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Tributes: Baroness Jowell
Monday 14th May 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anne Milton Portrait Anne Milton
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I hesitate to say I can change the world, but I would be delighted to meet the hon. Lady to discuss the details and make sure we protect the needs of learners in her constituency.

Robert Courts Portrait Robert Courts (Witney) (Con)
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West Oxfordshire schools are frequently small and rural. What is being done to help them?

Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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My hon. Friend will know that the national funding formula contains a sparsity allocation of more than £20 million for schools in rural areas, particularly small schools, to help to deal with the problem he has rightly highlighted.

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