Llun, 14 Mawrth 2022
The Secretary of State was asked—
What steps he is taking to help ensure that families are able to access adequate early years support.
What progress he has made in rolling out institutes of technology.
What steps he is taking to engage with families with disabled children on the SEND Green Paper.
What steps he is taking to help close the digital divide for children without access to the internet or adequate devices at home.
What steps he is taking to help refurbish school buildings.
What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on (a) Ukrainian students in the UK and (b) UK students in Ukraine.
What steps the Government are taking to help prisoners retrain and reduce the risk of reoffending.
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to student loan requirements on social mobility.
What recent assessment he has made of the availability of specialist support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
What steps he is taking to help ensure that there are adequate numbers of specialist teachers to support children with SEND.
What plans he has for the proposed register for home-schooled children.
What steps he is taking to help support young people from deprived backgrounds access higher education.
What assessment he has made of the potential impact on education outcomes of an education investment area on the Isle of Wight.
What steps his Department is taking to introduce a curriculum that develops green skills.
What steps he is taking to help improve children’s social care.
What steps his Department is taking to prioritise improving the quality of higher education.
What steps his Department is taking to help ensure political impartiality in schools.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Government to make a statement on the executions in Saudi Arabia this weekend.
With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on our Government’s response to help those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. This Government and this House—indeed, everyone in the...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill for the purpose of supplementing...
Consideration of Lords amendments
I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1. The Bill passed through the other place, where it was carefully scrutinised and amended in only one respect: to seek to retain a...
Ordered, That the Order of 15 December 2021 (Professional Qualifications Bill [Lords] (Programme)) be varied as follows: (1) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Order shall be omitted. (2) Proceedings...
Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee
“(1) Before making regulations under this Act, the Secretary of State or the Lord Chancellor must consult— (a) the Welsh Ministers, to the extent that the regulations contain...
Amendment proposed: 3, page 5, line 16, at end insert— ‘(1A) Before making the arrangements, the Secretary of State must ensure there are representatives from each...
Amendment made: 1, page 12, line 7, at end insert— “(7) In Schedule 7B to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (general restrictions on legislative competence of Senedd...
Ordered, That the Order of 18 January 2022 (Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords] (Programme)) be varied as follows: (1) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Order shall be omitted. (2) Proceedings...
Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee
“(1) The Secretary of State must prepare an Animal Sentience Strategy. (2) The Strategy under paragraph (1) must set out how Her Majesty’s Government plans to have regard to animal...
‘(1) The Animal Sentience Committee shall produce a report under section 2 on the adverse effects on the welfare of animals of government policy on experimentation on animals. (2) The...
“The Animal Sentience Committee shall produce a report on the impact of government policy on river pollution on sentient animals. (1) The annual report must include— (a) the number of...
Amendment made: 2, page 2, line 2, at end insert— “(4A) Recommendations made by the Committee must respect legislative or administrative provisions and customs relating in particular...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 15), That, at this day’s sitting, the motion in the name of Mark Spencer relating to Adjournment of the House (Today) may be...
Ordered, That, at this day’s sitting, the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until (1) any Messages from the Lords relating to the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill shall...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.
That the draft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2022, which was laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.
That the draft Flood Reinsurance (Amendment) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 27 January, be approved.
That the draft Combined Authorities (Borrowing) Regulations 2022, which were laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.—(Gareth Johnson.) Question agreed to.
With the leave of the House, we will take motions 14 and 15 together. Ordered,
That Mark Fletcher be discharged from the Committee on Standards and Laura Farris be added.
That Mark Fletcher be discharged from the Committee of Privileges and Laura Farris be added.—(Gareth Johnson.)
Consideration of Lords amendments
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gareth Johnson.)
I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified her Royal Assent to the following Acts: Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and...
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