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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Jan 2015
Lords Spiritual (Women) Bill

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Jan 2015
Lords Spiritual (Women) Bill

"I was confirmed by the Bishop of Chelmsford, so I think he is a great guy. I support the bid for Colchester made by my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Sir Bob Russell). We could easily have another bishop down there...."
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Written Question
Schools: Admissions
Thursday 4th December 2014

Asked by: Bob Stewart (Conservative - Beckenham)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ease the pressure of rising birth rates on schools.

Answered by David Laws

Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area. Supporting local authorities to create school places where they are needed most is one of the Department for Education’s main priorities. That is why we have committed £5 billion in capital funding between 2011 and 2015 to help local authorities to create new school places. In addition we have announced an additional £2.35 billion in capital funding to help create new school places that will be needed by September 2017.

This support has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015. We have also stripped out bureaucracy to make it easier for schools to expand to offer more places, if they so wish.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Nov 2014
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill

"But can my hon. Friend tell me why so many tied publicans are going out of business? Why is that happening?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Nov 2014
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill

"I am reminded of the time when I was running a small business. I thought that what my hon. Friend has just described was utterly illegal and people could not do it. I never believed that it was possible to close down one day and then start up as a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 12 Sep 2014
Primary School Places (Bromley)

"I thank the hon. Gentleman, who I will call my friend—he is a very good friend of mine—regardless of House protocol. I totally agree with the thrust of what he is saying; the only thing I would point out is that most of the children have been found school places. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 12 Sep 2014
Primary School Places (Bromley)

"I totally support my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham West and Penge (Jim Dowd)—I may call him that—on this matter. In fairness, nobody expected the planning committee to turn this application down, so it came as a shock to all the authorities when that decision was made. Thanks to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2014
Birmingham Schools

"Oh dear! Thank you, Mr Speaker.

I totally support the idea of teaching British values in schools, but is there a pamphlet or booklet instructing teachers exactly what are the British values they ought to espouse and how to teach them?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Jul 2014
Children with Autism (Education)

"I would be surprised if any child with special needs was excluded from school without someone with specialist knowledge having had a look at them. I am assuming that that is what happened. Perhaps the Minister will have an answer...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Jul 2014
Children with Autism (Education)

"I presume that the Minister also wants early diagnosis to be part of that plan. The earlier we can make an assessment of young people with autism, the more they will be able to enjoy their lives subsequently...."
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