Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"4. If the Government will support Girlguiding UK’s campaign to reduce violence against women and girls. ..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"I thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. How much training and emotional support is given to girl guides and other young girls who are bullied online?..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Jan 2017
School Funding
"I will be brief, pithy and to the point, if possible.
I am a school governor of St Andrew’s primary school, which is in a very deprived community. I have to tell the Secretary of State and the Minister that there is an 11 to 12-year difference in life expectancy …..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jan 2017
Education Funding: Devon
"It is a pleasure and a delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Sir Hugo Swire) on securing this debate. I am delighted that he was my mentor when I got elected to this place, and my hon. …..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jan 2017
Education Funding: Devon
"May I thank the Minister very much for his response? Will he be willing to meet the grammar schools in my constituency? Would he like to comment on why grammar schools did not feature in the speech made by the Opposition spokesman?..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 18th January 2017
Asked by:
Oliver Colvile (Conservative - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department publishes for parents and social workers on the use of restraining techniques for children with autism who exhibit or demonstrate violent behaviour.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department for Education and the Department of Health jointly published non-statutory Guidance for Restrictive Physical Interventions: How to provide safe services for people with Learning Disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (July 2002).
The guidance is aimed at those who are responsible for social services, including social workers. It is not guidance for parents, though it would be of interest to them.
It promotes effective policies, planning and staff training for those who work with people who have severe behavioural difficulties associated with learning difficulties or autism spectrum disorder. It does not provide guidance on techniques of restraint – that is best delivered through specialised training.
The Department for Education and the Department of Health are working to produce for consultation new guidance which is intended to replace the 2002 guidance.
Weblink to the above guidance: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http:/www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4068461.pdf
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Jan 2017
Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill
"The other issue that is incredibly important is dependency, whereby, for example, a daughter who is looking after her elderly mother finds that when her mother dies her home is therefore in danger. Is that not something else that needs to be looked at?..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"3. What steps the Government are taking to increase the number of women on boards and at senior executive levels of FTSE companies. ..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"I welcome the work that Plymouth University in my constituency has done to ensure that there are more women on its governing body. As well as the work the Government are doing with FTSE companies, what steps is the Department taking to ensure that more women are on the governing …..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 11th May 2016
Asked by:
Oliver Colvile (Conservative - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect that the proposals in the Education excellence everywhere White Paper, Cm 9230, will have on (a) Church of England and (b) Roman Catholic schools.
Answered by Edward Timpson
We value the important and longstanding role played by the Church of England and Catholic Church in our education system. Around 1,200 Church schools have already become academies. The White Paper is clear that Church schools’ role and their religious character will be protected as more become academies. We continue to work closely with the National Society and Catholic Education Service and recently published Memoranda of Understanding to provide a strong basis for our ongoing relationship with Church schools and their dioceses.