Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 29 Jun 2022
NDAs: Universities
"I will call Layla Moran to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up...."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Children’s Education Recovery and Childcare Costs
"Does my hon. Friend agree that the lack of funding for education under this Conservative Government started long before covid came along? Funding in my schools on average is down by 6.3% since 2014-15. Does not that show that it is not just covid—this Government have consistently been cutting our …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Mar 2022
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Review
"The request for diagnosis of special educational needs is the beginning of a long battle for far too many families. Local authorities with stretched resources are often pushing in the opposite direction; parents can wait years for EHCPs, and requests for specific schools are often denied by local authorities for …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Schools White Paper
"If the Secretary of State is to deliver on this package, which has been announced 12 years into a Conservative Government, he is going to have to fund it. If we want decent teachers at the front of classrooms, we are going to have to pay them, so where is …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Budget Resolutions
"Will the Secretary of State give way?..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Budget Resolutions
"The Institute for Fiscal Studies has described the increase in education funding over the past decade as the worst for 40 years. The Secretary of State says he is increasing funding for schools, but by next April, 12 years on, we are only about to achieve the same level of …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 15th September 2021
Asked by:
Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the scientific advice on which he based his decision to remove the requirement for wearing face coverings in secondary schools from 17 May 2021; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Gibb
From 17 May, the Department no longer recommended face coverings for pupils in classrooms or communal areas in schools, or for staff in classrooms. In Step 4 of the roadmap, face coverings were no longer advised for pupils, staff and visitors either in classrooms or in communal areas.
The Department worked closely with Public Health England (PHE) and the Cabinet Office to consider a range of evidence, balancing both health and educational considerations. This included the latest available education data, latest data analysis on case rates in secondary school age children and the broader COVID-19 epidemiological position, as well as stakeholder intelligence from schools and further education colleges on their experiences of wearing face coverings in classrooms and any perceived effect on teaching, education, and communication.
As COVID-19 becomes a virus that we learn to live with, there is now an imperative to reduce the disruption to children and young people’s education, particularly given that the direct clinical risks they face are extremely low and the wider success of the vaccine programme.
The reintroduction of face coverings for pupils, or staff, may be advised for a temporary period in response to particular localised outbreaks, including variants of concern. In all cases, any educational drawbacks should be balanced with the benefits of managing transmission.
The Department’s policy on face coverings and other control measures is kept under review and is informed by the latest scientific and medical advice from PHE.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Covid-19: Education Settings
"The Secretary of State has told us that there will be a spike in infections following the relaxing of restrictions, and currently there are 150,000 school pupils with suspected covid-19 that are out of school, so we know that that figure will go up. So this is not about children …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jun 2021
Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education Settings
"Schools will not stay open because the Secretary of State wills it—we need a long-term plan. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care told the House on Monday that we are going to have to live with the virus. What does that mean for schools? Where is the …..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jun 2021
Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education Settings
"You sent our kids back to school with the Kent variant!..."Clive Efford - View Speech
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