Covid-19 Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Update

Daniel Zeichner Excerpts
Tuesday 23rd June 2020

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I shall repeat my previous answer: we do not want to see anybody penalised for doing the right thing.

Daniel Zeichner Portrait Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge) (Lab)
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There are approximately 1 million 16 to 18-year-olds in England, and some 700,000 study in colleges. Astonishingly, this week’s education catch-up plan omitted those colleges, including many in my constituency of Cambridge. Can the Prime Minister explain the Government’s thinking behind this, and will he sort it out?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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We will of course do everything we can to ensure that not just our schools but our colleges get the attention that they need. As the hon. Gentleman knows, there is massive investment now going into the rebuilding of further education colleges and ensuring that our FE college sector gets the investment it deserves.