A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry has left MPs with a clear impression that land-based education needs to continue at closure-hit Newton Rigg College in Penrith. Following a one-off evidence session on land-based education provision in England, MPs on the House of Commons’ EFRA Committee are to raise concerns about national delivery of education for agriculture and the environment, which includes continued land-based education provision at Newton Rigg. During the evidence session, Tim Whittaker, CEO of owners Askham Bryan College in York, was called as one of the witnesses and faced a barrage of questions from MPs, and afterwards, Julia Aglionby, Armathwaite farmer and executive director - England, Foundation for Common Land, described how the questioning by a well briefed Barry Gardiner MP had left Mr Whittaker ‘floundering and repeatedly asking if he could respond in writing later.’
Cross-party group of MPs to raise concerns over land-based education in country, including Newton Rigg
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Cross-party group of MPs to raise concerns over land-based education in country, including Newton Rigg
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