Monday, 11 March 2024
Before we proceed to questions, I regret to inform the House of the death of former Member Lord McAvoy. Tommy represented his home town of Rutherglen from 1987 until he received his peerage in...
The Secretary of State was asked—
What steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of occupations for which apprenticeships are available.
What assessment her Department has made of the impact of funding decisions on maintained schools since 2010.
What steps she is taking to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
If she will issue statutory guidance on teaching economic education in schools as part of the PSHE curriculum.
What recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the potential merits of providing additional financial support to students in the context of increases...
Whether she is taking steps to help improve the morale of teachers and school support staff.
What steps she is taking to increase the provision of special educational needs places in Essex.
What progress her Department has made on ensuring that more schools achieve good and outstanding ratings by Ofsted.
What assessment she has made of trends in the number of level 2 and 3 apprenticeship starts since the apprenticeship levy was introduced.
What steps she is taking to increase childcare provision.
What progress her Department has made on rebuilding Skelton Primary School in Cleveland.
What steps her Department is taking to encourage take-up of degree-level apprenticeships.
What steps she is taking to ensure school pupils are informed about apprenticeship opportunities.
What steps she is taking to promote post-college opportunities to pupils with SEND.
What steps her Department is taking to help improve teaching and learning in schools.
What steps she is taking to help ensure the availability of high-quality childcare for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that initial teacher training courses include early identification of autism.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to make a statement on the state of the UK armed forces.
(Urgent Question): Will the Minister make a statement on UK negotiations with the EU in respect of Gibraltar?
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
Debate resumed (Order, 7 March). Question again proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2024-25. And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution...
Ordered, That notices of Amendments, new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee in respect of the National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill may be accepted by...
Ordered, That David Simmonds be discharged from the Joint Committee on Human Rights and Miss Sarah Dines be added.—(Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That Emma Hardy be discharged from the Treasury Committee and Samantha Dixon be added.—(Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mike Wood.)
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