Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education Settings

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:42 pm on 30 June 2021.

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Photo of Barry Sheerman Barry Sheerman Labour/Co-operative, Huddersfield 12:42, 30 June 2021

Will the Secretary of State stop this dither and delay? On education matters, everyone in this House should be united, but there is a generation of young children who have missed education and will continue to miss education. Families, and parents particularly, want certainty. They want to know what the rules are and what they can expect, so that they can plan their everyday lives. Most of all, all of us who care about education know that the upcoming summer holiday could be an opportunity for a vast number of national volunteers to work with children, to give them the vital support they are missing because they have missed so much school education. Come on, Secretary of State, take the lead and do something positive, imaginative and bold.