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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am very happy to take the hon. Lady’s intervention; she will know that the Bill delivers a range of measures that will support children’s wellbeing. The Government are obviously…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will certainly take that point away. The NBS reports provide an accurate, timely and authoritative picture of behaviour across England. The surveys allow us to build up a…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)New clause 49 sets out a requirement to publish an annual report on the behaviour of pupils in mainstream state-funded schools, and I will explain why the hon. Member for…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)New clause 48 would prohibit the use and carrying of certain devices during the school day. I thank the shadow Minister and my hon. Friends the Members for Bournemouth East, for…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Yes.11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I understand the hon. Member’s desire to ensure that approved free school projects, including two university technical college projects, open as planned, and I acknowledge the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I turn to new clause 5, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Opher), on the topic of providing…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clause 31 is about the important issue of increasing the earnings threshold when it comes to families who receive free school meals. The Government have a central mission to break…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss access to mental health practitioners in schools—something this Government obviously support. We know that having the right mental…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I know the right hon. Member will have been listening very carefully to what I said, and I made it very clear that there is a census published each year, which sets out those…11 Feb 2025HANSARDEducationI also give a firm commitment today to Parliament that we will be publishing the outcomes of the early-adopter programme and the data on the national roll-out; it is crucial for…10 Feb 2025HANSARDEducationOn delivery, I want to reassure the shadow Minister that schools will be funded and supported to deliver the new breakfast clubs. We are working with more than 750 early adopter…10 Feb 2025HANSARDEducationI also give a firm commitment today to Parliament that we will be publishing the outcomes of the early-adopter programme and the data on the national roll-out; it is crucial for…10 Feb 2025HANSARDEducationOn delivery, I want to reassure the shadow Minister that schools will be funded and supported to deliver the new breakfast clubs. We are working with up to 750 early adopter…10 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I turn to new clause 2, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Opher), on the important topic of…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I know my hon. Friend is a real champion of children and young people in her constituency, and she is absolutely right. When I visit schools across the country, I see the benefits…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I know my hon. Friend is a real champion of children and young people in his constituency, and of the Government’s ambitions on breakfast clubs. I hope that he will work closely…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am referring to a persistently high disadvantage gap. I will point out that this Government take child poverty extremely seriously. It is a stain on our society. That is why I…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)As with all Government programmes, we will keep our approach under review and learn from what the evidence and data tell us. I can assure the hon. Lady that I met with a number of…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Amendment 70 seeks to disapply for academies the new power to suspend registration given by clause 31. It would not be appropriate if children in academies were not protected by…04 Feb 2025