Debate Pack
Improving Education Standards
There will be a General Debate on "Improving Education Standards". This will take place on Thursday 29th November 2018 in the House of Commons Chamber.
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Debate Pack
Investing in nursing higher education in England
This House of Commons Library debate pack briefing has been prepared in advance of a debate entitled “Investing in nursing higher education in England”. This will be led by Ms Eleanor Smith MP and will take place in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 21st November from 2.30pm.
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Debate Pack
Anti-bullying week 2018
There will be a debate on Anti-Bullying Week 2018. This will be led by Daniel Zeichner MP and will take place in Westminster Hall on Thursday 15th November, starting at 1.30pm.
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Debate Pack
Holiday hunger schemes
There will be a debate entitled "Holiday hunger schemes". This will be led by Ruth Smeeth MP and will take place in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 6th November, starting at 2.30pm.
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Debate Pack
School funding
There will be a debate entitled "School Funding", led by Mrs Anne Main MP. This will take place on Wednesday 24th October in Westminster Hall, starting at 9.30am.
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Research Briefing
Social Mobility Index by Constituency SMIC
The House of Commons Library's Social Mobility Index by Constituency (SMIC) provides an indication of how likely a person from a disadvantaged background in each constituency is to progress to a higher social status later in life. The SMIC compares constituencies in England using 14 variables which represent four life stages: early years, school age, youth, and adulthood.
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Debate Pack
Sustainability of the nursery sector
This House of Commons landing page has been published in advance of a debate entitled "Sustainability of the nursery sector". This debate will be led by Chris Green MP and will take place in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 10th October, starting at 9.30am.
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Insight
International Day of Sign Languages: Could BSL become a GCSE?
In the UK, campaigns to increase the uptake of British Sign Language in schools, including potentially through a GCSE in England, are currently gaining in strength.
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Debate Pack
Deaf children’s services
On 13 September 2018, there will be a Westminster Hall debate on Deaf children's services, sponsored by Jim Fitzpatrick MP, and starting at 1:30pm.
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Debate Pack
Supporting children in need into adulthood
This House of Commons Library Debate Pack briefing has been prepared in advance of a debate entitled “Supporting children in need into adulthood”. This will be led by Steve McCabe MP and will take place in Westminster Hall on Thursday 6 September 2018, starting at 3pm.
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Research Briefing
The Brexit White Paper on future relations and alternative proposals
The Government published its White Paper on future relations between the UK and the EU on 12 July. It envisages a 'common rulebook' to facilitate 'frictionless' trade, and among other things, UK cooperation in security matters, a commitment to maintain high environmental, data and consumer protection standards, UK participation in some EU agencies and solutions to the Irish border issues - all underpinned by a new governance structure that will pay "due regard" to the EU Court. Would the White Paper proposals work and do they respect both UK sovereignty and the indivisibility of the EU Single Market? David Davis's 'alternative' white paper proposes a somewhat different future relationship. This paper looks at proposals in both documents.
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Debate Pack
Speech, language and communication support for children
On 4 July 2018, there will be a Westminster Hall debate on Speech, language and communication support for children. The debate, sponsored by Rebecca Pow MP, will start at 9:30am and finish at 11am.
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Debate Pack
Debate on spending of the Department for Education
This Debate Pack provides background on Department for Education spending. It covers spending on schools, further and higher education.
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Research Briefing
Higher education tuition fees in England
This House of Commons briefing looks at the history of tuition fee rises, discusses the rationale for the rises and their impact, gives statistics on: fee levels, fee income and funding of higher education and outlines current parliamentary debate.
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Research Briefing
Vice-chancellors’ pay in higher education institutions in England
This House of Commons library briefing paper discusses the issue of university vice-chancellors' pay and outlines regulatory changes to the system of remuneration for senior staff in higher education institutions.
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