Speeches by Sewards.

“I had the pleasure of watching England versus DR Congo with some of the good folks at the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting. Thankfully, the England men’s team have not taken the title of the campaign too literally, and are still on the hunt to bring at least one trophy home this summer. There should be only one trophy, t…”

“How does the Department then reconcile prioritising funding for the 30 hours entitlement with the Government’s wider commitments on child poverty and narrowing the disadvantage gap, particularly when the children most in need are least likely to benefit from this entitlement as it stands?”

“I will follow that closely. Moving on to my next question, a lot of the evidence that we have received during the course of this inquiry has said that there are certain parents who are unable to access childcare. One that came up repeatedly in multiple pieces of evidence was that children with SEND are really strugglin…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship once again, Sir John. I thank the hon. Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) for securing this timely debate, and for his comprehensive report on his visit to Gibraltar. His experiences there closely match my own. On that note, I draw attention to my entry in the…”

“Is there any timeframe in mind?”

“I know that Sureena has to go, so I am going to step in and ask her question. Thank you so much for your answers so far, Minister. I am going to ask you a broad question, and then the Chair has a follow-up on something that has been announced today. Hopefully it will become clear as I ask the question. Research by the …”

“You have talked about the multifaceted approach there towards solving this problem. When might families who are struggling to access childcare for children with SEND now expect things to get better?”

“In the same vein, we have also received evidence that people in rural areas really struggle to access childcare. There are childcare deserts out there. Whether their children have SEND or not, what assessment has your Department made of their needs and how we are going to solve that problem?”

“The Minister talks about the price reductions for the three countries. By my maths, that is a 70% reduction in the price of sending SMS texts, which is incredibly welcome, although I am not sure who sends those any more. Is he working on similar agreements with other countries not covered by the changes that we are mak…”

“Notwithstanding that I agree with the comments that were just made by my colleague, and also taking into account the answers that you have already given to the Chair in her follow-up questions to my previous one, is the Secretary of State going to set out how this policy will be paid for today?”

“I do not disagree at all. How do we make sure that teachers do not forget that?”

“We should do both.”

“Brilliant. Briefly from me because I am about to run out of time, are there any differences between AI applications in different subjects? Can any of you point to differences between different subjects?”

“I will drill down a bit more into the impact that AI is having on teachers, lecturers and early years practitioners. You have already spoken a little bit about it in your opening answers, and I will start with David because he is a fellow maths teacher, and I always have sympathy for those. What impact is it having? Is…”

“I do not disagree with that at all, but what training do we need to put in place so that they can do that?”

“I do not disagree with that at all, but what training do we need to put in place so that they can do that?”

“I will drill down a bit more into the impact that AI is having on teachers, lecturers and early years practitioners. You have already spoken a little bit about it in your opening answers, and I will start with David because he is a fellow maths teacher, and I always have sympathy for those. What impact is it having? Is…”

“I do not disagree at all. How do we make sure that teachers do not forget that?”

“Professor Selwyn, what is the impact of AI right now on teacher workloads, teacher practice and so on?”

“We should do both.”