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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"18. The average student support in Scotland was up 1.4% in 2017-18. Does the Secretary of State agree that the SNP Scottish Government’s approach of supporting students, rather than charging prohibitive fees, explains why in Scotland the gap between students from the most and the least deprived communities achieving a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Feb 2018
Statutory PHSE Education

"I too thank the hon. Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Teresa Pearce) for introducing this important debate and for her insightful opening speech. I was an English teacher for over 20 years before being elected in 2015, so I have an interest in the debate and I will contribute from …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"T6. Four thousand eight hundred women in my constituency and countless thousands across the United Kingdom are WASPI women, losing out on thousands of pounds that is rightfully theirs. Does the Minister agree that this affects a generation of women who very often suffer from pay discrimination, and that denying …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"3. If he will bring forward a motion to disapply Standing Orders No. 83J to 83X from proceedings on the Government's planned Great Repeal Bill. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Procedure Committee, on which I sit, produced a report that noted:

“There is an apparent lack of appetite for debate in legislative grand committee at present.”

Given that the Government are tabling programme motions that allow absolutely no time for debate, surely the Leader of the House must share …..."
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Written Question
Grammar Schools: Social Mobility
Monday 19th December 2016

Asked by: Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party - North Ayrshire and Arran)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on social mobility of proposed changes to the Government's policy on selective schools.

Answered by Nick Gibb

This government wants a school system that works for everyone. Grammar schools provide a good or outstanding education for the children attending them, regardless of background. We need to do more to increase the number of pupils from disadvantaged background that are attending grammar schools. That is why we have consulted on new conditions to ensure that selective schools contribute to driving up standards for all pupils, in both selective and non-selective schools.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Sep 2016
Schools that work for Everyone

"The Secretary of State has expressed concern that the opponents of this policy have nothing to say. I can reassure her that I have plenty to say, but, unfortunately, I have only two minutes in which to say it.

For any Government to be truly progressive, their education system must …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Sep 2016
Educational Performance: Boys

"Unlike the hon. Member for Lincoln (Karl MᶜCartney), to whom I express my thanks for securing the debate, I do not believe that this is a one nation issue. It is a global issue, and we need to broaden the debate so that we can learn lessons from countries as …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Sep 2016
Educational Performance: Boys

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Sep 2016
Educational Performance: Boys

"I assure the hon. Gentleman that I am not going to pick up on those particular points. Those in the room expressed their views on that for themselves. Given what the hon. Gentleman said about masculinity, what would he say to international research on 1.5 million 15-year-olds, across a range …..."
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