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HANSARDEducation (Assemblies) Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on introducing the Bill. This is an important topic and one that tends to get discussed outside the Chamber in conversations over a cup…10 Sept 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I rise to support this amendment. This is such an important issue, but I can see that is difficult as well. When I started teaching, which was many years ago, in Coventry, it was…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a particularly important group of amendments and the debate on it has been very good. I support all the amendments in this group. They have been very well spoken…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I support these amendments. This Bill is full of good intentions and starts with a lot of good will—people want it to succeed and the nation needs it to succeed—but it…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]May I say to whoever’s job it is, it would be useful to have list of people who have withdrawn from speaking; it is really difficult to know when we are about to be called, but…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I support these amendments and the thrust of the debate so far, particularly with what the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, said in moving the amendment, every word of which I…06 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much support the comments just made by the noble Lords, Lord Storey and Lord Patel, and the thrust of the argument. It is right that we get as much knowledge and…06 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Education AttendanceMy Lords, the Minister has talked about plans for when schools return for the September term, but in many areas there are two to three weeks of this term left and over 300,000…01 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: ChildrenOn a personal level, I thank everyone for their birthday wishes. I am sure I can speak on behalf of my noble friend Lord Coaker in saying that neither of us could think of a…17 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: ChildrenThat this House takes note of the case for the urgent levelling up of opportunities available to the children of the United Kingdom which have been affected by the COVID-19…17 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: ChildrenMy Lords, I am delighted to introduce this debate on a very important topic. It is a widely drawn debate, and having seen the speakers’ list, I look forward to good contributions…17 Jun 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I first join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Black, on her maiden speech. Not only was it an excellent speech but she gave us a glimpse of her…15 Jun 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Blake and the noble Lord, Lord Lebedev, on their maiden speeches. They bring very different experiences and skills to this Chamber…12 May 2021HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances BillMy Lords, my comments are going to follow those that have been made by the majority of Members before me. I am not sure that I have anything particularly new to add, but this is…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningMy Lords, we all agree that these are difficult issues, but I am not sure that Ministers realise that the Government are a weak link in solving the problems and that many teachers…27 Jan 2021HANSARDExams and Accountability in 2021My Lords, I welcome the proposals, which will give young people greater certainty about their chances of progressing into whatever they want to do after school. However, I want to…08 Dec 2020HANSARDFree School MealsMy Lords, while I do not for a minute doubt the Minister’s personal understanding of this difficulty, I think she is wrong to say that it is not a postcode lottery. Today is…27 Oct 2020HANSARDStudents’ Return to UniversitiesMy Lords, the Minister talked about the provision of computers for students, but there seems to be a lot of variability in the quality and quantity of the online provision that is…01 Oct 2020HANSARDEducation: A-level ResultsMy Lords, the most frustrating element of the algorithm was that it assumed that schools could not improve on previous years’ best performance. That seems contrary to what any…23 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, along with the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, I support Amendment 60, which the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar, spoke to so ably. It is a good thing for young people to come…07 Sept 2020