Education Settings: Wider Opening Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Education Settings: Wider Opening

Gareth Johnson Excerpts
Tuesday 9th June 2020

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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As at every stage, the interests of children and care for children in education is at the heart of it, but our focus as a Department has been how we can support schools in supporting their children. That is what we have seen over the last few weeks and that is what we will continue to do. The holiday activities resources that we are looking at rolling out will be an important step in helping local authorities to do that.

Gareth Johnson Portrait Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con)
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Will the Secretary of State update the House on the progress that has been made to open universities? Online lectures can be very useful but they are no substitute for face-to-face lectures and lectures that require some practical work.