Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

David Ruffley Excerpts
Monday 16th June 2014

(10 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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I will consider carefully, as ever, the hon. Lady’s question, but it is instructive that with many educational challenges in her constituency, she chooses once again to disappear down the rabbit hole of Whitehall process, rather than seeking to stand up for her constituents.

David Ruffley Portrait Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds) (Con)
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T9. The Secretary of State will recall from our meetings in the Department that there is concern about the funding of the transition from three-tier to two-tier education, particularly in my constituency. Will he confirm that under this Government, funding for extra primary school places is nearly double what it was under the previous Labour Government?