Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 5 January 2022, in the House of Commons, led by Nadhim Zahawi.

Education: Return in January

Statement on the return to all educational settings for children, students and staff.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 706 cc49-63
Session: 2021-22
Department: Department for Education
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Nadhim Zahawi | 706 cc50-2 (Link to this contribution)
May I begin by wishing you and the whole House a happy new year, Mr Speaker?
With permissio...; Bridget Phillipson | 706 cc52-4 (Link to this contribution)
Happy new year to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to the House.
I thank the Secretary of Sta...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c53 (Link to this contribution)
I fear the hon. Lady has very little experience of operationalising anything, given the way she h...; Jonathan Gullis | 706 c55 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and thank teachers, lecturers and support staff across...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c55 (Link to this contribution)
I can absolutely give my hon. Friend that assurance.; Valerie Vaz | 706 c55 (Link to this contribution)
I wish a happy new year to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to all colleagues.
Given that the...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c55 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for her question. Just to be very clear, for this first week...; Desmond Swayne | 706 c55 (Link to this contribution)
Is it proportionate to test asymptomatic children, and then, when they are negative, to mask them...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c55 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his question. We have today published that report of ev...; Meg Hillier | 706 c55 (Link to this contribution)
When school pupils had to have laptops, the Government stepped in, but in future years schools ar...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c55 (Link to this contribution)
I mentioned in my statement the covid fund that we have made available, which we have extended fu...; Steve Baker | 706 c55 (Link to this contribution)
It is very much to my right hon. Friend’s credit that he has published the evidence as he promise...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c56 (Link to this contribution)
Not a day longer than necessary.; Stephanie Peacock | 706 c56 (Link to this contribution)
Just before Christmas, I received an email from a local teacher who said that his experience in t...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c56 (Link to this contribution)
I remind the hon. Lady that at the spending review settlement we achieved a funding settlement fo...; Angela Richardson | 706 c56 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. I thank him and his ministerial team, and the officia...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c56 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for her remarks. It is a huge team effort by many of my brilliant civil se...; Munira Wilson | 706 c56 (Link to this contribution)
We have known since early on in the pandemic that air purifiers are one of the most effective and...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c57 (Link to this contribution)
I think it is worth just taking a step back. We delivered 350,000 CO₂monitors. The ma...; Munira Wilson | 706 c57 (Link to this contribution)
Why Dyson?; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c57 (Link to this contribution)
Why Dyson? Because my civil servants also set up a marketplace for other schools that want to buy...; Andrew Murrison | 706 c57 (Link to this contribution)
Happy new year to you, Madam Deputy Speaker. My right hon. Friend’s statement is very much to be ...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c57 (Link to this contribution)
Masks are one of a number of mitigations. The most important mitigation is the vaccine—that is in...; Lilian Greenwood | 706 c58 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure that I am not alone in hoping that when the Secretary of State next replies to question...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c58 (Link to this contribution)
Nottingham has much to be proud of: not only its students getting themselves vaccinated—over 90% ...; Steve Brine | 706 c58 (Link to this contribution)
Happy new year, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Secretary of State knows that I do not like the classro...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 cc58-9 (Link to this contribution)
I remind the House that it is guidance —rather than mandate—on mask wearing in communal parts as ...; Rachael Maskell | 706 c59 (Link to this contribution)
I want to return to the issue of exams and assessments. Young people have a real sense of fairnes...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c59 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the hon. Lady’s important and thoughtful question. We are doing several things....; Greg Smith | 706 c59 (Link to this contribution)
It is vital that schools remain open and I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s clear determinat...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c59 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising an important point. I remind the House that when teac...; Ellie Reeves | 706 c59 (Link to this contribution)
The importance of ventilation in schools was first highlighted in spring 2020, yet it has taken u...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c60 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the headteachers, teachers and support staff in the hon. Lady’s constituency for their wo...; Felicity Buchan | 706 c60 (Link to this contribution)
My constituents, old and young alike, believe that it is of paramount importance to keep schools ...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c60 (Link to this contribution)
I hope that the shadow Front-Bench team will continue to think about their position and change th...; Lord Beamish | 706 c60 (Link to this contribution)
May I wish you a happy new year, Madam Deputy Speaker? I also thank the Secretary of State for hi...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c60 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Member raises a really important question. This week, I deliberately had a Zoom me...; Mark Pawsey | 706 c61 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Secretary of State on the work that he, his team and the entire teaching profe...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c61 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely. We managed to secure further funding in the spending review, so the total amount of f...; Jim Shannon | 706 c61 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his positive statement. What discussions have been held with...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c61 (Link to this contribution)
I mentioned earlier the funding settlement in the SR, and when I talk to school leaders, they say...; Luke Evans | 706 c61 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the Secretary of State’s answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mark Pa...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c62 (Link to this contribution)
That is what we are doing as part of catch-up for 16 to 19-year-olds, who have the least time lef...; Ben Everitt | 706 c62 (Link to this contribution)
Happy new year, Madam Deputy Speaker. We all agree that there is nothing better for attainment an...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c62 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his incredibly important question. He cites the Milton Keynes...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 706 c62 (Link to this contribution)
Finally, I call Ben Bradley.; Ben Bradley | 706 cc62-3 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a shame to find myself bottom of the class, but I guess I ...; Nadhim Zahawi | 706 c63 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is certainly not bottom of the class. His experience of local government and his c...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 706 c63 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you. The House is very grateful to the Secretary of State. We now come to the next item of ...
Subjects: Children Further education Inspections Disease control Pre-school education Protective clothing Overseas students Universities Schools Teachers Screening Vaccination Sick leave Ventilation Coronavirus
Contains statistics: Yes
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Education: Return in January

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