School Openings: January 2022 Debate

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Department: Department for Education

School Openings: January 2022

Ben Everitt Excerpts
Wednesday 15th December 2021

(2 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alex Burghart Portrait Alex Burghart
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I am very happy to echo my hon. Friend’s remarks about Great Grimsby. I look forward to telling education leaders myself when I visit in the new year. Absolutely, the message goes out: we know what is best for children and we are trying our very best to make sure that it happens.

Ben Everitt Portrait Ben Everitt (Milton Keynes North) (Con)
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Testing for school pupils has become something of a regular occurrence for households across the country, including my own. Can my hon. Friend confirm that covid-19 tests will continue to be distributed to schools and pupils so that we can monitor the incidence of outbreaks of the virus?

Alex Burghart Portrait Alex Burghart
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Absolutely. I am very happy to confirm that schools have and will have the testing capacity that they need.