Oral Answers to Questions

Sheryll Murray Excerpts

Monday 26th April 2021 Commons Chamber

[Holly Mumby-Croft (Scunthorpe) (Con)]

What assessment his Department has made of the progress made by schools on fully reopening as covid-19 lockdown restrictions have eased.

[Mrs Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall) (Con)]

What assessment his Department has made of the progress made by schools on fully reopening as covid-19 lockdown restrictions have eased.

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[Gavin Williamson]

I congratulate the Northern Lincolnshire University Technical College. UTCs do an amazing job right around the country, not least in my hon. Friend’s constituency. They can be truly transformative to young people’s life chances. I very much look forward to working with her to make sure that that message is put out there. It is also quite right to pay tribute to the amazing work of Lord Baker who has done so much to champion the cause of UTCs, making sure that they opened up opportunities for so many young people in all of our constituencies.

[Mrs Murray [V]]

An important part of my and my children’s education was visiting places such as our fantastic museums. What work is being undertaken to ensure that those visits can resume safely as our country comes out of lockdown?

[Gavin Williamson]

We all know that children gain so much from visiting museums and other great cultural institutions right around the country. I was delighted that the latest step out of lockdown taken by this country meant that children were able to go on non-residential visits around the country. Moving into step 3 will be another opportunity—for young people to be able to visit museums. It will be so important for them to have that experience. We look forward to working with schools and encouraging them to make such visits—not least, of course, in my hon. Friend’s part of world in Cornwall.