School Pupils with Allergies

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, and it is lovely to swap roles, g...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns); that was an ex...

I also commend the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this very important deba...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I, too, thank the hon. Member for...

indicated assent.

I think I got it right that time—as the hon. Member for Strangford indicated. We play that game o...

I call Catherine McKinnell to speak on behalf of the Labour party.

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It is an honour to serve under you as Chair, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stra...

I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate. It is typical of h...

I know that the Minister cannot commit to anything at this moment, but I would very much apprecia...

I am very happy to have that conversation with my hon. Friend.

Turning to the statutory dut...

Will my hon. Friend give way on that point before he moves on?

Yes, but I am going to have to get through my speech.

We have a little more time. On that point, would the Minister accept that there is a real problem...

Staff should have training in it—that is absolutely right. That is part of what we are requiring....

I wonder if I am following you correctly—you will confirm whether that is true or not. We have as...

We have a difference of opinion about the requirement on schools. The Department’s view is that w...

I thank the Minister for that response; I think that gives us some clarity. From what we have all...

Yes. The question with these things is always whether the laws are already there. Do you need new...

Can I ask the Minister one very last question? It will be the last one, I promise—that is not som...

Well, I have a bunch of witnesses to that. I will give way.

If the point is around the Department believing that this is being done rightly, does the Ministe...

Order. This has been a good and important debate, but I must remind hon. Members that interventio...

I will write to my hon. Friend to clarify that particular point. Ofsted has a role in inspecting ...

First, I am so very pleased that we have had what I would refer to as a united front across the p...