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22 June 2026

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Education Question Time covering school food standards, SEND reforms, apprenticeships, FE and 16–19 policy, estates, campus free speech, safeguarding, OfS governance, MAT finances, early years workforce and accountability for SEND delivery.

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Education questions — schools, FE and safeguarding

33:54

Opening — school food, SEND, apprenticeships

33:54

Opening of sitting and initial education questions

33:54

Opening of sitting and start of education questions

33:54

Opening of sitting and new Members sworn

33:54

Q1 School food standards and pupil voice

38:48

Education questions — SEND reforms and local accountability

42:06

SEND reforms — standards, local authority powers and specialist support

42:06

Q2 SEND reforms, MAT accountability and specialist workforce

42:06

Q5 Military families’ children and mobile SEND support

50:58

Q8/16/23 SEND reforms, local authority funding and new provision

01:00:01

Education questions — apprenticeships, school funding and rebuilding

44:51

Skills Minister — apprenticeships funding and provider access

44:51

Q3 Apprenticeship starts, funding and provider access

44:51

School funding, rural provision and rebuilding

46:59

Q4 School funding and GB Energy solar rollout

46:59

Q6 Rural small schools funding, guidance and viability

55:53

Q7 — School rebuilding and Hudson Primary

58:17

Education — teacher workforce, FE reform, safeguarding

01:08:18

Education questions — teacher workforce, FE reform and sector pressures

01:08:18

Teacher workforce, workload and FE reform

01:08:18

Q9/12 — Teacher recruitment, attrition and workload

01:08:18

Q10 — Further education pathways and staffing pressures

01:12:44

Main oral questions — SEND, estates, campus antisemitism, sport

01:15:36

Q11 — SEND funding gap and support services

01:15:36

Q13 — School rebuilding programme and local cases

01:17:27

Q14 — Antisemitism on university campuses

01:19:19

Q15 — PE and sport premium changes and school budgets

01:22:41

Topical education questions — safeguarding, OfS, SEND

01:26:12

Topical Q15–21 — Early years, teacher workforce and child safety

01:26:12

Topical Q1–3 — Early years safeguarding, school food and Best Start Hubs

01:26:12

Topical Q4 — Prime Minister’s resignation, teacher morale and pay award

01:28:52

Topical Q5 — Forced adoptions apology

01:31:16

Topical Q6 — Early years free hours capacity

01:32:18

Topical Q7 — Kent high needs funding model

01:32:55

Topical Q8 — Music teacher bursaries and arts centre

01:33:48

Topical Q9 — Carbon monoxide awareness in schools

01:34:33

Topical Q22–26 — OfS ruling, family hubs, climate and SEND

01:35:23

Topical Q10 — Office for Students High Court ruling

01:35:23

Topical Q11 — Family hubs and legacy of Sure Start

01:36:16

Topical Q12 — School heatwaves and climate resilience

01:37:09

Topical Q13 — Holocaust education and museum visit

01:38:14

Topical Q14–16 — Specialist SEND pathways and local underfunding

01:39:03

Topical Q27–30 — Safeguarding review, MAT finances and school provision

01:41:01

Topical Q17 — Baby Preston Davey: safeguarding failures and reform timetable

01:41:01

Topical Q18 — Academy trust finances and MAT oversight

01:44:33

Topical Q19–20 — Honours for headteachers and reusing surplus school sites

01:45:41

Topical Q21–22 — Primary PE funding in rural areas and SEND reforms

01:47:41

Ministerial statements — G7, rail safety, Cass Review

01:49:46

G7 statement and foreign policy Q&A

01:49:46

G7 statement and Opposition response — Ukraine, Russia, defence

01:49:46

Government statement — G7, Ukraine and Russia

01:49:46

Deputy PM statement — G7, Ukraine and Russia sanctions

01:49:46

Middle East nuclear deal, regional stability and migration controls

01:55:13

G7 trade deals, Brexit impact and EU cooperation

01:59:22

Opposition–Government clash — PM’s role, G7 and defence funding

02:02:24

Opposition Leader — PM’s resignation, G7 credibility and defence funding

02:02:24

Deputy PM — defence investment, Russian oil sanctions and energy policy

02:07:17

Deputy PM — foreign policy, sanctions and EU relations Q&A

02:10:12

Backbench questions — Gaza, Ukraine assets, Hormuz

02:10:12

Middle East, Ukraine assets and EU reset — backbench and Green questions

02:10:12

Conservative MP — Hormuz de-escalation and UK cost of living

02:16:19

Government stance on Iran, defence finance and regional security

02:17:26

Iran deal, IRGC sanctions and Downing Street protests

02:17:26

G7 defence finance, GCAP deal and Hormuz mission

02:19:10

Lebanon ceasefire, Gaza accountability and EU trade red lines

02:25:01

Iran nuclear deal safeguards and Russian shadow fleet sanctions

02:30:46

Deputy PM Q&A — Brexit, EU relations, sanctions, G7 outcomes

02:32:53

Brexit economic impacts, steel tariffs and EU reset summit

02:32:53

Conservative MP — ending Russian diesel and jet fuel licences

02:35:21

Backbench Qs — EU–UK reset, North Sea energy and climate leadership

02:36:54

Final G7 statement questions — PM’s absence, Lebanon rhetoric, EU summit delay and EU regulation

02:40:35

Transport Secretary — Elstow rail collision and safety response

02:46:45

Transport Secretary — Elstow collision statement and investigations

02:46:45

Transport Secretary statement and investigation framework

02:46:45

Transport Secretary — EMR train collision statement

02:46:45

Shadow Transport Secretary — investigation timetable and lessons

02:54:39

Transport Secretary statement — EMR collision response

02:59:12

Select Committee Chair and Lib Dem spokesperson — staff welfare and avoiding speculation

