Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lee Anderson and Michelle Donelan

Monday 14th March 2022 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for Higher and Further Education (Michelle Donelan)]

We recently updated our international education strategy, and we are proud to be home to so many international students who enrich our culture in our universities and local towns. We have beaten our target many years ahead, which is testament to how dedicated we are to continue to grow our international pool of students.

[Lee Anderson (Ashfield) (Con)]

T5. Government Front Benchers need not bother visiting Ashfield—I have got two new school rebuilds coming, so they can go somewhere else—but they will be aware of the problems that I have had with Kirkby College, which is a failing school. It is going to be rebuilt, which is fantastic news, but will the Minister please use all his levers to ensure that that happens as quickly as possible?