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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, there is a large number of probing amendments in this group and, in the interests of making progress, I will not comment on most of them. I am very sympathetic to the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillFrom memory, are there not 400-and-something thousand children with an EHCP who will be within the kind of consent framework? Obviously, the vast majority of the 400,000 children…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 207. Ever the optimist, I hope the Government will take it seriously and bring it back on Report with a “g” in front of it. The amendment…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have two amendments in this group. Amendment 204 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Lucas would narrow the scope of local authority powers to withhold consent…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillJust to be clear on this, I heard the Minister say that, in the case of cadets, where wearing a uniform is required and it is given for free, the Government will clarify that that…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 195A, 195B, 198 and 199, and Amendment 199ZA, from my noble friend Lady Sater, which I have signed. We all recognise that the Government…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI think I might speak for others in the Committee in saying that this level of detail could be better dealt with face to face with officials, which would allow us to do another…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillEven more briefly, I did not hear the Minister’s response in relation to children who have been on a child protection plan. Could she be very kind and write to me, in the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am sorry, perhaps the Minister is about to come to this: that is what normally happens when I stand up. I think my noble friend was saying that in the CCF, you have to wear the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am so sorry to intervene on my noble friend again but, having introduced the group, he had a chance to make the points he needs to make. I think now is the time to…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, my noble friends and the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, have made a powerful case for the point of principle that underpins this group of amendments. I confess to agreeing with…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for the clarity she brought with her earlier remarks. She set out the objectives of the Government and her commitment, on behalf of colleagues…03 Jul 2025HANSARDSchool LibrariesMy Lords, as the Minister said, this survey was based on a very small number—under 100—of our 22,500 schools, so she is right to be cautious about the conclusions one can draw.…30 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Schools: Tax ChangesMy Lords, the Minister has twice said that the Government are focused on investing in the 93% of children who go to state schools, but on 11 June the Prime Minister wrote on X:…25 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to this amendment, which was tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Carlile. I thought, from the original groupings, that we were also going to talk about Amendment…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillAs drafted, the amendment explicitly suggests what my noble friend referred to. Proposed new subsection (2)(b) says that the strategy must set out “the accredited training police…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, my noble friends Lady Coffey and Lady Stedman-Scott, supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, have made an incredibly strong case for the importance of this…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI put on record how much I welcome the noble Baroness’s last comments about a round table, and meeting and talking to a range of directors of children’s services. It is reassuring…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly to Amendment 183C, which is in my name. Last year, the revised Working Together guidance removed the requirement for Section 17 assessments—or…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill23 Jun 2025