Bob Russell
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(13 years, 4 months ago)
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Michael Gove
The hon. Lady is assiduous, but she has not yet talked to the head teacher of the best school in County Durham, Durham Johnston comprehensive school, who backs the E-bac, as do all the great head teachers to whom I have spoken recently.
Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD)
Further to Question 13, successive Governments have failed on one area of music. Will the current Secretary of State for Education do something to promote English folk dance and song?
Michael Gove
Oscar Wilde once said that one should try everything in life once apart from folk dancing and incest. I think that he was only 50% right.