Education Secretary statement to Parliament on national lockdown
Gavin Williamson statement to Parliament on closure of education settings during national lockdown
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6 January 2020
With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement regarding schools in national lockdown.
The last thing any Education Secretary wants to do is announce that schools will close and this is not a decision that the government ever wanted to take.
I would like to reassure everyone that our schools have not suddenly become unsafe, but limiting the number of people who attend them is essential when the COVID rates are climbing as they are now. We must curb the escalating cases of COVID throughout the country and prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed. That is why today I am setting out the contingency plans I had prepared but had hoped to never have to implement.
6 January 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Thank you very much Mr Speaker and can I share your gratitude to the House of Commons staff for all their efforts, their hard work to allow us to meet today in the way that we are.
And before I begin my statement, I know the thoughts of the whole House are with the Hon Member for Cardiff Central who is currently in hospital with Covid, and we wish her a full and speedy recovery.
With permission, I shall make a statement about the measures we are taking to defeat this new variant of Covid-19,
The BBC has said it will deliver the “biggest education offer in its history” for young people as schools across the UK shut under new lockdown rules. Prime Minister Boris Johnson plunged England into its third national shutdown on Monday, while schools are also currently closed to most pupils in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. From next week, CBBC will offer three hours of primary school programming from 9am, while BBC Two will support.
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