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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 December 2017.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 12:00, 20 December 2017

The social mobility action plan

“will play an important role in enabling less advantaged young people to get on in life.”

That is not what I have said; it is what the Sutton Trust has said, and the Sutton Trust has a fine record in helping disadvantaged young people to get on in life. If the hon. Lady wants some more quotes, the Association of Colleges has said:

“The plan sets out an ambitious agenda to tackle longstanding and deep-seated inequalities which the education system struggles to overcome.”

It is a good plan, and it will make a real difference to young people’s lives.