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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]If I may, I will respond to that very valid point about the scale-up of T-levels when I come to it in just a second. I am tempted to expand on the Crossrail/Central line analogy,…24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords for the contributions they have made to this important debate and particularly the noble Lord, Lord Storey, for acknowledging the importance of the…24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 3.24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, with the leave of the House, I beg to move that this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 1 and 2 en bloc. I will speak also to Amendments 3 to 6, 15 and…24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 1 and 2.24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, the Motions in this group relate to provider access, universal credit, and SEND and further education teacher training. I will start with Commons Amendments 17 and 18,…24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend for his very kind words. Returning to Amendment 19 and Motions 19A and 19B, as I was saying, my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott and I had productive…24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I beg to move. Amendment to the Motion on Amendment 1924 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords who have spoken today, particularly on the amendments and Motions we have just debated. I will touch very briefly on the points raised. I thank the noble…24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 19.24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 17 and 18 and do propose Amendments 17B and 17C to Commons Amendment 17—24 Mar 2022HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]Either I or, even better, my honourable friend in the other place would be delighted to meet with the noble Lord.04 Mar 2022HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillWe are confident. We are working in a number of ways, which I am happy to set out for the noble Lord in writing.04 Mar 2022HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, for highlighting this very important issue. While the Government agree with the sentiment of the Bill, as the noble…04 Mar 2022HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillMy Lords, I join your Lordships in thanking my noble friend Lord Lucas for bringing forward this Bill, and I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this debate. I am also…04 Mar 2022HANSARDMusic Education in State SchoolsI cannot agree with the noble Earl. The EBacc was designed to be limited, absolutely to allow for the study of other subjects—many of which I know the noble Earl rightly cares a…02 Mar 2022HANSARDMusic Education in State SchoolsThe Government share my noble friend’s concern about the importance of music education in all of our schools. We see it, along with other arts subjects, as integral to a good,…02 Mar 2022HANSARDMusic Education in State SchoolsI agree with the noble Baroness that parents in every school care about the richness and breadth of the curriculum which their children undertake. The music education hubs that…02 Mar 2022HANSARDMusic Education in State SchoolsI remind the noble Viscount, as I am sure he knows, that music is compulsory in all maintained schools from the ages of five to 14. After the age of 14, all pupils in maintained…02 Mar 2022HANSARDMusic Education in State SchoolsI do not have that specific figure to hand, but I am happy to write to the noble Lord with it.02 Mar 2022