Speeches by Paffey.

“My questions are for the representatives from Ofsted and CQC. Can you say a bit about what your area SEND inspections tell us about the performance of local authorities in this area?”

“Taking as a whole all those measures, have those changes proven effective in improving the assessment process?”

“T8. Given the Prime Minister’s warning that the world has fundamentally changed and that we are in a dangerous new era, will the Secretary of State commit to protecting the British Council and its soft power role in strengthening global relationships, and does he agree that any cuts to its support would undermine decad…”

“I have a quick supplementary on this to underpin. We have talked a lot about assessment, but there is the content as well in the curriculum. The interim report identifies a major problem with modern foreign languages teaching. I declare an interest: I am a former university lecturer of languages and I have my own views…”

“I have a quick supplementary on this to underpin. We have talked a lot about assessment, but there is the content as well in the curriculum. The interim report identifies a major problem with modern foreign languages teaching. I declare an interest: I am a former university lecturer of languages and I have my own views…”

“One comment that Jill Duffy made was that, as a country, we examine far more at the end of our compulsory schooling, but it is also true to say that we examine far more throughout our schooling with SATs, GCSEs and A-levels. We can compare that to other countries that are equally high in PISA tables, where some of them…”

“I will skip to the next question because Jill brought it up. The EBacc has been mentioned. ASCL has called for the scrapping of the EBacc. I wonder what the panel’s view is on the advantages and the disadvantages of doing so. Maybe we will quickly start with Tom and then take any other comments from others within the t…”

“Do you know how much that research on the misaligned aspirations is feeding into how our careers advisers work? Obviously, our point here is on the curriculum and assessment review. I have long said if we tailored maths more towards, “Here is the maths you are going to need for running a small business, running your ow…”

“Is that disconnect between the aspirations that 17 and 18-year-olds have and the likely jobs that are available to them the same across all groups or do they differ by sex, ethnicity or socioeconomic status?”

“One comment that Jill Duffy made was that, as a country, we examine far more at the end of our compulsory schooling, but it is also true to say that we examine far more throughout our schooling with SATs, GCSEs and A-levels. We can compare that to other countries that are equally high in PISA tables, where some of them…”

“Do you know how much that research on the misaligned aspirations is feeding into how our careers advisers work? Obviously, our point here is on the curriculum and assessment review. I have long said if we tailored maths more towards, “Here is the maths you are going to need for running a small business, running your ow…”

“Is that disconnect between the aspirations that 17 and 18-year-olds have and the likely jobs that are available to them the same across all groups or do they differ by sex, ethnicity or socioeconomic status?”

“I will skip to the next question because Jill brought it up. The EBacc has been mentioned. ASCL has called for the scrapping of the EBacc. I wonder what the panel’s view is on the advantages and the disadvantages of doing so. Maybe we will quickly start with Tom and then take any other comments from others within the t…”

“I thank the Minister for his statement, and I very much welcome the strong words of condemnation. None of us will ever forget the horrors of 7 October for the Israeli people, but these latest announcements show an Israeli Government who I fear are out of control and making fools of us as allies. First, when my hon. Fri…”

“Out of those two, what would you say is the more pressing one? Is it the structure that means you are essentially a traded service rather than being funded as you would like to, or is it the demand for the statutory work around needs assessments?”

“We recognise that the staff shortages have an impact on how much direct support can be provided in educational settings. Beyond that, what challenges are your members facing? This is a question to Lisa and Janet to begin with. What are your members facing in those barriers to being able to offer that direct support?”

“Professor Kessler, sticking with the comments on commissioning referred to as potentially chaotic at points, obviously your research refers to a myriad of commissioning challenges. Basically what are the priorities, locally and nationally, for getting that sorted? What action needs to take place? What, if any, role do …”

“The work of upskilling school staff in order to support them but also to relieve some of the pressure on health professionals and EPs, in your view is that an effective intervention and measure?”

“I was recently at a family hub in my constituency looking at some of the work that they do, as effectively reinvented Sure Start centres. Given the things that we are talking about, that need for better integration between health, education, early years, and given the fact that they all continue despite extra Governmen…”

“The work of upskilling school staff in order to support them but also to relieve some of the pressure on health professionals and EPs, in your view is that an effective intervention and measure?”