Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day] — Qualified Teachers

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:49 pm on 30 October 2013.

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Photo of David Laws David Laws The Minister of State, Cabinet Office, The Minister for Schools 3:49, 30 October 2013

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The question for today should not be about the recent position of the Liberal Democrats, which is entirely consistent and has not been kept a secret. I invite both the shadow Schools Minister and the shadow Education Secretary, who seem to need research support, to come to the Liberal Democrat conference free in the future. They can come in the autumn for next year’s debate. Then we will not have this shambolic embarrassment for the Labour party suddenly discovering our policy eight months after we passed motions at our conference.