Debates between Ruth Edwards and Bridget Phillipson during the 2019 Parliament

Fair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards Committee

Debate between Ruth Edwards and Bridget Phillipson
Wednesday 11th January 2023

(1 year, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I will come in more detail to the record of private schools on the means-tested support that they make available, and on falling partnerships, but I have to tell the hon. Gentleman that it is not a great record. I gently suggest to him that the people of Rother Valley and across our country—the vast majority of whom send their children to state schools—would prefer his focus to be on driving up standards in state schools, not on defending the tax breaks enjoyed by private schools.