Speeches by Gosling.

“11. What progress his Department has made on Operation Valour.”

“May I associate myself with the words about Sir George Howarth, and about the England men’s football team, and may I welcome the Minister for Veterans and People to his position? Our Veterans Contact Point, alongside a number of other dedicated organisations in my constituency of Nuneaton, is a prime example of Operati…”

“I do. We have heard a lot about the complexity of the system and being able to navigate it when you are time-poor and fatigued. Did you manage to engage with the public activities around the strategy? Did you feed into the child poverty strategy? If so, what made it worth while for you?”

“I wanted to explore whether or not other people’s voices have been heard in the strategy and whether or not you have seen your voices reflected in what has come out. Do you feel heard? Do you feel as if you have had an influence? Did anybody else engage with the strategy?”

“I have a question for Rae. What are the best ways that the Government could engage with parents as they continue to reduce poverty?”

“Moving on to affordability, access and availability, to what extent do childcare costs prevent disadvantaged children and low-income families accessing the decent childcare that they need? What elements of these costs create the biggest barriers? What policy changes would have the biggest impact on affordability for pa…”

“Both Government proposals look to replace the early year teacher status with qualified teacher status, the QTS. Is this something you would support? Is the change welcome? What impact do you think it will have on the workforce and the quality of teaching and learning?”

“Aside from the fundamental difficulties in trying to quantify quality, good quality or successful interventions in early years education make an enormous difference to the life chances of disadvantaged children. What is your assessment of the current quality of the early years workforce? Has the expansion of the childc…”

“Continuing on EYPP, the Department said that it cannot increase funding because of the low evidence base or lack of evidence. Can you tell me about the impact of investment in the early years for disadvantaged children? I am also quite interested in the deprivation factor and geographical links of debt factor, and whet…”

“Analysis by the NAHT highlighted that schools with a higher share of SEND often receive lower Ofsted grades for attendance and behaviour. Your recent analysis on the achievement, attainment data and schools in challenging circumstances, did not use data on SEND. How does the grading of schools with more SEND pupils com…”

“Three in 10 schools inspected under the new framework had grades for achievement below expected standard. What steps are being taken to support those to improve their offer?”

“Schools with pupils who have an above-average share of free school meals often have lower achievement grades than other schools. How does the inspection recognise the value added by schools that work with less advantaged pupils?”

“The requirement around achievement, attendance and behaviour being broadly in line with the national average was criticised as, “An impossible demand” by the General Secretary of the NAHT. Is asking all schools and colleges to meet a national average, by the very definition of the word “average”, statistically impossib…”

“The Department for Education and Ofsted have announced a similar schools model for attainment that would compare schools with 50 similar mainstream schools. How will your inspections use this model in conjunction with other data?”

“The wellbeing impact assessment recommended that you monitor and quickly respond to unintended consequences arising from the new framework. What consequences have you found and what has been done in response?”

“How are you assessing the impact of the new framework on school leaders?”

“The wellbeing impacts assessment that you commissioned into the new inspection framework found that it does not reduce the pressure on leaders to achieve a desirable outcome. We obviously understand that all leaders want the best outcomes for their schools, but what steps have you taken to ensure that the framework doe…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) for securing this very important debate. This weekend, Nuneaton celebrated the 800th anniversary of its royal market charter, first awarded by King Henry III. It was an absolutely fantastic day, wit…”

“Considering the strength of feeling and the level of criminality that we have heard about, does my hon. Friend not find it shocking that, on top of long-term cuts of £100,000 in its medium-term forecasts, Warwickshire county council has just frozen £55,000 that was allocated to tackling rogue traders?”

“Happy Warwickshire day, and happy St George’s day, Madam Deputy Speaker. This week also marks an event that is incredibly important to me: Allergy Awareness Week. On Monday I was proud to launch the national allergy strategy with more than 150 clinicians, researchers, patients, families and charities. With more than 21…”