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HANSARDEducation: Teacher DeparturesThe right reverend Prelate makes a good point. We are investing £20 million to provide practitioners in pre-reception settings with access to high-quality training to raise their…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEducation: Teacher DeparturesAs we know, the list for teachers is a very long one, and all the things that the noble Lord mentions are important. But we also know that, without the basic skills of literacy…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsThe noble Baroness is right that we need to look at qualifications more broadly than simply the financial and earnings potential of those careers. However, I am sure she will also…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsThe noble Lord is right that the number of students doing A-level arts subjects has dropped, but there are some really encouraging signs in the data. The number of students doing…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsThe Government do not accept that the EBacc has contributed to a decline in the adoption of creative subjects. The percentage of children doing an arts subject to GCSE has…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsThe creative industries are a great example, as a number of noble Lords have recognised today, of that fusion of artistic and other technical and scientific disciplines. That is…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsMy noble friend will understand that I cannot announce the national plan before it has been published, but I hope that he will be delighted when he sees the plan in its detail,…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsI apologise to the noble Lord if I was not clear. I hoped I had acknowledged that A-level numbers have dropped but that GCSE figures have been broadly stable with around 45% of…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsMy Lords, it is an exciting and important subject. The Government have committed to high-quality music and arts education from an early age. All state-funded schools and…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsThe noble Baroness will understand that I cannot prejudge the announcements from the Chancellor on Wednesday. When my noble friend Lady Berridge was in this role, she was clear…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsMy noble friend is right to raise the important role of orchestras in schools, but the Government’s focus has been to ensure that there is a consistent cultural offer, a range of…25 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted that the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is finalising its passage through this House. As the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, articulated, our debate has…25 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.25 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, before the Third Reading of this Bill I would like to make a short statement about our engagement with the devolved Administrations. Officials and Ministers have worked…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsThe noble Baroness is right that arts-led education encourages those traits, but not only arts-led education encourages critical thinking. I think that she does the teaching…25 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]21 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]21 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]21 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I can assure my noble friend absolutely that I am in regular and detailed dialogue with my ministerial colleagues. I will certainly share your Lordships’ concerns with them but,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]Sorry, this group is for my noble friend Lady Chisholm. Amendment 5321 Oct 2021