I am delighted that the hon.

We have protected the core schools budget, which will have risen by 2019-20 from £40 billion a year to £42 billion a year.

Indeed; I fully agree.

As my hon. Friend points out, I do not get to write my own cheques and I have to live within my departmental budget.

The right hon. Gentleman is right to highlight this issue.

We need to ensure that schools have more freedoms to be able to run themselves in a way that means they can deliver strong educational ou

I think the important thing is actually that we remain an open country for international students, because that is one of the best ways i

The hon. Lady tries to get me to pre-empt my White Paper, which will come out in the coming weeks.

The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue. I shall look at it carefully and write to him about it.

I put social mobility at the heart of everything my Department does.