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Members' contribution from Tim Roca (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. It occurred during Debate on bill on Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

At several points today, we have been transported by Conservative Members to the educational nirvana that supposedly existed under the Tory Government. That is not the memory I have, or the memory that many parents and children have. They, I think, remember the real-terms funding cuts that happened for much of the last 14 years, increasing class sizes, the millions of days lost to industrial action by unions who were fed up with the hectoring nature of previous Conservative Governments, and the 11% of children who were going hungry compared with the 8% OECD average. PISA rankings are all very well and good, but PISA scores were going down; they were just not going down as fast as those in other countries.

Secondary information

Type
Members' contribution
Reference
764 c148 
Session
2024-26
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Education Poverty Children Disclosure of information Conditions of employment Data protection Admissions Curriculum Disadvantaged Costs Building alterations Attendance Further education Eligibility Food Holidays Free school meals Home education Local government Qualifications Powers of entry Pay Monitoring Primary education Non-teaching staff Mental health services Standards Logos Wales Safety Personal, social, health and economic education Registration Schools Teachers Special educational needs VAT Violence Take-up Uniforms Ofsted Information sharing Pupil premium Home visits
Legislation
Education Act 1996
Education and Inspections Act 2006
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Link
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