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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2021
School Openings: January 2022

"May I put on record my thanks to the headteachers, teachers and all the staff at schools in the Forest of Dean for the huge effort that they have made both during the period when they were closed and delivering remote learning, and since they have had children back at …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2021
School Openings: January 2022

"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You heard me ask the Minister, in the urgent question, whether there were plans for a press conference today. No. 10 has now confirmed that the Prime Minister and the chief medical officer will be carrying out a press conference. No. 10 has …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Sep 2021
Coronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for Pupils

"It is indeed a great pleasure to see my hon. Friend at the Dispatch Box. Thank you, Mr Speaker, for giving him the chance to strut his stuff in his first week in the job. He will make a fine addition to the Department for Education.

May I press my …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Covid-19: Education Settings

"When schools return in September, every adult will have had the chance to be—[Inaudible.]..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Covid-19: Education Settings

"I am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker. When schools return in September, every adult will have had the chance to be vaccinated at least once, which provides the bulk of protection, so why is regular testing still going to continue, perhaps forever? Last week, the Secretary of State said he wanted …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jun 2021
Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education Settings

"The Secretary of State is right to push back on the Labour party. I do not remember Labour Members being huge champions of getting schools back on 8 March, when we were campaigning so strongly for it. Their words are a little bit hollow now.

The Secretary of State is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2021
Support for University Students: Covid-19

"Can I ask the Minister to say a few more words about the quality of teaching that is being provided? She said in her earlier answers that the Office for Students was monitoring the quality of that education carefully. I have looked at its website, but what it does not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Jan 2021
Educational Settings: Reopening

"Before I ask my question, may I take the Minister back to something that he said in his statement? I think he said that schools were closed to stop community transmission. In our evidence last week, Dr Jenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer, said that it was the other …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Sep 2020
Students’ Return to Universities

"One of the things that has worried a lot of university students is the idea that, if they either test positive or are a contact of someone who tests positive, they might have to self-isolate, even over Christmas, in their university accommodation, and I am glad the Secretary of State …..."
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Written Question
Students: Assessments
Wednesday 16th September 2020

Asked by: Lord Harper (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure that students taking exams in October 2020 receive an adequate level of tuition to help compensate for the disruptions to their education caused by the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Nick Gibb

In most cases, students will have received grades in the summer which will enable them to move onto their next step. Students who were unable to receive grades or are not happy with their grades are able to take exams in the autumn if they choose. If a student wants to sit an exam, we expect the school or college that entered them in the summer to enter them in autumn. Schools are able to provide additional support to students sitting their exams in the autumn if they have capacity to do so. The Department is offering an Exam Support Service to help all schools and colleges run the autumn series. Schools and colleges will be able to book fully funded space for the exams if they need it to avoid disruption to teaching. They will also be able to claim funding for autumn exam fees and invigilation costs if these exceed the savings they have made in the summer.