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European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Monday 11th September 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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Financial education is important. It is in the national curriculum and in the maths curriculum, which is an essential way of children becoming financially literate. I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend and I am particularly keen to discuss textbooks.

Mike Amesbury Portrait Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)
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T10. At a time when 16-to-19 education is in dire need of additional investment, does the Minister agree that schools and colleges should at least receive all the Government funding set aside to educate sixth-form students?

Justine Greening Portrait Justine Greening
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Record funding is going into schools and, overall, we are scaling up our technical-education funding. That is accompanied by more steps to raise standards in further education colleges.

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