Oral QuestionHome Office

“What assessment she has made of the adequacy of support and accommodation for asylum seekers during the covid-19 outbreak.”

Tabled: 7 July 2020Answered: 13 July 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

Bridget Phillipson

It is only through delivering a Labour Government in Scotland next year that we will get the change that the hon. Gentleman is seeking. I agree that Scottish education used to be the envy of the world—I spent many a long day speaking to my grandfather about his experience of the Scottish system—but it is only with a Labour Government in Scotland that we will once again see the focus on standards that our disadvantaged young people badly need.