School Governing Bodies
Debate between Alex Cunningham and Rushanara Ali(11 years ago)
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Alex Cunningham
On a point of clarity, I think that I said when I opened my contribution that I wanted to offer some of my own thoughts and I do believe in some form of compulsory training, but should not leaders in our schools accept that they, too, can learn? They should submit to training without being compelled to do so.
Rushanara Ali
The exemplars clearly do that. All of us will have seen schools taking on this role actively and ensuring that proper training is provided. I certainly benefited from training as a governor of a further education college. The charitable organisations that provide training to governors, not just of schools and colleges but of charities, charitable organisations and social enterprises, are vital. The question is about those schools that currently are not able or willing to provide training. How do we ensure that they step up and apply the appropriate mix of encouragement and pressure, to extend the training that is needed to get their governors to perform the kind of role that they need to perform?
Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Alex Cunningham and Rushanara Ali(12 years, 6 months ago)
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Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab)
2. What the cost to the public purse was of NHS staff redundancies in 2011-12.
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) (Lab)
3. What the cost to the public purse was of NHS staff redundancies in 2011-12.
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr Simon Burns)
Audited 2011-12 figures on NHS exit packages, including redundancies, are not yet available. The data will be available in the summer, once the Department’s annual report and accounts are laid before Parliament.