Proceeding contribution from Conor Burns (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 19 July 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Academies Bill [Lords].
Academies Bill [Lords]
The shadow Secretary of State talks of people from the poorest communities. While there are clearly differences between those on the two front Benches, it might be generous of him to acknowledge that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is motivated by the best of intentions: he wants to give opportunities to those people from poorer communities. Is it not appalling to look back on 13 years of Labour government and see that, in one year, only 45 of 80,000 pupils receiving free school meals made it to Oxford university?
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- 514 c42
- Session
- 2010-12
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Admissions City technology colleges Finance Education Free school meals Pupil exclusions Personal, social, health and economic education Standards Special educational needs School choice Religion Academies Building schools for the future programme Free schools Relationships and sex education Maintained schools
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- Academies Bill (HL) 2010-12
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