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Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

I expect that to happen very rapidly.

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Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

The Government and I are absolutely committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom. It was a Labour Government who first enshrined freedom of expression into law through the Human Rights...

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Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

I would of course be happy to meet, or to arrange for a Minister to meet, the hon. Gentleman and colleagues. He will appreciate that changes of the manner he describes will often take time, to...

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Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

Teachers are under clear duties around political impartiality, and that is extremely important and serious. In parallel, I have also been concerned as to some of what we have seen recently around...

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Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

Let me update the House: I am crystal clear that schools must be a place of safety and that no MP should ever be stopped from doing their job, but sadly, this is not the first concern about...

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Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

We are continuing to review initial teacher training, but we want to make sure that, through our curriculum review and its outcomes, children receive stronger education around financial literacy,...

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Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

As we have heard today, we know that the system to support children with SEND and their families is not working. Our schools White Paper will deliver change that lasts, informed by our national...

SEND: High-quality School Places

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

We are giving councils a greater role in this process because we recognise that many will be able to create places much more quickly through a different way of allocating funding. We want...

SEND: High-quality School Places

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

That is simply not right. We are investing billions into creating much-needed places for children with SEND. We did take the decision not to proceed with a number of mainstream free school...

SEND: High-quality School Places

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

I am sure my hon. Friend the Minister for School Standards will be happy to meet the hon. Lady to discuss those particular cases. We are investing more in support for local authorities, including...

SEND: High-quality School Places

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

We are giving councils significant extra capital investment to create places and provision much more quickly than many of them would otherwise have been able to. We are offering most local...

SEND: High-quality School Places

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

We are backing councils with extra capital investment, including in Staffordshire, but we need councils to work with us to create the provision that children desperately need. We are also...

SEND: High-quality School Places

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend rightly identifies that there are pockets of brilliant provision right across our country, and our schools White Paper will ensure that we spread that best practice and make it a...

SEND: High-quality School Places

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

The Department has announced at least £3 billion in high needs capital between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to support local authorities to deliver sufficient high-quality school places for children...

School Support Staff Negotiating Body

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for all his work to make the SSSNB a reality, both before he was elected to Parliament and in his time here—he is a real champion of working people. We will publish...

School Support Staff Negotiating Body

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

In 2010 the Tories scrapped the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. In Labour’s first 100 days in government, we legislated to bring it back. With the Employment Rights Act 2025 now...

Teacher Retention

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is right to push us on this issue. I know he has been working very closely with my ministerial colleague who is responsible for this area, and I can assure him that we will move as...

Teacher Retention

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

We will look carefully at any sensible proposals to ensure that we can keep our children safe online. I recognise the broader issues that the hon. Lady has raised, about behaviour being a factor...

Teacher Retention

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

Labour is boosting teacher recruitment and retention in order to put 6,500 new expert teachers in front of our classrooms. We have boosted teachers’ pay by nearly 10% and have taken action...

SEND Support: Access

Bridget Phillipson made a speech in the House of Commons

I have had many conversations of a similar nature with school leaders and others. The hon. Lady is right about the need for not only early identification but early access; they are not always the...