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HANSARDAssistive TechnologyThe noble Baroness raises a specific point, although her broader point about the need for earlier assessment is one that the Government wholly recognise. We are, for example,…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWe recognise that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important thread, but that does not necessarily mean that it can be used as a trump card on every future…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIt may be that in part of my response I pre-empted the point that the noble Baroness is making in Amendment 17, but I did recognise the point about Amendment 19, which I think the…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI recognise that the intention of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, is to test the extent to which family group decision-making can be used in other circumstances. I think it is a…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe fifth group we are debating comprises only one amendment, but we have had some useful contributions. However, quite a few of the arguments that I would make in response to…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, everybody who has contributed to this group has recognised that education and childcare are fundamental at all levels of safeguarding arrangements. The noble Earl, Lord…20 May 2025HANSARDAssistive TechnologyI am aware of the important work that the all-party group does and the specific recommendation for the centre that the noble Lord outlines. I understand that my right honourable…20 May 2025HANSARDAssistive TechnologyI thank the noble Lord for recognising me being quite helpful—I am starting the day as I mean to go on. He makes an important point; if he is particularly referencing the disabled…20 May 2025HANSARDAssistive TechnologyMy Lords, the Government are committed to increasing awareness of assistive technology and building digital skills for disabled people. The Department for Education is promoting…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords, not only those who have contributed today but those who have already contributed to the discussions on this important Bill at Second Reading. In…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillGood. I mean that it is good that we are now into the detail of what it is that we are here to consider. I am very pleased at the support and welcome for the process of family…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI cannot answer that today, but I certainly undertake to write to noble Lords on that important point and that juxtaposition in relationship.20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, perhaps I might say how both interesting and informative I found the contributions on this group of amendments. It is something to be in this House and be able to hear…20 May 2025HANSARDAssistive TechnologyThere is a need for multiagency work not only at a local level but across government, as the noble Lord has identified, and I have talked about the work being done with the…20 May 2025HANSARDAssistive TechnologyThe noble and learned Baroness raises a really important point. We need to ensure that all teachers are, first of all, able to be special needs teachers, because that is their…20 May 2025HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesThe noble Lord raises an interesting point about those who argue that autonomy for head teachers is important—which the Government support. By the way, I dispute his…12 May 2025HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesThe noble Lord makes an important point. I am sure that both the policies that schools are developing and have developed on mobile phone use, and the policies that they are…12 May 2025HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesThe noble Baroness identifies the need for all of us to continue thinking about the best practice for schools to ensure that their classrooms are mobile phone free, and that they…12 May 2025HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesI think I am right in saying that some schools already use that technology, along with a range of other technologies, such as keeping mobile phones in special bags that prevent…12 May 2025HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesWhat both the previous Government and this Government have done amounts to rather more than simply guidance; there has been a very clear direction. But I am sure the noble…12 May 2025