Robert Halfon
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(4 years, 6 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
Of course, nobody should be penalised for doing the right thing and helping the whole country to defeat this virus.
Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con) [V]
Close to 90% of vulnerable children are not in education. Will my right hon. Friend support a catch-up premium, alongside a national education volunteer force of graduates, charities and retired teachers, to provide tuition and pastoral care to these left-behind pupils?
The Prime Minister
I thank my right hon. Friend for what he does to campaign for vulnerable children and for education generally. We are working with the Education Endowment Foundation and other partners to see what we can do to support the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children. He will know, of course, that under the existing measures, vulnerable children can now go to school. I thank all the teachers who are currently teaching them, as they are also teaching at least some of the children of key workers.