Parliamentary Search

Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 10 July 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Ed Balls.

Children, Schools and Families

Statement on responsibilities of the Department for Children Schools and Families.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
462 c1319-39 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
The Teaching of Mathematics
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Written statements
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Ed Balls | 462 c1333-4 (Link to this contribution) If I were able to do that, I would be pleased and I would look forward to such a day with great prid...
Jacqui Lait | 462 c1334 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Secretary of State on introducing an education system that sounds remarkably simi...
Show all contributions (59)
Ed Balls | 462 c1333 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is quite right to point to the particular challenges that autistic children and their ...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 462 c1333 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Secretary of State on achieving his new position and on his statement, particular...
Ed Balls | 462 c1332-3 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend’s point. That is exactly what the new and fair admissions code is design...
Angela Watkinson | 462 c1333 (Link to this contribution) I have an excellent special school in my constituency—the Ravensbourne, which caters for children on...
Ed Balls | 462 c1335 (Link to this contribution) I think that I am grateful for that question. This is the first time in the past year that I have be...
Peter Bone | 462 c1335 (Link to this contribution) In his statement, the Secretary of State says that we have now turned the tide, with more than 1,100...
Ed Balls | 462 c1334-5 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend’s point. We are looking at that in the resource funding arrangements for...
Richard Burden | 462 c1334 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome what my right hon. Friend said about extending schools, in particular his recognition ...
Ed Balls | 462 c1334 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Lady on the detail of her questions. On the first two, I offer her a meeting...
Ed Balls | 462 c1336 (Link to this contribution) I think the answer is that the Ministry of Defence, as an employer, will have a responsibility, as i...
Speaker | 462 c1335 (Link to this contribution) Order. I can try to call every hon. Member who is standing, but they must ask the Minister one suppl...
Louise Ellman | 462 c1335 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s support for skills training. Does it mean that all young people in ...
Ed Balls | 462 c1335 (Link to this contribution) I will give special attention to those young people. In my experience—this is why the Department is ...
Mike Penning | 462 c1335 (Link to this contribution) May I draw the Secretary of State’s attention to his comments on legislating in the coming year so t...
Ed Balls | 462 c1336 (Link to this contribution) Responsibility for the funding of 14-to-19 education, whether in trust schools, specialist schools, ...
Lord Brady of Altrincham | 462 c1336 (Link to this contribution) I understand that following the reorganisation of the Secretary of State’s Department, the Learning ...
Ed Balls | 462 c1336 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to stray too much into the details of the school when I do not have them in front of m...
Philip Hollobone | 462 c1336 (Link to this contribution) Would the Secretary of State be kind enough to examine the funding arrangements for Southfield Schoo...
Ed Balls | 462 c1336 (Link to this contribution) We will need to look at that in detail, but we intend to give schools and parents power to decide ho...
Ann Coffey | 462 c1336 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, particularly the news of extra funds for extended school...
Adrian Bailey | 462 c1337 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s announcements, particularly the announcement of funding agreements ...
Ed Balls | 462 c1337 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. When preparing for my new brief I was shocked to learn of the 15...
Ed Balls | 462 c1337 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the key findings of our review of disabled children’s ser...
Ed Balls | 462 c1337 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree: every child and every parent matters. The idea that we should stigmatise some ch...
Angela C Smith | 462 c1337 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s recognition of the crucial role parents play in giving their childr...
Andrew Miller | 462 c1338 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the appointment of Sir Peter Williams to undertake the review of how mathematics is taught...
Speaker | 462 c1338 (Link to this contribution) Order. The Secretary of State will not do that, and when I stand he will sit down. I call Andrew Mil...
Fiona Mactaggart | 462 c1339 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend to his new role and the existence of the new Department. I especially...
Ed Balls | 462 c1338 (Link to this contribution) I am certainly happy to pay tribute to the head teacher I met today and also all the staff and pupil...
Andy Reed | 462 c1338 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, particularly the part on the personalisation of services, but is my right h...
Ed Balls | 462 c1338 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his question, and I also thank you, Mr. Speaker, for your guidance, which...
Barry Gardiner | 462 c1338 (Link to this contribution) I was delighted to welcome the Secretary of State when he brought the Prime Minister to Preston Mano...
Ed Balls | 462 c1338 (Link to this contribution) The F40 group has made good representations on behalf of my hon. Friend’s area and councils in a sim...
Ed Balls | 462 c1339 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly ensure that I look at that particular issue. One of the key priorities for our Depa...
Ed Balls | 462 c1319-23 (Link to this contribution) The new Department for Children, Schools and Families brings together for the first time ever in one...
Ronnie Campbell | 462 c1329-30 (Link to this contribution) I might well ask my right hon. Friend where the universities are in the north-east of England, becau...
Ed Balls | 462 c1330 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend has strong views on that issue and that he has already discussed it with ...
Lord Gove | 462 c1324-5 (Link to this contribution) First, may I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his appointment? During his brief period on th...
Barry Sheerman | 462 c1327 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on this statement. It is not so much a breath of fresh air as a ...
Ed Balls | 462 c1325-7 (Link to this contribution) May I start by thanking the hon. Gentleman for his kind words and welcoming him to his new brief in ...
David Laws | 462 c1327-8 (Link to this contribution) I genuinely welcome the new Secretary of State to his post. He has been an important individual in f...
Ed Balls | 462 c1327 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments, and for his leadership on these matters over a num...
Ed Balls | 462 c1329 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his questions and for—I think—his support. I hope that, in t...
Ed Balls | 462 c1332 (Link to this contribution) I think that I answered that question when it was put to me by the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Mic...
Tony Lloyd | 462 c1332 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s emphasis on disadvantaged children in our education system. ...
Ed Balls | 462 c1332 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend has worked hard to champion the interests of the most disadvantaged child...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 462 c1332 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State to his new position. I wonder whether he could help me with one par...
Ed Balls | 462 c1331 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is quite right. His leadership on the issue has been very important and has mea...
Lord Blunkett | 462 c1330-1 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his appointment and on his statement, as well as on his empha...
Ed Balls | 462 c1330 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s contribution to these debates over many a year. I had the opportunity...
John Bercow | 462 c1330 (Link to this contribution) I warmly congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his appointment. In view of his long-standing inte...
Karen Buck | 462 c1331-2 (Link to this contribution) Children from less well-off families are simply not able to buy into the music, drama, arts and cult...
Ed Balls | 462 c1331 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to look at that issue. I have a specialist school in my constituency called Kingsland sch...
Nicholas Winterton | 462 c1331 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the right hon. Gentleman to his new responsibilities. I have an excellent special school i...
Helen Jones | 462 c1336-7 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what my right hon. Friend has said today, but may I ask him to look closely, during his re...
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings Children Assessments Curriculum Disadvantaged Families Innovation Qualifications Public expenditure Pupils Primary education Department for Children, Schools and Families Standards Universities Literacy Schools Secondary education Sports School leaving Drama Numeracy National Council for Educational Excellence Extended services Ofsted
Link
View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk