Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Helen Whately and Nick Gibb

Monday 10th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Gibb]

It is not to satisfy the Minister; it is to ensure that young people have the widest possible opportunities available to them. We kept the EBacc combination of core academic GCSEs small enough, at either seven or eight, to allow sufficient time in the curriculum for pupils to study those subjects that interest them. That is why I have resisted calls for more subjects to be added to the EBacc.

[Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent) (Con)]

9. What progress the Government have made on raising the quality of technical education.