Debates between Nick Gibb and Andrew Murrison during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Thu 19th May 2016
Term-time Holidays
Commons Chamber (Urgent Question)

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Debate between Nick Gibb and Andrew Murrison
Thursday 19th May 2016

(9 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con)
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People in land-based employment feel frustrated by term times and holidays based in an agrarian past. Does my hon. Friend agree that communities in rural locations often have small village schools that stand to suffer disproportionately in the event of disruption in the classroom due to absences such as he has described?

Nick Gibb Portrait Mr Gibb
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My hon. Friend makes a very valid point. This is about not just pupils’ education but the challenge presented to teachers as they seek to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have been absent. In a small school with small class sizes, that is doubly difficult for teachers.

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