Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Evennett and Alex Burghart

Monday 4th July 2022 Commons Chamber

[Alex Burghart]

The hon. Lady is absolutely right that FE colleges are engines of social mobility, and we are well aware of the pressures that they are under. We are engaging constantly with the Association of Colleges, principals and colleagues across Government to make sure that we can help them.

[Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con)]

Does my right hon. Friend agree that improving the quality and depth of technical qualifications is vital to our levelling-up agenda and also to helping everyone improve social mobility?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Evennett and Alex Burghart

Monday 14th March 2022 Commons Chamber

[Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con)]

T9. Does my hon. Friend agree that essay mills have the potential to cause severe damage to academic integrity? What steps are being taken to tackle them?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Alex Burghart)]

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right: essay mills denigrate the excellent work that the vast majority of students do by allowing a tiny minority to cheat. That is why, in our Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, which will soon receive Royal Assent, we are outlawing them, and we will punish everyone involved in them.