Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Nick Gibb and Drew Hendry

Monday 17th December 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for School Standards (Nick Gibb)]

Yes, I can confirm that the allocations to local authorities from the £125 million that the Secretary of State announced yesterday will be published imminently.

[Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (SNP)]

T4. A report from the Science and Technology Committee in the other place points out that the UK’s influential position will be diminished if we are cut off from EU funding, shared research facilities and the to and fro of talented researchers as a result of Brexit. Does the Secretary of State think that that is an acceptable outcome, stemming from his party’s internal civil war over Europe?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Nick Gibb and Drew Hendry

Monday 12th November 2018 Commons Chamber

[Nick Gibb]

Of course, it is the responsibility of schools to provide the relevant training for their teachers in all curriculum subjects. We are looking at the response to the consultation—which, as I said, closed last week—to determine what support and resources schools will need to be able to deliver this far-reaching reform of the curriculum in our schools.

[Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (SNP)]

5. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of tuition fees on levels of social mobility.