Social Mobility — [Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 2:30 pm on 11 July 2017.

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Photo of Gloria De Piero Gloria De Piero Shadow Minister (Justice) 2:30, 11 July 2017

Getting kids from ordinary backgrounds to university is a key way of enabling them to move up and get on. Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating the previous Labour Government on increasing student numbers, while acknowledging that there is still work to be done, particularly in post-industrial towns such as Ashfield, where we send only 21% of 18-year-olds to university, compared with an English national average of 32%?