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HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyI have to say that I do not really have any intention of saying to the Prime Minister that his plans are facile. More importantly, I point the noble Lord to the pickup in…20 Apr 2023HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyMy Lords, we work closely with the Money and Pensions Service and the Treasury to support the effective teaching of financial education in schools. The Money and Pensions Service…20 Apr 2023HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyThe Government agree with the noble Lord that it is that combination of the fundamental knowledge in relation to mathematics and reading that support financial literacy and that…20 Apr 2023HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyMy noble friend makes a very important point. Risks relating to gambling are part of the RSHE curriculum and there are two main aspects of this. One is supporting pupils to manage…20 Apr 2023HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyI understand the direction of the noble Baroness’s question. I would say that the data from the APPG report, which is extremely valuable, is none the less from a very small…20 Apr 2023HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyI am happy to congratulate the right reverend Prelate on his and his colleagues’ contribution before, during and after life. In relation to my noble friend’s question, data and…20 Apr 2023HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyI think I already, in response to my noble friend’s question, addressed, in part, the noble Lord’s question, namely in that we already teach children about the risks relating to…20 Apr 2023HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyThe Government are very grateful to organisations such as Lifesavers for the important work they do providing very useful support to teachers and schools. According to the Money…20 Apr 2023HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyCertainly, the aspects of the curriculum that relate to how to operate safely online include fraud, which is a growing and terrible problem, as the noble Lord points out.20 Apr 2023HANSARDThe Ties that Bind: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in the 21st Century Follow-Up ReportMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts for securing this debate and for his skilful chairmanship of the committee and all noble Lords who contributed to…17 Apr 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Financial PressuresMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Knight, for bringing to your Lordships’ attention the important matter of financial sustainability in the higher education…30 Mar 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Financial PressuresWith the permission of the House, I quoted one figure incorrectly and would just like to set the record straight. I said that, according to the HESA data, the increase in the…30 Mar 2023HANSARDChildren’s School MealsThe regulations were updated in 2014—27 Mar 2023HANSARDChildren’s School Meals—but I do not accept that they were weakened. As I say, there is sensible flexibility to allow schools to respond to their local community.27 Mar 2023HANSARDChildren’s School MealsThe Department for Education has already been working closely with our colleagues in the Department of Health. I absolutely agree with the point that the noble Lord is making.27 Mar 2023HANSARDChildren’s School MealsThe Government have made a great deal of progress in this area, which is not to say that there is not more to do. The noble Baroness will be familiar with the so-called sugar tax,…27 Mar 2023HANSARDChildren’s School MealsI am more than happy to share those figures on benefit rates with my noble friend sitting next to me on the Front Bench. More seriously, there are so many variables in this. I…27 Mar 2023HANSARDChildren’s School MealsJust to make sure that I have not confused the House, levels of obesity and children who are overweight rose very sharply during lockdown. Levels have come back, depending on the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDChildren’s School MealsI am not aware that anyone is demonising fat, but there is a very serious issue about education. The percentage of children who are either overweight or obese rose very sharply…27 Mar 2023HANSARDChildren’s School MealsI do recognise the figures to which the noble Lord refers with regard to the level of obesity—particularly shocking, perhaps, in our primary age children. The noble Lord will be…27 Mar 2023