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HANSARDChildren’s Social CareThe noble Baroness makes an important point, taking us even further back in the process to the situations that families find themselves in that put them under the sort of pressure…19 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy noble friend makes an important point. She is absolutely right that we are seeing profiteering in this market. The Competition and Markets Authority found profit levels of…19 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareFirst, I congratulate my noble friend on her new role, to which I know she will bring an enormous amount of experience. She is exactly right: this issue goes wider than children…19 Nov 2024HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewI make no judgment about the digital skills of Members of this House, but the noble Baroness makes an important point about the need to ensure that adults can also access digital…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewI can, I hope, reassure the noble Baroness that this Government are absolutely committed to ensuring higher standards in our schools—particularly with respect to English and…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewI am sorry, but I am tempted by murmurs opposite to remind noble Lords that we have inherited a considerable fiscal challenge—in fact, a £22 billion black hole that we have had to…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewI am sure the noble Lord will know that, in its first report, Skills England identified a lack of digital skills as one of the key areas holding back productivity, and where we…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewNotwithstanding the very difficult financial situation that this Government inherited, we are committed—18 Nov 2024HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewMy Lords, the curriculum and assessment review is independent. The review will make recommendations to the Government based on evidence and widespread sector engagement. The…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewThe noble Lord makes an important point about the breadth that we need in the teaching that goes on in our schools and in the skills, attributes and knowledge that young people…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewI do not think it is strictly true that large numbers of young people do not have a working knowledge of important areas of digital skills and computing. Of course, increasing…18 Nov 2024HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewMy noble friend is absolutely right. We need to make sure that young people are able to express themselves and to engage in discussion and debate. That is why we welcome, for…18 Nov 2024HANSARDHome School Education Registration and Support Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Storey, on securing a Second Reading for his Home School Education Registration and Support Bill. The aims of this Bill, as all noble…15 Nov 2024HANSARDEducation (Values of British Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to thank first of all the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, for highlighting in the Bill the importance of the fundamental British…15 Nov 2024HANSARDUniversitiesMy Lords, like others, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick, for raising this debate and introducing it in such an interesting and broad-ranging way. As noble…14 Nov 2024HANSARDSharia-compliant Student FinanceI think it would be fair to say that that was the question I asked at the point at which it was suggested to me that we should link the delivery of the ASF to the introduction of…13 Nov 2024HANSARDSharia-compliant Student FinanceMy Lords, we are committed to delivering an alternative student finance product that is compatible with Islamic finance principles as quickly as we can. We are making good…13 Nov 2024HANSARDSharia-compliant Student FinanceFor students, we are raising information about, for example, degree apprenticeships that would allow students to study towards a degree while they work, without paying for…13 Nov 2024HANSARDSharia-compliant Student FinanceMy noble friend is right. That is why, in working towards the lifelong learning entitlement rollout, we will also be making progress towards delivering the alternative student…13 Nov 2024HANSARDSharia-compliant Student FinanceI am not sure whether the noble Lord is arguing for a wholesale reform of the student funding system—it would be legitimate if he were, although this Government have taken a…13 Nov 2024