Laura Trott

On behalf of my party, may I send our condolences to the Prime Minister on the death of his father? I want to ask the Secretary of State a very simple question. Does she think it is acceptable for you

It is what happened. Instead of raising aspirations, the system lowered expectations. The danger in what the Government are proposing is obvious. History will repeat itself. Highly academic schools wi

Let me begin by welcoming the new Secretary of State to her place. Just yesterday, new statistics from the programme for international student assessment showed that English pupils are now in the top

Well, that is a load of rubbish. The Secretary of State says that she is proud of the action that the Government are taking on pay. May I suggest that one of the reasons teachers are angry is that the

The resignation of the Prime Minister this morning was a damning indictment of the record of this Government over the last two years. Part of the Prime Minister’s legacy will be teacher morale at an a

My right hon. Friend is always correct to be worried, but he will know that in Lord Nash’s amendment a 12-month delay was written in. I think it is reasonable to give the Government some time to bring