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Commons Chamber
Knife and Sword Ban - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) , where appropriate, could deliver universal youth provision. - Speech Link
2: Mark Pritchard (Con - The Wrekin) , in particular, around pupil referral units and exclusions? - Speech Link
3: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) I have real anxieties about pupil referral units, exclusions and internal exclusions. - Speech Link
4: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South) health services, schools, and voluntary and community organisations to map the provision of services - Speech Link
5: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) safe, and helping them to realise that there is an alternative to a life of knife crime and violence - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) That is why our special educational needs and alternative provision improvement plan will ensure that - Speech Link
2: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) and alternative provision settings. - Speech Link
3: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) in some cases, and more special educational needs provision. - Speech Link
4: David Johnston (Con - Wantage) We are working with all local authorities, through our SEND and alternative provision improvement plan - Speech Link
5: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) School exclusions and suspensions are on the rise. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools: Persistent Absenteeism - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) kindly replied to my Written Question tabled on 11 January, she said that there were“335 state-funded alternative - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) not only to them but to their teachers, their parents and their peers at school. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Lab - Life peer) There are still too many school exclusions, and the Government have not come down hard enough on places - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]
Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: None of population where children might be playing, such as school playing fields. - Speech Link
2: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) A significant driver behind the CPTPP was the region’s recognition of a need for an alternative to be - Speech Link
3: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Lab - Life peer) contracts to be based solely on lower prices rather than quality and access to integrity of service provision - Speech Link
4: None Though the UK Government have not confirmed that such exclusions will have been negotiated—I presume - Speech Link
5: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) The provision allows companies to sue Governments over decisions that impact their corporate profits, - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sentencing Bill - Wed 06 Dec 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) It is important to note that in respect of this Bill and the provision to require offenders to serve - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) The offender is then at risk of being brought back before the court and facing alternative disposal.Offenders - Speech Link
3: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham, Ladywood) I note with interest that some Conservative Back Benchers would like to see other exclusions in this - Speech Link
4: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) The provision in the Bill does not change that, but it does mean that generally people would not be sentenced - Speech Link
5: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) The prison is in very close proximity to a school, so I would be very grateful if the Minister ensured - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 21 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Yes, absolutely; where the court determines that an alternative disposal is appropriate, we are keen - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Member’s point, the exclusions in place go beyond what he indicated, so he is factually incorrect; they - Speech Link
3: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) The key to effective rehabilitation is the provision of education and skills training, to increase a - Speech Link
4: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) The Government fully accepted his vision, yet seven years on not a single secure school has opened. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Report stage - Mon 20 Nov 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) Such schemes involve making deposits to save towards a specified event such as Christmas or back-to-school - Speech Link
2: John Penrose (Con - Weston-super-Mare) I also mentioned that if the Minister were able to come up with alternative ways of delivering a fully - Speech Link
3: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) when there may be better ways to ensure enhanced independence.As a result, I would suggest a better alternative - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Tue 14 Nov 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) business have lost confidence in what we can achieve and are increasingly looking forward to an alternative - Speech Link
2: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) complained to the Home Office, and that the exclusions came from the Home Secretary’s office on both - Speech Link
3: Viscount Hanworth (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) Alternative versions will generate 50 or 200 megawatts of electrical power. - Speech Link
4: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) Go around any urban area at school home time and you will see children vaping—school pupils as young - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage - Mon 18 Sep 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) that it is a slow and complex process to bring an alternative forward. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) School admission authorities are already being asked by parents having to choose a school for their children - Speech Link
3: None best placed to ensure that school and college buildings are kept safe, compliant with regulations and - Speech Link
4: None free school approach. - Speech Link
5: None the alternative plan, or(b) reject the alternative plan.(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), the Secretary - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) This week, members of the Orkney Islands Council agreed that they should explore options for alternative - Speech Link
2: David Mundell (CON - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) aftermath of that horrendous incident.Will the Leader of the House bring forward a debate on local news provision - Speech Link
3: Charlotte Nichols (LAB - Warrington North) In her answer to me on 8 June 2023 about risk-based exclusions, the Leader of the House said that“it - Speech Link
4: Peter Gibson (CON - Darlington) Last week, I met my constituent Rose Elgie, who attends St Teresa’s Primary School in Darlington. - Speech Link
5: Penny Mordaunt (CON - Portsmouth North) suggests an alternative plaque that says, “Regeneration of Holyhead was made possible because of UK - Speech Link