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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 117 in the name of my noble friend Lord Young of Acton, to which I have added my name. Although it may seem a small point, it matters. The…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 243D, which is unchanged from the amendment that I tabled in Committee. It is late and I shall be brief. We are in a world where we all have a much…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I shall speak to the amendments proposed by my noble friend Lady Barran. We have heard from a number of Members of the House about the changes that this part of the Bill…14 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak only very briefly. I express my most sincere thanks to the Minister for Amendment 21, concerning an information standard. It directly reflects an amendment…14 Jan 2026HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs: InvestmentMy Lords, this announcement was part of a bigger announcement that cancelled many long-awaited new special schools. I would like to ask the Minister: what assessment has been made…17 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have not spoken previously on the Bill, nor tabled any amendments. But as the chief inspector responsible for inspecting children’s social care, as well as education…05 Dec 2025HANSARDDyscalculiaMy Lords, I would like to understand from the Minister what steps are being taken to make sure that the conception of dyscalculia does not become far bigger than it should. We now…17 Nov 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyMy Lords, the White Paper places heavy emphasis on modularity and credit transfer as mechanisms to improve post-16 education. Has the Minister taken full account of the evaluation…22 Oct 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, much that is valuable and important has been said by many in this Chamber this afternoon, particularly about the risks of criminal law creeping too far into the conduct…16 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have listened to a number of Lords speak movingly and wisely about the risks, concerns and things we need to guard against in the use of technology. I want to talk…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 502YM. I will echo some of the comments made by my noble friend Lord Jackson in relation to his amendment. I believe that my amendment…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I oppose Amendments 469 and 470. I recognise that they are proposed with the very best of intentions and at first blush sound wonderful, yet it is blindingly obvious…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Barran’s amendments to Clause 56 and my noble friend Lord Agnew’s Amendment 454. I have heard much around the Committee this afternoon…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, no one stands to speak here or anywhere else about SEND without preparing for a social media barrage from one direction or another. But unless we can discuss the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will be fairly brief. I mainly want to commend the Government on the restraint that they have shown in this Bill in clauses relating to mental health and well-being.…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillChildren are very frequently surveyed from different directions; another one would actually add to an extensive load of surveys that they already complete. The wider point is that…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillOfsted, where I was chief inspector, took personal development, including children’s well-being, very seriously; it was one of the judgments there. I have never suggested, nor…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 466 and 467, proposed by my noble friend Lord Sandhurst, and Amendment 502YE, proposed by my noble friend Lady Barran. My noble friend Lord Lucas’s…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 502YF, proposed by my noble friend Lord Nash, and Amendments 502YV to 502YYA, proposed by my noble friend Lady Barran. There has long…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, first, I express my support for what the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, has put forward in his amendment. In many respects, the amendment that I am about to speak to and the…10 Sept 2025