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Graham Stuart MP elected chairman of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, was today elected as the chairman of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee at Westminster.

Access to good quality education for pupils in the Beverley and Holderness constituency has always been a priority for Graham. He will still be fighting to get more cash allocated to fund school [...]

Young should not suffer a lack of education and training opportunities

Young people are among the biggest victims of Labour’s economic mismanagement, with almost 900,000 not in any kind of job or training, says Beverley and Holderness Conservative candidate Graham Stuart.

He said a Conservative government would not accept another generation being consigned to an uncertain future of worklessness and dependency.

Action to tackle abuse and violence in schools

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, says he is deeply concerned by official Government figures which reveal more than 1,000 pupils every school day are being suspended or expelled from schools for physical assaults, verbal abuse and threatening behaviour on both pupils and teachers.

 Across the East Riding alone there were 10 expulsions for assaults [...]

MP meets with East Riding College on possible new development

MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, is to meet with the head of East Riding College as moves continue to secure its move to new premises in Flemingate.

Graham is meeting with Derek Branton, the college principal and John Doris, director of resources, on Friday.

Graham Stuart breaks all Commons records

Parliament TV

Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has smashed all previous records for the number of petitions hand in to the House of Commons at one time.

Fighting a Government plan to allow council officers, including those from the East Riding, to enter the homes of home educators, Graham received the support of fellow MPs [...]

Teachers should be given more powers to tackle school bullying

School bullying (picture posed)

Despite a new survey showing half of all 14-year-old children have been bullied there was not a single pupil excluded from school in the Beverley and Holderness constituency, revealed MP Graham Stuart.

 Official Government figures show just 90 school pupils across the country were expelled last year for school bullying. In fact [...]

Mass petitions against home education clampdown

Graham outside Westminster

A total of 74 MPs from across the three main parties are set to present more than 120 petitions containing thousands of signatures to Parliament tonight (Tuesday) opposing Government plans to bring in strict registration and monitoring of home educated children, thanks to Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart .

 The [...]

MP faces students at University of Hull

Graham talks to students

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Yet again Graham Stuart MP has faced questions from school pupils learning about politics.

Graham joined Diana Wallis MEP, Austin Mitchell MP and Professor of War Studies Caroline Kennedy-Pipe for an event held at the University of Hull entitled Parties [...]

MP praises pupils across Beverley and Holderness as schools come in the top third nationally and promises to fight the funding gap

Key Stage Two

MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, today paid tribute to the hard work of pupils and teachers across the constituency as schools again achieved highly in Key Stage Two tests.

 But he said the results had been achieved ‘in spite of’ the area getting less to spend on each child’s education than [...]

MP joins school Question Time panel

Hymers Question Time

MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, has taken part in a question and answer session at Hymers College in Hull.

Graham joined other panel members Diana Johnson MP, Godfrey Bloom MEP, Cllr Carl Minns and John Robinson for the event on Friday November 20.