Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Debate between Graham Stuart and Christian Wakeford

Wednesday 15th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Graham Stuart]

I had better bring my remarks to a close; I have probably taken up too much time already.

[Christian Wakeford (Bury South) (Lab)]

True.

[Graham Stuart]

Thanks very much—the Government Whip agrees with me; that is always nice.

Let us act, listen to the parents and the people out there, and get on it. I know that the Ministers on the Front Bench do not get up in the morning to make the world a worse place, let alone to make children suffer. They are here to try to make children’s lives better, and there is a real opportunity here to do that. I hope that Government Members will consider breaking from the fearsome Whips—we have heard the Government Whip shouting from a sedentary position. Tell him that he is best ignored, and vote with us to make things better for children.