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HANSARDReforming the Child Maintenance Service (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, in responding briefly to the debate, I would first like to thank everybody who contributed. There is a wealth of knowledge and experience in this Room today. We made the…08 Jun 2026HANSARDReforming the Child Maintenance Service (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, I am very pleased to speak to the report from the Public Services Committee, Reforming the Child Maintenance Service . In doing so, I thank everybody whose work has…08 Jun 2026HANSARDReforming the Child Maintenance Service (Public Services Committee Report)That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Public Services Committee Reforming the Child Maintenance Service (3rd Report, HL Paper 181, Session 2024–26).08 Jun 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingMy Lords, I very much welcome this document. It is very important and ambitious, but it is not without risk. The way in which the Government have consulted on it—and, in a way,…24 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will make a few comments on this group of amendments. On Amendment 230, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Addington, I have great sympathy with what he says, and I…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will very quickly add my support to Amendment 206. I shall be brief, because the points have already been made. I was a fellow traveller on the committee that…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I wish to speak against Amendment 175A. It is tabled in the same way as it was in Committee, but I accept that it was the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Oxford…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have a quick question for the Minister on Amendment 184, which she described towards the end of her speech. I agree with the purpose of this and most of the details,…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, this is a big change in the education service. I welcome the Government bringing this amendment, because it was not there in Committee and I think it is a response to…28 Jan 2026HANSARDThink Work First: The Transition from Education to Work for Young Disabled People (Public Services Committee Report)That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Public Services Committee Think Work First: The T ransition from E ducation to W ork for Y oung D isabled P eople (1st…04 Nov 2025HANSARDThink Work First: The Transition from Education to Work for Young Disabled People (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, I am pleased to speak to this report from the Public Services Committee. In doing so, I will offer some thanks—first, to the team of officials who supported us. I do not…04 Nov 2025HANSARDThink Work First: The Transition from Education to Work for Young Disabled People (Public Services Committee Report)It was longer ago than that.04 Nov 2025HANSARDThink Work First: The Transition from Education to Work for Young Disabled People (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, I will briefly reply to the debate and thank the speakers for their contributions. There has been a lot of unanimity and there is no need to go over the points again,…04 Nov 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyMy Lords, I too welcome this White Paper. I think it is a turning point. It is a document of ambition and a very serious document. If it is implemented, it is a turning…22 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I want to speak to the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, as the noble Lord, Lord Nash, has done. However, on managed moves, these are good things…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I oppose Amendment 427C and the gist of the speeches and comments that we have heard so far. In doing so, I tread with great care, because I realise the history, the…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 432A and 434. I spoke about this issue in our debate on the previous set of amendments; I do not wish to rehearse that but, briefly, I…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I also support this group of amendments, particularly Amendment 435. I am delighted to hear the support for inspection of multi-academy trusts across the Committee. I…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I was not going to intervene in this debate, because I find it quite difficult. I have some sympathy with the amendment that has just been moved, but my position is that…10 Sept 2025HANSARDInterpreting Services in the Courts (Public Services Committee Report)That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Public Services Committee Lost in translation? Interpreting services in the courts (2nd Report, HL Paper 87).09 Sept 2025