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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 16 December 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Ed Balls.

Sutherland Inquiry

Statement on the Sutherland Inquiry into the delivery of National Curriculum tests in 2008.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
485 c991-1005 
Session
2008-09
Department
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Ed Balls | 485 c1002 (Link to this contribution) That issue is currently being looked at by the Select Committee, which is the right forum for that p...
Edward Timpson | 485 c1002 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State is right to characterise this whole sorry episode as a complete failure that ...
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Ed Balls | 485 c1002 (Link to this contribution) I shall definitely ensure that there is no ambiguity. We will use the processes that we are now goin...
David Chaytor | 485 c1001-2 (Link to this contribution) Given the difficulties this year, particularly those about the number of opinions and the changes to...
Ed Balls | 485 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I have answered the question so many times—it is so trivial. I have searched my conscience. I asked...
Ed Balls | 485 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I searched my conscience, and I also asked Lord Sutherland to carry out an independent review. Not o...
Lord Boswell of Aynho | 485 c1001 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware that I previously served as a Minister in his Department. We ha...
Ed Balls | 485 c1000-1 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to put on the record my thanks to Ken Boston. I worked with him over the past year and a ...
Barry Sheerman | 485 c1000 (Link to this contribution) I just want to ask the Secretary of State whether he now regrets the advice that he was given to pub...
Ed Balls | 485 c1004 (Link to this contribution) The position is clear: a school pays a financial penalty only if a review is unsuccessful. That is a...
Angela Watkinson | 485 c1004 (Link to this contribution) The number of papers with questionable results that have had to be returned this year has increased ...
Ed Balls | 485 c1004-5 (Link to this contribution) At paragraph 2.59 of his report, Lord Sutherland says that"““the procurement procedure followed by P...
David Leslie Taylor | 485 c1004 (Link to this contribution) It is certainly true that faith among teachers, parents and families in national curriculum testing ...
Ed Balls | 485 c1003 (Link to this contribution) It was said by Ken Boston, who was suspended this afternoon by the QCA board on the basis of a repor...
Graham Stuart | 485 c1003 (Link to this contribution) May I begin by congratulating the Secretary of State on saying sorry today? He was unable to bring h...
Ed Balls | 485 c1003-4 (Link to this contribution) I can explain that to my hon. Friend. There was a body called the QCA. That single body was responsi...
Rob Marris | 485 c1003 (Link to this contribution) The QCA appears to have failed, and it seems that it is going to be transformed into two quangos. Th...
Ed Balls | 485 c1002-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to stress ““pupils, schools and markers””, because markers had a raw deal in...
Fiona Mactaggart | 485 c1002 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State said in his statement that Lord Sutherland concluded that the procurement pro...
Lord Gove | 485 c994-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his kindness in sending me prior notice of his statement and also...
Ed Balls | 485 c991-3 (Link to this contribution) The delivery of this summer's national curriculum tests for 11 and 14-year-olds was a shambles. I wa...
Speaker | 485 c1000 (Link to this contribution) Order. There has just been 50 per cent. inflation in the hon. Gentleman's demands. I am anxious to h...
Speaker | 485 c996 (Link to this contribution) Order. Questions have been put to the Secretary of State and he should be given a chance to answer w...
Ed Balls | 485 c996-7 (Link to this contribution) If hon. Members had taken time to read the report, they would have found that the answers are right ...
David Laws | 485 c997-8 (Link to this contribution) I, too, thank the Secretary of State for giving me early sight both of his statement and Lord Suther...
Ed Balls | 485 c998-9 (Link to this contribution) Let me answer the hon. Gentleman's questions first. I shall ensure that the expert group does a thor...
Ed Balls | 485 c999-1000 (Link to this contribution) Well, I advise the hon. Gentleman to read the Sutherland inquiry. It says, in terms and as I quoted ...
Barry Sheerman | 485 c1000 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will know that the Children, Schools and Families Committee is undertaking an o...
Daniel Kawczynski | 485 c1000 (Link to this contribution) What a ridiculous thing to say. It is not a game.
Ed Balls | 485 c995-6 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman that there was a clear failure, and that is why we commis...
Subjects
Assessments Inquiries National curriculum tests Standards Schools Delivery of National Curriculum Tests in 2008 Inquiry
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