Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Nov 2025 Care Leavers
"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Care leavers need support; they need the state to deliver for them when family is sometimes not there in the way that it is for many young people. Does she agree with me and my Select Committee that we need …..." Helen Hayes - View Speech
"On the work on extra-familial harms, what engagement is the Minister having with colleagues in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government? That very much reflects my perspective as a constituency MP and the heartbreaking cases I have seen in my constituency, where a family needed to move due …..." Helen Hayes - View Speech
"I thank all hon. Members for contributing to this debate on a Thursday afternoon. For the benefit of anybody watching these proceedings externally, I should say that Thursday afternoons are a challenging time for hon. Members, when many of them have constituency commitments. The debate has therefore been characterised by …..." Helen Hayes - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) on securing this important debate.
Post-16 education is a vital stage of a young person’s life. Whether they are following an academic, vocational or technical pathway, it …..." Helen Hayes - View Speech
"I am not going to take any further interventions.
The international baccalaureate is an important part of the landscape, and I am pleased that the Government have confirmed that all schools can continue to offer it if they wish, but the bigger challenge for the Government is to ensure that …..." Helen Hayes - View Speech
"If the hon. Gentleman will bear with me, I will elaborate on consultation and engagement in a moment, but I encourage Liberal Democrat Members to reflect on the role that their own Government played in the shockingly deep cuts to 16-to-19 education across the board from 2010, and the implications …..." Helen Hayes - View Speech
"I think the Government are right to focus on how to improve education for every young person. If the hon. Member will bear with me, I will come on to some wider points about the importance of the IB, and the features of the IB that should be applicable more …..." Helen Hayes - View Speech
"6. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy...." Helen Hayes - View Speech
"My Committee’s recent report on further education and skills highlights the poor amount of information on vocational and technical training opportunities, including apprenticeships, available to young people while they are in school. We recommend that UCAS be expanded to provide a single portal for information on academic, vocational and technical …..." Helen Hayes - View Speech