02:59:12

Backbench MPs — local impacts, replacement services and NHS support

03:02:52

EMR collision — driver safety, trauma support and investigations

03:13:56

EMR collision — line repairs, service resumption and passenger reassurance

03:23:19

Cass Review and Pathways trial — ministerial defence and scrutiny

03:32:48

Ministerial rationale and early parliamentary challenge

03:32:48

Pathways trial — ministerial rationale and initial political responses

03:32:48

Health Secretary statement — Pathways trial rationale and safeguards

03:32:48

Shadow Health spokesperson Dr Johnson — opposition to trial and ethical concerns

03:43:27

Backbench Conservative support for Cass-based reforms

03:52:13

Lib Dem spokesperson — MHRA assurances and trial scope

03:55:51

Trial governance, MHRA oversight and safeguarding concerns

03:59:11

Trial governance, MHRA process and safeguarding

03:59:11

MP and Health Committee Chair — depoliticising trial and MHRA process

03:59:11

Backbench scientist MP and critic — politics, consent and existing data

04:03:14

Safeguarding, care system children and legacy data

04:06:37

NHS Pathways trial — ethical safeguards and clinical evidence

04:12:17

NHS Pathways trial — design, ethics and safeguards

04:12:17

Pathways research components, comparators and access to support

04:12:17

Pathways trial — consent, looked‑after children and moral objections

04:17:19

Pathways trial — sample size, triple‑lock safeguards and capacity concerns

04:26:35

Private Members’ Bills and transition to Armed Forces Bill

04:33:35

Private Members’ Bills — introduction and scheduling

04:33:35

Private Members’ Bills — presentation and scheduling procedure

04:33:35

Private Members’ Bills — procedural transition and scheduling

04:33:35

Point of order and transition to Private Members’ Bills

04:33:35

Presentation of individual Private Members’ Bills and second reading dates

04:34:58

Bulk bill presentations and scheduling recorded in Votes and Proceedings

04:41:22

Armed Forces Bill — core reforms and parliamentary scrutiny

04:45:32

Armed Forces Bill — legal framework and family mobility

04:45:32

Armed Forces Bill — legal framework and reserve forces

04:45:32

Armed Forces Bill — Jeremy Corbyn new clause on foreign fighters and Gaza

04:45:32

Armed Forces Bill — Defence Housing Service and expanded reservist obligations

04:48:19

Opposition lead — Armed Forces Bill overview and ECHR derogation

04:50:37

New clauses 4–5 — Covenant family support and mobility

04:56:00

New Clause 4 — Gurkha and F&C family visa fees

04:56:00

Amendment 3 — SEND support portability under the Covenant

04:58:18

Amendments 4–5 — Fostering, adoption and NHS waiting lists

05:05:06

Armed Forces Bill scrutiny — funding, housing, covenant and justice

05:06:02

Armed Forces funding, housing and covenant scrutiny

05:06:02

Opposition — Defence Housing Service funding and delayed DIP

05:06:02

Backbench Labour — Gurkha visa fees and covenant accountability

05:13:17

Opposition frontbencher — Defence Investment Plan, housing and veterans

05:21:12

Service justice reforms and forces housing governance

05:31:16

Opposition frontbencher — Service justice and sexual offence cases

05:31:16

Backbench Labour — Defence Housing Service structure and funding

05:46:37

Armed Forces Bill support and key new clauses

05:33:21

Backbench Labour — Armed Forces Bill support and DIP timing

05:33:21

Conservative veteran — support for NC4, NC9 and NC11

05:39:22

Covenant enforcement, housing and ILR fee waivers

05:46:37

Covenant implementation, housing and ILR fee waiver debate

05:46:37

