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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI am at the mercy of the Committee, but we have some more time and the ability to go on until 5.15 pm. If noble Lords agree, we have one more group to do to get to the target.…30 Oct 2025HANSARDNational Curriculum: Religious EducationMy Lords, schools are required to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of their pupils. They can do this within lessons on religious education and in…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, we are running out of time. If we want to finish the group, we will have to finish by 8 pm—otherwise, we will have to break midway through. It is up to noble Lords…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyI ask noble Lords to keep their questions short. We have enormous interest in this subject and we want to get through as many questions as we can.22 Oct 2025HANSARDMusic and Dance Schools: Affordable AccessMy Lords, I start with an enormous thank you to the noble Lord, Lord Blackwell, for bringing forward this important debate. The number of people taking part demonstrates the…16 Oct 2025HANSARDMusic and Dance Schools: Affordable AccessThank you. I acknowledge that and we will obviously take away some of the more detailed comments made. I have just had a note to tell me that the new PE and sport partnerships…16 Oct 2025HANSARDMusic and Dance Schools: Affordable AccessI have had the great pleasure of having this discussion with the noble Baroness on a number of occasions. I cannot go further than we have before on the curriculum review, but…16 Oct 2025HANSARDFracture Liaison ServicesMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Black, on securing this important debate and thank all noble Lords for their significant contributions. I pay tribute to his personal…16 Oct 2025HANSARDUnpaid CarersMy Lords, we recognise the vital contribution of unpaid carers and are committed to improving support through the NHS and social care. The 10-year health plan sets out how we will…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUnpaid CarersI thank my noble friend for her long-standing commitment to the cause of unpaid carers and for contributing to strengthening their rights under the Health and Care Act 2022. I…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUnpaid CarersThe noble Lord, as always, goes right to the heart of the issue. I reassure him that, through the 10-year plan, all the issues that he has raised are recognised. Through all the…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUnpaid CarersThe noble Lord’s point is well made. There is nothing more heartbreaking than when a school does not know that a child is a young carer and makes them stay for detention, for…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUnpaid CarersThe noble Lord highlights a crucial point. We are saying all the way through that there needs to be greater coming together at a local level. NHS England is taking this…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUnpaid CarersI thank the noble Baroness. I do not have the precise figures to hand, but the more work we do in this area, the more we are exposing what needs to be done. The fact is that the…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUnpaid CarersThe noble Baroness, Lady Casey, has already started the work, and I am delighted to inform the House that one of the first meetings she had involved carers. She has opened a…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUnpaid CarersThe right reverend Prelate raises a very good point. These issues are at the centre of all the discussions that are going forward to make sure we get the right balance, that…15 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I start by noting that, although there are a smaller number of noble Lords in the Chamber, the quality of the contributions has nevertheless been truly significant. I…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillBefore I start summing up, I just have a comment to make: if loosening ties is good enough for instructions in this Chamber, maybe schools should consider it. I am sorry; we are…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe noble Baroness raises a very important point, and these will all be matters that are being considered as the Secretary of State takes this important work forward. I can get a…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank noble Lords for their contributions and for raising this very important area around parental complaints and appeals and the introduction of a central school complaints…18 Sept 2025