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Schools: Pupil Premium

Debate between Lord Touhig and Baroness Whitaker
Wednesday 24th October 2012

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Touhig Portrait Lord Touhig
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My Lords—

Baroness Whitaker Portrait Baroness Whitaker
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My Lords, is the Minister aware that almost all Roma children, no matter how poor they are, do not qualify for the pupil premium because their parents may not have been here long enough. What can the Government do to remedy this manifest inequality?