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HANSARDMaximum Temperature for Indoor WorkplacesIt is already the case that the Health and Safety Executive provides a wide range of options for how employers can fulfil their responsibility to ensure that the people whom they…15 Jul 2026HANSARDMaximum Temperature for Indoor WorkplacesHaving learned more than I thought I was going to know about workplaces and excessive heat, I am afraid that that was not one of the bits of revision: so, if it is okay, I will…15 Jul 2026HANSARDMaximum Temperature for Indoor WorkplacesMy Lords, we recognised in our manifesto and our Make Work Pay plan concerns about high workplace temperatures in certain sectors causing serious health and safety concerns. We…15 Jul 2026HANSARDMaximum Temperature for Indoor WorkplacesI know that this is something that my noble friend has raised on numerous occasions, quite rightly. That is the reason why the Health and Safety Executive is and will be engaged…15 Jul 2026HANSARDMaximum Temperature for Indoor WorkplacesAfter this question, I will take a long, hard look at Part O of the building safety regulations. My noble friend, who is enormously knowledgeable in this area, makes an important…15 Jul 2026HANSARDLifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026It is of course the case that, even for distance learning, if you had a disability, for example, you would have access to the disabled students’ allowance. However, with limited…15 Jul 2026HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026.14 Jul 2026HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026I thank the Committee for its contributions to the debate, and I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Spielman, as this is the first time we have faced each other in her new role. I…14 Jul 2026HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to debate this instrument today. In my view, the provisions in the instrument are compatible with the European Convention on Human…14 Jul 2026HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026I spelled out some of the impacts of the Government’s policy on the numbers of apprenticeships, the shift to vocational and technical education, the support this Government are…14 Jul 2026HANSARDHigher Education: Affordability and QualityMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, for raising this subject. In my two years in this place and in this job, it has become very obvious to me that there is nothing…02 Jul 2026HANSARDUniversity Student FinanceMy Lords, I acknowledge my noble friend’s criticisms of plan 2 loans, which were designed by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition. Having said that, in principle, a…30 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversity Student FinanceFirst, the Office for Students is undertaking a new approach to measuring the quality of what is being provided in our universities. Secondly, we have seen through some of the…30 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversity Student FinanceMy Lords, this Government are taking decisive action to improve the student finance system that we inherited. We are capping interest rates to protect plan 2 and plan 3 borrowers…30 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversity Student FinanceThe first thing that indexation of tuition fee caps needs is political will from a Government. It was a lack of that political will that meant that they were frozen for seven…30 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversity Student FinanceWe acknowledge the challenges that are facing higher education providers. While the providers are independent of government and responsible for managing their finances, it is this…30 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversity Student FinanceOf course, the income-contingent nature of student loan repayments means that those on lower incomes are protected. They have been further protected by this Government’s raising…30 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversity Student FinanceI am not sure that I am going to turn the attention of the department to doing that, but I have outlined some of the reasons why I do not think that a graduate tax is the magic…30 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversity Student FinanceThe current student loan book stands at £296 billion.30 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversity Student FinanceI am sure that the noble Baroness will have seen the data last week from the IFS using LEO data. It identifies those courses which are most likely to bring a positive return for…30 Jun 2026