Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - Jan 18
Tuesday, 19 January 2021 08:01
Extract from oral answer (Lords) on Airports National Policy
Statement Baroness Randerson (LD) [V]: Within the transport
industries there is a growing consensus that travel patterns will
change post-pandemic, with greater emphasis on leisure travel. Some
60% of Heathrow’s customers were business passengers, but we all
use Zoom now. Heathrow expansion was already a white elephant
before the pandemic. Does the Minister accept that it must now be
reassessed, applying modern environmental...Request free trial
Extract from oral answer
(Lords) on Airports National Policy Statement
(LD) [V]: Within the transport industries there is a
growing consensus that travel patterns will change post-pandemic,
with greater emphasis on leisure travel. Some 60% of Heathrow’s
customers were business passengers, but we all use Zoom now. Heathrow expansion was already a white
elephant before the pandemic. Does the Minister accept that it must
now be reassessed, applying modern environmental standards?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for
Transport ()
(Con): Any expansion by Heathrow would already be assessed
according to modern environmental standards because, of course, the
ANPS is future-proof: London Heathrow must show that its plans are
compatible with updated carbon targets and international
obligations before it can obtain a DCO for the project.
Extracts from Commons
debate on Remote Education and Free School Meals
(Kingswood)
(Con) [V]:...Why, then, should it be any different for
other learning arenas—in particular, our universities? Thousands of
lecturers have gone above and beyond to provide additional online
resourcing materials, and yet these lecturers, who are sometimes
paid less than primary school teachers, are supposedly providing an
inferior service. The other day, one Labour MP talked about degrees
being conducted by Zoom as if that was some kind of
substandard process. It is not. Universities have invested more
money than ever before in online procedures in just the same way
that schools have. It costs more to provide online resources at
university. To suggest that there should be a reduction in the fees
level would simply lead to increased redundancies in universities.
We need our universities, just as we need our schools, to be there
to help students to recover when this pandemic ends. It is right,
therefore, to support all educational settings and to fight for the
fact that we need them for the future and must not put any of them
under particular under attack.
(Penistone and
Stocksbridge) (Con) [V]:...I commend Ministers and
officials for their extraordinary efforts, but online learning also
depends on schools’ ability to deliver virtual lessons. A year ago,
teaching the entire curriculum remotely would have been
unthinkable, but now teachers up and down the country are logging
on to Zoom or Google Classroom,
greeting their classes face to face and using innovative resources
to teach lessons...
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