Peter Bone
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(4 years, 9 months ago)
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Several hon. Members rose—
Mr Peter Bone (in the Chair)
It might be helpful for Members to know that the winding-up speeches have to start by 10.40 am. I will call first those Members who have notified me that they want to speak.
Several hon. Members rose—
Mr Peter Bone (in the Chair)
Order. Before I call the next speaker—we have two very experienced Members left—I should say that we have only about 12 minutes, so it would be helpful if they divided that time between them. I call Jim Shannon.
Nick Gibb
I would be happy to meet my hon. Friend. He has raised the issue of accountability measures: expectations for pupils in AP have not been high enough in the past, and as part of our drive to improve quality across the AP sector, we will consider how we can better assess performance and strengthen accountability for pupils in AP. We will have more to say on that in due course.
Sarah Jones
Very quickly—gosh! I was hoping to read out a couple of quotes from the hundreds of people who sent in amazing responses, but I do not have time, which is a great shame. I will pass them all to the Minister, and will publish them in some way. Children are more likely to be excluded if they are poor, have a special need, live in a deprived area or are black, and they are then more likely to go into crime. I thank the Minister for his response, but—
Mr Peter Bone (in the Chair)
Order. I am sorry to cut short such an important debate, but time has beaten us.
Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).