To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"A quarter of people in my constituency are now reported to be living in in-work poverty, so is it no wonder that I know of desperate families unable to pay for their children’s school uniforms. Will the Minister consider introducing a statutory duty for schools to prioritise cost considerations and …..."
Laura Smith - View Speech

View all Laura Smith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) contributions to the debate on: Oral Answers to Questions
Written Question
Teachers: Pay
Tuesday 2nd July 2019

Asked by: Laura Smith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a salary sacrifice car scheme for teachers in state schools.

Answered by Nick Gibb

There is a statutory process for revising the pay and conditions of teachers and any change must first be referred by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, to the independent School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB). The demands on the STRB’s time and resources mean that the Government has to make hard decisions on prioritising the issues it refers. The Government is committed to making the teaching profession an attractive and competitive career but is not currently considering proposing an extension to the current salary sacrifice schemes for teachers to cover cars.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Jul 2019
Department for Education

"I will try to be the swot here today, Madam Deputy Speaker, and it is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley).

I regularly meet headteachers, governors, teachers, teaching assistants, families and pupils, and without exception there are huge levels of concern regarding many different aspects …..."
Laura Smith - View Speech

View all Laura Smith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) contributions to the debate on: Department for Education
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Jun 2019
Education Funding

"My hon. Friend obviously shares my concern about reports that vulnerable children are being denied access to education because schools are not being given adequate resources. Does she agree that the recent demonstrations—the protests by young people and parents—highlight the enormous strength of feeling about this issue?..."
Laura Smith - View Speech

View all Laura Smith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) contributions to the debate on: Education Funding
Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Mar 2019
School Funding

"It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship in this incredibly important debate, Sir David. I am proud that nearly two years on since local parents, children, support staff, teachers, headteachers, Fair Funding For All Schools, the Labour party and I protested in Nantwich town centre and marched in …..."
Laura Smith - View Speech

View all Laura Smith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) contributions to the debate on: School Funding
Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Mar 2019
School Funding

"I am very pleased to hear that my hon. Friend’s daughter is going into the profession. I cannot speak highly enough of the talents of the teaching assistants and support staff who work in schools. They are desperately needed, and we do not want to see anybody losing teaching assistants.

…..."
Laura Smith - View Speech

View all Laura Smith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) contributions to the debate on: School Funding
Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Mar 2019
School Funding

"I find myself agreeing with the hon. Lady, probably because we have both been teachers. She is exactly right with regard to—the point has gone from my brain. Sorry!..."
Laura Smith - View Speech

View all Laura Smith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) contributions to the debate on: School Funding
Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Mar 2019
School Funding

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
Laura Smith - View Speech

View all Laura Smith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) contributions to the debate on: School Funding
Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Mar 2019
School Funding

"My hon. Friend raises the point I forgot when I intervened on the hon. Member for St Albans (Mrs Main). I remember how much respect I had for the teachers who mentored me when I first entered the profession, and how I was able to develop my teaching practice as …..."
Laura Smith - View Speech

View all Laura Smith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) contributions to the debate on: School Funding
Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Mar 2019
School Funding

"Will the Minister give way?..."
Laura Smith - View Speech

View all Laura Smith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) contributions to the debate on: School Funding