School Funding Reform Debate

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Department: Department for Education

School Funding Reform

Nigel Mills Excerpts
Tuesday 19th July 2011

(13 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nigel Mills Portrait Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con)
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Parents, pupils and teachers alike at the four schools in Swanwick and Alfreton in my constituency that lost their BSF funding will head into the summer in a much more optimistic mood following the announcement that there might be some funding coming their way. Will my right hon. Friend advise them on whether they should think about dusting off the radical BSF plans that were scrapped—or should they perhaps be looking for a simpler and more cost-effective approach to replace buildings that are in desperate need of rebuilding?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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Emphatically the latter.