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HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildMy Lords, as I outlined, the UK Government take seriously the input from the United Nations. Children’s rights impact assessments have been devised in accordance with the…16 Nov 2020HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildMy Lords, the Government of course do not condone any violence against children and have clear laws and policies to deal with it. We have one of the best children’s social care…16 Nov 2020HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildMy Lords, the Government are fully committed to protecting and promoting children’s rights. Our existing domestic legislation already protects children’s rights. We have acted to…16 Nov 2020HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildMy Lords, there are safeguards, as I have outlined, but I will have to write to my noble friend on the specific issue of protection. We have invested substantially in relation to…16 Nov 2020HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildMy Lords, since the UK ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992, successive Governments have not incorporated it directly into domestic law.…16 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsMy Lords, the skills fund is £2.5 billion, but £3 billion with the Barnett formula. The £160 million I outlined that is on offer for ports at present is UK wide—so it will cover…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsI am grateful to the noble Lord for raising awareness of this. Some 75% of the workforce that maintains these offshore wind farms is indeed from the UK. We are confident that the…09 Nov 2020HANSARDEducation (Exemption from School and Further Education Institutions Inspections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 September and 1 October be approved. Relevant documents: 30th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee.…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsMy Lords, it is part of the overall reforms that the Government have introduced to embed employers—whether in T-levels, apprenticeships, or level 4 and level 5 qualifications—so…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsThe noble Lord will not be surprised that I am not at liberty to reveal anything more than the first point of the 10-point plan that the Prime Minister has outlined, which is in…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsMy Lords, the United Kingdom is the first major country to pass into law a commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. To build our capacity as an innovator and…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsMy Lords, there is a national skills and productivity board, which matches the local panels, and it will bring together leading experts to ensure that we know the emerging skills…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsIndeed, the noble Lord is correct that transforming the energy in our homes is one of the key targets, and we have announced that by 2030 we want 40 gigawatts of offshore wind to…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsMy Lords, the Green Homes grant scheme that I mentioned is supplemented by Green Homes grant skills training, so that we can improve the supply of people who can do the work that…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsI can confirm to the noble Lord that obviously the low-carbon and net-zero commitments we have made are an essential part of the National Skills Fund. We will be having…09 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsMy Lords, in August of last year BEIS launched the electrification of heat demonstration project, which will, hopefully, demonstrate the feasibility of large-scale transition to…09 Nov 2020HANSARDQualificationsMy Lords, in the link between employers and qualifications, I have noticed that the description in relation to apprenticeships is knowledge, competences and behaviours, at levels…03 Nov 2020HANSARDQualificationsMy Lords, as I have outlined, schools are promoting this. If students at the transition point at age 14 want to go to a university technical college, the local authority and…03 Nov 2020HANSARDQualificationsThe noble Lord is correct that many in employment want to take a level 4 or 5 qualification. The Prime Minister announced that there will be a flexible lifetime loan entitlement,…03 Nov 2020HANSARDQualificationsMy Lords, the standards that the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education applies can include a qualification when it is a professional or regulatory requirement, or…03 Nov 2020