Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Andrew Rosindell Excerpts
Monday 2nd March 2026

(1 day, 8 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Josh MacAlister Portrait Josh MacAlister
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The SNP’s track record on education is so poor they needed to pull out of the programme for international student assessment—or PISA—league tables because Scotland was plummeting so low. There is a chance to fix that in the elections later on this year. Skills policy is devolved, but as part of our defence boost we are seeing fantastic opportunities to bring colleges in Scotland along on that journey.

Andrew Rosindell Portrait Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Reform)
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Does the Secretary of State agree that we should prioritise the promotion of British heritage in schools? If so, will she bring in a policy to ensure that every school flies the Union Jack outside its premises, and that a different pupil gets the chance to raise the national flag every morning?

Georgia Gould Portrait Georgia Gould
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We already teach British values, and we are proud to teach our British heritage and our past to set us up for the future.