“Whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the steps taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid.”
Asked by
Karl Turner
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Nick Thomas-Symonds)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. We have arrangements with France to make school trips easier. I think we agree across the House that school trips are an enriching experience. The Department for Education works with the British Council on the learning assistance scheme, which the Government hugely support and want to drive forward. With regard to a youth mobility scheme, I am not going to give a running commentary. What I will say is that we will, of course, always act in the UK’s national interest and that we will not go back to freedom of movement.