The two are not mutually exclusive. School funding is at record levels, although pupil numbers grew faster during that period, putting pressure on and reducing the amount per pupil. Will the hon. Lady accept that, even given that reduction, we still spend more per pupil than any other rich nation in the world—more than Japan or Germany—with the exception of the USA?
Education and Local Government
Proceeding contribution from
Desmond Swayne
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 January 2020.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Education and Local Government.
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