Defence Housing Service and Covenant implementation

05:46:37

Defence Housing Service and Covenant duty across public services

05:46:37

Defence Housing Service — governance, culture and funding

05:46:37

Armed Forces Covenant duty and veterans’ access to services

05:52:32

Bill support, housing governance and strategic defence posture

05:57:12

Reform MP — housing quango concerns and ECHR derogation

05:57:12

Reform MP — call for grand strategy and UK-led European defence

06:01:13

Backbench Labour — Defence Investment Plan and NC10

06:09:50

NC4 ILR fee waiver — backbench case and NI concerns

06:14:14

NC4 ILR fee waiver — case, manifesto pledge and timing

06:14:14

NC4 — ILR fee waiver for forces families: case and manifesto basis

06:14:14

NC4 — implementation timetable, interdepartmental delay and Veterans Minister

06:18:32

NC4 — Army Families Federation evidence and financial hardship

06:22:39

NC4 — Appeal to Labour MPs to defy the whip

06:26:04

Northern Ireland perspective — legacy, covenant scope and veteran welfare

06:27:45

Northern Ireland MP — legacy prosecutions, NC9 and covenant in NI

06:27:45

Northern Ireland MP — homeless veterans, ILR fees and covenant standards

06:33:55

Armed Forces Bill conclusion and miners’ pensions debate

06:38:50

Armed Forces Bill — final ministerial remarks and third reading

06:38:50

Minister — closing arguments and lead‑in to votes

06:38:50

Minister’s closing speech on covenant, investment plan and veterans

06:38:50

Minister’s closing remarks — covenant duty and NC4 visa fees

06:38:50

Defence Investment Plan, housing budget and ECHR derogation

06:43:23

Veterans’ services, recruitment and Northern Ireland covenant duty

06:49:51

Minister on NC17, NC19–20 and amendment 2

06:56:37

Armed Forces Bill — divisions on new clauses and amendment

06:58:14

Division on NC4 — ILR fee waiver for forces families

06:58:14

Division on NC11 — routine ECHR derogation for overseas operations

07:13:27

Division on NC22 — Defence Investment Plan reporting

07:27:07

Division on amendment 11 to Armed Forces Bill

07:38:33

Armed Forces Bill — third reading and final positions

07:50:09

Armed Forces Bill — third reading and party positions

07:50:09

Government amendment 2 agreed and third reading opened

07:50:09

Shadow Minister — third reading response and funding concerns

07:54:32

Subsequent House business and adjournment debate on miners’ pensions

08:00:27

House business motions on planning, tax and committees

08:00:27

House procedural motions on planning, tax and committees

08:00:27

Housekeeping motions on planning, tax and select committees

08:00:27

Adjournment debate — BCSSS surplus and miners’ pensions

08:02:41

Adjournment debate — BCSSS surplus and miners’ pensions

08:02:41

Adjournment — Lee Anderson on BCSSS surplus justice

08:02:41

Treasury Minister — commitment to end historic coal pensions injustice

08:14:52

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House of Commons

22 June 2026

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 Actual start 14:00 House of Commons

33:54 - 34:23

Speaker 1

Order. Order.

Will the members wishing to take their seats please come to the table. Laura Bird, member for Arbroath and Broughton Ferry. Broughty Ferry in fact.

34:23 - 34:33

Speaker 2

I take this oath only so that I can serve the people of Arbroath and Broughty Ferry. My first allegiance is and always will be the sovereign people of Scotland.

34:33 - 34:33

I do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors according to the law, so help me God.

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