to the House of Commons a…20 Dec 2019