By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter One of the moments of excitement from today's Prime Minister's Questions was a clash between John Bercow and Childrens Minister Tim Loughton, which appears to be a further installment in an ongoing series of exchanges between the two . As can be seen from the video above, an angry […]
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Tim Loughton MP is Minister for Children and Families at the Department for Education. When the Femail section of the Daily Mail opines ‘Children’s Minister Tim Loughton has just earned his place in Heaven’; the Standard refers to ‘a piece of good common-sense’ and the Guardian talks about a possible ‘voice of sanity’ then you […]
Tim Loughton is Shadow Minister for Children and is one of the MPs taking part in the current Channel 4 series, Tower Block of Commons. Click here to watch the first three episodes and click here to vote for the MP you feel is most connecting with the locals on the estates where they are […]
Tim Loughton MP is Shadow Minister for Children. You have to hand it to Ed Balls: he never misses an opportunity to make a human tragedy into a party political crisis. Last week was another bad week for the Prime Minister's 'mini-me'. Last Monday, Newsnight revealed the horror of the Edlington torturers case after the […]
Beckenham MP Jacqui Lait introduced a Bill in the Commons yesterday. It seeks to "prevent the exploitation by parents of their children by means of seeking publicity, primarily for the purpose of financial gain, in respect of the actions of such children; and for connected purposes". The Bill was presented by Mrs Lait, Charles Hendry, Mr. […]
Here are the highlights from yesterday's Children, Schools and Families questions. Buckingham MP John Bercow advocated a more liberal exclusion policy: "Of course, schools sometimes mistake disability for disobedience. Children with special educational needs are nine times more likely to be permanently excluded from school, and the Government are rightly committed to reducing the incidents […]
Tim Loughton has been Shadow Minister for Children and Young People since 2003. This week the Times and Telegraph have covered the news that the ContactPoint database is stalling amid concerns over its safety features. Contactpoint is a classic Government behemoth. A database which has so far cost £224 million to implement and will cost […]
Christopher Chope MP was unsuccessful yesterday in his bid to block the UK Youth Parliament from ending centuries of exclusive use of the Commons by elected MPs. Here are some of the MP for Christchurch’s arguments: "I could understand a case being made for the use of this Chamber by any number of different organisations, […]
Questions were put to ministers from the Department for Children, Schools and Families department yesterday. The very last question of the session was from John Bercow, Buckingham MP, and addressed the loathsome phenomenon of bullying: "Given that approximately 6,000 children a year exclude themselves from school after suffering extreme bullying, approximately 50 per cent. of […]
Tim Loughton is MP for East Worthing & Shoreham and Shadow Minister for Children. This week we published an update to ‘No More Blame Game’ – the report by the Conservative Party Commission on Social Workers which I chaired and which we published in October 2007. It was a well received green paper on how […]
There are a number of intriguing written answers in the latest edition of Hansard. Shoreham & East Worthing MP (and Shadow Minister for Children) Tim Loughton uncovered some diplomatic buckpassing by the Government, through a question to the Olympics Minister: "To ask the Minister for the Olympics if she will invite the Dalai Lama to […]
Here are some recently tabled Early Day Motions. Click on the link to see who else has signed them. Shadow Minister for Children Tim Loughton has tabled EDM 2542, on a fantastically unimportant issue: "JOHN SERGEANT AND STRICTLY COME DANCING 20.11.2008 Loughton, Tim That this House is devastated by the circumstances surrounding John Sergeant’s departure […]
Tim Loughton MP is Minister for Children and Families at the Department for Education. Our announcement this week that we are overhauling Government guidance on adoption and stepping up a gear to reverse the trend of falling adoption numbers has been universally welcomed. Our overriding message has been that adoption works for many children in […]