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Written Question
Refugees: Afghanistan
Monday 2nd February 2026

Asked by: Baroness Buscombe (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many children of Afghan refugees attending schools in or near army barracks across the UK are being taught in classes segregated by sex.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The information requested is not held centrally.

Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill

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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill

"I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this important debate and will do my very best to reply and, I hope, reassure—notwithstanding that I think that noble Lords accept that some of the important issues raised go beyond the scope of the amendment.

I recognise the well-intentioned …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill

"I may not be able to reassure the noble Lord, but we simply do not feel that it is necessary to have this in the Bill...."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill

"Amendment 59 is proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, and the noble Lord, Lord Storey. It is important that we have a comprehensive analysis of how the further education system is operating in England, including which learners are studying which courses. I agree with noble Lords that analysis of …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill

"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords who have put their names to this group of amendments. I shall begin with Amendments 40 and 44. I realise that the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, also referenced Amendment 46A, regarding creditors. I will get to that but if he and …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill

"I accept the point, but I re-emphasise therefore the importance of that person bringing in outside expertise to support them in the process. I also ought to make the practical point that we would be hard pressed to find many insolvency practitioners who had this expertise as a matter of …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill

"I did actually reference this while the noble Baroness was talking to a colleague. There is no contradiction. As I said about five minutes ago, the creditors’ objective is secondary and subject to the special objective of protecting students’ studies. Only when it is consistent with the special objective does …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 01 Mar 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill

"I am clutching a response to the noble Baroness’s earlier question which is on point. Clauses 26 and 28 allow the Secretary of State to provide the education administrator with indemnities or guarantees where that is necessary or appropriate. The education administrator will be able to apply to be discharged …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 27 Feb 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill

"My Lords, I am sorry to disappoint, but Superman is not responding to this amendment, and I am certainly no Superwoman.

We welcome the sentiment behind Amendment 12A tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Watson and Lord Hunt, that young people should not feel financially disadvantaged by taking up an …..."
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