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HANSARDIncomes and PricesMy Lords, does the Minister accept that an independent pay review body is not the same as collective bargaining? Does he also recognise that the poorest 10% of households pay…31 Oct 2022HANSARDGCSE and A-level Results: Attainment GapMy Lords, I commend my noble friend for securing this debate about regional inequality. It also raises the question of the value of GCSEs and A-levels. On the regional point,…08 Sept 2022HANSARDClean Air (Human Rights) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, and I fulsomely congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, on bringing forward this Bill, which I…08 Jul 2022HANSARDWinter Heating InitiativesMy Lords, I am sure the Minister recognises that the cost of energy is having a very bad effect on education budgets in schools. I hope he will be liaising with whomever ends up…07 Jul 2022HANSARDBanks: ForgeryMy Lords, in the case of Lynch v Cadwallader & Anor in February 2021, the High Court ruled that Aldermore, a bank, cannot enforce a personal guarantee to cover £1.2 million…30 Jun 2022HANSARDBritish BaccalaureateMy Lords, although the Times education commission’s report is an extremely good piece of work with very good recommendations, other bodies were looking at the shape of our…21 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly to support the speech made by my noble friend Lady Morris—and in no way to demur from anything she said about appropriate access to curriculum materials…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I realise that the Minister is not able to say anything further about the timing with regard to Committee and Report, but could she say anything further in response to my noble…15 Jun 2022HANSARDFire and RehireMy Lords, clearly the strikes are designed to make sure that those workers who worked extremely hard during the pandemic, and work very hard all the time, achieve decent wages and…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 60, perhaps I might be of assistance to the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington. This amendment specifically says that nothing will be applied for…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Before I begin my remarks, I wish many happy returns to my noble friend on the Front Bench. Never in my wildest dreams would I think of the Minister as Machiavellian—absolutely…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]In the debate last week, I was delighted to commend the wisdom and clarity of the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles. If it is impossible for the Minister to say anything more about how…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will briefly enter this debate on Amendment 35A and the question of whether Clause 28 should stand part. There is a so-called route to school improvement that my noble…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchool (Reform of Pupil Selection) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare that I am a patron of Comprehensive Future.13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I imagine it will come as no surprise that I support my noble friend Lord Knight. It seems to me that high teacher quality is obviously a critical issue in making sure that we…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendments 50 and 55. Amendment 50 seeks to protect the interests and encourage the involvement of all parties in a school community. It clearly…13 Jun 2022HANSARDProbation and Court Services: WorkloadI will be very interested to discuss those figures with the Minister as I do not entirely recognise them. However, recent MoJ figures show that some regions, including London, are…09 Jun 2022HANSARDProbation and Court Services: WorkloadTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent estimate they have made of the workload levels in (1) the Probation Services, and (2) the Children and Family Court Advisory and…09 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I had the experience of being a teacher from the early 1970s and what the noble Lord describes in a multi-academy trust is…08 Jun 2022