Speeches by Asato.

“Almost half the 234 schools in which RAAC had been identified in February 2024—the figure is 98—were located in the east of England. Have you identified the reasons for this?”

“What is the geographical distribution of the remediation work that has taken place? For example, have you focused more on the schools in the east of England because that is where a large majority of them are?”

“You say that all children are safe in schools, but a report commissioned by the NEU said that future cases of mesothelioma among adults exposed to asbestos as children could run to hundreds of thousands. How big a risk do you consider asbestos in the school estate to be, and why is this issue not seen as just as much o…”

“Do you have an estimate of how much of the funding is going into that asbestos management or removal, and how many schools are part of that amelioration programme?”

“I welcome the fact that Dame Lynne Owens will be speaking to the victims of Kebatu to understand the impact on them, but will the Deputy Prime Minister confirm whether the previous Government made any steps to speak with victims affected by prison release errors that happened on their watch due to the system being star…”

“I absolutely agree that kinship carers, parents and partners are different from those of the primary victim, and they need support in their own right. When we fail those third-party victims, we fail the primary victim, too. We allow them to disengage from the legal process, and we deprive them of the wraparound support…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention and pay tribute to the services in her local area. We all have many such specialist services, and I am sure that we will want to pay tribute to them this evening. The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse estimates that there are 55,000 adults and children in England and …”

“I want to start by thanking the Minister for accepting the principle behind amendment 9, which I have now withdrawn, and for introducing a new amendment to restrict parental responsibility for serious child sexual abusers who offend against children who are not their own, building on the Government’s welcome step of re…”

“Finally, if maintenance grants were to be reintroduced, what should be their terms and conditions?”

“Would any levy at all, at any amount, result in financial difficulty?”

“What modelling have you done, if any, to understand the impact of a levy on international students?”

“Following on from that, what additional protections might students and staff need in the event of insolvency that they currently do not enjoy?”

“Could you set out a little more about what the student protection plans look like?”

“Would any levy at all, at any amount, result in financial difficulty?”

“Should the Government intervene to prevent insolvency?”

“Will the Government’s target for two thirds of 18 to 25-year-olds to enter higher education, technical education and apprenticeships be achievable given the financial challenges facing HE?”

“Should the Government intervene to prevent insolvency?”

“Will the Government’s target for two thirds of 18 to 25-year-olds to enter higher education, technical education and apprenticeships be achievable given the financial challenges facing HE?”

“What modelling have you done, if any, to understand the impact of a levy on international students?”

“Could you set out a little more about what the student protection plans look like?”