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HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, although it is a pro bono position, I declare my interest as a board member of the London Marathon Foundation. Sport, as the Government rightly recognise, has a unique…03 Jun 2026HANSARDMinisterial Salaries (Amendment) BillMy Lords, like my noble friend Lord True, I add my support to this Bill. It seeks to rectify situations that, as Leader, I too sought to address but unfortunately did not succeed…14 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 203 in the name of my noble friend Lady Barran. Free schools have played an important role in raising educational standards over the last 15 years,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I shall very briefly add my support to Amendment 243C and, in doing so, declare my interest as a member of the board of the London Marathon Foundation. As we have heard,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I add my support to Amendment 114, which I believe provides a more flexible approach to achieving the Government’s aims of keeping down the cost of school uniforms while…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 191 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Knight, to which I have added my name. In doing so, I declare my interest as honorary president of…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, while welcoming the Government’s amendment to ensure that the child’s voice is heard in family group decision-making, I add my support to the amendments in this group in…14 Jan 2026HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025 (Specified Competitions) Regulations 2025I know we are talking about English football in this debate, but I want to put on record my congratulations to the Scottish team for their epic victory last night and their…19 Nov 2025HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewMy Lords, Progress 8 has been proved to have been a success, and, as my noble friend pointed out, the Francis review is clear that its recommendation is not to make any changes…10 Nov 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group. I declare my interest as a board member of the London Marathon Foundation. The amendments in this group call for a curriculum…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I too speak in support of the free schools programme, Amendment 480 and the clause stand part notice in the name of my noble friend Lady Barran. As we have just heard so…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI accept what the Minister says—that of course the proposal for new free schools has to be properly interrogated, et cetera— but it has now been nearly a year. She alluded to the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I add my support to Amendments 436ZA and 436ZB in this group, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Knight. I declare my interest as honorary president of COBIS which, as…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Barran’s proposition that Clause 47 does not stand part of the Bill. Clause 47 as it stands strips academies of one of their key freedoms:…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I add my support to amendments 444A to C, 445 and 445ZA to ZD, in the name of my noble friend Lady Barran, which seek to rein in the sweeping new powers currently set…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I add my support to Amendment 134B, in the name of my noble friend Lady Sanderson. As she said, it seeks to build on the Government’s commitment in Keeping C hildren S…17 Jun 2025HANSARDPost-16 Financial EducationMy Lords, we all know how important it is to manage our personal finances in adult life, and I am sure the Minister is aware that research shows that financial education makes…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI support the amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend, which, as she set out, aim to simplify the process for approving kinship carers, balancing the importance of…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I would like to build on the point just made by my noble friend Lady Barran and add my support for Amendments 39 and 40. I wonder whether, in her response, the Minister…22 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIt was great to hear about the training that the Minister’s son gets—that is fantastic. Can we therefore take it that these new duties in the Bill will involve no additional…22 May 2025