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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 22 May 2019
Schools: Free School Meals

"My Lords, the Minister failed to answer the question that my noble friend Lady Lister asked. She gave evidence of discriminatory practices and the Minister said they could not possibly exist. Will he please look into the allegations that my noble friend made and answer the question? If this is …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 27 Nov 2018
Schools: Mental Health Support

"My Lords, does the Minister not realise that the answer he gave to the right reverend Prelate about it taking a year to get help for a child in need was extraordinarily disappointing? Can nothing be done to deal with these urgent cases, about which the right reverend Prelate made …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Apr 2018
Academies: Gender Pay Gap

"My Lords, will the Minister be kind enough to clarify whether he is a director of the Inspiration Trust while holding the office that he holds at the moment?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Mar 2017
Schools: Funding Formula

"My Lords, does the Minister accept that these proposals have a disproportionate effect on small primary schools in rural areas? I declare an interest because the school in my village, of Vernham Dean in Hampshire, will have suffered a cut of £64,000 in relation to the money that was available …..."
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Written Question
Schools: Radicalism
Wednesday 25th June 2014

Asked by: Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government which Ministers, if any, were present at the presentation to the Department for Education on the threat of radicalisation in Birmingham schools given by head teacher Tim Boyes in 2010.

Answered by Lord Nash

The Secretary of State has asked the Permanent Secretary to conduct an internal review into how the Department for Education dealt with warnings in Birmingham since the formation of this Government in 2010, and before.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Jun 2014
Birmingham Schools

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Jun 2014
Birmingham Schools

"My Lords, I wonder whether—..."
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