Results 1-20 of 1,523 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Michael Gove
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: Where is he now?
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: indicated dissent.
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: indicated dissent.
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: It is always a pleasure to follow the Secretary of State in the debate on the Queen's Speech, not least because the Gracious Speech had his fingerprints all over it. It was, in every sense of the word, pure Balls. Before the Gracious Speech was delivered, we were told by one Cabinet Minister that it would be the most political Queen's Speech for 12 years. Instead of that statement being a...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: The crucial thing is that the Secretary of State has not committed to a real-terms increase because the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not let him. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Chief Secretary have been perfectly clear: the Secretary of State is not authorised to make such promises. I notice that when the Secretary of State asked his question, he used the conditional. He was not...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: I am delighted to give way to the hon. Gentleman.
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: I am in favour of super-everything. If schools wish to federate, I am all in favour of the idea that they have an executive head who can help to co-ordinate their efforts-someone such as Dan Moynihan, for example, who does such a brilliant job for the Harris group of academies, which I am sure the hon. Gentleman admires. Dan Moynihan does a wonderful job, but the point is, as he said, that he...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: The right hon. Gentleman has no authority to speak about future budgets, because as we have heard, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have contradicted him on every occasion. It is always a pleasure to hear the Secretary of State attempt to sandbag, manoeuvre or finagle the Treasury into spending more money, but- [Interruption.] The Secretary of State has...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: That is not politics; that is drivel. The Secretary of State did not answer my question. There will be less money per student, will there not? The only way that you can afford your September guarantee is by reducing the amount of money for students.
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: I apologise. Please forgive me for using the second person, Mr. Speaker.
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: The hon. Gentleman is kind to ask. If he would like to know more about my conversations with the shadow Chancellor-I know that he has had certain conversations with him himself-he is welcome to join us in the Conservative shadow Cabinet; he would be a very welcome addition. As it is, I suspect that freedom of information, of which we are all in favour, can only go so far. I have cordial...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: When it comes to making requests for schools funding, the hon. Gentleman, whom I greatly admire, is on very shaky ground. The leader of his party said, in The Times Educational Supplement, that DCSF funding would be ring-fenced overall, but the next day-I think that the Secretary of State will back me up on this-he had to offer savage spending cuts. The Liberal Democrat leader subsequently...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: The Government have not answered my question. The Secretary of State has not revealed whether there will be more per-pupil funding for those who are 16 and 17. Indeed, the Government's own quango, the Learning and Skills Council, has said that there is only enough money to fund an extra 22,000 places under the September guarantee, but this year, there were applications from schools and...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: Well, your colleague, Mr. Wright. The college principal says that there are more than 50- [ Interruption. ] Mr. Wright is the other Minister who deals with these issues. Anyway, it is sad not to see him on the Government Front Bench today.
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: I am so sorry, Mr. Speaker. I was just attempting to deal with the split-personality issues on the Government Front Bench. In Hartlepool, the constituency of the Member who, I believe, does sit on the Government Front Bench, although he is sadly not there at the moment, the college principal says that there are more than 50 students in his college for whom he has no funding. The September...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: If he gets here-he is not here yet. I like him, but he is not here yet, sadly. He is still telling it straight, however, because under this Government the so-called September guarantee is a con trick. Even the Prime Minister appears to think so, otherwise he would not have introduced in his speech yesterday another guarantee: the January guarantee-to join the September guarantee and the other...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: Over to the hon. Gentleman.
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: Our party's position in 2010-11 is to contest and fight a general election, win it, I hope, get rid of this discredited Government and ensure that the hon. Gentleman has more opportunities to pursue his interest in education. I am delighted that he, as the Member for Dumfries and Galloway, has come to the Chamber sit on the green Benches. Indeed, it is striking that the Government have so...
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: My hon. Friend makes a very good point, and he is quite right to draw attention to the fact that the Government's response to the Badman review unfortunately places many admirable home educators in the dock. We should work with people who want to home educate their children, rather than stigmatise them.
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
Michael Gove: I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's intervention. I know that he enjoys North Korean levels of popularity with some people. I will take a close look at the point that he makes. I would be delighted to go to Colchester with him and the Conservative candidate to talk to the Conservative council some time. It is always a pleasure to spend time in Essex-