Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 24 February 2026Answered: 2 March 2026

Asked by

Sir Desmond Swayne

ConservativeNew Forest West

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

Bridget Phillipson

We were elected on a manifesto to deliver a limit on the number of branded items to cut the cost of school uniform. Unfortunately, some of what the right hon. Gentleman proposes could have unintended consequences that would not tackle the problem we are facing, which is that children should be smart when they go to school, but it should not cost their parents the earth.