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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this is an incredibly disappointing reply. My worry is that I do not know whether the Minister has offered all she is going to offer. This is not about using Oak…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the arguments just made by the noble Duke about maths schools. I am not sure what the Minister will say—maybe she will solve the problem. I am not arguing that…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I was not going to speak on this issue; I will do so very briefly. It is really important, and it is a shame that it is so late in the evening. I am in two minds about…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]The Minister said at the start of her summing up—and it was about the 20th time she had said it—that she had heard the concerns of Members, would reflect on them and would come…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the thrust of the arguments from the noble Lords who have led this debate. I shall make one or two points that perhaps have not yet come out strongly. The…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Just to add to that, I think there are—or there used to be—ways for teachers moving from the independent sector to the state sector which were far less than nine months. I take…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]May I seek some clarification on that point? Will the payment of trustees and the interim executive board be the same for maintained schools? There is a parallel situation there,…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I have a specific question about Clause 1(6). It is odd to say that a standard may not be set about determining whether academy grammar schools should retain selective…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will make a very brief intervention. I struggle with the whole issue of the curriculum. I basically agree with the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. When I look at many schools,…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I have not yet heard anything I disagree with, so I shall try to make some different points. This is an odd, strange Bill. On the face of it, there is not a lot in it;…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest in connection with Birmingham Education Partnership, to which I may refer at different stages of the Bill. I want to begin—as many of us have…23 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak today on the part of the Queen’s Speech debate that addresses public services. Quite frankly, it is probably the most important area…17 May 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I support the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. I do not want to repeat points that have been made at this late hour, but I wish to emphasise that the arguments…16 Mar 2022HANSARDDigital Technology (Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee Report)My Lords, I am not Lord Puttnam either, but I join my noble friend Lord Lipsey and the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey, in paying tribute to him. I do not think he designed the report as…11 Mar 2022HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillMy Lords, I very much welcome this Bill, which is a very good use of a Private Member’s Bill, and I congratulate Mark Jenkinson on introducing it and for the work he did in the…04 Mar 2022HANSARDHigher Education ReformI understand why the Government want to make sure that students have the skills they need to manage the course, but there has been a lot of concern caused by the minimum…28 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I also wish to support the amendments that have been moved by the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, and supported by other speakers. I do not want to make a long speech, but I…20 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have put my name to this amendment and I shall speak in support of it. I very much welcome the way in which the noble Lord, Lord Wasserman, presented the argument. He…22 Nov 2021HANSARDInitial Teacher TrainingMy Lords, first, I thank and congratulate my noble friend Lady Donaghy on bringing forward this debate. It is a big issue and the changes that the Government are proposing are…18 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessor Kathleen Stock: ResignationMy Lords, one of the most disturbing aspects of what Professor Stock has had to endure is that some academic staff seem to have encouraged students to behave in a way that is…16 Nov 2021