Debates between Catherine McKinnell and Julia Buckley during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Catherine McKinnell and Julia Buckley
Monday 9th September 2024

(2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Catherine McKinnell Portrait Catherine McKinnell
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The Secretary of State has set out extensive responses to extensive questions on the inherited challenges in the SEND system. We recognise the issues that the hon. Gentleman raised, and will be happy to meet him and his colleagues around his local authority area to discuss this further.

Julia Buckley Portrait Julia Buckley (Shrewsbury) (Lab)
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T6. Will the Secretary of State join me in congratulating the Shrewsbury Colleges Group in my constituency on yet another excellent round of results this summer, with A-level pass rates at over 98% and 210 vocational students achieving a triple distinction? It is a superb institution in our rural area, working to drive up engagement and standards for vocational qualifications, which are the bedrock of our industrial strategy and central to the Government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity. Will she join me in celebrating its success, and assure it that it has parity of esteem with its academic school counterparts, and will she perhaps book a visit?