Monday, 1 December 2025
The Secretary of State was asked—
If she will hold discussions with the hon. Member for Swindon North on the potential merits of setting up a defence technical college in Swindon.
What steps she is taking to improve education on sexual consent and relationships.
What recent progress the child poverty taskforce has made on publishing a child poverty strategy.
What steps her Department is taking to increase the number of vocational qualifications for post-16 learners.
What steps her Department is taking to help prevent Chinese influence in universities.
What steps she is taking to reform the national curriculum.
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of suspensions and exclusions among pupils with SEND.
What steps she is taking to help increase levels of attainment in schools.
What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the adoption and special guardianship support fund.
What her planned timetable is for making a decision on the proposed Eton Star sixth-form college in Oldham.
What her planned timetable is for decision on existing free school applications.
What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that specialist speech and language therapies are available to children with education, health and care plans.
What steps she is taking to provide adequate funding for special educational needs provision.
What steps her Department is taking to help support families to read with their child before they start nursery and school.
What steps her Department is taking to make school classrooms more accessible to children with SEND.
What discussions she has had with the chair of the curriculum and assessment review on her proposals to change the progress 8 measure.
What steps she plans to take to provide new specialist schools for children with SEND.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
I would like to make a statement to the House on two separate but related matters. The first is regarding communication with the public in the lead-up to the Budget. I understand that this is a...
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
Debate resumed (Order, 27 November). Question again proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2026-27. And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this...
Ordered, That Sir James Cleverly be discharged from the Education Committee and Rebecca Paul be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That Kate Osborne be discharged from the Finance Committee and Euan Stainbank be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That David Baines and Graeme Downie be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Katrina Murray and Kenneth Stevenson be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Ordered, That Oliver Ryan be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Matt Turmaine be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Deirdre Costigan.)
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