Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House
Thursday 16th May 2024

(1 month, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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I am sorry to hear about the hon. Gentleman’s experience. I will certainly ensure that he gets a better service than that.

Tonia Antoniazzi Portrait Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower) (Lab)
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Before coming to this place, I was a modern foreign languages teacher— I taught in Wigan and south Wales. I absolutely loved it and took so many pupils overseas to give them that fantastic experience. May we have a debate in Government time on what the Government can do to enable young people to travel post Brexit and have those opportunities, which are sadly missing now?

Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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I admire the hon. Lady’s passion and thank her for her previous service. It is an excellent topic for a debate, because it would allow us to get on record the benefits of the Turing scheme, which is now running—the same benefits that have been there before but on a global basis, not just focused on the EU.