18 Quotes by David Willetts

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    The prime minister will feel uncomfortable about the sound of daggers being sharpened around him. We in this party are happy to praise the Education Bill, not to bury it.

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    Now the secretary of state comes to the house to say that she will legislate but she hasn't said she will legislate for a single list.

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    If this bill has some steps that improve the quality of education, however modest, we would still back it.

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    Parents' confidence in Ruth Kelly's ability to maintain the integrity of the staff working in schools is ebbing away.

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    Looking at scientific inquiry, next paradigm will be based on very large datasets. Scientists are in the lead in handling very large datasets - Hubble telescope or Large Hadron Collider are massive datasets.

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    We do not believe in quotas. They would not only be undesirable, they would be illegal. There is legal protection for the autonomy of universities in running their own admission arrangements.

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