Coronavirus: Education Setting Attendance and Support for Pupils

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:05 am on 23 September 2021.

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Photo of Alex Burghart Alex Burghart The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education 11:05, 23 September 2021

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. Since I was a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office, I have long believed there is a great deal we can learn from Northern Ireland in this place, and we often learn it from the hon. Gentleman. It is absolutely essential that we support early years, but also children at every stage in their education, to overcome the worst of this pandemic, and I have no doubt that that is what this Department will be doing in the months ahead.