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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 10 Sep 2021
Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill

"It is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Heywood and Middleton (Chris Clarkson). His point at the end on not wanting to waste potential is key to the debate and to the Bill of my hon. Friend the Member for Workington (Mark Jenkinson), which I rise …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jun 2021
Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education Settings

"I welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to end bubbles. Last week, some 74% of children who were isolating in England were doing so not because they had caught covid but because someone in their bubble had done so. This puts a huge strain on them and their parents. With …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jun 2021
Education Recovery

"I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the commitment to the £3 billion investment in catch-up funding so far. Will he confirm that it forms just one part of the wider package of support and, further, that his Department recognises the value of outdoor education centres such as Kepplewray …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 23 Mar 2021
Education After Covid-19

"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) on securing this timely debate. I will concentrate, in the time I have, on two things. On the face of it, they are quite different, but I believe that they are related and speak to two of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jan 2021
Covid-19: Educational Settings

"As someone who was campaigning to keep schools open until a few days ago, I recognise how difficult these decisions have been for my right hon. Friend. I want to press him on two points. He has made his views on vaccination in schools clear, but I implore him to …..."
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Written Question
National School Breakfast Programme
Monday 7th December 2020

Asked by: Simon Fell (Conservative - Barrow and Furness)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policy of the Spending Review on funding school breakfast provision beyond March 2021.

Answered by Vicky Ford

The department is considering how to encourage and support schools to ensure that children continue to benefit from school breakfasts beyond March 2021. We are developing our thinking in this area. The department is engaging with the breakfast food market, following the release of a Public Information Notice in October 2020.