Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Eddie Hughes and Nick Gibb

Monday 17th April 2023 Commons Chamber

[Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) (Con)]

I am a member of the all-party parliamentary group on music. Has the Minister considered replicating the success of the London BRIT School in Bradford?

[Nick Gibb]

As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said, this morning she, the Prime Minister and I visited the London Screen Academy in north London and saw some of its excellent facilities for 16 to 19-year-olds studying the technical side of film making. I understand why my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes) is so passionate about this bid. All applications for new free schools are currently being assessed, with successful bids being announced before the summer.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Eddie Hughes and Nick Gibb

Monday 17th December 2018 Commons Chamber

[Nick Gibb]

We are spending record amounts on school funding—£43.5 billion by next year—we recruited 2,600 more people into teaching last year, which is an 8% rise on the prior year, and record numbers of pupils are taking A-level maths.

[Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) (Con)]

Two grammar schools in Walsall have benefited from the selective schools expansion fund, but does the Minister endorse the work that they are doing to improve access for disadvantaged children?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Eddie Hughes and Nick Gibb

Monday 25th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Nick Gibb]

I would be very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to discuss that issue.

[Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) (Con)]

Will the Minister join me in encouraging young people in Walsall to attend the open evening at Walsall College, rated as outstanding by Ofsted, on Wednesday afternoon from 4 till 7, in advance of it delivering T-levels from September?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Eddie Hughes and Nick Gibb

Monday 14th May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Nick Gibb]

The Government’s position is clear: the public sector pay cap is no longer in place and we have adopted a more flexible approach to public sector pay. We have asked the School Teachers’ Review Body to use this flexibility to target the next pay award to promote recruitment and retention.

[Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) (Con)]

What more can be done to help companies such as Turnock Ltd in my constituency and its owner, Gordon Stone, who has apprentices busy making Christmas lighting for cities and towns across the country?