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HANSARDAdult Learning: Union Learning FundMy Lords, I do not agree with the noble Lord. In fact, we are spending billions of pounds on funding for skills and training, through a combination of the national skills fund and…24 Nov 2020HANSARDAdult Learning: Union Learning FundMy Lords, the funding for Unionlearn has been on a year-on-year basis and was considered as part of the spending review. It was considered right that we gave Unionlearn advance…24 Nov 2020HANSARDAdult Learning: Union Learning FundMy Lords, on the delivery of skills provision, the Government have taken the decision not to continue this funding, but that does not represent a cut to the funding of skills…24 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillTo address the noble Lord’s question about when the statutory instrument was laid, I believe it was on 20 October. I think the statutory instrument laid on 20 October, which we…19 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, before I speak to the helpful debate we had on this group of amendments, I should like to make a correction to my response to an earlier grouping. At the time, I said…19 Nov 2020HANSARDCross-Government Policy to Strengthen FamiliesMy Lords, as the noble Lord has recognised, the Government have taken action by introducing the Covid winter grant scheme for this winter holiday and then the holiday activities…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I believe that a noble Lord gave notice that he wanted to speak after the Minister.18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI believe it was the noble Lord, Lord Fox.18 Nov 2020HANSARDCross-Government Policy to Strengthen FamiliesMy Lords, I agree wholeheartedly that support for family policy is a cross-government endeavour. I think the noble Lord will know that within government we have the family test,…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCross-Government Policy to Strengthen FamiliesMy Lords, I can reassure the noble and learned Baroness that the Government are putting in place this kind of support. We have put in place the Wellbeing for Education Return…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCross-Government Policy to Strengthen FamiliesI take the opportunity to agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments expressed by my noble friend and indeed with those written by Lord Sacks. Indeed, as he said in another of his…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCross-Government Policy to Strengthen FamiliesMy Lords, families have a critical role in caring for and educating their children. The right honourable Gavin Williamson has therefore been asked to drive forward family policy.…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCross-Government Policy to Strengthen FamiliesMy Lords, I will certainly go away and look at the findings of that report. Of course, the Government have introduced no-fault divorces to try to reduce conflict through that…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCross-Government Policy to Strengthen FamiliesMy Lords, the key thing has been to keep vulnerable children and young people in school or to get them back to school if they did not go there during the first lockdown. We kept…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCross-Government Policy to Strengthen FamiliesMy Lords, the Government have put a huge amount of support into health policy during this crisis and policy to support the well-being of families. That has included additional…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCross-Government Policy to Strengthen FamiliesMy Lords, the Government are grateful to my noble friend for his work in this area. He is of course correct that the Government’s policy on families requires co-ordination and…18 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, we have unfortunately come to the end of our allotted time for this Grand Committee. I am afraid that I will need to adjourn our debate for today.17 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for his amendment, designed to ensure that the public are always warned about concerns relating to a medical device where there is a…17 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillI believe that responsibility will continue to lie with the MHRA. We have existing systems, such as the yellow card reporting system. The report by my noble friend Lady Cumberlege…17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Levelling-up AgendaI absolutely agree with my noble friend, and one of the things that the Government are doing to support digital skills is setting up a limited series of digital boot camp…12 Nov 2020