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Written Question
Schools: Commonwealth
Tuesday 20th December 2016

Asked by: Lord Luce (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to facilitate links between British and Commonwealth schools through the use of digital technology.

Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

The Department does not directly facilitate school links. Through its Schools Online website, the British Council facilitates a number of school linking programmes, including in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, ‘the Commonwealth Class’ which is a programme of activities, teaching resources, and events to connect schools and young people across the globe.

Written Question
Commonwealth: Education
Thursday 25th June 2015

Asked by: Lord Luce (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Minister will attend the Commonwealth Education Ministers' Conference in the Bahamas on 22 June.

Answered by Lord Nash

Baroness Verma, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for International Development, with responsibility for the Commonwealth, will represent Her Majesty’s Government at the 19th Commonwealth Conference of Education Ministers in the Bahamas. Education officials have worked closely with those attending to ensure the Minister is briefed across the full agenda of the Commonwealth Conference.