Students’ Return to Universities Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Students’ Return to Universities

Felicity Buchan Excerpts
Tuesday 29th September 2020

(3 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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This is incredibly vital, for all four nations of the UK. We have been doing a lot of work with the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure that that is made available to all medical students in England. I will take up this issue again with the Health Secretary, as well as with the devolved Health Minister in Northern Ireland, to ensure that that is being delivered. If we want to continue to ensure that we have our world-class NHS, we have to ensure that that pipeline of brilliant doctors, nurses and clinicians continues to be provided for it through our universities.

Felicity Buchan Portrait Felicity Buchan (Kensington) (Con)
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I am delighted to have Imperial College London partly in my constituency. Will my right hon. Friend assure me that he will give all the support necessary to our world-class educational establishments and that we will do everything to ensure that our students get as normal an education as possible in these difficult circumstances?