Debates between Stephen Metcalfe and Michael Gove during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Stephen Metcalfe and Michael Gove
Tuesday 26th April 2016

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Colleagues may know that as well as being a distinguished Member of Parliament, he has also written for Inside Time, the prisoners newspaper, about the need to improve prison education. His own experience both in music and in education equips him superbly to make the point that education should be about not simply the utilitarian gathering of skills, but opening minds to art, culture and the possibility of new horizons.

Stephen Metcalfe Portrait Stephen Metcalfe
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As we have heard, we know that better education slows the revolving door between crime and incarceration. Will my right hon. Friend therefore update the House on the announcement made by the Prime Minister about a Teach First-style scheme in prisons?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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Absolutely. One of my former colleagues, David Laws, is leading work, along with a formidable social entrepreneur called Natasha Porter, who herself previously worked with Teach First, to establish a new charity. More details will be announced about both the Government funding and how we propose to recruit a generation of talented graduates to work in our prisons.