"Nothing is more important than the safety of children and staff in our schools," Gillian Keegan says. Responding on behalf of the government in the Commons, the embattled education secretary says the government is committed to ensuring children get a "first-class education". This is an opposition day debate, so the government does not respond to questions from MPs, but we will bring you any more answers to Dame Priti's questions when we have them. Ofsted has confirmed that it will defer any inspections of schools affected by RAAC. She also asks about supporting children due to take exams this year, as well as Ofsted inspections and how those will be managed while students are in temporary classrooms. She uses her time to ask questions of the government frontbench, including asking if the Department for Education will be footing the bill for repair works. The former home secretary says the focus must be on finding solutions to the issue, and adds that schools are "not interested in political point-scoring". In a dig at the Labour Party, she adds: "We're not interested in the politicking at this time." She says the local MPs are working together with the council to find solutions. Watch Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge from 7pm Monday to Thursday on Sky channel 501, Virgin channel 602, Freeview channel 233, on the Sky News website and app or on YouTube.īack to the Commons now where MPs are debating an opposition motion to force the government to reveal communications between departments about funding to fix unsafe concrete (see post at 14.37).ĭame Priti Patel said over 50 schools in Essex, where her constituency is located, are affected by RAAC concrete, and she paid tribute to Essex County Council. We'll be interrogating that issue tonight - do tune in from 7pm. I'm not sure nicking lines off Boris Johnson is the fresh start Rishi Sunak is reaching for. Well - perhaps it says a lot that in the first PMQs of the new term - his attack line against Keir Starmer was to call him Captain Hindsight. Rishi Sunak had been planning an autumn relaunch - thanks to a bit of good economic news, inflation tracking down, growth being revised upwards.īut those green shoots of recovery have been crushed under the collapse of a concrete ceiling.ĭoes he have the vision and the authority and the vision to turn the narrative around? Just three days into the new parliamentary term - any 'Rishi Reset' has been engulfed by the school concrete crisis. You're refreshed - re-energised - and this time you won't be blown off course.Īt least. It's been a difficult period - but after a bit of time off - you're determined that things are going to get better.
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