Speeches by Voaden.

“Unlike many others in the House, I cannot say that my area—Totnes—has film studios, or that a major movie has been made in my constituency, but we do have a lot of creatives living in our community, from writers to musicians and producers. We also have a costume maker, who happens to be my daughter. I am very proud of …”

“I rise to speak to new clauses 1 and 11, and briefly to new clause 2. The Liberal Democrats believe that the Government have missed a trick by not including in this Bill stronger provisions on children’s online safety. It is time for us to start treating the mental health issues arising from social media use and phone …”

“This question is to Charlynne. What lessons can the curriculum review apply from Sheffield University’s International Review of Generic Skills in their 14 to 19 curriculum? I am sure you could say a lot on this.”

“The question was not entirely about accountability. It was about the purpose of education. What are we trying to do? Are we trying to produce 16-year-olds who are healthy, happy, confident, ready to move on in the world, be employed and have successful, contented lives, or is the whole purpose of education just to get …”

“As a Committee, we recently visited Ontario to look at schools and how they work with pupils with special educational needs. They had programmes for students with varying levels of need and the focus was heavily on the preparation for adult life, travel training, food and nutrition. A wide range of vocational courses w…”

“Can I come in quickly?”

“Coming back to something that Tom said right at the beginning, if we are going to get this right for pupils with SEND, do you agree—maybe you could give a yes or no answer—that we need to look at how schools are held to account? That is what sets the curriculum. Sorry, I have lost my words. Let us move on.”

“The National Foundation for Education Research has said that the essential employment skills of the future are not specialist skills, but social and cognitive skills, such as communication, collaboration, problem-solving and creativity. Do you think that these skills are adequately taken account of in the current natio…”

“Does anyone else want to come in on that?”

“My question is to Alex and Robert. According to research comparing England against other OECD countries, it shows that England’s 15 to 16-year-olds have below average levels of socioemotional skills, things like co-operation, emotional control and persistence and the greatest inequality among English 15 and 16-year-old…”

“The review comments that many students are likely to be receiving informal support for generic skills because of the freedom for academies to depart from the national curriculum, as you said. Will the removal of that freedom through the Children’s Wellbeing in Schools Bill make that more difficult, in your view?”

“Do you see any discrepancy between private schools and state schools with what they are exposed to: speech days, visitors and people coming or is that evening out now? Because I know a lot of work has been done in the state sector about bringing more people into school to talk about careers.”

“The review comments that many students are likely to be receiving informal support for generic skills because of the freedom for academies to depart from the national curriculum, as you said. Will the removal of that freedom through the Children’s Wellbeing in Schools Bill make that more difficult, in your view?”

“This question is to Charlynne. What lessons can the curriculum review apply from Sheffield University’s International Review of Generic Skills in their 14 to 19 curriculum? I am sure you could say a lot on this.”

“My question is to Alex and Robert. According to research comparing England against other OECD countries, it shows that England’s 15 to 16-year-olds have below average levels of socioemotional skills, things like co-operation, emotional control and persistence and the greatest inequality among English 15 and 16-year-old…”

“Does anyone else want to come in on that?”

“The National Foundation for Education Research has said that the essential employment skills of the future are not specialist skills, but social and cognitive skills, such as communication, collaboration, problem-solving and creativity. Do you think that these skills are adequately taken account of in the current natio…”

“Coming back to something that Tom said right at the beginning, if we are going to get this right for pupils with SEND, do you agree—maybe you could give a yes or no answer—that we need to look at how schools are held to account? That is what sets the curriculum. Sorry, I have lost my words. Let us move on.”

“Can I come in quickly?”

“As a Committee, we recently visited Ontario to look at schools and how they work with pupils with special educational needs. They had programmes for students with varying levels of need and the focus was heavily on the preparation for adult life, travel training, food and nutrition. A wide range of vocational courses w…”