Social Mobility Commission Debate
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Diana Johnson
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(6 years, 5 months ago)
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Mr Goodwill
I had thought that the hon. Gentleman was better than that. I think we have some great people on the board in Norwich, and I look forward to working with them to provide better opportunities for people in Norwich.
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
The Minister is a plain-speaking Yorkshireman. Could he use those attributes to explain why he thinks the whole board resigned?
Mr Goodwill
As I have made clear, we need to refresh the board. The board have been very effective, but earlier in the year we had a recruitment round, at which we did not feel we had the right calibre of new people coming in. I think this is a great opportunity to get some new blood on to the commission and make sure that it carries on the work started by Alan and his board, so that we continue to identify the challenges of social mobility and the best ways of addressing them.