Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

James Cartlidge Excerpts
Monday 6th September 2021

(2 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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I think we all recognise the amazing work that academics and teachers did in Afghanistan, doing so much to support education there. We would certainly look very closely at all options to support people who are most vulnerable as a result of the Taliban regime.

James Cartlidge Portrait James Cartlidge (South Suffolk) (Con)
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T7. We now know from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation that the chance of 12 to 15-year-olds ending up in intensive care with covid is two in a million. Given that statistic, is it still proportionate that millions of children are losing school days this week to be tested for covid?

Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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My hon. Friend will be delighted to know that we will be reviewing the need for children to be doing home testing at the end of September. If there is not a requirement to do that, we will be looking at removing it. It is important that we continue to keep these matters under review. That is why we will be doing so at the end of this month.