I refer the Hon Gentleman to the oral statement made to the House on 29 June [Official Report 29 June; Vol 626 Col 762] by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in particular to the response given to the Hon Member for Wellingborough [Col 770]<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Suffolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Matt Hancock"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-07-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-07-11T12:31:55.437Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "10"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "21st Century Fox: Sky"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she will make a decision on referring the 21st Century Fox bid for Sky to the Competition and Markets Authority before the summer recess; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1463", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Bromwich East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tom Watson"} ], "uin" : "3592"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/748686", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/748686/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government believes that the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) provides the right educational foundation for the vast majority of pupils. Since 2015, the Government has been clear that we want to see 90 per cent of pupils study the EBacc combination of subjects at GCSE. We will publish further detail about the EBacc policy in due course.<\/p>
The Government believes that the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) provides the right educational foundation for the vast majority of pupils. Since 2015, the Government has been clear that we want to see 90 per cent of pupils study the EBacc combination of subjects at GCSE. We will publish further detail about the EBacc policy in due course.<\/p> The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has had no discussions with the British Olympic Association (BOA) , an independent organisation, \u200babout\u200b a name change for the Olympic team from TeamGB to Team UK.<\/p>"}
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