Damian Hinds

Damian Hinds

Conservative — East Hampshire

Speaking in the House of Commons on 15 January 2025

Debate

Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill

Contribution

It is worth reflecting that the education budget goes up every year. It does not go up because there has been a change to business rates, VAT or anything else, which is the logic we sometimes hear from Labour Members. If the revenue from those things is slightly smaller than expected, does that mean less money will go into education? Of course not. We keep hearing about hiring 6,500 more teachers. Does the hon. Gentleman know how many more teachers were hired in the last Parliament?

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