Is measuring at key stage 4 when a young person is 16 so utterly after the horse has bolted that it will not make any impact? Teachers report a year’s difference in a child’s ability to communicate and learn by the time they are five, and we need to change that. No Opposition Members are talking about money or life chances; most of us are arguing for both.
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Philippa Whitford
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 February 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
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