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Catherine McKinnell: This government is clear that arts and music should be part of every child’s education. The Independent Curriculum and Assessment Review will advise on how the department delivers a broader curriculum for every child, including subjects such as art and, music and drama. The department will also support children to study a creative or vocational subject to 16 and ensure accountability...
Stephen Morgan: ...Schools Breakfast Programme. In 2023/24, £12 million was made available to fund the National Breakfast Club Programme. This government will now go further to ensure that every primary school age child can benefit from breakfast clubs. The department has taken decisive action by announcing in the King’s Speech that, under the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, every primary school in England...
Jim Dickson: ...McGarry from Dartford on his fine achievement in taking fifth place in the 107 kg powerlifting at the Paralympics, and on showing us the greatest example of someone who strives to be the best he can in his discipline. I want to praise the national lottery for its continued investment in our Olympic and Paralympic athletes. It is truly the case—the evidence is clear—that this funding...
Baroness Brinton: ...of the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley. She and I first got to know each other very well during the pandemic, because we were officers of the All-Party Group on Coronavirus, which had a busy time—we can probably leave the rest of it there. I also know about her passion for social care. She is a very welcome addition to your Lordships’ House. I congratulate my noble friend Lady Tyler of...
Sojan Joseph: ...same number of staff as it had when the last Labour Government were in office in 2010. More needs to be done regarding the recruitment and retention of staff, as underlined by the high number of vacancies. NHS data shows that in September last year, there were 28,600 vacancies, amounting to 19% of the total workforce and causing an increased reliance on agency staff. In the year to...
Kaukab Stewart: ...to the hundreds of third sector organisations that are working tirelessly to support and advocate for those in poverty, often providing lifeline support to those who need it most. Ending child poverty is this Government’s foremost priority, but we can achieve that only by tackling the deep-rooted causes of inequalities in our society and ensuring that every community can...
Carolyn Thomas: ...it caused for young people who had to sit them, and for the staff and schools who were assessed by them. Judgments were based on how pupils performed in tests rather than on a pupil's development. Children are not statistics, and numbers on a page can never truly reflect that individual's progress nor the hours of work put in by teachers and support staff. We could teach just to PISA...
Peter Swallow: ...might be turfed out of house and home with little notice and minimal justification. They are subject to steep rent increases, bidding wars and discrimination for starting a family or being on benefits, and too often they have to choose between giving up a beloved family pet and being turfed out on to the street. Too many live in substandard or even dangerous accommodation, with limited...
Stephen Timms: a) For UC, the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) and Disabled Child Entitlement breakdowns are currently temporarily unavailable on Stat-Xplore as part of the Households on Universal Credit dataset. Work is being carried out to resolve the issues and both affected measures are expected to be available in the next scheduled statistical release on 12 November 2024. Once...
Luke Taylor: ...and our communities, from Sutton to Worcester Park, Cheam to Belmont and everywhere in between. I hope I am already going some way to repaying the trust they have put in me by voting to end the two-child benefit cap, voting to save the winter fuel payment, and already helping hundreds of them with issues and concerns through my office. To the people who did not vote for me, or did not vote...
Luke Taylor: ...and our communities, from Sutton to Worcester Park, Cheam to Belmont and everywhere in between. I hope I am already going some way to repaying the trust they have put in me by voting to end the two-child benefit cap, voting to save the winter fuel payment, and already helping hundreds of them with issues and concerns through my office. To the people who did not vote for me, or did not vote...
Max Wilkinson: ...use that to foster a thriving and informed democracy. The impact of cultural festivals in achieving those aims is substantial. In the case of the Edinburgh festival, we have already heard that it benefits Edinburgh itself by more than £400 million; the wider impacts on the rest of Scotland and the UK are much, much bigger. The festival opens the door to tourism for the rest of our nation,...
Maggie Chapman: ..., in these closing words for the Scottish Greens, on the title of the debate. “Challenge poverty week” is also the title of the week that we are in. What does it mean to challenge poverty? It cannot simply be to lament its existence, to deplore its manifestations or to ascribe blame for its continuation. The concept of challenge implies an opponent: someone or something we can call to...
David Baines: No, I am pushed for time. Where was the consideration of impacts when the inspection system did not and does not work for parents, schools or pupils? Where was the consideration of impacts when child poverty increased? Where was the consideration of impacts when the lack of investment in school support staff and basic resources meant that teachers were buying resources for their pupils? Where...
David Baines: No, I am pushed for time. Where was the consideration of impacts when the inspection system did not and does not work for parents, schools or pupils? Where was the consideration of impacts when child poverty increased? Where was the consideration of impacts when the lack of investment in school support staff and basic resources meant that teachers were buying resources for their pupils? Where...
Colin Crawford: ...work of Professor Jones. Once again, I put on record my thanks and that of my party for the passion and commitment that he and his team displayed in conducting the review. The review also greatly benefited from all the young people, parents and carers engaging and sharing their lived experiences. Those experiences — the positive and the not so positive — so powerfully added to the...
Alec Shelbrooke: ...your chairmanship, Dame Caroline. The Government are about to realise the reality of governance over manifesto ideology. Fundamentally, this policy will remove the ability of people to send their children to local primary schools as places get filled by those who currently can just about afford to use private schools. As there is limited time, I have a series of questions that I would...
Ben Goldsborough: ...is Tropic—an ambitious company that started in Norfolk which is engineering a new generation of tropical plants, resilient to both disease and looming threats from climate change. Its work is benefiting not just South Norfolk or even the UK; it is having a global impact, ensuring food security and agricultural sustainability for future generations. Heck, Tropic’s work means that in...
Sioned Williams: ..., but is that aim being given full attention and appropriate investment from the Welsh Government, because, yes, I'm sure that the Government is doing many things, but it is an important and significant signal, isn't it, when there is no mention of the early years or tackling child poverty on that list of priorities that was set out by the First Minister? It sends a signal. She talked...
Naomi Long: ...for me. I thank all the Members for their mainly constructive, positive and always lively engagements in the Chamber today. As the Bill moves through its stages in the Assembly, I hope that we can continue in that spirit in order to ensure that this important legislation reaches the statute book as soon as possible and starts to deliver for those who enter the justice system across...
