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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Apr 2016
Educational Attainment: Yorkshire and the Humber

"My right hon. Friend is making an incredibly powerful and personal speech, which is a testament to her desire—and that of many children—to get on and achieve great things. Does she agree that although constituencies such as hers and mine, and many across Yorkshire and Humber, need specific localised interventions, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Apr 2016
Educational Attainment: Yorkshire and the Humber

"It has been an honour to lead and participate in this well-informed, passionate and compelling debate, to which Members from all parts of the House have made powerful contributions. There has been an enormous amount of consensus on many issues—not least on the tremendous contribution that headteachers and teachers make …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Nov 2015
Further Education

"There has been much consensus here today on education being the best down-payment a country can make to secure its economic future. There is much to agree on, and indeed a thriving FE sector is directly linked to a higher-wage, higher-skilled and more productive economy, yet sadly, as the Secretary …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Minister will know that the suspension of the business rates revaluation in 2013 has had different effects in different parts of the country. Will he commit to investigating how businesses in my constituency, like so many in the north, were disadvantaged by the decision and find a way to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Jul 2015
Equal Pay and the Gender Pay Gap

"Does my hon. Friend agree that this is a matter of deep concern affecting young women? Since 2001, there have been, on average, 130,000 more young women a year not in education, employment or training than young men—that is currently 418,000 18 to 24-year-old women. Does she think we need …..."
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Written Question
Education: North of England
Tuesday 30th June 2015

Asked by: Jo Cox (Labour - Batley and Spen)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on inclusion of education policy and oversight in the Northern Powerhouse Initiative.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The initiative announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer includes £10 million to boost academy sponsorship in the North of England. As the Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Education confirmed in February 2015, Regional Schools Commissioners will use this investment to tackle educational disadvantage by: enabling the best local academies to share their excellence in sponsoring underperforming neighbouring schools; developing the capacity of existing sponsors to keep pace with new demands; and harnessing the expertise of some of the very best academy sponsors from across the country.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pupils-in-the-north-to-benefit-from-injection-of-expertise

In addition, the devolution deal with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), announced by the Chancellor on 3 November 2014, saw the Secretary of State make a commitment for the Department for Education and other government bodies to work with GMCA to re-commission further education in the city.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2015
Skills and Growth

"May I recommend the latest Manpower report to the Secretary of State? It talks about how businesses in Yorkshire are very keen to take on more staff, but are struggling from skills shortages and a worsening crisis—something that has happened on her watch. I recently visited an engineering firm in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Jun 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"25. Cuts to council funding—the abolition of a series of grants and credits by the coalition—mean that Sure Start centres in my constituency are providing more basic services than ever before. I am hearing now of children in Kirklees coming to centres on a Monday morning having not had a …..."
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