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HANSARDHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeRolling out the excellent holiday activity and food programme for children across the country will mean that even more children will benefit from free healthy meals and enriching…23 Nov 2020HANSARDChildcare ProvisionMy hon. Friend shares our passion for making sure that we improve education in Wolverhampton and all across the country. He has been championing that non-stop, lobbying my right…23 Nov 2020HANSARDChildcare ProvisionWe have made an unprecedented investment in childcare of £3.6 billion this year. Childcare settings have been prioritised for reopening, childcare bubbles have reduced pressure on…23 Nov 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19No, because there is a lot that I want to update hon. Members on. As the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) said, supporting a family starts even before a child is born.…20 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19I will make announcements on that very shortly. I want it to be spent on research and development. Regarding adoption, data was published last week showing a gap of about 600…20 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19Thank you for your excellent chairing of this debate, Sir Christopher. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Danny Kruger) on securing this important…20 Oct 2020HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Children from Disadvantaged BackgroundsMy hon. Friend raises an excellent point. This is why the national tutoring programme will bring extra resources into schools to help young people. That will be on top of the £650…13 Oct 2020HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Children from Disadvantaged BackgroundsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) on securing this really important debate. As he knows, ensuring equality of opportunity is a topic that is…13 Oct 2020HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Children from Disadvantaged BackgroundsAbsolutely. One of my passions is the early years of development, and too many children, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, are falling behind in those early years.…13 Oct 2020HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Children from Disadvantaged BackgroundsPositive action is designed to enable opportunities to be given, as opposed to positive discrimination, which is unlawful. That is why it is so important that the guidance is…13 Oct 2020HANSARDChildren with SEND: Covid-19Children with special educational needs and disabilities have faced many challenges during the pandemic, and some of them will find returning to school difficult, but the good…12 Oct 2020HANSARDChildcare: Parental AccessYes, I can absolutely confirm that education and childcare workers, including those in the early years, are essential workers and have priority access, via the online booking…12 Oct 2020HANSARDChildcare: Parental AccessMay I start by thanking childcare providers in west Berkshire and across the country for providing such essential support for our very youngest children? This term, we have…12 Oct 2020HANSARDSEND Education FundingWe are putting an extra £730 million into funding those with complex special educational needs and disabilities next year, which represents a 10% increase year-on-year in the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDSEND Education FundingI thank my hon. Friend for his concern for the young people of Hertfordshire and their families. The Government are undertaking a major review of the special educational needs and…12 Oct 2020HANSARDChildren with SEND: Covid-19I am enormously proud of the fact that we are one of the few countries in the world that have asked schools to remain open for vulnerable children, including those with the most…12 Oct 2020HANSARDChildcare: Parental AccessHigh-quality childcare supports children’s development and helps parents to work, and we are therefore continuing to bulk-buy childcare hours from the sector at pre-covid levels,…12 Oct 2020HANSARDChildcare: Parental AccessI thank my hon. Friend for raising such an important question. We know that families want to be able to access affordable out-of-school childcare, and that is particularly…12 Oct 2020HANSARD IHRA Definition of Antisemitism: UniversitiesIt is a delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I wish to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) on securing this important debate,…06 Oct 2020HANSARDEducationI thank the hon. Lady for her question. Childcare is vital for working parents, which is why this Government introduced the 30-hour entitlement and why we are planning to spend…14 Sept 2020