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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Educational Outcomes: Disadvantaged Boys and Young Men

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered educational outcomes for disadvantaged boys and young men. 

It is a pleasure as always to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I am pleased to have secured a debate on this important topic today.

Last week, I had the pleasure of …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Educational Outcomes: Disadvantaged Boys and Young Men

"The hon. Member is absolutely spot on. She highlighted a number of important themes that I hope to touch on later in my remarks...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Educational Outcomes: Disadvantaged Boys and Young Men

"The hon. Member is spot on in highlighting the fact that, particularly when we are talking about boys’ lack of achievement, ensuring that we identify the full suite of needs they have early and put in place appropriate interventions is vital. It is an often overlooked fact that 70% of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Educational Outcomes: Disadvantaged Boys and Young Men

"I completely agree. I know that my hon. Friend is a big champion of some of these issues, for the benefit of Redditch and well beyond. Some of the important steps that he has highlighted are fundamental to tackling some of the challenges that we are looking to address here …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Educational Outcomes: Disadvantaged Boys and Young Men

"The hon. Member is spot on in drawing attention to the fact that a lot of these problems have early roots, and that our interventions must be as focused as the challenges that we are seeking to address.

Boys’ Impact found that when looking at early years settings, only 30% …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Educational Outcomes: Disadvantaged Boys and Young Men

"The hon. Member is right to draw attention to the particular challenge faced by disadvantaged young men. While there has rightly been a lot of focus on challenges holding back all boys and men across education—the Education Committee was due to hold an inquiry into that during the previous Parliament—the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Educational Outcomes: Disadvantaged Boys and Young Men

"The hon. Member puts the point incredibly well, and I hope to be able to touch later on some of the powerful schemes available to already deliver some of these role models. They do not always have to be parents; that is not always going to be available for every …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Educational Outcomes: Disadvantaged Boys and Young Men

"Absolutely. My hon. Friend makes a really important point. It was a real pleasure to meet Chris, his constituent, at an event as part of the Lost Boys Taskforce work earlier in the year. They are doing really inspiring things. I hope that together we can better showcase those and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"T7. When visiting UK service personnel overseas at a NATO airbase, I was appalled to learn that many had been penalised by their home insurers by virtue of being posted abroad, despite the fact that these companies have signed up to the armed forces covenant. That goes against the very …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Digital Exploitation of Women and Girls

"The recent horrific stories about Grok and other AI-enabled abuse have highlighted a trend with which far too many women are very familiar. The online world, for all its benefits, has also brought new opportunities for them to experience exactly the same degrading abuse that they are all too familiar …..."
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