Debates between David Evennett and Ian Paisley during the 2019 Parliament

Educational Attainment of Boys

Debate between David Evennett and Ian Paisley
Tuesday 5th March 2024

(1 month, 3 weeks ago)

Westminster Hall
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Catherine McKinnell Portrait Catherine McKinnell
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I will respond to the previous intervention first. We will pay for that by ending the loopholes that non-doms enjoy in this country. We will fund mental health support, as well as breakfast clubs, which are intended to tackle the issues that hon. Members have highlighted in this debate, which are getting worse, not better. I hope that hon. Members would be minded to note that, because they are making the case to their own Government to find solutions to these problems—problems that a Labour Government would respond to.

Ian Paisley Portrait Ian Paisley (in the Chair)
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Order. Before the hon. Member gives way, I remind colleagues that this is a debate on educational attainment of boys, not a general debate on the Budget, which will come later in the week.

David Evennett Portrait Sir David Evennett
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I have been listening with great interest. Obviously, the hon. Lady is putting forward Labour party policy generally. I am very concerned about what Labour would do if it ever got into government to help these working-class boys to achieve. The issues she is raising are very generalised.