The Pitch: Schools must reopen to defuse 'ticking time bomb' in education - Paul Goldsmith

Welcome back to the Pitch, where Newshub Nation gives MPs just five minutes to sell you on their ideas. 

In the hot seat this week, National's Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith who says despite rising case numbers, some students should already be back at school.

"We've got to get the kids back to school as quickly as we can. We're facing a ticking time bomb in terms of education in this country. This is the second year we students have been disrupted and we need to get them back to school."

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