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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Sep 2015
Education and Adoption Bill

"Kent is obviously a very big county, and there is a lot of diversity in performance there. I believe very firmly that if we are trying to improve a system, we should look at the bits that are working less well and try to raise standards there, rather than removing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Sep 2015
Education and Adoption Bill

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes an important point. Of course, I was deeply disappointed, if not entirely surprised, that the hon. Member for Cardiff West, having lauded the benefits of localism and urged more reliance on what communities and parents across the country want, then sought …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Sep 2015
Education and Adoption Bill

"I do accept that, but I think it is a false choice to offer people, given the advances we have since made in the genuine diversity of school provision. We have so many different types of schools, with so many different specialisms, that it really is not a binary choice. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Sep 2015
Education and Adoption Bill

"I wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Gentleman on that last point, as I am sure would most Members who take an interest in education, but may I bring him to the precise point of the amendment? As an agnostic on structures, does he accept that if the population distribution changes …..."
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Written Question
Higher Education: Admissions
Monday 26th January 2015

Asked by: Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list all local authority areas in the (a) North West, (b) North East, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber, (d) West Midlands and (e) East Midlands from which 25 per cent or more of pupils from maintained schools secured admission to Russell Group universities, showing in each case whether the authority is (i) selective, (ii) partially selective and (iii) comprehensive for the latest period for which figures are available.

Answered by David Laws

The information requested is published online at:

www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations

Written Question
Higher Education: Admissions
Monday 26th January 2015

Asked by: Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the top 20 local authority areas by proportion of pupils from maintained schools gaining admission to Russell Group universities, showing whether each authority is (a) selective (b) partially selective and (c) comprehensive for the most recent period for which figures are available.

Answered by David Laws

The information requested is published online at:

www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 13 Jan 2015
Grammar School Funding

"Is there not a further irony? At a time when we want a broader curriculum taught post-16, it is often grammar school sixth forms that teach the most challenging A-levels, such as single sciences, which are among the things that lead to more scientists and engineers. Is there not a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Paediatric First Aid

"I do not know whether the hon. Member for Cheadle (Mark Hunter) wants to make a winding-up speech, but if he does I remind him that a Division in the House is expected at 13 minutes past 6...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 06 Sep 2012
Energy Supply

"Order. I remind the Minister that we have only one minute left for the debate...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 May 2011
Education Bill

"I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time...."
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