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Commons Chamber
Pensions and Social Security - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) There are already nearly 1 million young people in the UK who are not in education, employment or training - Speech Link
2: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) Yes, absolutely, nearly 1 million young people are not in education, employment or training and that - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe (Lab - Life peer) , a free school, and worked in local live venues. - Speech Link
2: None This leads me to a secondary but important issue. - Speech Link
3: None Thirdly, on universal free school meals, the GLA has invested in children’s health through this intervention - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Educational Outcomes: Disadvantaged Boys and Young Men - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) school meals and come nowhere close to achieving educational standards. - Speech Link
2: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Hitchin) school meals, were achieving half the level of those who were not eligible for free school meals. - Speech Link
3: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) school, but the warning signs start early. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) school meals to all children whose families are on universal credit, the delivery of universal free - Speech Link
2: Darren Paffey (Lab - Southampton Itchen) A third of pupils in my state-funded schools are eligible for free school meals, and more are set to - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) for free school meals, I was told that the Government do not have the figure. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) In the classroom, children eligible for free school meals are on the wrong end of an education gap that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) school meals than would be expected given their local status. - Speech Link
2: Lord Nash (Con - Life peer) We have just taken on another secondary school, thanks to terrific co-operation from the Department for - Speech Link
3: None There are three elements in delivering a new free school. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) in school time in particular for cultural and social education, but where are they going to find the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kidron (XB - Life peer) We cannot have an expectation of a phone-free school day, an inspection regime that means that, even - Speech Link
2: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) Children eligible for free school meals or with special education needs are far more likely to be excluded - Speech Link
3: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) Around 45% of these pupils were eligible for free school meals and 28% had special educational needs. - Speech Link
4: Lord Young of Acton (Con - Life peer) At the Free Speech Union, we have come across numerous examples of school safeguarding policies being - Speech Link
5: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) I can confirm that the Department for Education already requires all centrally funded school building - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) We still have 55% free school meals in our school. Schoolteachers are very used to targets. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) school meals and removing the two-child limit. - Speech Link
3: None for free school meals, or are intended beneficiaries of financial assistance given to local authorities - Speech Link
4: None school lunches: eligibilityIn section 512ZB of the Education Act 1996 (free school lunches and milk) - Speech Link
5: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) are also receiving education outside of a school setting. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) The Government will be consulting on the secondary legislation to ensure that we deliver on protecting - Speech Link
2: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) Three in four train stations are not step-free. - Speech Link
3: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) school meals and backing families. - Speech Link
4: Patrick Hurley (Lab - Southport) Earlier this week, I visited the Bishop David Sheppard school in my constituency and saw at first hand - Speech Link
5: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) Alongside the expansion of our new free breakfast clubs, we are massively expanding free school meals - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Retail and Hospitality Sector - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Dacres of Lewisham (Lab - Life peer) They raised me and my siblings with a deep respect for education, a strong sense of responsibility and - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Acton (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union. - Speech Link
3: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) legislation—which means jeopardy that that secondary legislation will be voted down. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) I certainly did when I worked for Sainsbury’s while I was still at school. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Day of Education - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bambos Charalambous (Lab - Southgate and Wood Green) In Somalia, where girls’ enrolment in secondary school is a mere 9.7% and large numbers of girls drop - Speech Link
2: Sam Rushworth (Lab - Bishop Auckland) The higher education partnerships are so crucial, but so are the school-to-school partnerships and the - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The Elim church has built a hospital, a health centre, a primary school and a secondary school, and it - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) That is why we have put 750 primary breakfast clubs in place and extended free school meals to half a - Speech Link