Written Question
Tuesday 13th January 2015
Asked by:
Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what aspects of nineteenth century and twentieth century (a) British and (b) world history are mandatory in the history curriculum in each key stage.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requirements for the mandatory history curriculum in maintained schools in England are available online at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-history-programmes-of-study.
A copy of this document is also available in the House Library.
Maintained schools must teach 11-14 year-olds the challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world from 1901 to the present day. In addition to studying the Holocaust, this can include the First World War and the Peace Settlement, and the Second World War and the wartime leadership of Winston Churchill.
Written Question
Tuesday 13th January 2015
Asked by:
Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that study of the (a) First World War and (b) Second World War is made mandatory in the history curriculum.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requirements for the mandatory history curriculum in maintained schools in England are available online at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-history-programmes-of-study.
A copy of this document is also available in the House Library.
Maintained schools must teach 11-14 year-olds the challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world from 1901 to the present day. In addition to studying the Holocaust, this can include the First World War and the Peace Settlement, and the Second World War and the wartime leadership of Winston Churchill.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"Is this Government policy applicable to all Departments? Will the Minister specifically have a word with the Ministry of Defence, which perhaps does not know about it?..."Bob Russell - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Paediatric First Aid
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Paediatric First Aid
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate and for the manner in which he has spoken. I follow on from the previous two interventions. Sadly, I am a parent who has walked this way, albeit at a different age and in different circumstances. We need to …..."Bob Russell - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Paediatric First Aid
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for allowing me to speak for a second time and for making that point. Millie’s Trust is a bona fide, regulated, registered charity. Did the coroner make any comment about the training competence of whoever trained the first aiders? I was alarmed when …..."Bob Russell - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Paediatric First Aid
"I will be brief, because my hon. Friend the Member for Cheadle (Mark Hunter) has presented his case comprehensively; the interventions he took and his responses to them have dealt with virtually every aspect of the debate.
I will address the wider need for first aid. I was shocked to …..."Bob Russell - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Paediatric First Aid
"I should point out to my hon. Friend that I was not saying that there should be first aid training for every person, but that it should be part of the school curriculum. Clearly, over three generations everybody in the country would then be a trained first aider; others could—this …..."Bob Russell - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Paediatric First Aid
"Bearing in mind what my hon. Friend the Member for Cheadle said, will the Minister state whether training in those first aid requirements are being given by people who are qualified first aid trainers and not just people who say they are qualified first aid trainers?..."Bob Russell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"Is it still the case that, for the purpose of drawing up school league tables, a pupil in hospital receiving treatment for cancer would be marked as absent?..."Bob Russell - View Speech
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