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Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings - March 28

Lord Rooker (Lab):...The Minister is missing the point, although I am sure she is not doing so deliberately...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 06:52

Public Bill committee consideration of the Prisons and Courts Bill - March 28

Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC): I take this opportunity to declare an interest as the chair of the cross-party justice unions and family courts parliamentary group...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 06:45

Commons debate on Yemen - March 28

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab): I beg to move, that this House notes the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 06:43

Westminster Hall debate on National Spitfire Project - March 28

Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen) (Con): I beg to move, that this House has considered funding for the National Spitfire Project...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 06:40

PAC: School standards at risk from significant financial pressures

DfE must prepare to intervene quickly if efficiency measures threaten damage, says Committee...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:01

NAO report on Planning for 100% local retention of business rates

The Department for Communities and Local Government has made progress in designing the scheme for 100% retention of business rates by local authorities...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:01

ASCL response to PAC report: DfE has buried its head in the sand over funding

The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) has today (Wednesday 29 March) published a report on the financial sustainability of schools...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:01

Brexit and triggering Article 50 – Universities UK comment

Dame Julia Goodfellow, President of Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent, said...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:01

The Government’s handling of the schools budget is nothing short of a scandal - Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the Public Accounts Committee’s report on the Financial Sustainability of Schools, said...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:01

ATL comment on Public Accounts Committee report on financial sustainability of schools

Commenting on the report on the financial sustainability of schools by the Public Accounts Committee, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:01