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Debate between Daniel Francis and John Hayes
Wednesday 12th November 2025

(3 days, 23 hours ago)

Westminster Hall
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John Hayes Portrait Sir John Hayes (in the Chair)
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I call Neil Duncan Jordan.

Daniel Francis Portrait Daniel Francis (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Lab)
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Oh, no—he is slightly older than me. [Laughter.] It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John.

My constituency borders Kent, and we also have a safety valve programme, as well as an Ofsted judgment of “systemic failings”, so children in my constituency, who cross that border, experience similar issues. Will my hon. and learned Friend join me in encouraging the Minister to look, as part of the reforms, at how these issues work on a cross-borough basis when children live in one borough but use schools in another?