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HANSARDChild PovertyMy Lords, I am grateful to all the organisations that provided briefings on this crucial subject. I congratulate my noble friend Lady Lister on securing this debate and pay…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDChild PovertyI thank the noble Baroness for the intervention. I am sure that the pupil premium is being used as best as it possibly can be in every school. Often schools are having to top up…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDTeachers’ Pension Scheme: Automatic EnrolmentMy Lords, I heard what my noble friend the Minister said, but given reports of some universities seeking to move staff out of the TPS to reduce employer costs against the…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDDisadvantaged Pupils: Music Attainment GapMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister has already recognised that there is a gap not just in attainment between advantaged and less advantaged students and pupils; there is also…20 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I too congratulate all the Peers who have given their maiden speeches today. I would also like to endorse the speech of my noble friend Lady Bousted in all its…19 May 2026HANSARDMigraine Care: 10-year Health PlanMy Lords, speaking as a person who was identified as possibly prediabetic and having a significant heart and cholesterol problem, I can tell the House that, when I looked at the…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPrisons: EducationDoes my noble friend agree with me and the University and College Union that this is the time to make a clean break with the outsourced delivery of prison education and to bring…24 Feb 2026HANSARDWater Companies: FinesMy Lords, fines were levied in August 2024 on Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water, and they have not been collected, as I understand it, because the companies have subsequently…29 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it was a pleasure to listen to the speech from the noble Baroness, Lady Evans, which was about a modest change to the remit of the TRA. However, I support Amendment 190,…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I urge my noble friend the Minister to look at the amendment and think carefully about what the Government could conceivably do. I honestly think that anyone who has met…21 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, and I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Hain for having signed them. It will not come as a great surprise to the noble…13 Jan 2026HANSARDSchools and Universities: Language LearningMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, on securing this debate and acknowledge the enormous amount of work that she does through the APPG and any other…08 Jan 2026HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs: InvestmentMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister knows that there is at least a problem, if not a crisis, in teacher recruitment and retention. Is she able to say anything positive about…17 Dec 2025HANSARDMobile Phone and Broadband PricesMy Lords, services such as NHS appointments, banking and even shopping, regrettably, have moved online. The typical cost of broadband is around £400 a year—assuming, of course,…09 Dec 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for his characteristic frankness in the way that he is responding to these questions, for his commitment to make sure that the Prison Service…13 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I did not intend to speak, but I feel that I must, particularly about those who arrive here as children. Some in this House will know that I was a teacher in my…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPrison Services: InsourcingOn behalf of my noble friend Lord Woodley, and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.05 Nov 2025HANSARDPrison Services: InsourcingI thank my noble friend for that Answer. As a former trade union leader, I have seen time and again what privatisation does. The public end up paying a higher price for…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEquality and Human Rights Commission: Draft Updated Code of PracticeMy Lords, does my noble friend the Minister share my concern that details of aspects of the code are being conducted through public letters in the press rather than through proper…05 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, I thank my noble friend very much for her warm words about education, which I am sure all of us in this Chamber would echo and welcome. Can she also please bear in mind…04 Nov 2025