Department for Education

I commend the right hon. Gentleman for his exceptional commitment to education as Chair of the Co...

I could not hear the first part of what the hon. Gentleman said. Was he talking about free school...

It is my accent—apologies. In Northern Ireland, it is young Protestant males who underachieve in ...

I very much hope so. The hon. Gentleman will look at this forensically and he will know, because ...

I am grateful for the focus on disadvantage by the Chair of the Education Committee in this part ...

The hon. Member makes a powerful point. We want to ensure that everyone has the same opportunitie...

Further to my hon. Friend’s intervention, the other side of the coin for local authorities is fin...

As I said, I am sure that the Secretary of State is listening. Everywhere we look, there are all ...

It is a privilege to follow the contribution from the Chair of the Education Committee, the right...

I welcome the new Secretary of State to her place and congratulate her on her promotion. I also c...

In my constituency, many children are going to school and having their only meal of the day there...

The hon. Gentleman must be psychic or have very good eyesight, because he has pre-empted what I w...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. I could not agree more about the cost of childcare. D...

I could not agree more. The Government are trying to tackle the issue of childcare funding in com...

I welcome the new Secretary of State to her place. I hope she has an ambitious plan for however m...

We will now proceed to the winding-up speeches. I call Carol Monaghan.

2.35 pm

Let me begin by welcoming the new Secretary of State to her position. She has been committed and ...

I wonder whether my hon. Friend was in the Chamber on the day that a Government Minister was ridi...

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend, and it is not just about the money. As she says, it i...

On the hon. Lady’s point about skills for the future, I am sure that she and others across the Ho...

The hon. Gentleman obviously speaks with great experience and knowledge of this area. That is kno...

I start by thanking the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) for securing this debate. Li...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Chippenham (Michelle Donelan) on her appointment as Secr...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Let me start by saying thank you for the welcome I have re...

I add my congratulations to the Secretary of State on her new appointment. I serve the most incom...

I have been very consistent on this subject and will continue to be so; every young person deserv...

I, too, extend my congratulations to the right hon. Lady. When I asked my county council what was...

I will be looking at everything in the coming days and weeks. As the hon. Lady will know, mental ...

I join other Members in congratulating my right hon. Friend on her appointment as Secretary of St...

I am not the only Minister to have gone on record to say that they believed it was a mistake we m...

I add my congratulations to the Secretary of State on her appointment. On the issue of her to-do ...

I will take on board the hon. Gentleman’s comments and add them to my ever-growing “to-do list”, ...

I congratulate the Secretary of State warmly on her appointment. Will she take an urgent meeting ...

I would be only too delighted to take an urgent meeting on a matter that sounds extremely urgent....

I welcome the lifetime skills commitment, but when will there be clarity on the future status of ...

I will be looking at that in the coming days and hope to be able to update my right hon. Friend s...

I agree that the certainty that those budgetary increases year on year provide schools in my cons...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, especially in terms of our efforts to tackle childhood o...

I congratulate the Secretary of State on her appointment to her new role. One of my passions is e...

I certainly can give that reassurance. The evidence highlights the importance of those formative ...

With the leave of the House, I call on the Chair of the Select Committee to finish the debate.