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HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I draw the Committee’s attention to my interest in the register as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. This group of amendments relates to monitoring…06 Sept 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am glad to hear that the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, which seems both eminently sensible and fair, will be taken away by the Minister for further…06 Sept 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]The government amendments are mainly of a technical nature, and Her Majesty’s Opposition broadly support their introduction. However, some of them introduce slightly more…06 Sept 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]The amendments in this group have attendance at their core, and nothing is more important. In addition to being directly related to physical health, the attendance of learners in…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 118D would mean teachers in all schools would be “required to have, or be enrolled on a course such that they are working towards, qualified teacher status”…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am speaking to the two amendments we have in this group: Amendments 118G and 118H. I thank my noble friend Lady Lawrence for making some extremely salient points which…18 Jul 2022HANSARDHeritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate but, before I begin, I beg leave from your Lordships to mention another aspect of heritage that I had the…15 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this is my first opportunity at the Dispatch Box after the vote we took last week on changing the hours of the House of Lords. I am so glad to see that all those people…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I have several things in common with the noble Lord, Lord Storey. One is that I also chaired the SACRE in Newport; the other is our teaching careers. The aim of Amendment 30 is to…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, our Amendment 44 would remove the exemption that teachers in academies have from needing to have qualified status, but it gives a grace period until September 2024 to…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, and look forward to hearing his maiden speech shortly. Before that, Labour welcomes the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill,…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, these amendments give us another opportunity to talk about the important issue of safeguarding. It is an issue that has fallen between the cracks of the ambiguity we…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Sorry, I was just waiting, because every time I have tried to stand up someone has spoken. I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Storey, reminded me that I should declare my…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, the general thrust of these amendments is to make school attendance order conditions easier for parents by, for example, increasing the information handover period,…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her reply. Picking up on the glasses point raised by my noble friend Lady Morris and in the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, I remember that…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Good mental health is fundamental to thriving in life. I knew it from the other side of the tracks. My dear, late mother suffered greatly with mental health throughout her life,…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a technical question and compassion for parents who are often struggling to deal with vulnerable children must be factored in. These amendments are intended to…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, we support the principle of Amendment 171B. There are currently many barriers to further education institutions working effectively with academies and MATs, and it is…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]As my noble friend Lord Knight expressed, we support the fundamental right for home education. Interesting practice is evident in a variety of settings. However, checks and…20 Jun 2022