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Children's Plan

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

469 c161-80 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

The children's plan: building brighter futures.
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Command papers
House of Lords
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Ed Balls | 469 c180 (Link to this contribution) I mentioned the 30 adventure playgrounds, which will be particularly for that age group. However, th...

Anne Snelgrove | 469 c180 (Link to this contribution) This is an excellent plan. I particularly welcome the youth service proposals and the adventure play...

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Dawn Butler | 469 c179-80 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and for the children's plan, which is a progressive p...

Fiona Mactaggart | 469 c178 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the Secretary of State's proposal for a safe place for every child to play, but is ...

Jeremy Wright | 469 c178 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's recognition that the CAMHS service has a capacity problem. Follow...

Ed Balls | 469 c178 (Link to this contribution) Given that this is a matter for local decision, if in the end councils of whatever political colour ...

Kerry McCarthy | 469 c179 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend saw first hand the success of the building schools for the future programme whe...

Ed Balls | 469 c179 (Link to this contribution) It was the highlight of Norwich City's 100 years of history. In taking forward our commitment to 30...

Ed Balls | 469 c179 (Link to this contribution) We will do that where possible. I understand, from discussions that I and the Minister for Schools a...

Sharon Hodgson | 469 c178 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement on the children's plan. He will not be surprised that...

Ed Balls | 469 c178 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the important contribution that voluntary organisations mak...

Tony Lloyd | 469 c179 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be aware that young people in inner-city areas such as mine will welcome h...

Speaker | 469 c176 (Link to this contribution) Order. There are a large number of Members standing. I have allowed up till an hour, and I can go ov...

Ed Balls | 469 c176 (Link to this contribution) To reassure my hon. Friend, academies do not get more funding per pupil compared with other schools....

Ed Balls | 469 c177 (Link to this contribution) I am going to strengthen regulation; I am going to put £26 million aside over the next three years t...

Graham Stuart | 469 c177 (Link to this contribution) The House will welcome the recognition in the Secretary of State's statement of the problems with pu...

Baroness Keeley | 469 c176 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the inclusion of young carers in the plan. A group of young carers from the national y...

Ed Balls | 469 c177 (Link to this contribution) The exact opposite is the case. Our proposals to test child by child on the basis of level, but also...

Lord Brady of Altrincham | 469 c177 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State knows that one of the most serious shortcomings in our schools at the moment ...

Ed Balls | 469 c177 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on his leadership in highlighting the importance of healthy eating amo...

Nigel Griffiths | 469 c177 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's plan, but does he accept that healthy eating is a major contributor...

Ronnie Campbell | 469 c176 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the plan, which is a step in the right direction, but I am worried. In my home town, where...

Ed Balls | 469 c174 (Link to this contribution) When we conducted our review of the life chances of disabled children and their families, and alloca...

Ed Balls | 469 c174 (Link to this contribution) My answer to both questions is yes. Teaching grammar is an important part of literacy in primary sch...

David Curry | 469 c174 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State really believe that a nursery school is incapable of delivering the high...

Ed Balls | 469 c175 (Link to this contribution) I thought that my hon. Friend was about to raise the issue of excessive drinking by young adults, wh...

Ian Gibson | 469 c175 (Link to this contribution) In reference to his birth date, may I remind my right hon. Friend that two weeks before he was born,...

Ed Balls | 469 c175 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's role in our consultation. I know that a number of Members had con...

Emily Thornberry | 469 c175 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware how grateful my constituents are that the Government went into listeni...

Ed Balls | 469 c176 (Link to this contribution) We are addressing that issue in two ways—first, through the extra work that we are doing through Sur...

Annette Brooke | 469 c175-6 (Link to this contribution) Given that one in 10 three and four-year-olds are not accessing their free entitlement to nursery pl...

Lord Gove | 469 c163-5 (Link to this contribution) May I first welcome those aspects of the children's plan that provide focused help for the most vuln...

Ed Balls | 469 c165-6 (Link to this contribution) I was disappointed that the hon. Gentleman was not as funny as normal. However, to be fair to him, b...

Barry Sheerman | 469 c166 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree—or does he know—that the Children, Schools and Families Committee is...

