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HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]I do not have very much to add, everybody will be glad to hear, except to highlight the fact that assessment is not the same as getting to the end of the standards. We have a…21 Nov 2024HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to the two amendments in this group in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, to which I have added my name. More broadly, I want to speak to the…21 Nov 2024HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I too apologise that I was unable to be at Second Reading, although I have read all the contributions made by noble Lords, including those here, at the time. I add my…21 Nov 2024HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]Can the Minister give an example of what might spark that off? I am finding it hard to imagine a situation in which it might occur.21 Nov 2024HANSARDSpecial Needs SchoolsMy Lords, I too strongly welcome this debate and congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton, on her eloquent speech. I will focus on the general situation facing specialist…24 Oct 2024HANSARDEducation Sector: Equality of OpportunityMy Lords, earlier this year, schoolteachers got a fully funded 5.5% pay increase, but no such award was made to college staff, even though most pupil-premium students in the…17 Oct 2024HANSARDHigher Education FundingMy Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, on securing this debate and declare an interest as a professor at King’s College London, a trustee of the Council…12 Sept 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, many speakers have already referred to the mess we seem to have got into on this, and the number of speeches we have listened to bears witness to that. It also seems to…04 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I add my congratulations to the Ministers on their appointments. I agree strongly with the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, in her maiden speech, that skills are central to…19 Jul 2024HANSARDSkills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of LifeI, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, most sincerely for securing this debate and for his wonderful speech. I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Marks, on his…09 May 2024HANSARDHigher EducationMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, on securing this important debate, at a time when the university sector is under enormous pressure. He has rightly drawn…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSkill Shortages in Business and IndustryMy Lords, the Government’s figures indicate that fewer than one apprenticeship in five is in a shortage occupation. Given those figures, is it really plausible that no changes are…28 Feb 2024HANSARDIntergovernmental Relations Within the United KingdomMy Lords, I join others in thanking the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, for securing this debate and for his wonderful opening speech. I will focus on some specific matters, rather…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLocal Enterprise Partnerships: FundingMy Lords, LEPs and RDAs had in common that, while they referred to “local” and “regional”, they were, in fact, Whitehall appointed and Whitehall controlled. If their functions are…11 Dec 2023HANSARDResearch, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape ReportMy Lords, one very well-established principle for effective research is institutional autonomy and freedom of action. The Nurse review identified numerous places and occasions…20 Nov 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care (Adult Social Care Committee Report)My Lords, I welcome this debate and the opportunity to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, and her committee for a marvellous report, which is enormously informative, and,…16 Oct 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I express my support for the amendment moved by the noble Earl, Lord Caithness. I support it as the first amendment because it highlights straightaway the need to put…12 Sept 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy Lords, as many of you will know, the number 1 recommendation of the Augar review of post-18 education and funding was for this sort of reform. As someone who was a member of…12 Sept 2023HANSARDTeacher VacanciesMy Lords, teacher shortages in specialist subjects and short-lived responses have been common for decades. Shortages are also currently chronic in many other countries, notably…13 Jul 2023HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest because, as the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, pointed out, I am currently working as a skills adviser at No. 10. I was therefore quite involved in the…24 Mar 2022