Speech in Ministerial Corrections - Tue 29 Nov 2022 Education
"We have been delivering defibrillators in schools up and down the country—it is a successful programme. I will write to the hon. Member with the precise figures that she is seeking.
[Official Report, 28 November 2022, Vol. 723, c. 656.]
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