Hertford and Stortford MP Julie Marson wants schools to continue online learning after coronavirus pandemic

Bishop's Stortford's MP wants schools to continue remote learning after the Covid-19 crisis.

Conservative Julie Marson quizzed education minister Nick Gibbs in the House of Commons on Monday (June 22).

The member for Hertford and Stortford began by asking what steps his department was taking to support teaching during the pandemic.

Mr Gibb said: "The Government have provided a £100 million package of advice and support to enable remote teaching. That has included delivering laptops and tablets to vulnerable and disadvantaged children and working with the new Oak National Academy, the BBC and others to ensure strong national availability of remote educational resources."

Mrs Marson, who was elected in December, said: "I pay tribute to the huge efforts that schools and their staff across Hertford and Stortford have made in supporting the children of key workers and are now making to get more pupils back to school.

"Does my Right Honourable friend agree that schools have an opportunity to continue some of the innovations they have made, such as remote learning?"

The minister responded: "Remote teaching has been a significant challenge for teachers across the sector and I am grateful to all those who have worked so hard to ensure their pupils' education has continued despite the difficulties of lockdown.

"Some innovations will no doubt continue to be beneficial, and we are working with organisations such as the Education Endowment Foundation to take an evidence-based approach to establishing how schools can best use remote practices in future."