Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2014
Infant Class Sizes
"It is not a dodgy stat, actually. As 78% of statistics are made up on the spot, some of them will be vaguely rogue, but that one is true.
The Government are spending £18 billion on school buildings during this Parliament, which is more than double the amount that Labour …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 16th June 2014
Asked by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support children with special educational needs.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Children and Families Act - to be implemented from September – introduces the most fundamental reform to the system for SEN and disability for 30 years, placing children and families at the heart of a more integrated system focused on improving outcomes for children and young people.
Families will be more involved in decision making and there will be greater clarity about local services provided in each area.
We're providing substantial funding to local areas to deliver the reforms. Last week we announced a further £45.2m - on top of the £70m already provided this year - for implementing the reforms.
We are also providing £30m over two years to provide independent supporters to families.
Written Question
Question Link
Monday 31st March 2014
Asked by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people with learning disabilities reported being bullied at school in each year for which figures are available.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department for Education does not collect information on the number of people with learning difficulties reported being bullied at school.
The Government is clear that bullying, for whatever reason, is totally unacceptable. All schools are required, by law, to have a behaviour policy with measures to address all forms of bullying including that which occurs online. Schools have the freedom to shape these measures in the context of their particular local circumstances and pupils' needs. Schools are held closely to account by Ofsted for how well they deal with pupil behaviour and safety, which includes bullying.
We are also providing £4 million of funding over two years from spring 2013 to four organisations - Beatbullying, the Diana Award, Kidscape and The Anti-bullying Alliance (ABA) with the National Children's Bureau (NCB) - to develop effective initiatives that prevent and tackle all forms of bullying.
As part of their funding, the ABA has recently published a guide to cyberbullying for SEND young people, which contains advice for schools on developing effective anti-bullying practice and we link to this report in our Departmental advice on bullying.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Nov 2013
Small Businesses
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Nov 2013
Small Businesses
"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Anne Marie Morris) and other hon. Members on securing the debate.
Before I came into politics, I used to wholesale fruit and veg. It was a family firm, which my father started and grew to a decent size. Then I …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Nov 2013
Small Businesses
"Yes is the simple answer to my hon. Friend. I have noted the time, Madam Deputy Speaker, and promise to finish on time.
We need to be positive about entrepreneurship in this country. We have a very good reputation across the globe. Amway, one of the biggest direct sellers in …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Start-up Loans
"Start-up loans are helping many people to set up their own small businesses. We are coming up to small business Saturday, which is on 7 December. Mr Speaker, you are welcome to come to my networking event for small businesses at the iCon centre in Daventry on that morning and …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Oct 2011
New Schools
"My right hon. Friend will not be surprised to hear that I am delighted that the UTC for new technologies has been approved for Daventry. It is vital for raising aspirations among young people in my constituency and the surrounding area. Part of the vision for the Daventry UTC is …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Mar 2011
Post-16 Education Funding
"Daventry has both a need and a desire for a university technical college and has had a bid before the Secretary of State for a number of weeks now that is well supported by the university of Northampton and schools and businesses in the town. Can he give us the …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Mar 2011
Points of Order
"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Can you help a number of Labour MPs who signed early-day motion 1146 last year, congratulating UK Uncut? I believe they might want to withdraw their names now and need a bit of advice on how to do that...."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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