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 Zarah Sultana Zarah Sultana Labour, Coventry South 12:42, 30 June 2021

The Secretary of State has again been found sleeping at the wheel. One in 20 pupils were self-isolating last week, and today my office was told of another Coventry school being forced to close. Teachers are doing the best they can, but with mitigation rules relaxed and without additional resources, the delta variant will continue to rip through schools. Why were masks required in class in April but not now, given that case rates were lower then than they are now? Will he abandon his “feeble” catch-up plan—not my words, but those of his former adviser? Will he now put in the resources needed to mitigate covid and for educational catch-up—that is £15 billion—as his adviser recommended?