Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Bill Esterson Excerpts
Monday 4th July 2016

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I can authoritatively pronounce from the Chair that the screeds written for Ministers at Education questions are significantly longer than those written for other ministerial Question Times. That is not a compliment.

Bill Esterson Portrait Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab)
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The Secretary of State was telling us earlier about her plans to support young people who leave care, whether it is foster care or residential care. Will she tell us where the new members of staff are going to come from to support them and where the young people are going to live?

Edward Timpson Portrait Edward Timpson
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The hon. Gentleman needs to look carefully at Martin Narey’s report and at our response in the social care policy paper. This is not a question of simply expanding the current provision; we are trying to find innovative ways of supporting young people out of care that will serve them much better in the long term.