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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jul 2018
Forced Adoption in the UK

"The Minister referred to a 1972 inquiry. Does he recognise that a lot of the mothers who have now spoken openly would not have done so at that time, and I imagine would therefore not have had an opportunity to have their voices heard in that inquiry? That is the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Three years ago, I launched the Liverpool to Oxbridge Collaborative to support the most academic students in schools in my constituency to give them the option of applying to either Oxford or Cambridge. What are the Government doing to support areas, particularly with high social and economic need such as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Youth unemployment in Germany has long been significantly lower than here. What lessons are the Government seeking to learn from the German system, particularly about technical and practical education?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Oct 2017
Global LGBT Rights

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans), who is a fellow member of the Select Committee on International Development. I welcome today’s debate, thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting it and congratulate the right hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Oct 2017
Global LGBT Rights

"I thank my hon. Friend for that important point, which speaks to a broader issue about the availability of relatively small amounts of funding for local organisations working on HIV and AIDS or equality issues on the ground. The International Development Committee raises this issue across the full breadth of …..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 12th October 2017

Asked by: Stephen Twigg (Labour (Co-op) - Liverpool, West Derby)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Minister for Children and Families plans to respond to the letter dated 16 August 2017 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby on a meeting with the Liverpool City cabinet member for children and young people's services.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

I wrote to the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby, on 10 October 2017 in response to his letter.

I very much look forward to meeting with him and the Liverpool City Cabinet Member for Children and Young People’s Services.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 10 Oct 2017
Education Funding (South Liverpool)

"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) on her excellent and powerful speech and on bringing this important issue to the House. I echo what she said about the risks to schools in Liverpool. On Saturday, we had a demonstration against school cuts in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Sep 2017
Higher Education (England) Regulations

"It is a pleasure to take part in this debate, and, in particular, to speak after my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill), who made a very powerful and eloquent maiden speech. I concur with her tribute to her predecessor, my good friend Gisela Stuart. An …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"In Liverpool and other cities, there is a real concern that the new formula could mean that schools lose out. Can the Secretary of State reassure the House that issues such as deprivation, prior attainment and mobility will be significant factors in any new formula?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Education: Public Funding

"May I take the Minister back to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell), because it is absolutely the crux of this? If we introduce fair funding at a time when there are greater cost pressures on schools, those that lose under the funding …..."
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