Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Julian Brazier Excerpts
Monday 9th September 2013

(11 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Julian Brazier Portrait Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con)
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I strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s robust answer. Does he agree that the people who are qualified to teach maths might in fact be those with good maths degrees, rather than teaching qualifications, and will he commend the university of Oxford for including teaching in schools as a possible module in its maths course?

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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The hon. Gentleman’s natural modesty prevents him from pointing out to the House that he is himself a distinguished mathematician, but that is now a matter of record.