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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillDoes the noble Lord accept that that assessment—the procurement, analysis and evaluation of which started back in 2019—will be carried out alongside teachers, with the ability for…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillOn the point about regulation, the reason why I started by referring to the Online Safety Act was precisely to identify the need that was manifest in a piece of legislation that…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, this has been a wide-ranging debate. As we begin, it is probably worth while identifying that the amendments fall into three related but distinct areas: the use of and…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillDoes the noble Lord accept that I was not making that argument? What I was actually arguing—in agreement with him—is that we need a multifaceted approach and that we need to look…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, as I said in Committee on Tuesday, in 2022 the Competition and Markets Authority found the children’s social care placement market to be dysfunctional. It found that the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe noble Baroness cited analysis that expressed a concern that by capping profits, you would somehow or other reduce supply in the market. I was simply making the point that the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, through the introduction of a regulation-making power, Clause 19 allow the Government to take stronger action to alleviate the significant affordability and stability…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am pleased that we have been able to have a wide debate on the measures in the Bill that relate to child employment. I am sure many noble Lords agree that employment…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, this Government are committed to protecting children from serious harm and ensuring that they can access the right level of support at the right time. That is what the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe point I made was that I and the Government disagree with my noble friend that there should be a sort of all-flowers-blooming approach to breakfast clubs. I set out the reason…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI start by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, for the clarification at the end of her comments. Amendment 163 has enabled us to have a very good debate about the importance…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, we know—and it has been expressed several times in this very wide-ranging debate this afternoon—that too many children are not getting the nutrition that they need to…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWhat we have announced as part of the spending review settlement is separate to the funding for the national rollout, about which we will bring forward information. On Amendment…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI have already made clear that monitoring and evaluation are a fundamental part of the early adopters scheme. That will not only enable us to work out how to develop the scheme…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWhat I have been absolutely clear about is that the point of the early adopters scheme is to enable us to design the national rollout. If the noble Baroness wants me to commit to…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillNo, I am not going to go into those details, and neither would the noble Lord expect me to. He challenged me about whether any announcements had been made, and I pointed him to…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank my noble friend for recognising the enormously broad way in which the Child Poverty Taskforce has undertaken its work, under the leadership of my right honourable friends…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank noble Lords for their contributions in this group, which relates to corporate parenting and, in particular, to immigration functions. I particularly thank my noble friend…19 Jun 2025