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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord can speak to the amendment, but he should not read out the noble Baroness’s speech, as she is not here.22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, turning first to Amendment 150, I hope I can clarify for the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, a stop boarding requirement is discretionary but can only be supplemental to…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, taking first Amendment 145, the Government recognise that some pupils, such as those with mental ill-health, may face greater barriers to attendance than their peers. To…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this might be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn.22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I can absolutely take that point away and see whether it is possible. If that is not the mechanism by which we can provide further detail and assurance, I will look at what else…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss further education and take the opportunity offered me by the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, to say how much the Government…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am afraid the noble Lord was not here at the start of the debate on this group, so we should move to Front-Bench contributions.20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to discuss further issues related to SEND on this Bill. As the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, said, some of the individual examples and stories…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I absolutely understand that point. I was simply reassuring the noble Duke that within this Bill there are no powers to compel anyone to join a multi-academy trust. It is the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for Amendment 88 and for allowing the Committee to return to the question of mental health support in schools. The…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I will check and follow up with the noble Lord in writing, but I know that having the lead in place means that they can then be the person to whom other staff in the school can go…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I was clear about the Government’s intention for these powers, which is not to use them to make single academies join a multi-academy trust. I also gave two undertakings in…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will start by responding to Amendments 59, 64 to 67, and 71 to 74 in the name of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham. I thank the right reverend Prelate…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]We are saying that joining a multi-academy trust is a good idea and that we would like everyone to do it. We are encouraging everyone to do it, but there are no powers within the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I sought to confirm the point that was directly raised by the noble Duke about the powers within the Bill, and I have been given the reassurance that there are no powers within…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I understand the reassurances that the noble Duke seeks. I reassure him that we understand the unique nature of these schools and we want to see them thrive. We think that is…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I take the noble Lord’s point. I absolutely reassure him that that is not the intention. I will also go away and double check that there is not the ability to do that under those…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My noble friend’s contribution falls within the remit of the undertaking that I have already given to the Committee.15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]To be clear, the undertaking I gave was around the Bill’s powers being used to compel an existing stand-alone academy—the noble Duke gave the example of a specialist maths school…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]The most successful multi-academy trusts build on the strengths of these types of schools. The intention is to build on the strengths that we see in all sorts of academies,…15 Jun 2022