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Commons Chamber
Adult and Further Education - Wed 05 Jul 2023
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester)decision to reclassify the FE estate, and it would appear to be an opportunity to give the sector a - Speech Link
2: Wendy Morton (CON - Aldridge-Brownhills) want to use today’s debate to highlight the impact of skills shortages in the wider workforce and the - Speech Link
3: Toby Perkins (LAB - Chesterfield) The primary role at the centre of that qualification of the passing of a single exam, as opposed to the - Speech Link
4: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) We will continue to use the skills fund provision to support learners furthest from the workplace who - Speech Link
5: None authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2024; to authorise both the issue of - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Tue 16 May 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (LAB - Barnsley East) 79 to 101, would apply the rights given to data subjects by this clause to decision subjects (see NC12 - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (LAB - Barnsley East) to data subjects regarding automated decision making, such as the right to be informed, the right to - Speech Link
3: John Whittingdale (CON - Maldon) of another person whose data is held—in other words, if the same data is used to take a decision that - Speech Link
4: John Whittingdale (CON - Maldon) The Government now use the term “data bridges” to refer to those regulations, which allow the free flow - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools Bill [HL]
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) Is the Minister intending to conduct some kind of regulatory review and consultation prior to Report? - Speech Link
2: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) to join multi-academy trusts, the powers are there for them to find reasons to do so and use the powers - Speech Link
3: Lord Deben (CON - Life peer) In that spirit, will my noble friend also discover whether the Government have the power to use the money - Speech Link
4: None than to consult on something in advance of the decision being made. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barran (CON - Life peer) The decision before the regional director is whether to approve the local authority’s plans for its schools - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 26 Apr 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Toby Perkins (LAB - Chesterfield) The Minister refers to a simpler adult education funding approach, but the decision to increase the adult - Speech Link
2: Gillian Keegan (CON - Chichester) He refers to a previous year, and it is true that we did reduce it to 68%, because that was at the very - Speech Link
3: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) On 15 January, 11 days after the decision was taken to cancel exams, we consulted Ofqual on the details - Speech Link
4: Gavin Williamson (CON - South Staffordshire) That is why we took the decision to increase the funding to support them from £26 million to £42 million - Speech Link
5: Vicky Ford (CON - Chelmsford) I confirm that, on the whole, more funding will be going to the pupil premium next year than in previous - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Exams: Covid-19 - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Tonia Antoniazzi (LAB - Gower) petitions: one started by Jakia Ali to review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (LAB - Barnsley East) whose grades were reported to have risen overall—that is the point that the hon. - Speech Link
3: Daisy Cooper (LDEM - St Albans) earlier to provide more data to determine grades. - Speech Link
4: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) We announced on 17 August the decision to revert to centre assessment grades for all students, or the - Speech Link
5: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) That is why the decision was taken on 17 August to revert to whichever was highest of calculated grades - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Coronavirus Act 2020: Temporary Provisions - Mon 28 Sep 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Walmsley (LDEM - Life peer) I would add to that guidance for the police on how to use the recent enforcement fines for failing to - Speech Link
2: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (LAB - Life peer) The decision to outsource to private firms such as Serco, instead of using the tried and tested local - Speech Link
3: Lord Bridges of Headley (CON - Life peer) not enough simply to give Parliament the chance to debate their use. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Morrissey (CON - Life peer) debate if we are to get to the right decision. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) they get exam grades that will allow them to have the future they want, whether they will have a job - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Awarding of Qualifications: Role of Ministers - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Kate Green (LAB - Stretford and Urmston) how the decision to cancel exams and use calculated grades was taken? - Speech Link
2: Gavin Williamson (CON - South Staffordshire) was minded to make a formal decision to revert to centre assessment grades for all students, or the - Speech Link
3: Daisy Cooper (LDEM - St Albans) of State decided to use the algorithm to calculate grades. - Speech Link
4: Brendan Clarke-Smith (CON - Bassetlaw) In the end, Ofqual’s decision to use centre-assessed grades was the correct one and the Government were - Speech Link
5: Margaret Greenwood (LAB - Wirral West) the exam regulator, Ofqual, and the exam boards would work with teachers to provide grades to students - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Education and Local Government - Tue 14 Jan 2020
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gavin Williamson (CON - South Staffordshire) We are also going to review the care system to make sure that all care placements and settings provide - Speech Link
2: Angela Rayner (LAB - Ashton-under-Lyne) The Augar review went from being a flagship to a ghost ship. - Speech Link
3: Chris Grayling (CON - Epsom and Ewell) the homes we need—that is essential —and that we use the tools in the Queen’s Speech to support first-time - Speech Link
4: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) We need the combined authority to better use its influence to get providers to work together to make - Speech Link
5: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) That is because the fair funding review proposes to remove the consideration of deprivation from the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 14 May 2018
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gordon Marsden (LAB - Blackpool South) What is the Minister going to do now—not after a wait for pittances in the 2019 reviewto protect the - Speech Link
2: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) The decision to locate and build the new school in Yardley Wood rather than on the Baverstock site is - Speech Link
3: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) We have asked the School Teachers’ Review Body to use this flexibility to target the next pay award to - Speech Link
4: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) pressure on the exam boards to allow my constituent to be awarded the grades he was predicted to get - Speech Link
5: Michelle Donelan (CON - Chippenham) Has the Minister given any further consideration to my call for a review of the pupil premium to ensure - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
2nd reading (Hansard - continued): House of Lords - Tue 21 Feb 2017
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Lord Livermore (LAB - Life peer) The decision to hold the referendum was made purely to keep the Conservative Party together. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Finn (CON - Life peer) First, the decision to call the referendum to ask the people whether they wished to leave or remain in - Speech Link
3: Lord Hoyle (LAB - Life peer) an unelected House trying to overturn the decision of the British people and the decision of the elected - Speech Link
4: Lord Dobbs (CON - Life peer) the people now want to use this unelected House to defy the people. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (LAB - Life peer) executive is not simply to take the right decision but to make the decision taken right. - Speech Link