Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - July 6
Baroness McGregor-Smith (Con):...I came to the UK when I was two from Allahabad in northern India...
Friday, 7 July 2017 08:10
Extract from Lords debate on Businesses and SMEs - July 6
Lord Tunnicliffe (Lab): ...The Gig economy is a worry...
Friday, 7 July 2017 08:10
Extract from Lords debate on Businesses and SMEs - July 6
Lord Suri (Con):...I encourage all businesses to get involved in sponsoring academy schools, as Cadbury and JCB do stellar work in helping to skill up youngsters...
Friday, 7 July 2017 07:56
Lords debate on Financial Inclusion: New Technology - July 6
Lord Holmes of Richmond asked the Government what steps they are taking to promote financial inclusion through the use of innovative financial solutions and new technology, including open access to payment infrastructure, smart phone applications and distributed ledger technology...
Friday, 7 July 2017 07:47
Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for International Development - July 12
John Mann (Bassetlaw): What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK aid programmes in Africa...
Friday, 7 July 2017 07:12
Education Endowment Foundation publishes report on different teaching and learning strategies
Spending more class time on meaningful dialogue that encourages pupils to reason, discuss, speculate, argue and explain, rather than simply give the expected answers...
Friday, 7 July 2017 00:01
RAC: Motorists sceptical driverless cars will be become common enough in 20 years’ time to see one million on the UK’s roads
Four in 10 drivers think the Government should focus on improving roads ahead of autonomous vehicle technology...
Friday, 7 July 2017 00:01
EEF: Teaching pupils to reason, argue and explain in class found to boost maths, science and English results
Spending more class time on meaningful dialogue that encourages pupils to reason, discuss, speculate, argue and explain, rather than simply give the expected answers can boost primary pupils’ maths, science and English results...
Friday, 7 July 2017 00:01
ATL comment on Education Endowment Foundation report on different teaching and learning strategies
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said...
Friday, 7 July 2017 00:01
BCC at Chevening meeting: Put UK business and economy first in Brexit talks
On the day (Friday) that the British Chambers of Commerce attends a high-level Brexit meeting at Chevening House with the Department for Exiting the EU and other representatives from the business world...
Friday, 7 July 2017 00:01