Ed Balls | 469 c167 (Link to this contribution) I reassure my hon. Friend, and I thank him for his leadership of the Select Committee. I look forwar...

Ed Balls | 469 c168-9 (Link to this contribution) I believe that when parents, teachers and young people hear what the hon. Gentleman has said, they w...

David Laws | 469 c167-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for early sight of his statement. I know that it is traditional on t...

Ed Balls | 469 c169 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend, and praise him for the leadership that he has provided in this regard....

Frank Dobson | 469 c169 (Link to this contribution) Parents and children all over the country will welcome the new emphasis that my right hon. Friend is...

Ed Balls | 469 c170 (Link to this contribution) I know that the right hon. and learned Gentleman takes these issues seriously and studies such matte...

Helen Southworth | 469 c170 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his welcome statement, which contains some good news for children a...

Ed Balls | 469 c171 (Link to this contribution) I think that I appreciate the hon. Gentleman's kind comments and I thank him for reminding me of my ...

Clive Efford | 469 c171 (Link to this contribution) I urge my right hon. Friend to reward those schools that take on the most challenging pupils, becaus...

Ed Balls | 469 c170-1 (Link to this contribution) I commend my hon. Friend on the leadership that she has given on this issue. As she knows, we are wo...

Peter Bottomley | 469 c171 (Link to this contribution) May I say to the right hon. Gentleman that if he believes his approach to child health services is t...

Ed Balls | 469 c172 (Link to this contribution) I can give the hon. Gentleman more details of the plan. If he studies those details, he will see tha...

Stephen Williams | 469 c172 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the mention of support for young carers in the Secretary of State's statement. Young carer...

Ed Balls | 469 c171-2 (Link to this contribution) Only yesterday, my right hon. Friend the Minister for Children, Young People and Families and I visi...

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top | 469 c172 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement and the plan. I would like him to say a little more about...

Speaker | 469 c172 (Link to this contribution) Order. Hon. Members have one supplementary question.

Ed Balls | 469 c172-3 (Link to this contribution) I can reassure my right hon. Friend that in the plan we are taking forward and enhancing the teach f...

Gary Streeter | 469 c173 (Link to this contribution) May I commend the Secretary of State for his commitment to families with profoundly disabled childre...

Ed Balls | 469 c173 (Link to this contribution) Within the children's plan, and on top of the £280 million that we have allocated to pay for an expa...

Ann Coffey | 469 c173 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement and his commitment to improving the quality of life o...

Ed Balls | 469 c173-4 (Link to this contribution) The answer to my hon. Friend's question is yes, absolutely. We expect Ofsted to be as rigorous in it...

Lord Redwood | 469 c174 (Link to this contribution) Why would it be more attractive to parents if a new primary school shares a site with a police stati...

Tom Clarke | 469 c174 (Link to this contribution) Given my right hon. Friend's response to the every disabled child matters campaign, does he agree th...

Ed Balls | 469 c174 (Link to this contribution) I have read the children's plan, but I do not remember a proposal for police stations with cells. Ho...

David Kidney | 469 c180 (Link to this contribution) In children's first years of life, their main educators are usually their parents, not school teache...

Ed Balls | 469 c161-3 (Link to this contribution) The first ever children's plan, which we are publishing today, follows months of consultation with p...

Ed Balls | 469 c180 (Link to this contribution) Health visitors and midwives are playing a central role in many areas, and we envisage their doing s...

Ed Balls | 469 c179 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on her leadership. We have spoken about dyslexia issues. As she will k...

Ed Balls | 469 c176-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you, Mr. Speaker, for giving us more time. That is a reflection of the importance o...

Ed Balls | 469 c180 (Link to this contribution) I can reassure my hon. Friend that the £160 million spent on youth services through our Department a...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 469 c169-70 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that ever since the reforms that introduced the principle of testi...

Subjects

Children Assessments Curriculum Discipline Design Finance Information Languages Qualifications Parents Pre-school education Pupils Primary education Playgrounds Mental health services Schools Teachers Special educational needs Young offenders Youth services Literacy Numeracy

Contains statistics

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