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HANSARDCombined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, for his comments and his overall support of the direction of travel. I will pick up a couple of the points that he raised, in…07 Jul 2025HANSARDCombined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, I feel almost as though I should resume from the top for completeness. I thank the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, for his comments and questions and, underlying those, for…07 Jul 2025HANSARDCombined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, I thank the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments for the scrutiny provided on this draft statutory instrument, which…07 Jul 2025HANSARDCombined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) (Amendment) Order 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Combined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) (Amendment) Order 2025.07 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Hacking for the clarification that he has just made, and the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, for a very clear explanation of why she is not…03 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic Education: State SchoolsMy Lords, I thank everyone in the Chamber for such a rich debate, especially given the time pressures that we are all facing. I thank my noble friend Lady Keeley for opening this…24 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial CareMy noble friend raises an important point. If we are moving to a neighbourhood health service, we need to engage with local social care providers and make sure that they are part…24 Jun 2025HANSARDBaby Foods: Nutrition and MarketingMy Lords, foods for infants and young children must meet regulations on nutrition, composition and labelling standards. We expect industry to improve nutritional content and…24 Jun 2025HANSARDBaby Foods: Nutrition and MarketingI share my noble friend’s views and concerns, and I recognise that the current situation is not good enough. Current regulations set nutritional standards, and we continue to push…24 Jun 2025HANSARDBaby Foods: Nutrition and MarketingI hear the frustration in the noble Baroness’s comments every time she raises this issue, and I would love to have a conversation with her about it. While recognising the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDBaby Foods: Nutrition and MarketingThe noble Baroness raises a very important point. This is why we are investing so much in the Start for Life programme, building on all the evidence and experience from the Sure…24 Jun 2025HANSARDBaby Foods: Nutrition and MarketingI have answered the point before. Our focus is on improving the situation; however, we kid ourselves if we think that it will be solved just by forms of regulation. This is a much…24 Jun 2025HANSARDBaby Foods: Nutrition and MarketingIn my former life, I never dreamed that I would spend so much time talking about breastfeeding in the House of Lords. The noble Baroness raises such an important point, and this…24 Jun 2025HANSARDBaby Foods: Nutrition and MarketingThe noble and learned Baroness is right about ensuring that we do not stigmatise women who cannot breastfeed; that is critical. There is criticism of some of the organisations…24 Jun 2025HANSARDBaby Foods: Nutrition and MarketingThe noble Baroness touches on the importance of the family hub model, making sure that it builds on Sure Start, but it is also important that we keep an eye on what is happening.…24 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial CareMy Lords, this year we have boosted funding for social care authorities by up to £3.7 billion and provided £86 million for home adaptations for older and disabled people. Further…24 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial CareI thank my noble friend for his question and take this opportunity to pay tribute to all those unpaid carers who make such an important contribution to the lives of the most…24 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial CareI welcome the comments from the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, that she will look to reach out to all the different organisations, including the voluntary sector and carers…24 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial CareIt will come as no surprise to the noble Baroness that we are looking at the recommendations of the Health and Social Care Select Committee report and will come forward with our…24 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial CareThe noble Lord raises such an important point. I am sure he will also be thinking about the vexed issue of hospital discharge and all the issues that are creating such…24 Jun 2025